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What’s the economic benefit of a bridge? Gordie Howe by the numbers

After 25 years of planning, seven years of construction and months of delays, the first trucks are finally set to roll over the Gordie Howe bridge on Monday.

In tow will be some of the billions of dollars worth of goods that pass through the Windsor-Detroit corridor, which the bridge will help get to their destinations faster — saving time and money.

“There’s a tremendous opportunity here in dollar terms, but also in terms of what our future looks like, just embodied in that one bridge,” said Moshe Lander, an economics professor at Concordia University who studies international trade.

by Blazingcatfur•July 24, 2026July 24, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Carney and Trump as the Odd Couple

Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, recently found himself embroiled in a diplomatic tiff with Trump. Both Carney and Trump have a form of Tourette’s that I recognize all too well. When asked about the forest fires in Ontario, Mark didn’t hesitate in implicating Trump as the climate arsonist. Trump shot back that Mark would not be receiving his tariff deposit back for violating our smoke-free policy.

by Blazingcatfur•July 24, 2026July 23, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Is Canada More Ripe for Political Disruption Than We Think?

There is a comforting story I have heard people say for the past decade about our politics in Canada.

And it goes something like this. Canadians are different. We are practical and moderate. We do not get carried away by ideological movements or political strongmen. While other countries lurch from one political upheaval to another, Canada generally stays somewhere near the middle.

Just like how for decades people said we wouldn’t debate immigration. And that anti-immigration policy sentiment couldn’t come to Canada.

Canada is being torn apart, prepped for slaughter by the Liberal Party’s mass immigration of incompatible cultures.

Don’t for a second doubt our erasure is not deliberate.

by Blazingcatfur•July 24, 2026July 23, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Vast majority of Canadians want lifetime perks for ex-governors general to end: Poll

OTTAWA — The free ride is over.

That’s the message most Canadians have for the government when it comes to the Governor General’s expense account, according to a new Leger poll commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

by Blazingcatfur•July 23, 2026July 23, 2026•0•Canada

Michael Barutciski: Gruesome beheading attempt in Belfast a warning against fast-track asylum processes

Canadians who are worried about their immigration system should be paying attention to our closest historical partners. They’ve made many of the same errors we have in allowing porous borders, and their experiences offer a warning about the problems Canada can expect if we do not correct course.

Too late …

🚨BREAKING BOMBSHELL

President of the CBSA union

REVEALS that Canada lets in refugees

via AN APP on their phone due to understaffing

No physical interaction EVER occurs. They land and click a few buttons and walk INTO CANADA and get MONEY! …. 10% dont even USE THE APP! pic.twitter.com/reDEQyOCLn

— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) November 19, 2025

by Blazingcatfur•July 22, 2026July 22, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints, Canada

Toronto pro-Palestinian protester charged with terrorism over alleged Hamas links

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator has been charged with terrorism over his alleged actions in association with Hamas, Toronto police said Wednesday.

Ahmad Hassan Hajahmad, 33, was arrested following a joint investigation by the Toronto police hate crime unit and the RCMP national security team.

He appeared in court on Tuesday.

by Blazingcatfur•July 22, 2026July 22, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho and Trump Lit the Fires in Canada

There’s been quite a bit of smoke blanketing the northern states recently, thanks to a drought in Canada exacerbating their normal summer fire season.

Every fire season, the people who spent decades suing to stop thinning and prescribed burn projects reappear to explain that devastating fires prove them right on climate change.

You don’t get credit for predicting the fire you refused to prevent. pic.twitter.com/UD1p3NBhii

— Danielle Franz (@DanielleBFranz) July 17, 2026

h/t Hermes

by Blazingcatfur•July 22, 2026July 22, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Ottawa police arrest three Mohammedans in organized human trafficking network spanning Ontario

TORONTO — Ottawa Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police have arrested three men in connection with an organized human trafficking ring that spanned Ottawa, the Greater Toronto Area, and other southern Ontario communities over more than a year.

by Blazingcatfur•July 22, 2026July 21, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Why America Keeps Choking on Wildfire Smoke

The Midwest and Northeast registered some of the worst air quality in the world last week as wildfire smoke shrouded cities from Minneapolis to New York in an apocalyptic haze. More than 100 million Americans were under air-quality alerts, with smoke even reaching Washington, D.C., by the weekend.

Most of the smoke came from Canada, where about 900 wildfires were burning by Friday. Over 100 were burning in northwestern Ontario alone. Fires are also raging in northern Minnesota and across the western United States, where another brutal fire season is underway. Nearly 80 large fires are uncontained nationwide, and more than 3.9 million acres have burned this year.

by Blazingcatfur•July 21, 2026July 21, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Trump Exhaustion Syndrome has us tuning out

As Spain’s team was basking in its victory at the World Cup medal ceremony on Sunday, Donald Trump had to be nudged offstage by FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

Images of Trump getting the hook went viral, with plenty of cheers for anyone who dared giving this president a timeout. And it didn’t stop there. The Spanish team then went on to crop Trump from the official photo of its World Cup win.

Susan Delacourt is hangry.

by Blazingcatfur•July 21, 2026July 21, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Trump administration staying out of Alberta separation referendum, ambassador says

The Trump administration is staying out of the upcoming referendum on Alberta’s future in Canada, the U.S. ambassador to Canada says.

Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said during a podcast interview in Edmonton on Monday that the Oct. 19 referendum vote is a matter for Albertans alone to decide.

by Blazingcatfur•July 21, 2026July 21, 2026•0•Canada, USA

How Canada Keeps the Conservatives Shut Out of Power

In April, almost a year after last spring’s federal election delivered a minority government, Mark Carney’s Liberal Party inched its way to a majority by poaching a string of floor crossers from opposition parties. The new-found majority further strengthens the hold of a party that has been in power for 60 percent of Canadian electoral history. This makes them among the most successful political parties in the Western democratic world.

A Walrus piece.

by Blazingcatfur•July 21, 2026July 21, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Women and Gender Equality Canada Leaves X, Citing Need to Protect Employees From ‘Hateful Commentary’

A federal department officially has closed its accounts on the X social media platform, citing concerns that comments from users were causing mental distress among employees.

Women and Gender Equality Canada had kept its accounts dormant since March 2025, following an International Women’s Day post that drew a wave of responses, before formally closing them in late May 2026.

by Blazingcatfur•July 21, 2026July 20, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Michael Higgins: Canada-U.S. relations are worse than ever under Carney and Trump

Prime Minister Mark Carney inflicted a damaging blow on Canada-U.S. relations with his Elbows Up shenanigans but this last weekend it was America’s turn take a hammer to the alliance.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was openly gloating at the prime minister being embarrassed over the Gordie Howe Bridge deal while Donald Trump said he was considering demanding Canada pay damages over wildfires in this country.

by Blazingcatfur•July 21, 2026July 20, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Widening Divide: Canada Lagging Behind US on per Capita Business Investment, Report Finds

Canada has experienced a sharp decline in business investment per worker over the past decade, in stark contrast to gains in the United States, highlighting a deepening productivity crisis north of the border, a new study suggests.

Inflation-adjusted business investment per Canadian worker fell 18.8 percent from $20,310 in 2014 to $16,493 in 2024, according to findings from the Fraser Institute’s latest study. The United States’s equivalent surged 31.3 percent from $23,263 to $30,555 over the same decade.

by Blazingcatfur•July 21, 2026July 20, 2026•0•Canada, USA