Category: The Libranos

Stiff Upper Elbows, Mates

‘Things are going to get a whole lot worse’

The London region has recorded the highest unemployment rate among Canada’s large cities for April, reaching 9.2 per cent, according to the latest figures released by Statistics Canada.

The month saw a loss of 1,800 jobs in the area, which includes London, St. Thomas and Strathroy.

The statistics paint a challenging economic picture, with experts warning of further declines.

Canada Strong

So grateful they gave us a new Governor to turn the economy around.

A Winnipeg-founded retail chain is seeking a Manitoba court’s approval to liquidate its 128 stores across the country.

Warehouse One announced Wednesday that it had begun proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) that would allow the denim retailer to begin shutting down.

“After careful consideration of all reasonably available options, the company has made the difficult decision to commence the CCAA proceedings to allow for an orderly wind down of its operations, including all Warehouse One and Bootlegger retail locations,” Warehouse One wrote in a news release.

The company currently operates 128 retail stores under its Warehouse One and Bootlegger banners in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Yukon.

“Tensions escalated after Carney’s Liberal government threatened Detroit automakers…”

Politico: Inside the collapse of the Canada-US trade deal

“It was an awesome meeting,” Pete Hoekstra, U.S. ambassador to Canada, recently told POLITICO.

It went so well that President Donald Trump invited Carney and his delegation back into the Oval Office to show off his White House ballroom plans, even asking the prime minister for advice on the design. The Canadians were then ushered into a nearby office and offered Trump-branded memorabilia.

Sixteen days later, the talks collapsed.

Today In Canada’s Vote Rich Rapey-Beheader Community

Toronto Sun;

It’s absurd for Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet ministers to claim the need for confidentiality prevents them from explaining how a former intelligence commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was granted a temporary resident visa by Canada.

Mehdi Taj, president of the Iranian Football Federation, was turned away by the Canada Border Services Agency — the country’s last line of defence — upon arriving in Toronto last month on his way to a FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) meeting in Vancouver.

But the Carney government has failed to explain how he was granted a visa in the first place. […]

CSIS has identified credible death threats by Iran against Canadians, including a failed attempt to assassinate former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler.

No one affiliated with the IRGC is supposed to be allowed into Canada and if they’re here they’re supposed to be deported.

The inexplicable granting of a visa to a former IRGC intelligence commander raises the issue of the failure of the federal government to deport what may be hundreds of agents of the Iranian regime living illegally in Canada.

So far they’ve booted out one — saying the process is complicated — but human rights activists and a 2023 investigation by Global News suggest there could be hundreds of agents of the Iranian regime living illegally in Canada.

What is the point of Canada declaring terrorist organizations if no one is deporting the terrorists?

Today In Canada’s Vote Rich Rapey-Beheader Community

Barely avoiding a $500 fine, Immigration minister says she’s accountable: “I’m not going as far as offering my resignation by answering, but I want to make clear, Mr. Chair, I’m accountable.”

Slight of word: Does @MarkJCarney even know what IRGC stands for — Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps? He first called it the “Iranian Revolutionary Guard,” then dropped “Islamic” altogether and just mumbled “revolutionary guard,” as if he’s deliberately avoiding the name.

CBC reports he received “documents”, then buries which documents in paragraph 11.

However, Iran International, the agency that first broke the story, reported that sources within the Canadian government said Taj had been issued a temporary resident permit, a discretionary document that allows a foreign national who is otherwise inadmissible to enter or remain in Canada.

The Libranos: Business As Usual

Stephen Taylor: How Brookfield lobbies Ottawa without Brookfield

The parent is quiet because the screen makes its silence necessary. The work happens at the subsidiary level, where the lobbying registry does not automatically link a company like “Westinghouse Electric Canada LLC” or “Brookfield BRP Canada Corp. DBA Evolugen” back to the Brookfield parent. A member of the public searching the registry for “Brookfield” would find an active but dormant consultant registration and nothing else. You have to know the corporate structure to find the activity.

The Libranos: Partners In Crime

The Adopt-A-Journalist pilot program was a resounding success. Now, it’s time to buy the rest of them off.

The government is doubling down on its support for the Canadian news sector by proposing to massively expand the Labour Journalism Tax Credit to include television and radio news. The announcement in yesterday’s Spring Economic Update didn’t garner much attention, but it will mean tens of millions of dollars for Bell, Rogers, Corus and other broadcasters. The tax credit is the most important support for those who meet the standard of being a Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization (QCJO) as it provides a 35 percent refundable tax credit up to $29,750 per employee. The government paid out roughly $71 million for just over 3,000 journalists in 2024, but that would likely double if coverage extends to television and radio news.

Let Them Smoke Fentanyl

CTV;

The federal health minister says she is looking into legislation that would permanently ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2008.

Speaking on Parliament Hill Tuesday, Majorie Michel was asked if Canada would consider legislation similar to the United Kingdom’s recently proposed bill that aims to reduce the use of cigarettes and vapes for young people.

“I am looking into it right now,” she told reporters. “We saw what the U.K. did, but I am looking into it with all partners for now.”


“Cha-ching”

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