Canada

The Star: America Bad!

The hostile reaction of U.S. lawmakers to Canadian forest fires reveals more about U.S.-Canada relations than any stack of trade statistics

If your neighbour’s house catches on fire, what do you do? Do you shout over the fence, telling her to keep the ruckus down? Do you complain that the smoke wafting into your backyard is making it hard for you to enjoy the evening?

I sure hope not. If you’re a decent person, or just a basically normal person, you do whatever you can to help. You try to make sure everything’s being done to fight the blaze and everyone’s being taken care of. You’d expect your neighbour to do the same if it happened to you.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Ford & Carney now trying to salvage relationship they trashed with Mexico after falling out with Trump

This will win hearts and minds.

Canada is trying to salvage its relationship with Mexico after falling out with Trump: analysts

MEXICO CITY – Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrambling to save his country’s relationship with Mexico after it disintegrated late last year when Canadian officials suggested they’d be better off negotiating a trade deal with the Trump administration alone.

Carney attempted to break the ice in a phone call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in July by complimenting an indigenous-made soccer ball she had gifted him at their last meeting and saying he hoped to visit Mexico soon.

The warm overture, relayed to Reuters by three people familiar with the call, highlights Canada’s attempt to repair the damage after a string of public slights by Canadian officials, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who said in November that any comparison of Canada to Mexico was “the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard.”

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

Girl Guides of Canada suspends U.S. trips over restrictions, safety concerns

I bet they caught her smuggling fentanyl.

Girl Guides of Canada says it is pausing all trips to the U.S. starting next month over concerns some members could be impacted by border changes put in place by the Trump administration.

In an email to Global News, the organization said it had made the decision to pause U.S.-bound trips as of Sept. 1 “after careful consideration.”

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

Path cleared for Canada to take part in Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield

The Liberal government has removed restrictions on missile defence activities, paving the way for Canada to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” system or any other similar initiatives.

Defence Minister David McGuinty visited the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) headquarters in Colorado on July 15 when he met with U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot. McGuinty noted the government “removed all restrictions on air and missile defence of Canada” but specific details were not provided at the time.

What? No Elbows?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Breaking China’s Hold on Critical Minerals: Canada’s Chances and Roadblocks

As China uses its dominance of critical minerals as a geopolitical tool—limiting exports and imposing tariffs—and as demand for these elements in defence and the high-tech sectors grow, there’s a new sense of urgency in the West to break China’s hold.

Ottawa recently joined other G7 leaders in launching a critical minerals action plan, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has noted the important role such minerals play in expanding the country’s defence plan.

But while the United States is implementing plans to quickly unleash its rare earth mineral development, Canada—despite having an estimated four times more rare earth elements —faces different limitations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Rare Earths", Canada

Pro-Palestinian constituents gather outside Joly’s home, raising security concerns

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside Joly’s home, raising security concerns

A pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the home of Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has sparked calls for the government to consider security measures to protect politicians from protests at their residences.

A group of up to 60 protesters chanted slogans, rang bells, banged pots and projected messages onto Ms. Joly’s house in Montreal on Wednesday evening, in an escalation of protest activity over the situation in Gaza.

But they’re her constituents!

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly implied that the 7,000 or so Arabs in her Montreal riding influence her positions on Israel

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Muslim groups call for regulation of MP speech over ‘anti-Arab disinformation’

Muslim advocacy organizations are calling on Parliament to regulate what they describe as disinformation by politicians targeting Arab Canadians, urging the Office of the Ethics Commissioner to hold elected officials accountable for spreading harmful narratives.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the proposal is outlined in a new report titled Documenting The Palestine Exception, released by York University’s Islamophobia Research Hub.

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

Could Systemic Corruption in British Columbia Explain Botched Narco Prosecutions and PRC Ferry Deal?

Sam Cooper – In this sweeping conversation with Jason James of BNN, I discuss some of The Bureau’s biggest investigations of the summer — including the widening pattern of prosecutorial failures in major synthetic narcotics and money laundering cases in British Columbia. We spotlight the recent collapse of charges against a Chinese-state linked scientist accused of importing over 100 kilograms of precursors for MDMA production.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Carney’s Canada

At the end of the 1880s, reports Desmond Morton in “A Short History of Canada,” the United States was booming while Canada stagnated. Even Friedrich Engels, during a visit to the U.S. and Canada in 1888, recognized “how necessary the feverish speculative spirit of the Americans is for the rapid development of a new country.” However, the situation was so bad in Canada that opposition leader Wilfrid Laurier, who became prime minister in 1896, ruefully stated, “We have come to a period in the history of this young country when premature dissolution seems to be at hand.”

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

Toronto Star Concerned AI Is Catching ‘So-Called Asylum Seeker’ Scammers

How do Canadian officials detect plagiarized refugee claims?

A failed refugee claimant came to Amandeep Singh in May for help after he was refused because his claim was “nearly word for word” identical to others before the refugee board.

While the Edmonton-based immigration consultant had heard for a long time that some claimants and their counsel have plagiarized claims to game the system, what struck him was what tool the refugee board and immigration officials use to flag these cases, which he says seems to have happened more often.

Don’t worry Carney and his pal Wiseman will make it easy for the unvetted … Immigration lawyers say rising number of CSIS security screenings causing delays

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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

Why doesn’t Canada already have a stronger relationship with Mexico?

With tensions once again heating up in Canada’s trade negotiations with the United States, and the Trump administration blaming the “elbows up” approach, Canadian officials are scrambling to build new relationships, including with one of its closest neighbours: Mexico.

The effort began at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., in June, where Prime Minister Mark Carney invited Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to meet with him privately, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said from Mexico City Tuesday.

Our drug runners get along fine.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Mexico