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Communist China lashes out at Canada over Uighur genocide vote

The Chinese government lashed out at Canada today after the House of Commons voted to declare that China is committing genocide against Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in its western Xinjiang region.

MPs passed a motion Monday saying that China’s persecution of these groups amounts to genocide in accordance with the definition set out in the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, and called on the federal government to formally adopt that position.

In a media briefing in Beijing this morning, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said the Commons motion disregarded facts and was aimed at maligning and smearing China.

by Blazingcatfur•February 23, 2021February 23, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Conservatives call on defence minister Sajjan to show he acted on Vance allegations

The federal Conservatives are calling on Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan to detail whether he acted on allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Gen. Jonathan Vance when sources say he first learned of them years ago, accusing the minister of “hiding the truth.”

by Blazingcatfur•February 23, 2021February 23, 2021•0•Canada

Pierre Trudeau may have asked business leader to move jobs from Quebec, says U.S. State Department document

A once-secret U.S. State Department document suggests that former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau may have asked one of Quebec’s top business leaders to “make it as tough as possible” for the newly elected Parti Québécois government in 1976 and to quietly move jobs out of the province.

by Blazingcatfur•February 23, 2021February 23, 2021•0•Canada, WTF?

White House signals hard line on Buy American as Ottawa urged to push for exemption

WASHINGTON — The White House isn’t leaving much wiggle room for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to escape Joe Biden’s Buy American rules.

The two leaders are set to meet virtually later today in Biden’s first bilateral meeting since taking over as U.S. president.

A fact sheet released early today by the White House describes plans for a “road map” for progress in areas of mutual interest, like COVID-19, climate change, defence and social justice.

It makes no mention of certain Canadian priorities, such as procuring more vaccine doses, freeing Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig from China or securing an exemption to Buy American.

by Blazingcatfur•February 23, 2021February 23, 2021•0•Canada, USA

39% of federal employees received $819 million in paid leave last year

As the private sector faced lockdowns and unprecedented unemployment, thousands of public sector employees were paid to stay at home.

by Sarcasticat•February 23, 2021February 22, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Why the genocide question about China is hard for the Trudeau government to answer

Outside of China, there is widespread agreement that the Chinese regime has committed gross human rights violations against Uighur Muslims. A campaign of repression and allegations of abuse have been documented by media outlets like the New York Times and the BBC.

by Sarcasticat•February 23, 2021February 22, 2021•0•Canada, China, Genocide

Liberal MP implies premiers who end lockdowns are being criminally negligent

“So my question is if PHAC’s models have been largely correct and the health experts are predicting this type of exponential case growth, if P/Ts choose to move forward with lifting public health measures despite the evidence, are they culpable for the resulting deaths?” asked Turnbull before quoting the criminal code.

by Sarcasticat•February 23, 2021February 22, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, police state

MPs pass motion declaring genocide against Uighurs in China, despite cabinet abstentions

OTTAWA — Federal MPs voted to formally label China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslims a genocide Monday, without the support of the Liberal cabinet.

All opposition MPs who participated in the vote as well as most Liberal MPs, including Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Oliphant, voted in favour of the Conservative motion introduced last Thursday. Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau abstained on the record while the rest of his cabinet colleagues were absent.

“I abstain on behalf of the Government of Canada,” said Garneau in the House of Commons.

by Blazingcatfur•February 22, 2021February 22, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Alireza Nader: Secret recording shows Iran’s leaders are responsible for downed aircraft. Will Trudeau act now?

A recently revealed audio tape of a “senior” Iranian official demonstrates the Islamic Republic of Iran’s continuing attempt to hide its responsibility for the downing of Ukrainian Airline flight PS752 shortly after take-off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Jan. 8, 2020. The speaker in the recording appears to be Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif, a man who often attempts to portray himself as the “moderate” face of the regime abroad.

Trudeau will do whatever his string pullers tell him to do.

by Blazingcatfur•February 22, 2021February 22, 2021•0•Canada, Iran

From vaccines to pipelines to clean water on reserves, why Canada can’t seem to get anything done

“COVID-19 has highlighted the fact that not only is Canada racking up new failures in the usual sore spots such as public health, but increasingly we can’t even seem to manage things that should be easy. We’re an energy superpower that can’t build a dam or a pipeline. A champion of reconciliation where Indigenous people are poisoned by their own drinking water. A self-proclaimed “honest broker” in world affairs that can’t get its phone calls returned by foreign leaders.”

by Blazingcatfur•February 22, 2021February 22, 2021•0•Canada

Canadians in Texas say they’re coping better than most in winter storm

Canadians living in Texas say the winter survival and driving skills they acquired in their home country are standing them in good stead as the state grapples with widespread power outages and infrastructure failures brought on by a massive winter storm.

by Sarcasticat•February 22, 2021February 21, 2021•0•Canada, Don't Mess With Texas, weather

School officials order windows screwed shut after teachers open them to increase ventilation

Teachers at Godson Elementary School had assumed a proper ventilation system was installed throughout the entire school — to maintain airflow and reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission — but they were shocked to learn in December that this wasn’t the case in an older wing of the building.

by Sarcasticat•February 22, 2021February 21, 2021•0•BC, Canada, Education, WTF?

The PPC And The Nonsense About Splitting The Vote

Anyone politically-engaged in Canada is familiar with this narrative; the PPC is Maxime Bernier’s vengeance-vehicle against the Conservative Party. The continued existence of the PPC destroys right-wing unity in Canada and will allow the Liberals to govern unchallenged as long as the PPC takes votes away from the CPC. It’s Reform all over again!

by Sarcasticat•February 22, 2021February 21, 2021•0•Canada, PPC, PPC - People's Party of Canada

“The Dirty Dozen”: University of British Columbia Professor Fired After Doxxing Students Who Dropped Her Class

We often follow controversies at universities over free speech and academic freedom issues, but few are quite so bizarre as the case of Dr. Amie Wolf. Wolf was fired after a period of paid administrative leave due to her attacks on 12 students who transferred out of her Indigenous Education in Canada course. Wolf has since lashed out at the university and other professors, including a vulgar diatribe. She is vowing to challenge the action of the university which she insists is due to her refusal to “assimilate to the institution’s norms” as “an academic who identifies as female Indigenous.”

by Sarcasticat•February 22, 2021February 21, 2021•0•Batshit Crazy Professors, BC, Canada, Indigenous

‘Name it for what it is’: MPs implore PM to label China’s treatment of Uighurs a genocide

OTTAWA — Federal MPs are making their case to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to join them in voting to label China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslims a genocide ahead of Monday’s House of Commons vote on the matter.

Speaking on CTV’s Question Period with host Evan Solomon, NDP foreign affairs critic Jack Harris said before Canada evaluates the ramifications of the move, the government must “name it for what it is.”

What it is? It’s Justin protecting the China Class weasels.

by Blazingcatfur•February 21, 2021February 21, 2021•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada