More than half of Conservative voters want Poilievre to lead the party into next election

More than half of Conservative voters want Poilievre to lead the party into next election

More than half of past Conservative voters want Pierre Poilievre to lead the party into the next election, although a growing minority would like to see him replaced before then, a new poll has found.

The public-opinion survey for the non-partisan Angus Reid Institute found that 30 per cent of past Conservative voters want Mr. Poilievre to step down before the next election compared with 18 per cent surveyed in August.

The message that worked against Trudeau will work against Carney who has not lived up to anyone’s expectations.

Be patient while the MSM devotes itself to coverage of Poilievre’s real & imagined shortcomings while granting Carney a free ride.

And remember even the RCMP has predicted riots.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada in decline", "Canadian Politics", Conservative Party

Iran has no plans for second round of talks with the US, foreign ministry spokesperson says

Iran has no plans for second round of talks with the US, foreign ministry spokesperson says

Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, has been quoted by Al Jazeera as having said that Iran has no plans for a new round of talks with the US, saying Washington has violated the agreement from its implementation.

The spokesperson also said Tehran can’t forget US attacks on Iran during previous diplomatic talks as he insisted that Iran will continue defending its national interests.

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

NATO’s death and what it would mean for Europe

NATO’s death and what it would mean for Europe

The mess we are in is getting deeper. Not only is there no prompt resolution in sight for the Iran crisis, plunging the planet into economic uncertainty of unprecedented nature, but the repercussions threaten to dismantle some of the very groundworks of the world order as we know it. In the midst of a storm which appears to be turning into a biblical deluge, our anchors – starting with NATO – are drifting away.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNATO

B.C. to suspend Indigenous law, sources say

B.C. to suspend Indigenous law, sources say

First Nations sources say British Columbia Premier David Eby’s government will introduce legislation to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act on Monday.

Independent First Nations sources tell The Canadian Press that the bill that has been vehemently opposed by many Indigenous leaders will seek to suspend the core elements of DRIPA for one year.

Eby has said a recent court decision on B.C.’s mineral claims regime that cited DRIPA puts the province at serious litigation risk.

UPDATE – Eby Caved – Premier David Eby backs down again on B.C. Indigenous law

h/t Stevie

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Aboriginal Fatigue"

Iran’s AI slopaganda: who is behind the giant billboards in Tehran?

Iran’s AI slopaganda: who is behind the giant billboards in Tehran?

Like many other residents of Tehran, Sohrab* is used to seeing a new face staring down at him: AI-generated portraits of Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader.

“They’ve made the city ugly,” the 35-year-old restaurant manager said. “Everywhere, there are pictures of [the late ayatollah] Ali Khamenei and his son, Mojtaba. When I see this propaganda, I curse [them].”

In Iran’s capital, the war is portrayed on the city’s walls, flyovers and public squares, where the Islamic regime has plastered propaganda campaigns to project control and glorify resistance.

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

Federal EV chargers see little use despite millions in taxpayer spending

Federal EV chargers see little use despite millions in taxpayer spending

Federal departments spent millions installing electric vehicle charging stations across government properties, but usage data shows many of the chargers are rarely used, with some sitting idle and others averaging fewer than one vehicle per day.

Blacklock’s Reporter says records tabled in the House of Commons show Natural Resources Canada could not provide a full breakdown of total spending per charger by location, despite overseeing a large portion of the rollout.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Hormuz chaos shows Iran is too fractured to speak with one voice

Hormuz chaos shows Iran is too fractured to speak with one voice

On Friday afternoon, out of nowhere, Iran’s foreign minister announced that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open” to commercial vessels.

Just hours later, however, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reminded Abbas Araghchi and the world who was really in charge. In an apparent rebuke, it said it retained “strict management and control” over the waterway and shot at ships attempting to cross.

Two days later, the foreign minister was still under attack by hardliners in Tehran. Newspapers demanded that Mr Araghchi reverse his decision. State television criticised him for tweeting policy rather than explaining to Iranians. Some officials and moderate outlets defended the opening with conflicting explanations.

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

Public grocery stores are having a moment. Can they really make food more affordable?

Public grocery stores are having a moment. Can they really make food more affordable?

Can public grocery stores work in Canada?

From Toronto to New York City, politicians want to tackle rising food costs with government-run grocery stores.

In the model announced by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city would cover construction expenses as well as rent and property taxes — ideally, with those savings passed on to shoppers — and lease to a private operator that would run the store.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCommunism, Communists

Fear of reprisals, isolation, anxiety: Report documents mental health concerns at CSIS

Fear of reprisals, isolation, anxiety: Report documents mental health concerns at CSIS

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) employees who came forward as part of an external study investigating mental health at the spy agency described a sometimes isolating and bleak environment “laden with stigma.”

One participant told researchers the “service has a fear of mental illness.”

Those comments are included in a first-of-its-kind research project commissioned by CSIS and published earlier this month in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. Researchers spoke to employees who were willing to come forward, with their identities protected, to talk about the unique working environment at the spy agency.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, CSIS

Dystopian Prelude In Brussels

Dystopian Prelude In Brussels

Modern Brussels narrates the tragedy of a continent in terminal decline. Once a monument to European civilization—listing such landmarks as the medieval Grand-Place, the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, the neoclassical Palais de Justice—it has been transmogrified into a laboratory of “super-diversity,” a doomsday phenomenon whose presiding ideology is this: abolition of the Christian nation-state. Hosting representatives of 184 nationalities, the city does not merely reflect globalization; it weaponizes it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCultural Insanity

Carney’s Pivot to Beijing: Did the Canada China Business Council Help Pen Ottawa’s China Reset?

Carney’s Pivot to Beijing: Did the Canada China Business Council Help Pen Ottawa’s China Reset?

OTTAWA – In a polished Beijing banquet hall on January 16, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney opened what is perhaps the most important and least analyzed speech of his young premiership by turning first to Olivier Desmarais and the Canada China Business Council.

“We are honored and grateful,” Carney said. After first turning to Desmarais, grandson of former prime minister Jean Chrétien and a scion of the Power Corporation milieu of Montreal, Carney thanked “the team at the Canada China Business Council for your leadership in bringing together, look at this room, this remarkable room, together.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada in decline", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

MI5 called in to protect Britain from breakthrough AI threat

MI5 called in to protect Britain from breakthrough AI threat

MI5 is racing to bolster the defences of Britain’s most critical companies against the hacking threat posed by a powerful new wave of AI.

Experts at the Security Service have been in contact with energy, water and communications companies to warn them about Mythos, an AI tool that has been deemed by its developer Anthropic to be too dangerous for general release.

A source said: “They [MI5] have been asking critical companies to be fully aware of the threat. They are making those responsible aware that the threat has evolved.”

Companies which own Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) include National Grid, BT, water companies and the nuclear power giant EDF. MI5 is responsible for protecting their security.

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

A New Online Harms Act Would Mean Canadians Talk Less Freely

A New Online Harms Act Would Mean Canadians Talk Less Freely

Once it was confirmed that, for the first time, Canada would be ruled by a majority government achieved through floor-crossing, it didn’t take long for talk of a renewed Online Harms Act to be proposed.

Heritage Minister Marc Miller was approached after his party—thanks to winning three byelections to hold seats it had previously won in last year’s election and gaining five floor-crossing MPs—had turned a minority government into a majority with unfettered legislative power.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Because Shut Up!", "Cancel Culture", "Surveillance Society", freedom of religious expression, Freedom of speech