Liberals won’t say if foreign homebuyer ban will be extended as renewal window narrows

Liberals won’t say if foreign homebuyer ban will be extended as renewal window narrows

OTTAWA — The Liberal government has yet to say whether it plans to extend Canada’s ban on foreign homebuyers, even as internal briefing notes warned time is running short to renew the policy through the existing regulatory process before the ban expires.

If the government does nothing, Canada’s ban, which first came into force in 2023, will sunset automatically on Jan. 1, 2027. The ban currently prevents anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident from purchasing a home in any urban area in the country.

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

‘The Odyssey’ Becomes Christopher Nolan’s Biggest Global Debut of All Time With $264 Million

‘The Odyssey’ Becomes Christopher Nolan’s Biggest Global Debut of All Time With $264 Million

“The Odyssey” is off to an epic start at the box office.

Universal’s action-adventure generated $264.1 million globally over the weekend, including $139.6 million internationally and $124.5 million domestically. It’s a towering debut for a movie that’s R-rated, nearly three hours in length and isn’t part of a major franchise. Of course, “The Odyssey” isn’t original — it’s adapted from Homer’s roughly 3,000-year-old epic poem — but the film’s initial success is a testament to Nolan’s outsized popularity as a filmmaker. He’s long been a box office draw, having directed blockbusters like “The Dark Knight” trilogy, “Inception,” “Dunkirk” and “Interstellar.” But Nolan reached new levels of acclaim after 2023’s “Oppenheimer” became a box office behemoth and won the Oscar for best picture.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

On the Iran War, NATO Chief Agrees With Trump — The Media Buried the Lede

On the Iran War, NATO Chief Agrees With Trump — The Media Buried the Lede

Why do so many Americans oppose the war against Iran?

The biggest reason is that they do not believe Iran was close to obtaining a nuclear weapon. If Iran was nowhere near a bomb, President Donald Trump’s decision to use military force looks unnecessary, even reckless. But if Iran was close, as Trump claims, the debate changes dramatically.

That is why NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s recent assessment should have been a major news story.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, NATO, The Media Lies, USA

The Carney Liberals Still Lead, but the Political Ground Beneath Them Is Not as Solid as It Looks

The Carney Liberals Still Lead, but the Political Ground Beneath Them Is Not as Solid as It Looks

A lot happened in Ottawa just before we went into the field with our latest national survey.

The federal government advanced a new pipeline proposal to the West Coast, moved ahead with plans to buy up to 12 new submarines, changed the rules governing Senate appointments, and pursued new defence and economic partnerships abroad.

The media won’t have as easy a time keeping Carney afloat as they did Trudeau, some of us have learned to see through the grift.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Prosecutors appear to drop some charges against Toronto cops, others as most serious allegations in corruption case head to trial

Prosecutors appear to drop some charges against Toronto cops, others as most serious allegations in corruption case head to trial

Prosecutors appear to have dropped several charges against the main targets of the Project South police corruption probe as the Crown moves to take the most serious allegations to trial.

Earlier this month, the Crown obtained direct indictments against all but one of the seven arrested Toronto officers, and seven other Project South accused, meaning their cases will bypass preliminary inquiries and go directly to trial in Superior Court.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Sunny Hostin Blasted Privilege for Years, Then Got Caught Using Her Own

Sunny Hostin Blasted Privilege for Years, Then Got Caught Using Her Own

Sunny Hostin has built a nice little side career out of diagnosing other people’s privilege. So when police caught her 24-year-old son wandering around active Metro-North railroad tracks in New Rochelle last month, you’d think the The View co-host and former federal prosecutor would have let the process play out. Instead, bodycam footage shows her doing exactly the thing she’s spent years telling America is a problem when other people do it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Elite Decadence & Decay"

As Canadians avoid the U.S., the face of summer tourism is forever changed

As Canadians avoid the U.S., the face of summer tourism is forever changed

Summertime, and the living isn’t easy for U.S. workers dependent on Canadian tourism. Boycotting travel is a trade irritant unlike any other, and one the American ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, sheepishly raised during an interview with CTV earlier this month in Vancouver.

Canadians are exercising this political defiance in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada. Leger polling suggests 67 per cent of those who decided to boycott travel to the U.S. in 2026 have done so because of the political climate and tensions between the two countries. An expensive U.S. dollar also makes it easier to say no.

I don’t agree with the permanence the author predicts.

Canadian visits to the US have been trending higher and I suspect our weakening standard of living keeps as many home as politics.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

The biggest winners of the American economy fear they’re sinking fast

The biggest winners of the American economy fear they’re sinking fast

SAN FRANCISCO — Throughout a nearly two-decade career, Susan Smith considered herself a winner in the American economic lottery. She moved easily between tech jobs, earning a salary of more than $500,000 in her most recent position, as a mid-tier executive at Meta. A single mom, Smith could afford two nannies and support her disabled son without financial worry.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"AI - Artificial Intelligence"

What some immigrants could lose if Alberta votes yes to Danielle Smith’s questions

What some immigrants could lose if Alberta votes yes to Danielle Smith’s questions

If Albertans vote yes to the five immigration questions on this fall’s referendum, many of Alberta’s 260,000 temporary workers and other non-permanent residents could lose their health and education coverage — while all the rest could have to pay access fees on top of the taxes they pay.

When it comes to the most prominent question on Alberta’s Oct. 19 ballot, Premier Danielle Smith has said she is against separating. But she endorses and has vowed to campaign for the other nine questions she’s put to Albertans on immigration and constitutional reform.

She’s pitched them as a third-way option for supporters to express frustration with Ottawa without going as far as endorsing secession.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Liberal Party Criminal Abuse Of Immigration Policy For Private & Political Gain", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Alberta

US blitzes Iranian missile depots, air defenses on 8th consecutive night of strikes

US blitzes Iranian missile depots, air defenses on 8th consecutive night of strikes

US forces launched their eighth consecutive night of attacks targeting Iranian military infrastructure late Saturday.

The latest round of strikes struck coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites to continue degrading Iranian military capabilities, US Central Command announced on X.

Fighter jets and missiles were launched off aircraft carriers and destroyers as explosions took out targets in mountainous regions of Iran, according to video shared by the combatant command.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

Husband of ‘Maple Leaf Menace’ threatened local politicians, mocked Charlie Kirk’s death

Husband of ‘Maple Leaf Menace’ threatened local politicians, mocked Charlie Kirk’s death

The husband of the illegal immigrant from Canada arrested by ICE after allegedly slapping a patriotic teen on a Jersey Shore boardwalk mocked Charlie Kirk’s assassination and threatened local pols, his twisted online posts show.

Matthew Geroni railed against local politicians to his over 142,000 followers in vile rants about gentrification in Ocean Grove, data centers and parking tickets in the June 17 video first reported by Shorenewsnetwork.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?