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GTA rents hit record $3,000, creating a ‘very alarming’ situation … Trudeau’s mass immigration policy is paying off BIGLEY for his corporate cronies

Average rents in purpose-built apartments broke the $3,000 barrier for the first time in the first quarter of this year — the sixth straight quarter in which Toronto area rents have seen double-digit year-over-year increases, according to Urbanation.

The situation is “very alarming,” even though rent growth has moderated, said Shaun Hildebrand, president of the market research firm, on Thursday. Rents slowed to 13.8 per cent annual growth in the first quarter from 15 per cent in the final quarter of last year and 17 per cent in the second quarter of 2022. The figures apply to purpose-built apartments constructed since 1985.

by Blazingcatfur•April 21, 2023April 21, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

‘A perfect example of what not to do’: Former U.S. envoy on Trudeau’s reported NATO comments

A former U.S. envoy to Ottawa says he’s concerned about what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reportedly said about Canadian defence spending.

David Jacobson, who served as Barack Obama’s ambassador from 2009 to 2013, says a recent Washington Post report could prove to be a setback for future U.S.-Canada relations.

The Post says Trudeau privately told NATO officials that Canada would never meet the military alliance’s spending target of two per cent of GDP.

Trudeau freeloads on Canadians, on his rich friends for vacations and foundation donations, it’s his lifestyle so its no wonder his neglectful governance reflects that.

He and his woke wrecking crew are destroying the CAF. That desecration will likely end up his legacy.

by Blazingcatfur•April 21, 2023April 21, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO, USA

CSIS warned COVID-19 would spark wave of conspiracy theories and extremism, documents reveal

Canada’s spy network warned Western governments to brace themselves for radical and sometimes violent attacks as the pandemic began.

Such warnings were outlined in documents prepared by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and stamped “TOP SECRET,” “Confidential” and “SECRET/ CANADIAN EYES ONLY.”

Heavily redacted copies of the reports from mid-2020 were obtained by the Toronto Star under the Access to Information Act.

by Blazingcatfur•April 21, 2023April 20, 2023•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, CSIS

How a new history group aims to defend Canadians like Macdonald and Dundas

In the reckoning over Canada’s history, those who would see the preservation of statues and place names have frequently been on the losing side of the debate. Now, they’re organizing, with a new not-for-profit dedicated to promoting Canadian history, warts and all.

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023April 20, 2023•0•Canada

Brodie Fenlon: I run CBC News. Elon Musk’s Twitter changes had to be called out and you stupid peasants with your stupid stupid minds shouldn’t believe your own lying eyes!

But allowing a false impression of potential government involvement in our work to stand unchallenged is inconsistent with our commitment to accurate, fact-based journalism. It is disinformation. And it is why similar objections to Twitter’s media labels have been raised by international public media such as NPR, PBS, Britain’s BBC, Australia’s ABC and SBS, New Zealand’s RNZ and Spain’s RTVE, to name a few.

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023April 20, 2023•0•Canada, CBC, WTF?

Glavin: The Liberals’ weird fixation with the CBC is the real problem

“A house divided against itself cannot stand” is a banality we’re all familiar with, but what too many Canadians can’t seem to get their heads around is that a national broadcaster supported overwhelmingly by the governing Liberals but bitterly opposed by Conservatives cannot stand, either, and probably shouldn’t. You can blame Pierre Poilievre for this state of affairs if you like. But Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are every bit as guilty.

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023April 20, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, CBC

Canada offering more than C$13 bln over decade for Volkswagen battery plant, govt source says

OTTAWA, April 20 (Reuters) – Canada agreed to provide subsidies of up to C$13 billion ($9.7 billion) over a decade plus a C$700 million grant to lure Volkswagen AG into building its North American battery plant in the country, a government source said confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg News.

The total Canadian investment, which could include funds from the Ontario government also, will largely match what Volkswagen would have got from the United States through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the source said.

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023April 20, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, WTF?

La Letrina Norte: Mexicans flee Trudeau’s Crappy Canada

Migrants caught in freezing bog near Manitoba border are from Mexico, officials say

United States officials say at least seven of the nine men caught crossing the border this week from southeast Manitoba are Mexican citizens.

RCMP were first alerted to the group when one of them called 911 early Tuesday suffering from the cold weather.

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023April 20, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, USA

The Bank of Canada instructed Corporate Canada to fight inflation by denying wage increases to mostly non-unionized working people now Public service unions stoke inflation’s fires with wage demands

If striking bureaucrats get their pay raises, inflation might never end

When 155,000 federal government workers walked off the job this week, they tested more than the resolve of the government and the patience of Canadian taxpayers. They also tested Newton’s third law, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

There is no question that the cost of living has been rising and that people need relief. But that does not come from simply giving everyone more money.

Very shortly the Trudeau government and Canada’s public service unions, a critical component of the Liberal Party’s electoral success, will rub shit in your face and tell you to like it.

They will get virtually all they ask for. Trudeau is in need of their support and like the CBC the unions were never non-partisan.

“Public servants believe they should be able to work from home because going to work is risking getting sick.”

Does anyone have some thoughts on this remark? pic.twitter.com/rNqshS9GgC

— Steven_Tyler (@StevenT65674368) April 20, 2023

Justin Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh all crave the labour vote. Here’s why the federal strike complicates that

OTTAWA—When NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh turned up in front of Parliament Hill Wednesday to join thousands of striking federal workers, the picket line all but turned into a party line.

After all, Singh has noted repeatedly in recent days, his party has always stood on the side of unions.

The Public Service is not the “labour vote”. Labour in Canada is mostly non-unionized.

The unionization rate for private sector employees fell from 19.0% in 1997 to 13.8% in 2021. In contrast, 74.1% of public sector employees were union members in 2021, 4.3 percentage points higher than in 1997.

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023April 20, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class

Russian NGO that built ties with Canadian academics, professionals took direction from Moscow’s spies, FBI alleges

A Russia-based outreach organization that has cultivated relationships with rising American, European and Canadian policy professionals and academics has secretly received financing and direction from Moscow’s spy service, U.S. prosecutors allege.

In court documents filed in Washington, U.S. authorities say that an organization known as Public Initiative Creative Diplomacy, or PICREADI, was being used by Russian intelligence to glean information about influential foreigners.

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023April 20, 2023•0•Canada, Espionage, Russia

Hmmm

"Without fostering competition within Canada, economic growth will remain insufficient and our standard of living will continue to decline."

The Liberals & NDP don't believe in the free market. They'd rather cozy lobbying from monopolies and oligopolies.https://t.co/gs9tPcTL8n

— Miranda Veracruz de la Hoya Cardinal (@RW_Crank) April 20, 2023

h/t XC

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023•0•Canada, WTF?

‘Highly Unusual’ That Government Can Appoint Directors to Trudeau Foundation Board: Charity Expert

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is governed by a board of up to 18 directors, and Canada’s industry minister has the power to appoint two of those directors, something charity expert Kate Bahen says she has never seen before.

It’s “highly unusual” for the government to have this influence on a charity, even when the government gives an endowment, Bahen told The Epoch Times.

That’s a very blurred line.

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023April 19, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Randall Denley: Liberals unconvincing as champions of thrift against striking union

Trying to pick a side in the public servants’ strike? Here’s how I break the situation down.

While not normally the biggest fan of public sector unions, I have to say that the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s position is reasonable, in most respects. The exception is the 30-per-cent increase that 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency employees are seeking. The number is so ridiculous it’s not even worth examining.

by Blazingcatfur•April 20, 2023April 19, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class

John Robson: Jagmeet Singh the fool on the hill

Is Jagmeet Singh a fool? It may not be our most important public policy question today, which would be something like “Is Canada’s Prime Minister a Chinese Communist pawn?” or “Is liberalism the ideology of Western suicide?” But it keeps coming up, most recently when the NDP voted with the Liberals to shut down a Parliamentary committee inquiry into CCP donations to the Trudeau Foundation. And it matters whether public events are driven primarily by cunning or folly.

Singh is a grifter nothing more.

by Blazingcatfur•April 19, 2023April 19, 2023•0•Canada, NDP

Islamophobia galore In Canada say usual suspects

Islamophobia widespread in Canada, early findings of Senate committee study indicate

Islamophobia and violence against Muslims is widespread and deeply entrenched in Canadian society, early findings from a Senate committee studying the issue indicate.

Muslim women who wear hijabs – Black Muslim women in particular – are the most vulnerable, and confronting Islamophobia in a variety of public spheres is difficult, the committee on human rights has found.

“Canada has a problem,” committee chair Sen. Salma Ataullahjan said in a phone interview with The Canadian Press.

by Blazingcatfur•April 19, 2023April 19, 2023•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, WTF?