Canada

‘You Have to Be Very Careful What You Say’: Comedians Self-Censor to Avoid Backlash

Comedians in Canada are finding it increasingly harder to get gigs, with some saying they have encountered backlash, threats, and cancelled shows due to their approach to making people laugh.

Lizzy Stanton is a Vancouver-based stand-up comic who claims her jokes have gotten her banned from most venues because many owners and managers don’t want to risk offending their audiences, and fellow comedians refuse to be booked alongside her.

I don’t think of Canada when I think of comedy any more.

SCTV would not be allowed to happen today.

What comes to mind is a vision of some unfunny unwatchable woke scold propped up by tax dollars.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Golly! How’d That Happen!??! Iranian dissidents in Canada say they’re being watched and under threat from the regime in Iran

There are growing concerns from Iranian-Canadians who say they are being threatened, monitored and even followed at protests and outside their homes by affiliates of the Iranian regime who are here in Canada.

“They know the view out of my apartment. They said it was a school. That I have three cats. They knew the friends that have come to my house,” said Maryam Shafipour, an Iranian activist who now lives in Canada and who is speaking out against the regime despite the dangers.

Could it have something to do with our political class liking to suck Mullah dick?

Canada Criticized For Welcoming The Rich Linked To Iranian Regime

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, WTF?

Why Justin Trudeau can survive the inquiry and Pierre Poilievre has stayed silent

MONTREAL—A decade and a half ago, the publication of the findings of the inquiry into what was known as the federal sponsorship scandal signalled the beginning of the end of a dozen-year Liberal tenure.

Justice John Gomery’s final report — and the blame it apportioned to Jean Chrétien’s government — led to the defeat of his successor’s minority government and set the stage for a Conservative decade in power.

We have a bad case of the stupids in Canada.

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‘Indefensible’ that Toronto’s drug decriminalization request hasn’t been granted yet, advocate says

OTTAWA—Toronto’s request to decriminalize possession of drugs remains on hold almost a year after it was made, in part because of “political cowardice” in Ottawa, a harm-reduction advocate says.

“People are dying because the drug supply is contaminated and it’s toxic. Criminalizing people for simple personal possession and use of drugs is going to do more harm than good,” said Daniel Werb, director at the Toronto-based Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, which helped the city with its request to the federal government.

Toronto – aspiring to be the next Philly or San Francisco.

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Rex Murphy: Liberals make a mockery of Canadian democracy

The inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act is in its sixth week, which, it may be useful to note, is about five times longer than the act itself was in force.

Hold in mind that the act was actually only half-passed. It got through the Singh-Trudeau House of Commons. How could it not, Jagmeet Singh and Justin Trudeau having exchanged the political equivalent of lovers’ vows — in greeting card lingo pledging “to be there for each other” any time scandal or Pierre Poilievre’s troops got close to presenting a real challenge.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Jagmeet Singh’s comments on Khalistan risk undermining Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

… Ottawa and New Delhi want to turn the page on the past and focus on shared goals, including commerce. That’s why it’s disappointing that Mr. Singh, whose party is propping up the minority Liberal government with a supply-and-confidence agreement, took it upon himself to make clumsy comments about Khalistan independence that risk derailing Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy before it’s even off the ground.

Diversity means supporting foreign terror campaigns.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, India, Khalistan

New ChiCom group to promote Commie slave state friendly candidates in Canadian elections

On the face of it, the fledgling organization’s goals seem innocuous enough — to encourage Chinese-Canadians to run for elected office and vote in elections.

The Chinese Council for Western Ontario Elections says it wants to be an “incubator” for candidates who support the community’s interests and educate newcomers about Canadian democracy.

We are here because Junior eagerly licked Xi Jinping’s arse on behalf of Canada’s China class.

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Veterans Affairs assisted dying probe finds 2 more cases, RCMP contacted: minister

Two more instances of a Veterans Affairs Canada employee discussing medical assistance in dying with a veteran have been discovered during an ongoing investigation into the department, the minister responsible told lawmakers Thursday.

Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay told the House of Commons standing committee on veterans affairs this brings the total number of cases involving a single VAC service agent to four, and that the RCMP has been contacted.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, MAiD Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, WTF?

Alberta government bans school mask mandates, online-only learning

No Alberta schools or pre-kindergarten classes can require students to wear masks to attend school, says a new provincial government regulation.

The rules, which take effect today, also prevent almost every Alberta school from shifting Grade 1 to 12 classes to a solely online format.

Kindergarten and pre-kindergarten classes are excluded and schools in sensitive settings such as hospitals may be exempt from the rules.

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ChiCom spy tells court he wants to stay in Canada to clear his name

A former employee of Quebec’s electricity utility who is charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China told his bail hearing Thursday he wants to stay in Canada to clear his name.

It is Day 2 of Yuesheng Wang’s bail hearing at the courthouse in Longueuil, Que., south of Montreal.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Espionage

Bank of Canada says higher interest rates still needed to tame inflation

OTTAWA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Inflation in Canada remains too strong, and higher interest rates will be needed to cool the overheating economy, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said in testimony at the House of Commons on Wednesday.

“Inflation has come down in recent months, but we have yet to see a generalized decline in price pressures,” Macklem said. “This tightening phase will draw to a close. We are getting closer, but we are not there yet.”

Lifting pandemic stimulus sooner would’ve limited inflation: Bank of Canada’s Macklem

The Bank of Canada and the federal government could have taken their foot off the gas sooner when stimulating the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Tiff Macklem said Wednesday, but he added that knowledge is only clear now with the benefit of hindsight.

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BIG TITS Trans teacher who sparked controversy with her size Z prosthetic breasts goes skydiving with ‘conservative’ male porn star

The transgender teacher who made international headlines earlier this year after she showed up to work at her Toronto-area high school with prosthetic size Z breasts is back in the news.

According to photos posted by male porn star Voodoo, whose real name is Alexandre Boisvert, he took Oakville Trafalgar High School shop teacher Kayla Lemieux skydiving back in October.

He wrote in the caption of the tweeted photos: ‘I took him skydiving and his hair came off. No problems with the huge fake breasts. Those stayed in place.’ Lemieux uses she/her pronouns.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny, Canada, WTF?

Emergencies Act: Canada ‘Freedom Convoy’ power struggles laid bare

The Public Order Emergency Commission is examining whether the Trudeau government was justified in invoking the Emergencies Act to bring an end to the anti-vaccine mandate and anti-government protests that gridlocked the country’s national capital and blocked vital border crossings, costing the economy millions of dollars a day.

Over six weeks, the inquiry has offered a rare glimpse behind the curtain into how Canadian officials handled the unprecedented protests that drew the global attention – and revealed plenty of frustration, “intemperate” text messages, and finger-pointing as they sought to bring an end to the blockades.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada