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‘The perception is Carney is a wartime leader’: why Canada’s PM could secure a majority

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, is on the brink of securing a majority government, with his Liberal party poised to win at least two closely watched byelections and courting an “almost unprecedented” string of defections from rival parties.

Carney’s ability to turn a strong minority into a narrow majority through electoral gains and floor crossing has strengthened his reputation as a pragmatic leader above the cut and thrust of partisan politics. But his efforts to bring in lawmakers from across the political spectrum has also sparked a fierce internal debate over the Liberals’ values and the risks of consolidating more power.

WTF? Carney is a good wartime grifter … maybe.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 13, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Strait of Hormuz Blockade Sets Up Risky New Showdown

President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. military would blockade the Strait of Hormuz sets up a risky new showdown that could draw American forces into a prolonged struggle to control the strategic chokepoint while compounding the global economic damage caused by the conflict.

Hours after U.S. peace talks with Iran broke down in Pakistan, Trump said that the Navy would begin the blockade, “seek and interdict” vessels that had paid Iran to get through the strait, and then start clearing the waterway of sea mines. “He added that any Iranian forces that fired on U.S. troops or commercial shipping would be “BLOWN TO HELL.”

U.S. Forces Start Mine Clearance Mission in Strait of Hormuz

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 13, 2026•0•"US Israel Iran War"

Two accused killers in Stoney Creek slaying of teen are refugee claimants: Source

Two of the five men accused of murdering a teenager in a terrifying Stoney Creek shooting linked to Greater Toronto Area tow truck wars are refugee claimants, the Toronto Sun has learned.

A third man accused is a permanent resident.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 13, 2026•0•"Diversity Crime", "Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Remigration"

The Devon experiment that could plunge Britain into darkness

“It’s like having a curfew,” says Rose Lelliott, 23. Outside her flat, on a quiet road in Exeter – the sort of place you’d imagine your mother would encourage you to live, were you a young woman moving away from home for the first time – the street lights that once guided her way to the local train station are all either broken, working at half-power, or permanently snuffed out.

Lelliott commutes to London once a week, where she works as a researcher at the House of Commons. To make the train for her 9am start, she has to be out the door by 5.15am, but the streetlamps along her road are turned off between 12.30pm and 5.30am. After 9.30pm, they’re dimmed to just 40 per cent of their usual power.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 13, 2026•0•"Environmentalists", "Net-Zero Tyranny", WTF?

MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+Moron says you’re a Bigot

NDP MP Leah Gazan is standing by her use of the initialism MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ and denouncing those who are mocking her online for using the term.

A clip of the Winnipeg Centre MP saying “the ongoing genocide of MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+” during a news conference in Ottawa went viral this week and sparked backlash, including insults from Elon Musk and U.S. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

“Bigots are bigots,” Gazan told CBC News in response.

The Moron is likely a Pretendian

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 13, 2026•0•"Aboriginal Fatigue"

AfD: Reopen Nuclear Plants and Repeal ‘Green’ Energy Laws

German right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) wants to see the Nord Stream gas pipeline back online and also proposes reactivating nuclear power.

That is the content of a position paper presented by the party’s parliamentary group, according to Welt. The proposal, seen by AFP, states:

We will further diversify the supply of gas and oil in Germany’s interest, avoid new import dependencies, and enable the commissioning of existing supply routes such as the Nord Stream pipeline.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 12, 2026•0•Germany, Germany - AfD party

Psychiatrist says patients with eating disorders and depression could be considered for MAiD

One psychiatrist has deemed eating disorders and depression to be worthy of “a grievous and irremediable medical condition” qualifying someone for MAiD.

At a Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD) in late March, Dr. Mona Gupta, a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Montreal, was asked by Conservative MP Andrew Lawton whether an eating disorder or depression would qualify.

“It depends on the circumstances of the person,” Gupta stated at first.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 12, 2026•0•MAiD Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

I have no fear of Trump, says Pope after attacks and AI ‘Jesus’ image

President Trump has posted an AI-generated image seemingly depicting himself as Jesus Christ as he attacked the Pope for not supporting his war in Iran.

In the image, posted at the same time as the US president criticised the Pope for being “weak” on crime and “terrible” for foreign policy, Trump appears dressed in red and white robes as he cures a man with his healing hand. The American flag is shown over his shoulder. The image was shared on the president’s Truth Social site.

Update: Trump posts, then deletes AI image of himself as Christ-like figure, sparking blasphemy accusations

Trump is drawing heat even on Truth Social for this post but some added context was supplied about the origin of the picture in his defense, regardless many are not buying in.

PS. Let me know if you can access the Truth Social links above, I will add the origin/defense pic in the comments.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 13, 2026•0•Catholic Church, President Trump

What is a ‘fertility gap’ and why is it growing in Canada?

There has been a growing shift in the kind of clients Dr. Kim Garbedian, a reproductive endocrinologist, has been seeing at Pollin Fertility clinic in Toronto recently: younger couples in their twenties, looking to make sure their reproductive health allows them to have children later in life.

“Fertility awareness has increased a lot. We’re specifically seeing young women coming in their twenties and early thirties, who know they want to have children and desire to have them but they’re not really right there, right now,” said Dr. Garbedian in an interview with CTV News Saturday.

“But they’re coming in, whether it’s just testing or freezing their eggs.”

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 12, 2026•0•Demography

‘Paradise prison’ allows paedophiles to record bedtime stories for their children

Child sex offenders are recording their own podcasts in a prison described as a “paedophile paradise”.

HMP Whatton in Nottinghamshire, the largest prison for sex offenders in Europe, has a hi-tech multimedia studio where prisoners produce their own podcasts. It also allows paedophiles to record bedtime stories for their child relatives.

An analysis by The Telegraph of the prison and five others that detain paedophiles found that inmates had access to a hipster vintage store, a bistro and enjoyed privacy locks in their cells.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 12, 2026•0•WTF?

‘We have to get ready for large-scale conflicts,’ says Canada’s military chief

As well as being the first woman to lead Canada’s armed forces, General Jennie Carignan is also in command as her country pushes to rearm on a scale not seen since the Cold War.

This includes expanding the full-time military, bolstering the number of reservists and attempting to get up to 300,000 civilians to join a “strategic reserve” – a pool of people with some form of training that could be called upon in the event of a major crisis.

“The world has changed,” General Carignan told Sky News. “We have to get ready for large-scale conflicts, more conventional, so we need a different military to do that and different capability.”

PM Carney says the days of sending 70 cents of every dollar in military spending to the United States are over and gets a standing ovation pic.twitter.com/mW6MgLjYwQ

— Scott Robertson (@sarobertsonca) April 11, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 12, 2026•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

UK will not join Trump’s blockade of Iran’s ports in the Strait of Hormuz

The UK will not be involved in enforcing the US military blockade of Iran, the BBC understands.

British naval ships and soldiers will not be used to block Iranian ports, while UK minesweepers and anti-drone capabilities will continue operating in the region.

A spokesperson for the UK government said: “We continue to support freedom of navigation and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which is urgently needed to support the global economy and the cost of living back home.”

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2026April 12, 2026•0•"US Israel Iran War", UK, USA

LILLEY: Tories can thank Donald Trump with Mark Carney on verge of majority

By the time Mark Carney turns off the light and heads to bed Monday night, he will know for certain that he is presiding over a majority government.

Carney and his Liberals currently have 171 seats in the House of Commons; the three byelections taking place Monday should give them 174 seats. That is still a tight majority, but it’s a majority nonetheless.