Canada

Freeland calls Ukraine a ‘fantastic investment’ as Ottawa tosses $235 million more down the black hole of elite theft

Former federal minister Chrystia Freeland this week said Ukraine can become an economic juggernaut and boost European economies by taking up the opportunities it missed after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Her comments come as Ottawa pledges another $235 million for Ukraine through the NATO military alliance, and as the world watches for the latest iteration of a Washington-brokered deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Freeland spoke Tuesday at a Toronto conference aimed at drumming up investment in Ukraine. It appeared to be her first major speech in Canada since Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed her as special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

Freeland’s appointment is a clear conflict of interest. Canada has taken a back seat to Ukraine’s grift machine.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Statistics Canada said it missed 38 per cent of non-citizens in last census

In the latest example of Ottawa having sketchy figures on the number of non-citizens in the country, Statistics Canada has confirmed that it likely missed several hundred thousand non-permanent residents in the most recent census.

The term “non-permanent residents” refers to anybody living in Canada as a student, a temporary foreign worker or an asylum seeker. And a new report estimates that 38 per cent of non-permanent residents were “missed” by the 2021 census.

This was likely done deliberately to prevent an uprising. Our government simply can not be trusted.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, The Great Replacement, WTF?

Is This Polar Bear Town Canada’s Key to the Arctic?

The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastructure, but years of neglect have left them in poor shape amid growing superpower rivalry in the region.

It has northern Canada’s only railway to the populated south, the only Arctic deepwater port and a runway capable of handling some of the world’s largest military and commercial aircraft, a legacy of the town’s Cold War past.

Now, as the world’s superpowers flex their muscles in a warming Arctic, the tiny town of Churchill, on Hudson Bay’s western shore, seems poised to play an outsize role as Canada prepares to move aggressively into one of the newest global arenas.

“Canada is looking to secure its Arctic sovereignty, and we can fill that role naturally,” said the town’s mayor, Mike Spence. “We’ve got the infrastructure here — I mean, at least you’ve got that foundation.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Crap Coffee Shop Tim Hortons lobbied MPs for more temporary foreign workers over last 18 months

I’ll be fine with a few less Tim Horton’s blighting the land.

For more than a year, Canadian coffee giant Tim Hortons has been pushing the federal government to lift the cap on temporary foreign workers some of its franchisees can hire, CBC News has learned.

The requests occurred over at least 18 months, in writing and in lobbying meetings with officials and MPs, as Canadian views on immigration soured and Ottawa reduced various newcomer streams.

Tim Horton’s doesn’t meet the standard of pig’s swill.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Government Jobs Drove 30% of Canada’s Employment Growth Over Past Decade: Study

Government job growth outpaced that of the private sector as the public service added nearly one million positions over the past decade, accounting for nearly one-third of the total employment increase in Canada, a new study suggests.

Canada experienced a rise of 950,000 government sector jobs from 2015 to 2024, representing approximately 30 percent of the total employment gains in the country during that timeframe, according to a recently-released report from the Fraser Institute.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class

Affordable housing is out of reach everywhere in Canada

Sod Hut

The dream of home ownership is alive, but not well. According to a recent Abacus poll, nearly nine in 10 young Canadians, those aged 18 to 29, aspire to own a home – but a similar share worry about the current state of housing in Canada.

Of course, those worries are justified. According to our new study, in 2023 (the latest year of comparable data), typical homes on the market were unaffordable for families earning the local median income in every major Canadian city. It’s not just Vancouver and Toronto – housing affordability has eroded nationwide.

I trust our Corporate Titans to lead us out of this morass. Therefore the answer must include importing additional cheap foreign labour in their millions.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Mark Carney and Danielle Smith may be in for more hassle than they bargained for

Danielle Smith was flying high last Thursday as she and Mark Carney signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Calgary. Interesting that it was called an MOU and not an agreement, although most of the news media, and Smith herself, talked about it in those terms.

So now Carney and Smith have an “understanding” that an oil pipeline may be built from Alberta to the northwest coast of B.C. despite the oil tanker ban and B.C. premier David Eby’s objections; the industrial carbon price may go up in Alberta; and Alberta may get its multibillion Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage facility. That’s an awful lot of uncertainty given all the hype and hoopla surrounding the announcement.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAlberta, Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Ministers McGuinty, Anand announce more than $200 million in funding for Ukraine

OTTAWA – The government is pledging another $235 million in funding for Ukraine, with National Defence Minister David McGuinty and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announcing Canada’s latest commitments.

McGuinty says Canada will work with NATO allies to purchase a package of critical military capabilities sourced from the United States valued at around USD $500 million.

Canada’s contribution to the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List package will be CAD $200 million

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Ukraine

MACLEOD: Pipeline promises, political games: Why Ottawa’s ‘lifeline’ to Alberta oil always ends in betrayal

This latest Canada-Alberta MOU is just another chapter in the same infuriating story we’ve lived through for fifty years: Ottawa dangles a lifeline to the oil patch when it needs votes or headlines, then quietly lets the rope go slack the moment BC coastal outrage or a Vancouver fundraiser kicks in.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAlberta, Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Mark Carney’s Pseudo-Faith-Based War on CO2

The Canadian prime minister invokes the language of faith to silence critics of Net Zero policies.

Tariffs delivered a big blow to Canada’s economy this year, but they would be less of a problem if Canada weren’t squandering billions of dollars on Net Zero, which will not stop climate change.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Budget 2025 passed first reading on Nov. 18 by a vote of 170-168, which spared Canadians a snap election. The second reading is in progress, and as of Nov. 28, the third reading had not yet been scheduled.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

RCMP restricts use of its Chinese-made drones — the vast majority of its fleet

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is limiting the use of its 973 Chinese-made drones to non-sensitive operations, stating the devices present “high security risks, primarily due to their country of origin.”

Chinese drones make up about 80 per cent of the federal police force’s fleet of 1,230 remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), which are used to monitor the Canada-U.S. border and in various police operations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, RCMP, WTF?

Usual suspects see opportunity to flood Canada with 3rd World Benefit Shoppers by suspending Safe Third Party Agreement In response to Trump’s asylum halt

Trump’s halting of asylum claims prompts fresh calls to suspend Safe Third Country Agreement

Lawyers and refugee experts say U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country will halt all asylum claims should prompt the Canadian government to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement, which they say is now unworkable.

The agreement mandates that asylum seekers must make a claim in the first country they arrive in, which allows Canada to turn away potential refugee claimants who enter the country from the United States as it is considered safe there.

“Lawyers and refugee experts” = snakes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Canada, USA

MP outraged after man who raped an Ontario girl given time to consider how guilty plea would affect immigration status

A leading Conservative MP is calling for change after the accused rapist of a 13-year-old Ontario girl was given time to weigh how a guilty plea would affect his immigration status.

The case involves a 47-year-old Bradford resident, and non-citizen, who pleaded guilty last week to “two counts of sexual interference, one charge of child luring and another to breaching his release conditions,” local news outlet BarrieToday reported.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

‘Barely holding on’: More than 1M Ontarians visited a food bank in last year

Ontarians continue to be using food banks at a record-breaking rate, with a new report warning the number of users grew for the ninth straight year as some families are “barely holding on.”

“What we’re seeing is really a greater depth of need in with the affordability crisis,” said Carolyn Stewart, CEO of Feed Ontario which released the report. “It’s really pushing more families from really that just getting-by area to barely holding on.”

We are being asked to support our replacement. Much pushback in the comments here.

What is rarely revealed is the number of “migrants” , “foreign students”,  “TFW’s” etc… who use the foodbanks.

From Google AI …

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada