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The Star Asks: Anger, delusion and distrust – Is Canada’s democracy in decline?

The grievances of conspiracy theorists and “Freedom Convoy” supporters have cast a long shadow across Canadian politics in 2022 — one that hangs over the capital as Parliament returns from its summer recess.

OTTAWA — Anger, delusion and distrust: ingredients for a troubled democracy — and you can find all three in a darkened shed behind the deconsecrated church of St. Brigid’s.
One morning in late August, Brian Derksen strode into that shed with his little dog, Eli. Derksen wore a leather jacket, and the sunglasses pushed into his grey hair had bright orange flames on the armbands.

By now, the 59-year-old with the gruff voice is recognizable as a proud holdout of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests that clogged the streets around Parliament Hill last winter. Having dubbed himself “the trucker that never left,” Derksen is a fixture of the movement’s remnants in the capital, a small but chippy group that has settled into a contested tenancy of a historic former Catholic church in Ottawa’s Lowertown.

The Star is working hard today to make sure you know the Convoy=Poilievre=Hitler but worse!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, The F$CKING Toronto Star

Canadian dollar falls to lowest level in nearly 2 years

“It’s going to be more expensive to buy stuff and your dollar isn’t going to go as far,” Lydia Miljan, a professor of political science at the University of Windsor, told CTV National News.

“The cost of borrowing is higher and so obviously that is going to put in some recessionary pressures.”

A weak dollar has traditionally served as a “subsidy” for exporting manufacturers etc allowing them to forego productivity investment.

There’s always a silver lining for somebody just never us.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Swaminarayan Temple Attack: Mr Trudeau, Mend Your Ways Or Khalistan Menace Will Haunt Canada Too

The ugly attack on the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Toronto has once again exposed Canada as a hotspot for pro-Khalistani elements sponsored by the Pakistani deep state as opposed to the image of a multicultural Canada that its Prime Minister Justin Trudeau loves to flaunt internationally. The temple was defiled on Tuesday with anti-India slogans scribbled on the walls of the premises.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, India, Justin Trudeau Useful Idiot

Trudeau government’s policies to blame for out-of-control inflation

As we sit and watch the Bank of Canada do its thing, the loudest conversations I seem to be hearing surround the impact this is having on the housing market.

If you’re a buyer who threw every penny the bank would give you at the prospect of homeownership over the past two-and-a-half years, you’re probably consumed by such chatter yourself; after all, as rates go up, prices come down. We know this.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Former Alberta Human Rights Commission chief to sue province over dismissal

Alberta’s former Human Rights Commission chief will be taking legal action for what his lawyer says was an “unjust” termination.

On Thursday, the province rescinded the appointment of Collin May as head of the commission through a cabinet order after pressure from the Muslim community over a book review he published that’s been called Islamophobic.

… May reviewed Israeli-British historian Efraim Karsh’s book “Islamic Imperialism: A History,” where he claimed Islam was “one of the most militaristic religions known to man.”

I can do better! Islam is a militaristic murder cult of goat shaggers.

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

Looks like we’re stuck with Charlie …

So you want Canada to abolish the monarchy? Here’s why that’s basically impossible

So you want to get rid of the monarchy in Canada?

Legal and constitutional experts agree: It’s practically impossible.

In the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II — whose 70-year reign was the longest in Canadian history — Canadians are again questioning whether it makes sense for the country’s head of state to be a hereditary monarch who lives in the United Kingdom. The Queen’s eldest son, King Charles III, automatically became Canada’s head of state upon his mother’s death.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Royals

Double agent who smuggled Isis bride Shamima Begum into Syria released from jail & may be granted asylum in Canada

Mohammed al-Rashed, arrested in Turkey in 2015 and jailed for terrorism and smuggling offences, may be granted political asylum in Canada

The double agent responsible for smuggling Shamima Begum into Syria has been released from jail in Turkey, it emerged on Friday, and may be granted political asylum in Canada.

Mohammed al-Rashed, a Turkish-based double agent working for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) as well as smuggling recruits into Syria for Isil, was freed on August 5, according to sources in Canada.

Syrian Al-Rashed’s role in helping Ms Begum and her two friends into Syria emerged after he was arrested by the Turkish authorities in 2015 and subsequently jailed for terrorism and smuggling offences. It was only then that CSIS told Scotland Yard about its double agent.

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

Fort Macleod councillor, 2 other ‘key participants’ charged in Coutts border blockades

New charges have been laid against protesters involved in the Coutts border blockade earlier this year, including Marco Van Huigenbos, a Fort Macleod town councillor.

Van Huigenbos, 32, who was a protest organizer, as well as Alex Van Herk, 53, and George Janzen, 43, each face a count of mischief over $5,000.

In a written release, RCMP called the three men “key participants of the Coutts border blockade,” which took place between Jan. 29 and Feb. 15.

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Ottawa police officer charged for allegedly donating $50 to Freedom Convoy

An Ottawa police officer has been charged with misconduct for allegedly donating money to the Freedom Convoy occupation last February.

Const. Kristina Neilson made her first disciplinary appearance on Thursday morning to face a single count of discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act.

Professional standards investigators — detectives who investigate officer misconduct internally — allege Neilson discredited the service’s reputation “by donating money to the ‘Freedom Convoy Fund’ on a website called GiveSendGo.”

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

Europe’s energy crisis has Canada weighing future of oil and gas industry

At 76 years old, Gwyn Morgan is not one to sit still.

The former oil executive, recipient of the Order of Canada and self-described “outdoors guy” remains a long-distance runner and led Global News on a jog through side streets and forest paths of Vancouver Island during an interview about his career — itself something of a marathon.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters", Canada

CBC Has Nervous Breakdown! Convoy donors gave more than $460K to CPC leadership race — and many were first-time federal donors

Canadians who donated to the Ottawa convoy protest contributed more than $460,000 to Conservative leadership candidates — and many of them were donating to a federal political party for the first time — an analysis by CBC News shows.

A comparison of donations to Conservative leadership contenders up to Aug. 1 with the GiveSendGo crowdfunding campaign for the convoy protest found over 3,100 people who contributed to both campaigns, based on identical combinations of names and postal codes.

The lion’s share of convoy donors’ leadership campaign donations went to Pierre Poilievre’s campaign.

OMG! Convoy supporters donated! And many were 1st time donors! That must be against the law!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Government Owned News Media, CBC, Conservative Party, WTF?

Ottawa won’t say if CSIS operative who trafficked teens to Islamic State militants is now in Canada

An operative for Canada’s spy agency who once trafficked three British teens to Islamic State militants has been released from a Turkish prison, and the federal government will not say if he has been relocated to Canada.

A source with direct knowledge of the situation told The Globe and Mail that the man, Mohammed al-Rashed, a Syrian human smuggler for the Islamic State who was recruited to spy for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, was freed from prison on Aug. 5. He had been incarcerated in Turkey since 2015 on terrorism and smuggling charges.

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

Alberta Fires Chief of Human Rights Commission who refused to resign over so called “Islamophobia” allegations

… Earlier Thursday, Toronto lawyer Kathryn Marshall said in a statement she has been retained to represent May, who officially began his five-year term as chief of the commission and tribunals on July 14.

She said May, whom she pointed out was the first openly gay chief of the commission, would not be resigning his position.

“He has done nothing wrong,” she wrote.

A near perfect storm approaches. A gay cancelled for telling the truth about Islam.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada

Majority of Canadians want referendum on monarchy ties after queen’s death: poll

Nearly 60 per cent of Canadians want a referendum held to determine whether the country stays tied to the British monarchy, a new poll suggests — despite nearly equal support both for and against preserving those ties.

The Ipsos poll, conducted exclusively for Global News just days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, found support for a referendum on the future of the monarchy has gone up since last year, from 53 per cent in 2021 to 58 per cent today.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Royals