Canada

Canadians were promised a foreign agent registry — so where is it?

When Parliament passed a sweeping national security bill last June, the Liberal government promised to establish a foreign influence transparency registry to convict proxies trying to meddle in Canadian politics.

But nearly a year later, it remains unclear how soon the office will be up and running

“I think it’s a huge vulnerability that needs to be addressed and needs to be fixed,” said Dennis Molinaro, a former national security analyst with the federal government who now teaches at Ontario Tech University.

Carney’s cronies won’t want that.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Foreign Interference", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Geoff Russ: Canada’s populist movement will have its day

Unless Carney addresses issues such as affordability and immigration, grassroots anger will eventually bring his government down

Canada’s populist moment did not come to pass — at least not yet.

Having deluded themselves into believing that the status quo is tenable, many on the left celebrated the result of the recent federal election as proof that Canada could withstand the wave of anti-establishment politics that has swept the West in recent years.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Hamas supporters arrive in Toronto from Amsterdam to terrorize annual Jewish event

Anti-Israel activists have descended on Toronto from Amsterdam to join their Canadian counterparts in disrupting the annual Walk for Israel event on Sunday morning.

Israel supporters will walk approximately 3.5 kms along Bathurst St., heading north from Wilson Ave. to Sheppard Ave. at 9 am EST.

Tim Horton’s Has Been Placed On High Alert

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, WTF?

Travel to and from Canada takes a nosedive: StatCan

Canada’s tourism sector is taking a hit in the wake of world-wide economic uncertainties and political tensions, according to new data released by Statistics Canada.

Visits to Canada from overseas took a nose dive in March compared to the same month last year with a 17.4 per cent drop, a trend that has continued for six straight months, according to the data.

And fewer U.S. residents are crossing the border into Canada, with trips down 6.6 per cent in March on a year-over-year basis.

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Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ raises major questions: Can it be built? Should it? What’s Canada’s role?

U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defence system, which Canada has expressed interest in joining, is raising questions about the project’s cost and feasibility as well as concerns about a space-based arms race.

Trump’s plan is modelled after the Iron Dome that protects Israel — a land mass smaller than Vancouver Island — and aims to be more robust and hundreds of times bigger.

The Iron Dome is mainly built to defend against lower-flying threats like short-range rockets, mortars and shells, while Trump and other top U.S. officials say the proposed Golden Dome would block missiles fired from other countries and from space, weaving together existing technologies with future tech that still needs to be developed.

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Ostrich farm owner warns of broader implications of federal agency ordering mass cull

The owners of an ostrich farm facing a federally mandated mass cull warn that the consequences of the government’s actions go far beyond the farm itself.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has ordered the farm’s 400 ostriches to be killed, after two ostriches tested positive for H5N1 in December. The remaining ostriches are not infected, and the CFIA has rejected the family’s pleas to allow them to bring in experts to test the birds.

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‘Easier ways to send messages’ to Trump than bringing in the King: U.S. ambassador

The new U.S. ambassador to Canada says he knows the implication of King Charles III’s upcoming trip to Ottawa is to push back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s 51st state threats — and he says there are “easier ways to send messages” to the American government.

“We’re thrilled that the king will be here,” said U.S. ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, in an interview with CBC’s The House that will air Saturday. “If there’s a message in there, there’s easier ways to send messages. Just give me a call. [Mark] Carney can call the president at any time.”

Hoekstra added that the annexation saga is “over.”

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GOLDSTEIN: In Canada, tolerating intolerance has led to hate

One of the major societal shifts in Canada in recent decades is that we’ve gone from being a tolerant society to one that tolerates intolerance.

The current political and policing paralysis when it comes to dealing with pro-Hamas demonstrations, ostensibly calling for the destruction of Israel, but whose real agenda is to foster hatred against Jews in Canada, is the latest manifestation of it.

This is what happens when you criminalize dissent.

Threatening citizens with hate crime charges for calling out Islamist predation has helped lead us to our current state of affairs.

But make no mistake the greatest crime was the demonic decision by our elites to invite Islamist settlers to Canada.

Why do they hate us?

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

We need a by-election in Terrebonne

In a less partisan, more conciliatory political environment, there would be cross-partisan consensus about the need for a by-election in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne.

It’s not simply that the margin of victory was razor-thin, with the Liberals’ Tatiana Auguste winning the riding by a single vote. Nor is it about the flip-flopping of the result: Terrebonne was first won by Ms. Auguste, then it flipped to the Bloc Québécois’ Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné after a validation process, then flipped back to Ms. Auguste following a judicial recount.

It’s a big mess.

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Most Canadians feel attached to their home, though only half trust governments: poll

OTTAWA – Most Canadians feel attached to their country, province and municipality but only about half of them trust their governments, a new poll suggests.

The Leger survey, which polled 1,537 Canadians between May 16 and 18, suggests that 82 per cent of Canadians feel attached to their country.

Because the poll was conducted online, it can’t be assigned a margin of error.

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FLETCHER: Why do we now need a Ministry of Canadian Identity?

Two unpleasant surprises struck me as I learned the details of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s oversized, largely recycled Liberal cabinet.

One, political correctness has crept ahead again with the rebranding of the ministry of Canadian Heritage to Canadian Identity and Culture. And two, the minister is professional protester Steven Guilbeault.

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