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from the article:

CBC News has examined both sets of records. At time of publication, the searchable website of the Israel Tax Authority details 2025 imports of Canadian "bullets" and other military hardware of a kind that Ottawa has said are not being, and cannot be, shipped to Israel.

The shipping data gives detailed tracking of military equipment that traces back to the door of one of Canada's biggest arms companies, as recently as last week.

While Canada is not joining France in recognizing a Palestinian state, it is funding the Palestinian Authority's preparations to lead a globally recognized country that includes Gaza and the West Bank.

archive: https://archive.is/d4VFu

The feedback from the First Nations leadership summit on the federal government’s push to build big projects — first introduced under Bill C-5 — has been almost universally negative. After attending last week’s gathering in Gatineau, Que., Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs provided a scathing, albeit representative, summary.

“The sole purpose of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s First Nations summit was to serve notice on Canada’s First Nations that Bill C-5 is now the law of the land,” Phillip said in a statement. “Further, First Nations are now expected to fully accept and accommodate that reality.” Or even more pointedly, Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation Chief Craig Nootchtai called it a “subjugation session — not a consultation session.”

Neither of them were wrong.

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But the day before I was due to depart, I received a notice from the organizers cancelling my participation, and apparently reneging on the commitment to reimburse me for my non-refundable flights and hotel.

And I wasn’t the only one. Chiefs of Ontario told the Canadian Press in a statement, “It’s disappointing that technical staff, experts and lawyers from organizations and First Nations who were going to attend this meeting were uninvited after they were allowed to register. They all spent money on travel and accommodations to support chiefs during this critical discussion.”

“Failure of the state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions including through fossil fuel production, fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel exploration licenses, or the provision of fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state,” the court wrote in its unanimous decision.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/48790317

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General attitudes:

Almost 60% are going to look for another job if mandated to RTO:

relevant to Canada for likely future gaslighting of us.

more details: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/28/eu-us-trade-deal-tariffs-european-union-five-key-takeaways

Metal quotas hoped to replace tariffs, which could apply to Canada.

EU promises $250B/year of energy/semi conductor purchases. This is mostly Nvidia/Apple stock subsidy who don't make products in US. $200B/year in US military equipment or other US investments.

This is a "framework" which likely freezes existing tariffs (10% on most products) while delaying "final negotiations".

EU extortion dependence on US energy will increase NA energy and US weapons prices as the Ukraine war did. Fortunately, it is not a number that prevents EU's successful energy transition pace, unless the readouts that make these EU promises additional to current levels of extortion are true.

15% tariffs on EU autos is probably a benefit for NAFTA auto sector, as I doubt that EU sales in US markets stay high. Japan also has same tariff rate. But this means price increases for US made cars.

Article is full of disatisfaction, and hedged applause, from EU member leaders. This is a symptom of war on Russia devoted NATO sycophants that locks in "programeed US values"/propaganda to inflict demonism on the world. Politicians that cannot disavow previous lies, fascist demonism, and theft/enslavement of their people/economies can only be replaced. But pipeline is filled with only the same captured CIA sycophants.

The current EU political play is to say "deal is good, but we obviously hate it, as we should". It is clear that US thinks Canada is weaker than EU, and needs harder coercion despite a non-energy trade surplus with Canada before shenanigans. Our politicians are all just as devoted CIA sycophants that need to cooperate with US/Israel election "interference" to ensure sycophant rule.

There is a high likelihood of a Canadian deal betraying Canadians is my conclusion.

The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.

Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borders Act, is a sprawling surveillance bill with multiple privacy-invasive provisions. But the thrust is clear: it’s a roadmap to aligning Canadian surveillance with U.S. demands…