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Ontario has no plans to sell U.S. booze amid call from group to return American liquor to Canadian store shelves

The Ontario government has no plans to put U.S. booze back on LCBO shelves amid calls from a group representing U.S. distillers to return American spirits back to Canadian liquor stores.

In a statement released on Monday, Distilled Spirits Council President and CEO Chris Swonger called Canada’s decision to remove a 25 per cent tariff on American spirits a “very positive sign,” but noted it will not have much of an impact as long as provinces refuse to sell U.S. liquor.

“The unfortunate decision to remove American spirits from Canadian retail shelves is not only harming U.S. distillers, but it’s also needlessly reducing revenues for the provinces, and placing unnecessary burdens on Canadian consumers and hospitality businesses,” the statement read.

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Mark Carney had no choice but to go ‘elbows down’ – all our allies already have

Prime Minister Mark Carney loves to reach for hockey metaphors. He doesn’t always catch the right one.

Explaining why he was ditching most of the retaliatory tariffs against the United States, the PM said on Friday that “there is a time in the game when you drop the gloves,” to “send a message,” and a time when you “want to put the puck in the net.”

Elbows Up was just an empty slogan all along.

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Canada, USA

WARMINGTON: With ‘elbows up’ era over, it’s wonderful time for another election

We’re just four months removed from a federal election and Kevin O’Leary thinks it’s a wonderful time to call another one.

“Now everybody realizes that ‘elbows up’ is stupid,” said the Shark Tank star in an interview. “It’s stupid. We want trade, not ‘elbows up’ with Americans. Americans don’t hate Canadians and Canadians don’t hate Americans. That’s all BS.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Will Mark Carney’s trade-war strategy leave Doug Ford behind?

What goes up must come down.

“Elbows up” helped Mark Carney win an election campaign.

Elbows down may help him survive a trade war.

The prime minister can explain everything. If only Doug Ford will hear him out.

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Hey Mike Allen: ‘New’ Naturalization Requirement of Good Moral Character Began In 1790!

Axios co-founder Mike Allen appeared on Monday’s Morning Joe to tout the outlet’s article, “Trump’s identity project,” which begins [emphasis added]:

“Through immigration crackdowns and cultural purges, President Trump is wielding government power to enforce a more rigid, exclusionary definition of what it means to be American.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Camp Of The Saints, The Media Lies, USA, WTF?

Sharia Arrest in Dearborn: Non-Muslim Jailed for Facebook Post While Islamic Death Chants Go Unpunished

Dearborn has become the model city of America’s double standard: where a non-Muslim can be jailed for a reckless Facebook post, but Muslims can openly chant ‘Death to America’ and glorify terrorists without consequence.

h/t Hermes

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

U.S. visa suspensions a warning Canadian trucking must heed: CTA

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is warning that while the U.S. suspension on new visas for foreign truck drivers won’t have much, if any, impact on Canadian drivers, it should be seen as a warning to industry to clean up its act.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X last week that the U.S. is immediately pausing the issuance of all visas to truck drivers which require them to operate in the U.S.

And to add insult to injury, notice below… the “no u-turn” sign with in a few feet of when this illegal immigrant tried to do exactly that!

Another truck driver in Canada just pulled the same stunt!
CBC goes undercover to show how they are receiving falsified licenses!

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— SuchasLife (@Dj_YQL) August 19, 2025

On occasion the CBC does good work. I expect those responsible for the trucker expose were executed however.

h/t NL

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, USA, WTF?

El Chapo cartel kingpin: I’m sorry for flooding US with drugs

A former Mexican cartel kingpin apologised for flooding the US with cocaine and other substances as he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.

“I recognise the great harm illegal drugs have done to the people in the United States and Mexico,” Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada told a Brooklyn federal court on Monday through an interpreter. “I apologise for all of it, and I take responsibility for my actions.”

Under the leadership of Zambada and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, prosecutors say the Sinaloa cartel evolved from a regional player into the largest drug trafficking organisation in the world.

He said the magic word! Release him!

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 25, 2025•0•USA, WTF?

Canada’s Fentanyl Czar Reportedly Told U.S. Officials: ‘I Have No Authority’

WASHINGTON — Ottawa’s newly appointed “fentanyl czar” told U.S. officials in Ottawa he has no authority to influence Canadian federal police or border agencies, according to an official with knowledge of the relevant meetings. For U.S. enforcement experts, the admission underlined what they describe as the emptiness of Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney’s high-profile pledges to crack down on transnational fentanyl production and trafficking by Chinese and Mexican syndicates — and underscored systemic failures in Canada’s response to cartels exploiting the nation’s ports, borders, and infrastructure.

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 25, 2025•0•Canada, Drugs, USA

How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City

The Chinese consulate in Manhattan has mobilized community groups to defeat candidates who don’t fall in line with the authoritarian state.

In New York City, social clubs backed by China undermined a congressional candidate who once challenged the regime on Chinese television.

They helped unseat a state senator for attending a banquet with the president of Taiwan.

And they condemned a City Council candidate on social media for supporting Hong Kong democracy.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2025August 25, 2025•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", USA

Greg Koabel: National pride Is good. National paranoia is not

We must be wary of turning anti-Americanism into a political program in which everybody loses

In this season of surging Canadian nationalism, it’s worth remembering that defining ourselves in opposition to the United States is both an old reflex and a risky one. While understandable, even necessary in certain contexts, excessive anti-Americanism has sometimes led Canada and Canadians down dangerous, counterproductive paths. No case illustrates this better than that of George Taylor Denison III, a man who let hostility to the United States overtake his judgment, his patriotism, and ultimately, his future.

Pre-Existing Knee-Jerk Anti-Americanism combined with TDS won an election. One our leftist government owned media was only too eager to promote.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2025August 25, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Trump says imports of wood products may pose national security threat to U.S. — raising fears in B.C.

B.C.’s forestry sector is awaiting the results of a U.S. Commerce Department investigation into the imports of wood products, which could impose further tariffs on the beleaguered industry.

It comes months after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a Section 232 investigation into whether importing timber, lumber and derivative products could pose a national security threat to the U.S.

The prospect of further tariffs on B.C.’s softwood lumber industry in particular — which is already dealing with a high 35 per cent duty imposed by the U.S. — could mean even more mill closures and job losses, experts say.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2025August 25, 2025•0•Canada, USA

CHARLEBOIS: Elbows down: Carney ends Canada’s self-inflicted grocery tax

Based on what we know, most counter-tariffs affecting food, food manufacturing, and retail will be rolled back on September 1. This is welcome news.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2025August 25, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades

For the first time in decades, more immigrants are leaving the United States than arriving, a new study finds, an early indication that President Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda is leading people to depart — whether through deportation or by choice.

An analysis of new census data released on Thursday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that between January and June, the foreign-born population in the United States — both lawful and unlawful residents — declined by nearly 1.5 million. In June, the country was home to 51.9 million immigrants, down from 53.3 million six months earlier.

That’s bad for the folks who love cheap foreign labour.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2025August 25, 2025•0•Camp Of The Saints, USA

Trump takes aim at cashless bail in series of executive orders

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a series of executive orders aimed at eliminating cashless bail in D.C. and throughout the country as part of his efforts to crack down on crime.

“We’re ending it, but we’re starting by ending it in D.C., and that we have the right to do by federalization,” Trump said during a press conference in the Oval Office.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2025August 25, 2025•0•Crime, USA