🇨🇳China criticizes Canada’s new Arctic policy which calls Beijing a potential threat

The Chinese government says it opposes Canada’s new Arctic foreign policy, which identifies Beijing as a potential threat in the region and discusses how China, despite having no territory in the Far North, is gaining a foothold there through Russia.

The Canadian government on Friday released a document detailing this policy, including its plans to talk with allies to protect the Arctic from military and economic challenges posed by Russia and China.

The policy also envisions a major role for the United States and it notably reframes the Far North as the “North American Arctic,” a phrase Ottawa uses 13 times in the document.
#China #US #Russia
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📉Bank of Canada cuts rates by half a point but signals ‘more gradual’ pace

The Bank of Canada delivered a second consecutive interest rate cut of half a percentage point on Wednesday, but signalled the pace of easing may slow as uncertainty builds in the Canadian economy.

The central bank’s policy rate now stands at 3.25 per cent after the fifth rate cut in a row.

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❌Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatens to cut off energy to U.S. in response to Trump's tariffs

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to cut off energy supply to the U.S. in response to the tariffs President-elect Donald Trump plans to impose on all Canadian imports.

We will go to the full extent depending how far this goes. We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy, going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over to Wisconsin. I don’t want this to happen, but my number one job is to protect Ontarians and Canadians as a whole.

#Ontario #US
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Elon Musk calls Justin Trudeau 'insufferable tool' in new social media post

Billionaire Elon Musk is calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “an insufferable tool” in a new social media post on Wednesday.

Won’t be in power for much longer.

Musk also wrote about the prime minister on X.

Musk was responding to a video posted of Trudeau, in which the prime minister described Kamala Harris’ U.S. presidential loss as a setback for women’s progress.
#US #Trudeau
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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe calls for federal election

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has officially called for a federal election.

Maybe it’s time for Canadians to have a say and a choice and to determine who they would like to have a four-year mandate to negotiate with the incoming Trump administration. We would ask Prime Minister Trudeau to do the right thing, to give Canadians the opportunity to make the choice on who is going to represent them at the table… that can happen anytime.

#Saskatchevan
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Indeed, a proud feminist.
#Trudeau
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💊CBSA says Canada not significant source of fentanyl into U.S.

Canadian border officials told members of Parliament Thursday that Canada is not a significant source of fentanyl headed into the United States.

Aaron McCrorie, vice-president of intelligence and enforcement at the Canada Border Services Agency, made that comment to a parliamentary committee studying the impact of president-elect Donald Trump’s plans for border security and migration.

CBSA President Erin O’Gorman also said the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has characterized the amount coming from Canada as “slippage” — small amounts sent over for personal use, mostly by post.

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🩺 Medical wait times in Canada are now the longest ever recorded

Medical wait times for patients seeking treatment across Canada are now the longest on record, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute.

The annual study, which surveyed almost 2,000 physicians across 12 medical specialties in 10 provinces, found that the median wait time for patients this year was 30 weeks from referral by a general practitioner, to consultation with a specialist, to treatment.
#healthcare
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💉Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths

The rate of medical assistance in dying has grown in Canada for the fifth straight year.

The country released its fifth annual report since legalising assisted dying in 2016, which for the first time included data on the ethnicity of those seeking euthanasia.

Around 15,300 people underwent assisted dying last year, accounting for 4.7% of deaths in the country.
#MAID
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📊 Nearly half of Canadians favour mass deportations and 65% think there are too many immigrants: poll

Nearly half of all Canadians believe that mass deportations are necessary to stop illegal migration, new polling shows. A Leger poll done for the Association for Canadian Studies found that 48 per cent of Canadians hold that view.

The polling also found that 65 per cent of Canadians say Canada is accepting too many legal immigrants. That figure, less than a year ago in February, was just 50 per cent. In March 2019, only 35 per cent of Canadians held that view.
#immigration
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😷 One in three Canadians say government response to COVID was overblown: poll

Thirty-six per cent of Canadians agree with the notion that government reactions to the pandemic were exaggerated.

🔹Men were more likely (41 per cent) than women (32 per cent) to think governments overplayed the threat of COVID-19. The view was also highest among those aged 18 to 24 (40 per cent) and 35 to 54 (42 per cent), but dropped to 30 per cent for the 55 plus cohort.

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TikTok files legal challenge of federal government's shutdown order

TikTok is challenging the federal government's order to shut down its operations in Canada, claiming it will eliminate hundreds of jobs and could terminate a quarter of a million contracts it has with Canadian advertising clients.

The company filed documents in Federal Court in Vancouver on Dec. 5 seeking to set aside the order to wind up and cease business in Canada.

The government ordered the dissolution of TikTok's Canadian business in November in the wake of a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform.

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❗️Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet the day of fall economic statement

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet, the day she is set to present the fall economic statement.

In a resignation letter, she says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered her another role in cabinet Friday, but that the only “honest and viable path” is to leave cabinet.

The house of cards began to crumble.
#Freeland
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❗️Liberal Housing Minister Sean Fraser resigns from Trudeau's cabinet, won’t seek re-election

Housing Minister Sean Fraser says he will not be running in the next federal election, citing family reasons.

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Immigration minister plans reforms to asylum system to stop it being 'gamed'

Miller said there are ways to more quickly clear claims that do not appear legitimate, 'so that people know that they can't come here and game the system.'

As long as Canada is accepting asylum claims, there will be those who abuse the system.
#immigration
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Trudeau considering his options as leader after Freeland quits cabinet, sources say

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering his options as leader after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland revealed she will quit cabinet.

In an explosive resignation letter published Monday morning, Freeland ignited a storm of confusion and speculation on Parliament Hill the same day she was set to table her fall economic statement – a document that typically includes key economic metrics such as the size of Canada's deficit.

Leaders from the Conservative party and the Bloc Quebecois have demanded an election. The NDP’s leader has called on Trudeau to resign.

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Trudeau taps LeBlanc as finance minister after Freeland resigns

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc became finance minister late Monday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved to quickly fill a sudden vacancy after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tendered her resignation from cabinet that morning.

LeBlanc was sworn in as finance minister late Monday at a ceremony at Rideau Hall, just as the Liberal caucus was meeting halfway across town.

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🇺🇸 No wonder Chrystia Freeland wasn't invited to dinner at Mar-a-Lago.
#US
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💰Fiscal update reveals $62-billion deficit as Liberal strife bursts into public view

The economic statement showed Canada’s deficit is now forecast to be $62 billion, more than 50-per-cent higher than the $40-billion projection contained in Freeland’s spring budget.

The economy is slumping, causing growth predictions to tick down and government revenues to be revised down by $5.5-billion less than projected in April.

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Trudeau will go down in history as one of the most hated prime ministers ever.

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