Category: Chinada

First We Break Your Mind

Then we take your money.

National Post- Our mind-boggling monstrosity of a tax code

The fall 2021 edition of the tax code is a monster-sized book, nearly 3,000 pages in length, and it’s packed with thousands of mind-boggling passages, like Section 125.7(2), found on page 1,038:

“For a qualifying entity for a qualifying period, an overpayment on account of the qualifying entity’s liability under this Part for the taxation year in which the qualifying period ends is deemed to have arisen during the qualifying period in an amount determined by the formula A – B – C + D.”

Gad Saad had a good rant about the Canadian tax system on his most recent appearance with Joe Rogan. It starts at the 33 minute mark.

This Is The Time At SDA When We Refresh Our Memories

Ian Cumming: Before there is too much admiration, the real background story of Kingston Chinese plant

Originally published May 21, 2021 in Ontario Dairy Farmer. Reprinted with permission.

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AN APRIL 28, 2016 meeting in Gustine, California changed the landscape of the Canadian dairy industry.

The meeting was between several top people representing the Chinese-owned Feihe dairy processor, and Wang Pei from the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) to explore the possibility of Feihe building a processing plant in Canada.

According to about 1,000 documents received under Access to Information, Pei is referred to as the ‘International Advisor to CEO’. Many documents were not made available or were redacted to some degree.

Minutes of that April meeting show that when the CDC was asked about potential limitations on production, it provided assurances that “there were no problems for cow milk infant formula.”

Feihe said if it had a Canadian plant “we can also import milk from U.S. processors and export but the made products cannot be sold in Canada.” The minutes state “butter and SMP produced by Feihe can be sold to the CDC, committed.” Later documentation shows Feihe estimated that five per cent of its production would be butter, all being sold to the CDC.

In May 2016, Health Canada provided information to Feihe that “clinical trials are required to support the safety and efficacy of new infant formula. The clinical trials, at the current time, can only be carried out abroad.”

“China, or any other country, can be the location,” documents state.

On June 28, 2016 in the Frontenac Room at the Delta Hotel in Ottawa, a letter of intent was signed between Jacques Laforge, CEO of the CDC and Leng Youbin, Chairman of Feihe. The signing was termed “a business agreement on our investment in infant formula manufacturing in Canada.”

Top officials from Agriculture Canada, Health Canada and CFIA were issued invitations to the signing. There was a strong warning issued that there should be “no media report on signing.”

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Sure You Can Have Our Lithium

Globenewswire- Ultra Lithium Closes Sale of 60% of Georgia Lake and Forgan Lake Properties to Yahua and Enters Joint Venture

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ultra Lithium Inc. (TSX-V: ULT – OTCQB: ULTXF) (“Ultra Lithium” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce it has closed the sale of a 60% interest in the Company’s Georgia Lake and Forgan Lake properties (the “Northern Ontario Properties”) to Yahua International Investment and Development Co., Ltd. (“Yahua”) pursuant to the previously announced Purchase, Sale and Joint Venture Agreement (the “Agreement”) (see news released dated April 20, 2022)

About Yahua
Founded in 1952, Yahua group is one of the earliest chemical companies established after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, currently has two main businesses, lithium industry and civil explosive industry. Yahua is a public company listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange with the market cap of 34 billion RMB (approximately C$7 billion). It has more than 70 wholly-owned and holding subsidiaries, which are distributed throughout China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and other countries.

The Canadian Senate: The Final Frontier

Basically, with the exception of the lawsuits being launched against the government by the Canadian and Ontario civil liberties associations and the province of Alberta, the Senate is the final chance for Justin Castro’s draconian power grab to be stopped. Will Senators rubber stamp the Emergencies Act? Or will they act in the interests of Canadian citizens and democracy?

Interesting rumblings here:

An independent Senate might prove to be a challenge for the Liberal government as it is asking the Upper Chamber to extend the Emergencies Act.

Should we have faith? I mean hey, Canadians are so very principled lately. 

More stuff:

Has the Great Canadian Underbussing started? Dean has thoughts here. The international press coverage of Trudeau has been absolutely ruthless and the CBC fangirls and his inner circle cannot possibly be blind to the condemnation. Will the Libranos backtrack?

Lastly: 

If you would like to communicate your thoughts to members of the Senate, you may do so using this contact form. 

The person who created it and shared it with me knows it probably won’t help, but he felt he had to do something.

Radical Leftist PM Uses Radical Leftist Government-Funded Media to Justify Power Grab

And what could possibly be wrong with that? 

The incredible powers that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has given his government to freeze people’s bank accounts is based on their reliance on “analysis” from the CBC.

This is according to a 14-page document the government tabled in the House of Commons Wednesday night detailing the supposed rationale for invoking the Emergencies Act in the first place.

The basis for some of the most controversial measures they’ve brought in merely rely on nothing more than CBC reporting.”

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Ottawa Police to Truckers: Nice Dog Ya Got There

Would be a real shame if anything happened to it.

Some Things To Do

The federal “Conservatives” are busy Tweeting about housing prices and asking the PM in a mean voice when the mandates will end. When Convoy spokesman BJ Dichter told me never to underestimate the Conservatives ability to score on their own net, he wasn’t kidding.

In the meantime, there are some things Canadians and non-Canadians can do if they wish. These suggestions come from the truckers themselves. Trudeau has to bring this to Parliament within 7 days of the declaration and get a majority to pass it. Remember, he has a minority government. The NDP says they are going along with him but perhaps they are also reading the room (I know the chances of that are slim).  When you call, make sure you get a person on the line. I know it seems like they are all ignoring everyone, but calls and e-mails are tabulated and even if they don’t admit it, and even if they send you some dogsqueeze hooey form reply, your efforts are noted and go into their tabulations and calculations on public opinion (i.e how they can stay in power).

More legal thoughts here.

Plus: the petulant Blackface Wearing Boy King has lost the New York Times. 

Canadians can e-mail and call their Member of Parliament and non-Canadians call call and/or e-mail their local Canadian Embassy or consulate to register their displeasure.

A list of MPs can be found here. 

Liberals here. NDP here.

Behold: Fruits of The Great Honkening

Quebec scrapping vaccine passport system. 

Suddenly, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is “done” with it. 

Meanwhile: Federal “Conservatives” with leadership aspirations blather about housing  and are so very, very butch about mandates two years into this thing, and now that the truckers have done the heavy lifting. Stunning and brave!

If any Canadian “Conservatives” MPs or MPPs have denounced dictator Prime Minister Justin Poutine’s invoking of the Emergencies Act let me know-and I mean really denounced. Not a qualified “well, it’s really not nice and most truckers are peaceful BUT some of those nasty truckers are very mean and bad” kind of thing.

Gonna do some freedoming, people. 

The honking will continue until the freedom has improved. 

#HonkHonk

“We know that about 90 per cent of truckers are vaccinated “

How often have we heard this week that “90% of truckers are vaccinated”?

Often. Several times a day, repeated by journalists and politicians. That’s a disinformation campaign, a deliberate effort to seed “talking points” into the mainstream. Easy to remember, easy to repeat. And no one can fact check it because there is no data to check.

Currently (Our World In Data) the rate of full vaccination rests at just under 79% for all Canadians. Industry polls on vaccin mandates show opinions are nearly equally divided. It’s statistically improbable that truck drivers would be getting vaccinated at rates higher than the general population.

Until you understand how media and government work together to drive false narratives into the mainstream, you’ll have difficulty spotting these persuasion techniques: the little mind worms designed to change your thinking, change your behaviour. When you’re alert to the patterns, you’ll see them everywhere.

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