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    Tradition says Premiers should stay out of Mayor's races. Ford says "hold my beer"

    Ford says Toronto would be 'toast' if 'lefty' mayor elected, but won't rescind 'strong mayor' powers https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-toronto-tory-strong-mayor-1.6749168 So basically that whole "stay neutral in civic elections' thing kinda just went out the window :ROFLMAO: :LOL...
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    40% decline in permanent residents becoming Canadian citizens since 2001, data shows

    https://globalnews.ca/news/9488096/permanent-resident-citizen-canada-decline/ StatCan numbers reveal the percentage of permanent residents who become Canadians has plummeted over the past 20 years. The Institute for Canadian Citizenship says Statistics Canada data points to a 40 per cent...
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    Chemin Roxham: asylum seekers sent en masse to Ontario (translated from the french)

    https://ici-radio--canada-ca.translate.goog/nouvelle/1956405/chemin-roxham-quebec-ontario-frechette-demandeurs-asile?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=fr&_x_tr_pto=wapp The site is automatically changed into english when you click on the link. Well. Can open, worms everywhere :) I wonder if...
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    Canada needs to boost home building by 50 per cent to keep up with immigration, report says

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-build-housing-immigration/ We are olympic-level military grade fucked and people just don't realize it yet. When the economy and inflation settle down, housing prices will once again soar as the supply is no where near demand, meaning...
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    Woman slashed across face with edged weapon in unprovoked attack at Spadina Station: police (Toronto again)

    https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/woman-slashed-across-face-with-edged-weapon-in-unprovoked-attack-at-spadina-station-police-1.6270997 And the hits just keep on coming.
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    The RCMP and government adopt EVs as winter performance concerns emerge

    https://tnc.news/2023/02/10/rcmp-evs/ So this should end well.....
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    Smith stands by her account of Canadian history - A discussion worth having

    https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/more-whitewashing-smith-stands-by-her-account-of-canadian-history/wcm/c7ff79e0-15af-4e8a-bf7f-8d0386773388#Echobox=1676226195 This is a discussion worth having. So - Smith says that despite the more recent horrible behavior towards the first nations, the...
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    Alberta Politics: UCP takes the lead as many Reluctant UCPers come home

    https://abacusdata.ca/alberta-politics-deep-dive-february-2023/ Alberta politics is always one of the more interesting to watch. For those of us who consider watching Politics to be our version of watching "sports", Alberta is usually the equivalent of demolition luge. This was a little more...
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    High school student suspended, arrested for saying only 2 genders (Canada)

    https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-catholic-high-school-student-suspended-then-arrested-for-saying-there-are-only-two-genders So - in a CATHOLIC school the kid says in his opinion there's only two genders and in the name of being "inclusive " he ls thrown out of school for his...
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    Outrage as gunman rearrested just weeks after judge gave him a break

    https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mandel-outrage-as-gunman-rearrested-just-weeks-after-judge-gave-him-a-break Here's the TLDR - guy was arrested by the cops and during the chase he tossed a loaded handgun into a school yard. where the kids play. The judge let him off because he's black to...
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    Trans Lives Matter protesters occupy Oklahoma Capitol building (but when trump supporters do it then it's an insurrection)

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11722439/Trans-Lives-Matter-protesters-occupy-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-building.html So the state wants to prevent youths from having permanent gender surgeries and treatments till they're older and the transactivists feel a child of any age should be able...
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    Majority of Canadians support private options for health care, poll shows

    https://globalnews.ca/news/9458260/health-care-private-options-majority-canadians-support-poll/ My My my how the cow has turned :) It has been a holy and sacred pillar of our society that nobody should make money from health care. Except unions. But in reality this has been gong on for a...
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    Braid: Against all odds, the UCP is now in position to win the May election

    https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/braid-against-all-odds-the-ucp-is-now-in-position-to-win-the-may-election As you might guess, the herald is a litttttle bit on the left. But not scorchingly so, In all honesty, it's really no surprise at all. People talk tough in between elections...
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    Quebec-based COVID-19 vaccine maker Medicago to shut down after Government invested $173M

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-vaccine-maker-medicago-shuts-down-1.6735521 Government invested $173M in Medicago Canada's federal government invested $173 million into the company in 2020 to help the company develop the vaccine and its Quebec production facility. Ottawa also...
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    California police kill double amputee who was fleeing: ‘Scared for his life’

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/31/anthony-lowe-police-killing-amputee-huntington-park ok - there is a LOT of stupid to unpack here. So lets start with the obvious, a bunch of cops could not subdue a guy in a wheelchair without firing on him with tazers and firearms. So that...
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    Acclaimed ex-CBC journalist dies after latest random assault on Toronto streets

    https://montrealgazette.com/news/cbc-journalist-dies-random-assault-toronto I don't care for his work or the CBC, but it's sad to see someone die this way. And yet another random attack leading to death. The cbc has been very supportive of the liberal relaxed rules for criminals during...
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    Poilievre bringing in record fundraising dollars, more than previous Tory leaders

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poilievre-bringing-in-record-fundraising-dollars-more-than-previous-tory-leaders-1.6254330 Elections Canada data show that during the last three months of 2022, the Conservatives brought in over $9.7 million from more than 66,000 donors. That compares to the...
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    NDP request for emergency House of Commons debate on healthcare privatization denied

    https://globalnews.ca/news/9447260/ndp-emergency-house-of-commons-debate-healthcare-privatization/ THis is a problem for the ndp. If they don't do something here and continue to prop up the libs they're going to wind up with nothing to differentiate themselves next election. They are proving...