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Mark Carney would likely keep his majority if an election was held now, polls suggest

Mark Carney would likely keep his majority if an election was held now, polls suggest

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney would likely keep — and possibly enlarge — his new-found Liberal majority if a general election was held today, according to the latest projection from The Signal polling aggregator.

The latest forecast pegs the Liberals’ chances of winning a majority of seats in the House of Commons at 96 per cent, while the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre have a one per cent chance of clinching power, and only through a minority government.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

As the U.S. turns on its allies, Canadians look toward joining Europe

As the U.S. turns on its allies, Canadians look toward joining Europe

The idea keeps coming back. A French politician mused about it in Berlin last month. A Finnish leader visiting Ottawa this April didn’t dismiss it out of hand.

Fresh polls show a majority of Canadians would support it.

And in an era when the United States has turned on its closest allies, the question has acquired a new urgency: Could Canada join the European Union?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union, WTF?

GUNTER: Daft brain-drain tax proposal no answer to Liberal ineptitude

GUNTER: Daft brain-drain tax proposal no answer to Liberal ineptitude

At last weekend’s Liberal Party national convention in Montreal, Partrick Pichette, a Canadian who worked for several years as chief financial officer of Google in Silicon Valley, suggested that a good way to keep talented people in the country so they benefit Canada is to charge them a tax of up to $500,000 for the privilege of emigrating.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

New report finds crashing trucks and killing people, dealing drugs, importing their ethnic hatreds and being involved in regular public shootouts related to their criminal activity has caused an increase in anti-Sikh hate

New report finds crashing trucks and killing people, dealing drugs, importing their ethnic hatreds and being involved in regular public shootouts related to their criminal activity has caused an increase in anti-Sikh hate

New report finds increase in anti-Sikh hate

Every day, Sukhmani, an 11th grader from Scarborough, carefully ties her turban, a practice rooted in faith, discipline, and identity. But she says that the same visible expression of who she is has made her conscious of her identity.

“They are making fun of the fact that I am wearing a Dastaar now, making fun of the fact of me being vegetarian, making fun of the fact that I have hair on my arms and my legs. It’s really not the most encouraging thing to go through, especially right after the pandemic,” she says.

No one buys the article’s “Won’t somebody think of the children” opening anymore. 

We aren’t responsible. h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Remigration", WTF?

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

Sixteen bets made $100,000 accurately predicting the timing of the US airstrikes against Iran on 27 February. Later, a single user would make over $550,000 after betting that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would topple, just moments before his assassination by Israeli forces. On 7 April, right before Donald Trump announced a temporary ceasefire with Iran, traders bet $950m that oil prices would come down. They did.

These bets and other well-timed wagers accurately predicted the precise timing of major developments in the US-Israel war with Iran, creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers and experts over potential insider trading.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Here’s the ‘experiment’ NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics

Here’s the ‘experiment’ NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics

While standing outside the House of Commons, Avi Lewis recalled that it has been five decades since his grandfather — former federal NDP leader David Lewis — stood inside the chamber to advocate for the Canadian left.

After David, there was Avi’s father, Stephen Lewis, a former leader of the Ontario NDP, Canadian ambassador to the United Nations and a longtime journalist and environment activist. He passed away last month at 88, shortly after his son was elected federal NDP leader.

Now, it’s Avi Lewis’s turn to take on the mantle. And going the federal route is a very intentional choice.

My head hurts at the thought Canada is so fecked Lewis may strike a nerve.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNDP, WTF?

Murder charges will be dropped against Kenneth Law; he will plead guilty to aiding suicide instead, lawyer says

Murder charges will be dropped against Kenneth Law; he will plead guilty to aiding suicide instead, lawyer says

An Ontario man accused of selling a toxic substance online to vulnerable people who used it to end their lives will no longer face murder charges and will instead plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide, his lawyer says.

Kenneth Law, 60, has been publicly accused of running websites that shipped more than a thousand packages of deadly substances and other materials used for self-harm to more than 40 countries. Many of Law’s customers were young people who allegedly used the substance to end their lives; the Star has spoken to parents in Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

I bet we find out this guy is the diversity added to Ontario’s MAID review board?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Justice", WTF?