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Liberal government tables legislation to force online giants to compensate news outlets

The federal Liberal government introduced legislation Tuesday to force digital giants to compensate news publishers for the use of their content.

The new regulatory regime would require companies like Google and the Meta Platforms-owned Facebook — and other major online platforms that reproduce or facilitate access to news content — to either pay up or go through a binding arbitration process led by an arms-length regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada

Most Canadians support Liberal-NDP deal but feel it betrayed voters: poll

Half the country feels the Liberal-NDP agreement to keep the current government in power until 2025 was a betrayal of the people who voted for those two parties.

Despite that, a majority of Canadians still support the deal, according to a new Ipsos poll.

“The big finding for me was the tepid … reaction to the Liberal-NDP agreement,” Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos, said in an interview with Global News.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

Toronto police’s financial crimes unit to investigate former union head Jerry Dias

Toronto police says it is investigating the former president of Canada’s largest private sector union after the union handed over money he allegedly accepted from a supplier of COVID-19 rapid test kits he promoted to members.

Police spokesperson Laura Brabant confirmed Tuesday the force’s financial crimes unit has commenced an investigation.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

Report: Biden Desperate for Oil from Canada, Just Not Thru Keystone XL Pipeline

President Joe Biden is desperate to increase oil imports from Canada as the nation continues to struggle with high fuel prices — but is determined not to resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline, whose permit Biden canceled on his first day in office in 2021.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•"Energy Matters", Canada, USA

SIU says it can’t be bothered to investigate after police horses trampled woman cuz she was only slightly injured

“As the woman did not sustain a ‘serious injury’ within the terms of the SIU’s mandate, the SIU does not have statutory jurisdiction to investigate the matter.”

A 49-year-old woman injured when a police mounted unit moved through a crowd of demonstrators during the Ottawa occupation suffered only a shoulder strain in the encounter, Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit says.

The SIU investigated the Feb. 18 incident, but said Monday that the woman’s injuries were not serious enough to warrant its further involvement. The SIU is an independent civilian agency that investigates deaths and serious injuries involving police.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

The Truth About Canada’s Economic Malaise

Canada’s significant economic challenges are a result of misguided government policy, and can’t be solely blamed on recent crises.

by Sarcasticat•April 5, 2022April 4, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Economy, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Trucker shortage to triple by next year: National Cattle Feeders’ Association

A trucker shortage worsened by the Trudeau government’s cross-border vaccine mandate is expected to triple by next year, and an interprovincial mandate “would be just catastrophic,” a livestock industry leader has warned.

by Sarcasticat•April 5, 2022April 4, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease", "Comply!", "Experts", "Science", Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Economy, vaccine controversy

Government of Canada announces Workforce Solutions Road Map – further changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to address labour shortages across Canada

Canada’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is well underway. In February 2022, Canada added 337,000 jobs, bringing our unemployment rate to 5.5% – the lowest since the start of the pandemic. In fact, Canada’s economic recovery is outpacing the ability of many employers to find workers. To support Canada’s continued economic growth, the Government of Canada is focused on building a strong, resilient workforce in all sectors.

by Sarcasticat•April 5, 2022April 4, 2022•0•Canada, Economy, Immigration, Population replacement

Radical Wokism: Remaking Canada As A Non-Democratic Nation

When moving toward a destination, travellers look for signs along the way. So it should be when contemplating the political future of Canada. How little this practice occurs within Canadian media is nothing short of a national travesty.

Myriad signs exist in terms of our country’s transition away from democratic governance. Mainstream media are so successful in obscuring the signs, one would believe they are being paid by government to do so.

by Sarcasticat•April 4, 2022April 4, 2022•0•"Peak Woke", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Cultural Marxism, MSM bias to the left, MSM Blackout, MSM Lies, MSM Shitweasels

Trudeau’s Two-Faced Climate Plan

This past week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Vancouver to unveil details about Canada’s Net Zero Emissions Accountability Act to address Canada’s climate emergency, which the Trudeau government declared an “emergency” three years ago.

by Sarcasticat•April 4, 2022April 4, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Climate Change, Global Warming Hoax, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Canadians becoming more divided over COVID-19 and politics, survey says

… The majority said the COVID-19 pandemic (72 per cent) and the 2021 federal election (73 per cent) were the two most divisive issues over the past year.

About 40 per cent of those surveyed said they have reduced contact with friends or family over an argument about the pandemic or politics.

“We see a lot of identity politics that’s taking hold in Canada, that has been taking hold in the U.S., particularly in the last five to six years,” Disano said. “And we’re seeing sort of that carryover to Canada. And it’s a problem.”

by Blazingcatfur•April 4, 2022April 4, 2022•0•Canada

Patrice Dutil: Canadians refuse to let Sir John A. Macdonald be cancelled

The vandalism carried out in the summer of 2021 against statues of Sir John A. Macdonald, Queen Victoria and Egerton Ryerson was supported by only a small fringe of Canadians. And a new Leger-Postmedia poll makes the case that Macdonald’s reputation has only improved with every attack — every time his name has been removed from a building and every time a monument to him has been taken down.

by Sarcasticat•April 4, 2022April 3, 2022•0•"Peak Woke", Batshit crazy lefties, Canada, history, History - distortion of

New Heritage Minutes video shines light on history of slavery in Ontario

The latest Heritage Minute highlights Canada’s history of slavery and the path that led to its eventual demise — a story that “needed to be told,” according the head of the organization behind the series.

The video focuses on Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman living in the Niagara Region in what was known as Upper Canada in the late 18th century.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•April 3, 2022April 3, 2022•0•Canada

Canada’s economic growth dead last

As Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland puts the finishing touches on her 2022-23 budget to be unveiled Thursday, she should focus on a report predicting Canada’s economic growth is poised to be dead last among advanced countries for four decades.

by Sarcasticat•April 3, 2022April 2, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Economy

Mobile hospitals that cost Ottawa $300-million sit in storage while Omicron strains Canada’s health system

Ottawa allocated $300-million at the beginning of the pandemic for the construction of 15 mobile hospitals, but only four 100-bed units have been completed and they are sitting in storage despite the strain on hospitals caused by Omicron across the country.

by Sarcasticat•April 3, 2022April 2, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease", "Experts", Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Health care