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The Silver Lining in Trump’s Tariff Chaos

Behind all the drama of President Donald Trump’s tariffs lies the hope that they serve some clear purpose for American and global trade. But Trump’s signature inscrutability makes it hard to discern what that purpose is—or whether one even exists.

Either way, his actions threaten to unravel the global trading system that has been in place for the past 80 years. That unraveling would bring economic and financial pain—but also potential upside, given that the current system is ultimately unsustainable.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Liberation Day", Canada, USA

John Robson: Is It 1938 Out There?

Since the Hamas invasion of Israel to massacre Jews on Oct. 7, 2023, there has been an eruption of public Jew-hatred in Canada. The most recent example occurred this past weekend, at the start of Passover, when “pro-Palestinian” demonstrations took place on Parliament Hill during which an officer was spat upon, in Edmonton blocking a bridge, while in Montreal, just ahead of Passover, “demonstrators” vandalized Concordia University’s Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies.

Despite the flimsy excuses of apologists that such displays and protests are “merely” anti-Zionism, they have led numerous commentators to draw explicit, horrified, baffled comparisons to the 1930s that, while legitimate to a point, actually fail to express the far greater seriousness of the situation today.

Nothing mass deportation can’t fix.

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

Canada has the critical minerals Donald Trump wants. So what should we do with them?

An ongoing trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s hunger for critical minerals have brought Canada’s rich mineral deposits into the spotlight, with federal and provincial politicians promising to accelerate natural resource projects.

Interest in the country’s critical minerals surged after Trump started musing about annexing Canada, experts say, and grew as the president’s global trade war intensified.

Surprise China! Here’s some good background on why Canada’s rare earth minerals remain in the ground.

‘You don’t control your destiny’: Why Canada’s rare earth deposits are staying in the ground

Somewhere on the outskirts of Montreal, Kiril Mugerman, chief executive of Geomega Resources Inc., aims to build a recycling plant that can produce rare earth oxides — the obscure set of elements that recently emerged as a flash point in the U.S.-China trade war.

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Turning to recycling marks an about-face from the original game plan for his company, which spent millions of dollars trying to prove it could mine rare earths from a patch of land in northern Quebec.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Canadian Future Party calls for firing of Islamophobia advisor, scrapping $5.4M budget

The Canadian Future Party is calling for the immediate dismissal of Amira Elghawaby, cabinet’s $191,000-a-year Special Representative on Combating Islamophobia, and the elimination of her office entirely.

Blacklock’s Reporter says in a platform released this week, the party proposed folding her responsibilities into existing government agencies.

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

‘My home is worth millions – but my own kids are priced out of this city’

Before Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and threatened its sovereignty, the Canadian psyche was consumed with another major issue: housing affordability. With an election on the horizon, voters are wondering if any party has a plan to fix what has become a generational problem.

Willow Yamauchi says she was just a “regular” person when she and her husband bought their family home in Vancouver 25 years ago for a modest sum of C$275,000 – around C$435,000 ($312,000; £236,400) in today’s dollars.

That same property is now worth several million.

In the city in Canada’s pacific northwest, Ms Yamauchi’s story is as common as the rainy weather. The average price of a detached home in Vancouver in 2000 was around C$350,000. Now, it is more than C$2m.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada

China, Mexico, Canada Flagged in $1.4 Billion Fentanyl Trade by U.S. Financial Watchdog

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified $1.4 billion in fentanyl-linked suspicious transactions, naming China, Mexico, Canada, and India as key foreign touchpoints in the global production and laundering network. The analysis, based on 1,246 Bank Secrecy Act filings submitted in 2024, tracks financial activity spanning chemical purchases, trafficking logistics, and international money laundering operations.

h/t handy n handsome

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Crime, Mexico, USA

Carney Capitulates: Canada Waives Retaliatory Tariffs On US-Made Cars And Trucks

The first skirmish in the US-China trade war just concluded and Mark Carney is left licking his wounds.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government will allow automakers to import US-manufactured cars and trucks without tariffs, as long as the companies continue to build cars in Canada, and continued with previously announced expansions. Which of course, they all will vow to do – after all, there is no downside to a promise – meaning Canada just conceded to a key Trump demands.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Canada still outside US$1B NATO innovation fund—a year after committing to join

Canada remains on the sidelines of a US$1-billion NATO venture capital fund aimed at backing next-generation defence technology, The Logic has confirmed, despite the federal government’s promise to join the effort one year ago.

Launched in 2022, the 24-member NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) invests in companies developing defence-related technologies in areas like quantum computing, AI and hypersonic systems. The Liberal government under Justin Trudeau had said it would join the fund, and in April 2024 said it had allocated $107 million to NIF over 20 years as part of its “renewed vision for Canada’s defence.”

If it doesn’t involve Trannies they won’t bother.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in March as cross-border travel plummets

The number of cross-border travellers going from Canada to the U.S. dropped by nearly 900,000 in March compared to the same month last year, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data — easily one of the worst year-over-year drops recorded outside of the COVID-19 health crisis.

The border figures show 4,105,516 travellers crossed the U.S. northern border in March of this year, down from 4,970,360 people who did the same in 2024 — a roughly 17 per cent decline that observers say is largely driven by President Donald Trump’s trade war, 51st state taunts and Canada-bashing.

Observers say … The Moon is made of Green Cheese.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

LILLEY: Carney campaign’s prayers answered with latest 51st state comments

Mark Carney was handed a gift again on Tuesday from the people he says he’s fighting against.

As the Liberal leader was busy preparing for Wednesday’s French-language leaders debate, Donald Trump’s White House put the idea of the 51st state back on the election agenda.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Alleged wheelman in Pearson gold heist strikes plea deal in U.S.

The alleged wheelman in the 2023 heist at Toronto’s Pearson airport has agreed to plead guilty to arms-trafficking charges in the U.S., which prosecutors allege stemmed from an effort to spend some of $20 million worth of stolen gold on guns.

Durante King-McLean of Brampton, Ont., who has been in custody in Pennsylvania since state troopers pulled him over in September 2023, signed the deal earlier this month before it was filed on Friday — pleading guilty to conspiracy to traffic firearms, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison or a fine of $250,000.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Diversity", Canada, Crime