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Over 300 CAF Members Launch $500 Million Lawsuit Against Military for COVID Vaccine Mandates

Around 330 active or former members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) who say they were harmed by COVID-19 vaccine mandates have filed a class-action lawsuit against high-ranking members of the Canadian military, asking for some $500 million in damages.

“The CAF shirked its own purpose and rushed an untested product onto its members, mislabeled this experimental gene therapy a ‘vaccine,’ knowingly made false statements of safety and efficacy, and facilitated its mandate with no option to refuse except for mandatory permanent removal from service,” reads the statement of claim filed with the Federal Court on June 21.

by Blazingcatfur•June 24, 2023June 24, 2023•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "China eats weird animals disease", Canada

Bruce Pardy: How Canada’s secular religion of cultural self-hate took hold

Modern Western civilization grew out of the Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries. The ascendancy of reason in human affairs produced the scientific method and later the Industrial Revolution. Add in the rule of law, individual liberty, private property and capitalism, and you have the basic recipe that has raised much of humanity out of poverty and oppression over two centuries.

by Blazingcatfur•June 24, 2023June 24, 2023•0•Canada

Canada’s public service is stuck in ‘analog’ and the world ‘has moved on’: Former clerk

The public service is not keeping pace with Canadians’ needs in a digital world, says the woman who used to lead it.

“The public service is still working in what I would describe as kind of analog ways and the world has moved on,” former clerk of the Privy Council Janice Charette, told Rosemary Barton Live in an interview airing Sunday.

“You can make a dinner reservation, you can book a cruise, you can move money in and out of your bank account, transfer between the two of us — it’s remarkable the things you can do in a digital world and the public service, and our service delivery infrastructure has not kept up with that.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 24, 2023June 24, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class

Aspiring Toronto rapper Top5 who is just getting his life together releases music video from jail while awaiting murder trial

Ontario’s Solicitor General is trying to figure out how a man awaiting trail on a first-degree murder charge was able to record part of a music video inside his jail cell.

In a clip posted to Instagram this week, Toronto rapper Top5, appears in an orange jumpsuit in a cinderblock room.

“I was 18 when I bought a gun, 22 when I shot your son,” he says looking into the camera.

by Blazingcatfur•June 24, 2023June 24, 2023•0•Canada, WTF?

Politicians Should Have Listened to Fadden’s Warnings on Beijing Instead of Reprimanding Him

We humans are odd creatures sometimes. When faced with information that is negative we tend to want to avoid it. If someone says “I have good news and I have bad news,” many of us ask to hear the former first, dreading the latter.

At the end of the day, however, it is best to listen to whatever the bad news is eventually. Chances are it’s not going to disappear anyway, so ignoring it is the equivalent of kicking the information can down the road. Accept it, decide what it means, and what you need to do about it. Unfortunately, Canadian federal and provincial governments seems to want to avoid the inevitable.

by Blazingcatfur•June 24, 2023June 23, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Ontario moves to ban ‘ugly’ floating homes after controversy in cottage country

No doubt some can be a bit of an eyesore.

“We’ve tried hard through our official plan and our zoning bylaws and our bylaws, generally, to preserve the character of Muskoka,” Peter Kelley, mayor of Muskoka Lake Township, said.

Dougie did his fellow cottagers a solid.

by Blazingcatfur•June 24, 2023June 23, 2023•0•Canada

Russia-Ukraine war ‘will be settled at the negotiation table’ eventually, but decades of support ahead: Joly

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says the war in Ukraine will eventually end through diplomacy, but that Canada’s support of the country will continue in the long term, to help prevent future conflict.

As the war approaches the 18-month mark, Joly told CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an interview airing Sunday that the long-term support of Ukraine by Canada and other NATO allies is critical to deterring Russia, which Joly says will remain “a very dangerous neighbour” even after the war.

Decades of support? I can’t take this woman seriously.

by Blazingcatfur•June 23, 2023June 23, 2023•0•"Ukraine - Russia", Canada, WTF?

NCC to vote on new Sir John A MacDonald Parkway name after selecting Algonquin recommendation

Algonquin communities consulted over what to rename Ottawa’s Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway have reached a consensus and the new name Kichi Zībī Mīkan will be recommended to the National Capital Commission’s board of directors later this month, according to a letter circulated by one of the Indigenous groups involved.

A little odd given it’s a parkway designed for motor vehicles or did the Algonquin invent cars?

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•June 23, 2023June 22, 2023•0•Canada, WTF?

Canada has a weak excuse for missing NATO’s largest-ever training exercise

NATO is currently wrapping up its largest-ever air defence exercise, and Canada is notably absent.

The 11-day event, Air Defender 23, is taking place in the skies over Germany. Twenty-five nations are participating – 23 NATO members, one NATO hopeful (Sweden) and Japan. More than 250 aircraft and 10,000 troops are involved. Planning began four years ago, after Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine in 2014.

by Blazingcatfur•June 23, 2023June 22, 2023•0•Canada, NATO

Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals want to impose diversity requirements on streaming giants

The “modern approach” to broadcasting regulation, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), involves ordering broadcasters to budget and produce content with diversity quotas in mind, while mandating that various groups of people be consulted every two years.

by Blazingcatfur•June 22, 2023June 22, 2023•0•"Peak Woke", Canada, WTF?

CHARLEBOIS: Food fraud in Canada on the rise

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has recently released its annual report on food fraud in Canada, shedding light on a concerning trend.

While this report often goes unnoticed, it is crucial for the federal agency to assess the authenticity of the food available in our country. In its surveillance efforts, the CFIA focused on inspecting, sampling, and testing various food products, including fish, honey, meat, olive oil, other expensive oils, and spices.

by Blazingcatfur•June 22, 2023June 22, 2023•0•Canada

Conservative MPs furious after e-mails show federal officials worked on ways not to answer their questions

Federal public servants worked on ways not to answer directly opposition MPs’ parliamentary questions, admitting that doing so raised a communication risk, internal government documents obtained under access to information show.

Civil servants in the Natural Resources Department recommended the use of “limitation language” to answer the written Commons questions from Conservative and NDP MPs, internal e-mails show.

The good news is most civil service positions can be replaced by a small chip upgrade to toaster ovens.

by Blazingcatfur•June 22, 2023June 22, 2023•0•"Deep State", Canada, WTF?

The source behind the leaks that exposed Trudeau’s Liberal Party as a ChiCom asset ‘will be found’ and punished, PM’s security adviser says

The source behind foreign interference leaks ‘will be found’ and punished, PM’s security adviser says

The prime minister’s top national security adviser says she expects the security official who leaked sensitive information to the media about attempted Chinese interference in Canadian politics — prompting months of controversy over foreign interference in Canadian elections — will be caught and punished.

“The law has been broken. Sources, techniques have been put at risk. Our credibility with Five Eyes allies has been put at risk,” Jody Thomas told host Catherine Cullen in an exclusive interview with CBC’s The House that will air Saturday.

by Blazingcatfur•June 22, 2023June 22, 2023•0•"Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Key measure of economic wellbeing in Canada basically flatlined since 2015

Canada’s economic prosperity is stagnating — at best. Many readers probably feel this, based on their own experiences trying to earn a living and pay the bills. Others may sense it from observing the wellbeing of their children or neighbours or the health of local small businesses.

by Blazingcatfur•June 22, 2023June 21, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canada getting no ‘tangible benefit’ from membership in Asian infrastructure bank: former executive

A Canadian former executive at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is criticizing Canada’s membership in the institution, saying it’s inconsistent with Canadian values.

“I didn’t find a single, tangible benefit to communicate back home here to Canada of what this bank does that is consistent with our values in a way that would benefit Canadians,” Bob Pickard, who resigned from the AIIB last week, told Power & Politics host David Cochrane in an interview Monday.

Smells like another China Class Grift.

by Blazingcatfur•June 21, 2023June 20, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class