Eric Lombardi: Our politicians want you to forget about Canada’s biggest socioeconomic challenge. Yes, it’s still housing

Canada’s politicians are quietly relieved the headlines have moved on from housing. It was never an easy problem to solve—doing so would mean confronting municipal obstruction, reforming provincial systems, and holding governments, including their own, to account. Today, with public concerns shifting towards international trade wars and big-ticket national energy projects, housing—the issue that dominated the national conversation just months ago—is being carefully, silently deprioritized. Our leaders are thrilled.

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

Bell: Doug Ford tells Poilievre Conservatives — avoid the hardcore right-wing

Couldn’t resist the question when the guy is sitting next to you and Ontario Premier Doug Ford didn’t shy away from answering it.

What does Ford, leader of his province’s Progressive Conservatives, think the federal Conservatives could do to win over more Canadians, a few more Canadians?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inOntario - Your Future Is Elsewhere, Ontario's Corrupt Liberal Government

Relentless immigration raids are changing California’s way of life

When immigration agents came to the farm where he worked, Jaime Alanis tried to hide.

Climbing to the roof of a greenhouse, while agents rounded up and arrested dozens of his coworkers below, Mr Alanis hoped to stay out of sight.

Then he fell.

His neck was broken and skull fractured. He died later in hospital.

Meanwhile, immigration agents fired teargas at a crowd of some 500 protestors, who had gathered to stop the raids outside two legal cannabis farms. Some threw rocks, and the FBI says one fired a gun at federal agents.

If illegal aliens are central to your “Way of Life” then you need to fix that.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCalifornia, Camp Of The Saints, USA

Canada Needs a Department for Public UFO Sightings, Federal Report Recommends

Canada needs a federal department to ensure proper reporting and transparency around public UFO sightings, according to a new report.

The July 14 “Sky Canada Project” report, commissioned by the Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada, sets forth recommendations aimed at improving unidentified aerial or anomalous phenomena (UAP) research and reporting, enhancing public trust, and addressing “misinformation and disinformation in the public dialogue” around UAPs.
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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"UFO's"

Bangladesh: Jihadists Establishing an Islamic Theocracy?

A shocking revelation has emerged implicating Bangladeshi expatriate workers in the covert collection of funds for Islamic State (ISIS), Al Qaeda, and other militant outfits.

This development raises urgent concerns across countries with large Bangladeshi migrant populations, including Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and nations in the European Union. Even more alarmingly, many of these workers are not ethnic Bangladeshis, but Rohingyas and “Stranded Pakistanis” (Biharis) who obtained Bangladeshi passports through illegal channels.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Bangladesh, Islam, Islam and violence

Poilievre tweaks his tone and strategy as he faces must-win byelection, leadership review

Pierre Poilievre was feeling dejected and disappointed after the stinging federal election loss in April, sources close to the Conservative leader said, and he dialed back his public appearances for the better part of two months to reassess his strategy and regroup.

After that period of self-reflection, which was marked by private calls and visits with dozens of MPs, staff and supporters, Poilievre is re-emerging from a relatively dormant period — ramping up his federal byelection campaign, weighing in publicly on perceived Liberal missteps and speaking to the press.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

The Arrogant Media Are Not ‘Bringing Us Closer Together’

As the world of “public” broadcasting faces the rebuke of Congress rescinding its billion dollars, it spurs a broader thought about the arrogance of liberal journalists at national media outlets. They’re not simply arrogant. They sound remarkably insincere.

Start with a man named Michael Tribble, the chief content officer at WAMU, the NPR station in the nation’s capital. He sent out a fundraising email after the Senate rebuke, oozing to their liberal supporters: “You’re part of a community that believes facts matter, that context matters, and that journalism has the power to bring us closer together.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inThe Media, The Media Lies

Controversy after two newcomers to Canada receive no jail for GTA sex offences

Debate is raging online about two criminal cases involving newcomers to Canada being found guilty of sexual offences yet being sentenced to no jail time, with one key divergence.

In one case, the permanent resident was spared jail time, despite aggravating circumstances, so that his ability to sponsor relatives to come to Canada would not be impacted.

There’s no debate, unless it involves thickness of rope or caliber of bullet.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy"

Three killed in explosion at Los Angeles police training facility

At least three police officers were killed in an explosion at a law enforcement training facility in East Los Angeles, officials say.

The blast occurred at around 07:30 local time (15:30 BST) on Friday at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Center Academy Training, according to emergency responders.

Authorities say the explosion took place in the parking lot of the facility’s Special Enforcement Bureau. US media, citing sources, report that officers were handling an unexploded ordnance recovered from a recent bomb disposal call when it detonated.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease

VICTORIA – The mother of a nine-year-old Vancouver Island girl who has an extremely rare neurodegenerative disease says she’s grateful her daughter will get her medication back.

The British Columbia government has restored funding for Charleigh Pollock for the drug Brineura, which costs about $1 million a year.

Health Minister Josie Osborne said on Thursday she believes health professionals should make decisions about care, and a letter she received from Batten disease experts in the United States detailed a “significant disagreement” over the drug.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada