Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government – Page 179

Automakers ask Carney to repeal zero-emission vehicle mandate

Auto sector chief executives urged Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday during a meeting on the Canada-U.S. trade war to repeal federal regulations that require one in five vehicles sold starting in 2026 to be zero-emission models.

The CEOs of Ford Motor Company of Canada, General Motors of Canada Co. and Stellantis Canada met with Mr. Carney in Ottawa as the Canadian and U.S. governments try to reach a trade deal by July 21 that might end Washington’s tariffs on Canadian-made automobiles, among other levies.

by Blazingcatfur•July 3, 2025July 3, 2025•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Lloyd Axworthy accuses Carney of taking ‘bootlicking’ approach to Trump

OTTAWA – Former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy is accusing Prime Minister Mark Carney of taking a “bootlicking” approach to U.S. President Donald Trump at the expense of Canadian values.

“You have to be principled, you have to be tactical, you have to be pragmatic. But you also have to be tough and know what you stand for,” Axworthy said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“Flattery is always part of the game, but you can take it to the point where you actually become unctuous.”

by Blazingcatfur•July 3, 2025July 2, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

The state of Canada’s economy halfway through 2025

That was an intense six months for Canadian businesses, consumers, and policymakers alike.

Not quite the shock and urgency of the pandemic, or the existential peril of the Global Financial Crisis. But it was right up there.

The first half of the year exposed Canada’s economic vulnerabilities. It gave Prime Minister Mark Carney not only an election victory but a wide berth to pursue his promised economic transformation. And we may have even seen the Canada-U.S. relationship fundamentally altered.

by Blazingcatfur•July 3, 2025July 2, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canada’s population standstill rattling Vancouver’s housing industry

For the first time in 74 years, the population of both B.C. and Ontario dropped by a few thousand people in the first months of 2025.

Sounds dramatic. And in some ways it is.

That’s even though the dip in the total number of people doesn’t make a statistical difference for either province. In the first quarter of this year, B.C. had 2,357 fewer residents than at the end of 2024; Ontario lost 5,644.

Don’t trust developers to act in anyone’s but their own best interests.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2025July 2, 2025•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps’ firm sues for share of $2 billion federal contract

A high-stakes lawsuit involving former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps turns on a long-running debate in Ottawa over whether she lobbied during the pandemic without registering — and whether, as a result, a federal contractor is off the hook for tens of millions in allegedly unpaid commissions to her company.

Copps, a Liberal heavyweight turned lobbyist, has long denied lobbying senior federal officials during the pandemic’s early stages.

Always the Liberals.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2025July 2, 2025•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

New Federal Report Links Immigration to Rising Housing Costs

So it turns out the government of Canada just released a report — and it’s not from some conspiracy blog or partisan think tank. No, this is from the Trudeau government’s own bureaucrats at Statistics Canada and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. What does it say? Well, it quietly admits that something many of us have known for years and were called racists, bigots, and extremists for saying out loud is actually true: mass immigration has directly caused housing prices to skyrocket in Canada.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2025July 2, 2025•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Is Canada beating ploughshares into swords with its NATO 5% pledge? Not likely

By anyone’s measure, $150 billion a year is an eye-watering amount of money to spend on anything — let alone defence.

While it pales in comparison to the inflation-adjusted appropriations of the Second World War, it is potentially, for this generation, the very definition of beating ploughshares into swords.

Or is it?

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2025July 2, 2025•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO

I can’t forget Canada froze bank accounts of protesters. Now, singing O Canada feels hollow

I’ve never felt more patriotic pride than when singing O Canada with a crowd of hundreds at a protest shutting down the Coutts border crossing.

It was February 2022. My wife had just lost her job after refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. I worried I might be next, but took heart as the trucker convoy headed to Ottawa. We couldn’t join them, so instead we drove south from Calgary to Coutts, Alta., for two days to show our support.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2025July 2, 2025•0•"Western Alienation Separation", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

17,500 criminal foreigners allowed into Canada in past 11 years

More than 17,500 foreigners have had their criminal convictions forgiven by the Immigration Department over the past 11 years, removing a bar to coming to Canada, federal government figures show. The disclosure has raised transparency concerns about the type of offences they committed.

Foreigners are, in general, inadmissible to Canada if they have been convicted of an act that is considered a criminal offence in this country. But Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has the power to grant an exception if five years have elapsed since a person was convicted or finished a sentence.

I bet a lot of Liberal palms were generously greased.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2025July 2, 2025•0•"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

BARBER: Europe’s man in Ottawa is no friend to the West

I’ve got whiplash from the speed of this government’s shifting allegiances.

Canada’s 45th Parliament opened May 26, 2025. The next day, King Charles III delivered the Speech from the Throne. Prime Minister Mark Carney had invited him, hoping the symbolism would rekindle a sense of unity. A patriotic gesture, Carney hoped it might blunt the growing separatist sentiment in Western Canada.

It didn’t work. But it made for a good photo op.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2025July 1, 2025•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Report forecasts ‘worst cuts to public service in modern history’ to meet Carney’s campaign pledge

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s election promise to cut $13-billion from the federal budget by 2028-29 could result in the worst spending cuts in modern history that would “inevitably diminish the quality of the public service,” a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns.

“This isn’t about attrition, or being more efficient,” David Macdonald, senior economist with the CCPA and the author of the report, said in an interview with The Hill Times. “These are deep cuts to staffing, deep cuts to services that will absolutely be noticed by regular Canadians.”

I bet he’s forgot all about it.

by Blazingcatfur•July 1, 2025July 1, 2025•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

HUNTER: Drug cartel civil war has deadly implications for Canada

Four decapitated corpses hanging from a bridge are the latest symbol of a civil war tearing apart the violent global drug powerhouse, the Sinaloa Cartel.

And the bloodshed has dire implications for Canada, where the cartel has been allowed to fester and grow in a twisted branch plant endeavour to fuel the world with fentanyl.

20 bodies found in Mexico after horrific cartel violence — including 4 headless corpses hanging from bridge

by Blazingcatfur•July 1, 2025July 1, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Mexican drug cartels, Mexico, Mexico - Failed State

Federal report finds no proof $300M green programs created jobs or cut emissions

A federal audit has found that two climate programs launched with a promise to create jobs and lower emissions have failed to show any results after seven years and $300 million in spending.

Blacklock’s Reporter says a report from the says officials stopped collecting key performance data for the Smart Grid Program and the Emerging Renewable Power Program, making it impossible to tell whether the programs delivered any real benefit to taxpayers.

by Blazingcatfur•July 1, 2025June 30, 2025•0•"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Ban on gas-powered vehicles will exacerbate a different set of socio-environmental issues

Mark Carney’s Liberal government recently stated it will continue the proposed ban on the sale of all gas-powered cars in Canada by 2035.

Unfortunately, although Ottawa has attempted to justify its ban on gas-powered vehicles by labelling EVs as a cornerstone of any socially responsible and environmentally friendly society, it is readily apparent the myriad socio-political and environmental benefits the Carney government purports to chase are not at all a necessary consequence of EVs in any capacity.

by Blazingcatfur•July 1, 2025June 30, 2025•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Can Canada Offset Trump’s Tariff War With More Domestic Trade?

Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet his pledge to eliminate the country’s internal trade barriers by July 1. But economists say it’s not a substitute for lost U.S. trade.

When Mark Carney became Canada’s prime minister in the spring, he offered a seemingly simple and obvious answer to the economic threat posed by President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian exports: Trade more within Canada.

To that end, Mr. Carney, the leader of the Liberal Party, promised to eliminate rules and laws that stifle the movement of goods and many workers inside the country by July 1, Canada Day, after decades of national hand-wringing over the issue.

by Blazingcatfur•June 30, 2025June 30, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government