Author: Blazingcatfur

Canada’s Electric Car Mandate to Increase Grid Demand 23%, Ratepayer Costs Unknown, Says Government

To power electric vehicle charging stations in the coming decades, Canada’s power grid will have to expand by 23 percent—and it’s uncertain how much that will cost ratepayers, according to Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).

The government announced in December that all new vehicle sales must be zero-emission by 2035. Conservative MP Warren Steinley asked NRCan to say how much this would impact electricity use and its costs. The answer came in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled last week, first reported on by Blacklock’s Reporter.

I have zero confidence in government studies promoting Trudeau’s Electric-La-La-Land.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGreen-Scam

Hong Kong Simpsons fans can’t watch China episode

Disney’s self-censorship over labour camp joke fuels concern about national security laws

After Marge Simpson decides she wants to buy a “Pedalon” exercise bike, she is delighted to learn that it will let her travel the world from the comfort of a gym in Springfield.

On one such ride, an instructor called Jesse invites her to tour the Great Wall of China. “Behold the wonders of China,” he tells Homer’s long-suffering wife. “Bitcoin mines, forced labour camps where children make smartphones.” Though the scene might seem innocuous enough, Disney Plus, which screens The Simpsons, is taking no chances.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State"

John Ivison: Liberals could freeze beer taxes and show Canadians they actually care

It’s a risky business for any government to be out of touch because survival depends on being in touch.

That was why last week’s Abacus Data poll was so striking — it suggested that 72 per cent of voters feel the Trudeau government is not focused enough on the cost of living crisis. Half of current Liberal voters feel the same way, the poll suggested. The numbers were comparable for other issues that are preoccupying Canadians like housing and health care.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trudeau is meeting with Canada’s premiers to reach a new health care funding deal. Here’s what to know

On Tuesday afternoon, Canada’s premiers will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss a new 10-year health care funding deal with the federal government. As health care systems across the country buckled during the pandemic, premiers demanded Ottawa increase health transfers to address the resulting problems, including staff shortages and ER wait times. They are calling for Ottawa’s share of health care costs to rise to 34 per cent, a significant boost from the current 22 per cent. Here is what you need to know about the meeting and what the new health care deal could include.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

‘It’s not bouncing back:’ Workers continue to return to downtown Toronto but recovery lags behind some cities

And you know as I do that most of the “benefit shoppers” will end up in Toronto so we have that going for us.

Torontonians appear to be returning downtown in greater numbers but the pace of the city’s economic recovery still lags behind many other North American cities, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of California, Berkeley have been jointly tracking cellphone data throughout the pandemic as a means of evaluating the economic recoveries in 62 North American cities.

Toronto does not have a reason to exist any longer other than as a mass-immigration dumping ground.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

Ottawa Didn’t Disclose China’s Spy Balloon Because There Were ‘Lives at Stake,’ Minister Says

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Ottawa didn’t tell the public about China’s spy balloon that was spotted over North America because there were “lives at stake.”

“There are lives at stake. There are techniques at stake. This is complex stuff,” Mendicino told the Canada-China House of Commons committee on Feb. 6.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Why is the government spending $21-million advertising on social media such as TikTok?

When the U.S. Senate passed a bill in December to restrict the use of TikTok on government-issued devices, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau noted that “we are watching what the Americans are doing.” But the government does more than just watch – it spent $21-million advertising on the likes of TikTok last year.

As we scroll these days, we may notice a government-promoted post, which means that we as taxpayers have paid to post information on a platform and push it into people’s feeds. The $21-million spent last year is at the crest of a steady increase over the years, up from $7.8-million in 2017. On TikTok specifically, the Government of Canada spent $1.7-million on ads last year, up 128 per cent from the previous year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Oh, Canada: Stefanik blasts Adams as helping migrants ‘escape law,’ Biden for ‘passing buck’

Mayor Eric Adams came under fire Monday from a top Republican member of Congress who accused him of helping migrants illegally leave New York for Canada in violation of US law.

US Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) of Glens Falls blasted the mayor following an exclusive NY Post report that revealed how migrants got free bus tickets to upstate Plattsburgh, then walked into Canada at an unofficial border crossing 20 miles north.

“New Yorkers deserve answers for why their taxpayer dollars are being spent to help illegal immigrants violate their parole and escape the law,” said the No. 4 House Republican, whose district covers Plattsburgh and the Roxham Road crossing into Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, USA

Kelly McParland: The Trudeauing of Amira Elghawaby

… the Elghawaby fiasco is a vintage example of the Trudeau approach to governing. It was all about posturing and pandering, an attempt to win support in a specific voting demographic disguised as social justice. It was launched hastily, with eyes primarily on the next day’s headlines and the anticipated gains to be had. Nobody in the Prime Minister’s Office did much in the way of homework, even to the extent of a minimal vetting of the candidate.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

If China is covering up its Covid death toll, what else is it hiding?

Official statistics clearly cannot be trusted

A story in CityAM this morning will make for uncomfortable reading in Downing Street. The latest business survey from the BDO consultancy has found that more than half of UK firms are worried about reliable access to vital inputs. Supply chain disruptions and labour shortages have already stoked inflation, so the fact that so many producers anticipate further problems is bad news.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", "China eats weird animals disease"

A worried Washington Post reports that White people have flocked back to city centers

Possible reaction of Post editorial board

In the 20th century, “White flight” transformed many American cities as White people moved in droves from urban centers to the suburbs.

In the last decade, that exodus kicked into reverse.

The White population increased between 2010 and 2020 in hundreds of neighborhoods at the center of many large cities, even as it declined almost everywhere else in the country. This influx, which in some cases began before 2010 but has accelerated and expanded, has brought about new upheavals, making some of the country’s biggest urban cores feel increasingly unrecognizable to longtime Black, Hispanic and Asian residents.

OMG! They’re movin in and fixin up the place!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Salman Rushdie speaks publicly for first time since attack

Sir Salman Rushdie, the author, has said he feels lucky to be alive after he was attacked on stage at a literary event in New York last year, speaking for the first time since the incident.

Rushdie said he was beginning to feel better and his “overwhelming feeling is gratitude” that he was not more seriously injured.

In August, the Indian-born British novelist was stabbed an estimated 12 times, including in the face and neck, losing his sight in one eye. He spent six weeks in hospital after the attack.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

So we’re canceling AI for being transphobic now

With the dramatic expansion of artificial intelligence-generated text, the speed and frequency of the internet’s milkshake-ducking has become all the more essential. If you believe that problematic speech is the same as violence, it’s hard enough to be on the lookout for material generated by living and breathing human beings — now you have a horde of AI chatbots to monitor as well. And unlike their human counterparts, these chatbots lack the shame and fear to prevent them from saying things at odds with cultural trends.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"AI - Artificial Intelligence"