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‘Canada is handing people over to ICE’: refugees rejected at border face US detention

As each day in US detention passes, Markens Appolon can feel the life he had dreamed of slipping away.

The 25-year-old fled Haiti to escape the rampant gang violence that upended his university studies in economics, and planned to join family in Montreal.

But for the last four and a half months, Appolon has been incarcerated in a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. He wonders how he would even begin to rebuild, if he is released.

Imagine that, Canada did the right thing. Pic from here.

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2026May 23, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints, Canada, USA

Ford slams encampment ruling affecting Kitchener transit expansion: ‘It’s a joke’

Premier Doug Ford isn’t too pleased with an Ontario judge’s ruling about a homeless encampment in Kitchener, which has stalled a planned transit expansion.

Ontario Court Justice Michael R. Gibson said Waterloo Region would not be allowed to remove residents living at the encampment as part of a court ruling that came down Thursday.

The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that homelessness is a protected category under the Charter right to equality. I brainstormed a few ideas as to what this may look like in practice. Here's an extended example.

The law of substantive equality works towards equal outcomes.… https://t.co/jSsT6gj2Ot

— Jamie Sarkonak (@sarkonakj) May 22, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2026May 23, 2026•0•Canada, WTF?

Can a province just decide to leave Canada? Here’s what the law says

With the possibility of two separation referendums on the horizon, Canadians could be forgiven for wondering what would happen if voters in one province or another decide they no longer want to be a part of Canada.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pledged that her province would hold a referendum in the fall essentially asking if voters want a second binding referendum on separation at a later date.

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2026May 23, 2026•0•Canada

The Muslim Brotherhood’s covert presence in the West

The West offers the “ideal environment” for an organization like the Muslim Brotherhood to carry out its operations “because we are extremely tolerant,” says Lorenzo Vidino, an expert on the Islamist organization.

The Muslim Brotherhood has inspired or spawned some of the world’s most dangerous terrorist organizations. Yet its goals, strategy, structure, and financing remain poorly understood – even by many of the world’s leading national security and intelligence agencies.

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2026May 22, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Pentagon doubles down on Canada rebuke with demand for NATO spending road map, F-35 decision – proposed Carignan NATO makeover threatened

The Pentagon wants to see Canada articulate a clear plan on how the country intends to meet NATO’s new military spending benchmark before resuming binational defence planning co-operation.

The absence of a plan to spend 3.5 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product on the military, plus an additional 1.5 per cent of GDP on defence infrastructure, appears to be at the heart of this week’s suspension of the U.S.–Canada Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD).

Senior Pentagon officials, speaking on background Thursday to mostly Canadian journalists, also cited the absence of a decision on whether to proceed with the full purchase of American-made F-35 fighter jets as another major irritant.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2026May 22, 2026•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, NATO, USA

Whistleblowers say organized crime has infiltrated Canada’s largest airport

Whistleblowers tell CTV News’ investigative unit W5 that organized crime has infiltrated Canada’s largest airport, as they call for sweeping reforms.

It took the horror of Sept. 11 to force airports around the world into a massive security overhaul to guard against terrorism.

Passengers became the focus of intense scrutiny: shoes off, liquids ditched, carry-on luggage scanned, bodies searched.

Pearson sounds worse.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2026May 22, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Crime

US baseball team’s charter bus torched near Winnipeg Goldeyes stadium

The visiting Kane County Cougars clobbered the Winnipeg Goldeyes earlier this week on the field, but they took a big loss Thursday morning just outside Blue Cross Park.

The team’s charter bus, parked in a lot across William Stephenson Way, was set ablaze at around 2 a.m., said police, who arrested two people.

h/t Al The Fish

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2026May 21, 2026•0•Canada, USA, WTF?

Canadian regulator triples US streamers’ financial contributions to Canadian content

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Large online streaming services must contribute 15% of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content, the country’s federal broadcast regulator said Thursday.

That figure is three times the 5% initial contribution requirement the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, set out in 2024, which is being challenged in court by U.S.-based major streamers, including Apple, Amazon and Spotify.

The CRTC made the decision as part of its implementation of the Online Streaming Act, which the U.S. has identified as a trade irritant ahead of trade negotiations with Canada.

Thanks Carney, you sure a master negotiator.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2026May 21, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, USA

Jamie Sarkonak: How being in a toxic relationship can now get you sued

You can sue someone for inflicting mental distress, for causing you physical harm, and for causing you to fear that you’ll experience physical harm, which should cover all the bases of domestic violence. But on Friday, a majority of the Supreme Court went a step further and recognized a new way to sue for suffering mere indignity in a relationship.

It’s called the “tort of intimate partner violence” — which isn’t exactly an accurate title, as it doesn’t actually require violence to have taken place. The essentials are just this: a relationship between the parties (past or present) must have existed, intentional abusive conduct by one against the other must have taken place, and that conduct must amount to “coercive control.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2026May 21, 2026•0•Canada, WTF?

Canadians want defence dollars spent on Canadian-owned firms, not U.S. companies or their subsidiaries

Canadians strongly support investing in domestically owned defence companies and oppose relying on American companies to build equipment for the Canadian military, according to a new public opinion poll released May 21.

The research was done for the Alliance of Canadian Defence Companies (ACDC), an industry-led trade association and lobbying group representing wholly Canadian-owned defence builders and suppliers. The alliance represents more than 200 Canadian-owned and Canadian-controlled defence companies across aerospace, maritime, land, cyber and other defence sectors.

by Blazingcatfur•May 21, 2026May 21, 2026•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Why is the U.S. blaming Canada for the suspension of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence?

The United States says it is “pausing” its participation in the U.S.-Canada Permanent Joint Board on Defence “to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defence.” Here’s what to know.

The Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD) is the senior advisory body on continental defence. Composed of military and diplomatic representatives from both nations, it meets twice a year with locations alternating between Canada and the U.S.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Exclusive investigation reveals security gaps and organized crime at Toronto airport: ‘You could walk out carrying a cruise missile’

Passengers travelling through Toronto Pearson International Airport face layers of security designed to stop dangerous people and dangerous goods from boarding planes.

Carry-on bags are X-rayed. Water bottles are confiscated. Travellers are scanned, searched and monitored by cameras throughout the terminals.

But exclusive reporting from CTV News’ investigative unit W5 into how organized crime groups exploit airport insiders to move drugs has uncovered troubling gaps in the security systems meant to monitor employees with direct access to restricted areas of Canada’s busiest airport, including luggage and aircraft.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•Canada, Crime

With its pause on the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, the U.S. is attempting to constrain Canada

It is possible you have never heard of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence.

It meets just once or twice a year – these days not even that – to provide Canadian and American military leaders with the opportunity for a full and frank exchange of views on bilateral defence issues. But it is far from the only instrument of co-operation between the two countries’ militaries, or even the most important.

Carney has been in bed with the ChiComs since long before taking office.

My bet is this flirtation has reached a point that the US considers Canada a near enemy state, Venezuela norte.

Carney has said the relationship is dead on a number of occasions.

Perhaps the US has reached the same conclusion. Carney is not leading, he’s viewing his profit horizon.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Carney plays down U.S. suspension of North America defence board

Prime Minister Mark Carney played down the Trump administration’s suspension of a United States-Canada defence co-operation body and rejected its suggestion Ottawa has not boosted defence spending.

Elbridge Colby, the U.S. undersecretary of defence for policy, announced Monday that Washington was putting the 86-year-old Permanent Joint Board on Defense on hold and accused Canada of failing to live up to its military responsibilities, despite Ottawa boosting defence spending over the past year.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Report claims dozens of workplace complaints tied to pro-Palestinian views among Muslims in Canada

A Department of Justice report says hundreds of Muslims in Canada have reported workplace consequences linked to their political views, particularly support for Palestine.

The report, A Qualitative Look at Serious Legal Problems: Muslims in London and Toronto, attributes the findings to advocacy and legal support data provided by the Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association of Toronto, which says it has assisted more than 300 individuals who faced workplace repercussions related to their political expression.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", "Remigration", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West