Canada

Do you think prices will go down?

With retaliatory tariffs removed, a look at items that will be cheaper for Canadians

A new chapter in the trade dispute with the United States opened this week when Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. exports included in the existing Canada-U.S. trade deal would be rescinded.

“I think this is a positive step because we had the U.S. ambassador last week saying this was a major impediment to making any progress … that Canada had retaliatory tariffs on some goods that were actually covered under the existing trade agreement,” financial analyst Michael Campbell told Global News.

Maybe a little but not much.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

The Russia-Ukraine war: Where it stands and where it might be going

In most Western countries, including Canada, the celebration known as flag day is greeted with a kind of benevolent, restrained enthusiasm.

Rarely is it ever a visceral event, the way it has become in Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brought that sentiment into sharp focus on Saturday, a day before Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Kyiv as a special guest for Independence Day celebrations and pledged Canada’s ongoing support of Ukraine.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Ukraine

All eyes turn to the Arctic as Canada ramps up defence spending

ICE Station Trudeau

OTTAWA — If war ever comes to Canada, it could appear as an enemy missile soaring over the vast Arctic.

One nightmare scenario goes like this. Russia, emboldened from its assault on Ukraine and intent on recovering more of its lost Soviet sphere, invades the Baltics. Allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) hold true to their vows of collective defence, and some 2,000 Canadian soldiers — stationed today as a deterrence force in Latvia — find themselves on the front line of a new great power conflict.

I do not think Canada is taken seriously as the steward of its own Arctic.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Arctic, Canada

KLEIN: Politicians silent as Jewish women and children terrorized

Recently in the Winnipeg Sun, guest columnist Lawrence Pinsky KC described a scene that should never occur in a Canadian city. At Folklorama’s Israel Pavilion, Shalom Square, held at the Jewish Community Centre, a mob harassed Jewish community members and their guests. They shouted vile sexualized slurs at women and girls, screamed threats like “Hamas is coming for you,” and played recordings of gunshots and screaming children.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Oct 7 2023", Canada

GUNTER: Want to cut federal operating expenses? Start with civil service

Here’s a staggering statistic for you: Nearly 40 per cent of the federal civil service (147,000 of 373,000 federal bureaucrats) made in excess of $100,000 in 2024. The average Canadian made just shy of $68,000.

And that sum doesn’t include the bureaucrats’ retroactive pay raises paid out last year. Nor does it include their very expensive perks or the generous contributions Ottawa makes to its workers’ lavish pensions.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

For both Carney and Poilievre, success has nothing to do with their strengths and everything to do with their weaknesses

As a young boy, I reserved a special place in hell for whichever ad executive decided it was time to launch the “back to school” marketing blitz in the midst of my carefree late summer.

The reminder was, in a word, unwelcome.

So, at the risk of being “that guy” for Canada’s Members of Parliament and their hardworking staff, let me join the “back to Parliament” commentary train for Ottawa’s upcoming fall session, which kicks off Sept. 15.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

‘Canada can’t replace U.S. market’: Trade expert discusses high stakes in upcoming CUSMA review

With a review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) looming amid President Donald Trump’s trade war, National Post spoke this week with Canadian political and trade policy expert Laura Dawson. Dawson is the former director of the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., where she focused on bilateral economic issues, including NAFTA/CUSMA. She is now the executive director of the Canada-U.S. Future Borders Coalition and a regular media commentator. Much of Dawson’s work involves advising governments, businesses, and organizations on cross-border trade.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Abacus Data Poll: Conservatives Edge Ahead as Cost of Living Dominates and Trump Fades

August 24, 2025

From August 15 to 19, 2025, Abacus Data surveyed 1,915 Canadian adults on the state of federal politics. The poll captures public opinion just as Air Canada flight attendants initiated strike action but it’s important to note that many of the interviews were completed prior to that event, and thus this wave does not fully reflect its impact. The same is true for Pierre Poilievre’s byelection victory on Monday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Unfortunately, there may not be a hockey analogy for the challenge Canada faces

Inevitably, but torturously, this unique moment in the history of this country has come to be understood primarily in hockey terms.

“His elbows have mysteriously gone missing,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said of Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday. “He’s not thrown one elbow since he took office.”

A few hours earlier, a reporter had warned the prime minister that his critics might say something like that in the wake of his decision to repeal some of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against American products — that while Carney had once spoken of Canada putting its elbows “up,” now those elbows might be said to be down.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Ontario couple whose teenage son died after 8-hour wait in ER calls for law reform

An Ontario family is calling on the provincial government to introduce legislation that would set maximum emergency room wait times for children after their teenage son died following an eight-hour wait for a doctor in a hospital last year.

GJ and Hazel van der Werken, of Burlington, Ont., said their 16-year-old son, Finlay, had a few days of mild illness and was suffering from migraines before his condition began to worsen. Hazel rushed him to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on Feb. 7, 2024, she said.

And who received treatment in advance of this young man?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Healthcare Crisis", "Healthcare", Canada

Fed-up Canadians say no one at CRA is taking their call. The union says it’s set to get worse

Many Canadians are complaining they can’t reach anyone at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) by phone to address important tax matters, and the union representing agency workers has joined affected taxpayers in pleading with the federal government to fix the problem.

“It’s just so frustrating and disappointing,” said Krista Tucker Petrick of North Bay, Ont., one of several affected taxpayers interviewed by CBC News.

She said she has been calling the CRA at least twice daily for weeks to deal with her late stepmother’s estate.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

‘I was scared’ — American man seeks asylum in Windsor after kayaking into Canada

After kayaking across the Detroit River earlier this month, an American asylum-seeker stepped into Canada unsure of what to expect, but considers the reaction so far positive – including a stranger giving him $100.

“I hate the fact that I did what I did, but what was my choice? I was scared,” said Dan Livers, 51, of Michigan. “I hope to become a citizen.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Latest Immigration Numbers Show Carney’s Liberals Still Using Canada As A 3rd World Cheap Labour Dumping Ground

Here’s what Canada’s latest immigration data reveals

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has revealed the closely watched statistics on permanent and temporary resident trends after being accused for weeks by the Conservatives of withholding the data.
On Friday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada updated its webpages with data on arrivals of asylum claimants, international students and foreign workers, as well as applications caught up in the department’s backlog.

Although there are still more than 2.2 million immigration applications awaiting a decision, the number of temporary residents — made up of international students, foreign workers and refugee claimants — declined in the first six months of 2025, compared to the same period last year.

Declined? Not by any material amount. Carney and his pal Wiseman are screwing us over as expected.  It is an act of evil.

The article is BULLSHIT PROPAGANDA excreted by the Star on demand.

This is not immigration, it is population replacement.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, The Great Replacement

Mark Carney has had it easy so far. Now, he has to deal with Pierre Poilievre

Pierre Poilievre won the seat that sends him back to Parliament this week to face Mark Carney. We asked two writers what changes for each of the two leaders now.

It’s been a while since I’ve heard anyone say the phrase “elbows up.” That patriotic statement raised the spirits of Canadians when still absorbing the shock of a hostile U.S President. Mark Carney embraced “elbows up” along with a plucky “build, baby,’ build” mantra.

Judging by the results of the election, the slogans played well. And Carney continued on a roll as Prime Minister through diplomacy abroad and engaging provincial premiers at home. But now, Carney faces a more prolonged test in a less comfortable setting — the daily grind and closer scrutiny of a sitting Parliament.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada