Your Corrupt, Inept Government (and It's Stupid Haircut) and You

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"We don't know where those weapons are," is NOT what you want to hear your government say:

Canada has no way to track the hundreds of millions of dollars of weapons it has donated to Ukraine despite growing concerns such arms could end up on the black market or in the hands of criminals.

The Canadian Forces confirmed it is not taking part in NATO discussions underway to try to deal with the potential issue of arms smuggling from Ukraine.

There are growing concerns that some of the weapons sent to Ukraine have been or will be diverted to the black market. NATO nations have donated billions of dollars of arms and military equipment to Ukraine since Russia invaded that country on Feb. 24.

Jurgen Stock, the head of Interpol, warned in June that after the war he expects some of the weapons delivered to Ukraine will end up in the hands of criminals in Europe and in other nations.

In April, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, noted that weapons are already being trafficked from Ukraine to organized crime groups.

 

What can go wrong?

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"French is necessary to save Canada!" said no real person actually living in Canada:

Saving the French language is fundamental to preserving the nation, says a federal briefing note. A cabinet bill pending in the Commons promotes use of French-language computers and French-speaking managers in the federally regulated private sector: “The French language is threatened.”

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It's just money:

Elections Canada paid researchers more than $84,000 for personality profiles of federal voters. Working-age women are typically “planners” while rural Canadians are “in control as opposed to stressed,” said a report: “Personas were born out of conversations with Canadians who shared their opinions.”

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But no one will be watching TV because of bill C-11:

The next three years will determine whether the Canadian TV system survives, says a CRTC report. Research pointed to loss of viewership and advertising to internet broadcasters like Netflix and YouTube: “How much time do we have? Best guess given current trends: three years.”

 

Also:

Put simply, the agreement permits Canada to violate the non-discrimination provisions for the cultural sector, but it grants the U.S. the right to levy “measures of equivalent commercial effect” in response. This provision is often referred to as a culture “poison pill” as it designed to discourage the use of the exemption. Since the provision does not limit retaliation to the cultural sector, the U.S. may levy equivalent tariffs on its choice of Canadian products or services. This was its strategy when it responded to a French plan to levy a new digital tax, which led to threats to impose US$2.4-billion in tariffs against French goods such as wine, cheese and handbags.

From a Canadian perspective, the CUSMA cultural exemption allows for discriminatory policies but at a price with Bill C-11 opening the door to U.S. retaliatory measures that would be designed to match any new benefits dollar-for-dollar. With the U.S. now signalling its concern with the legislation, the risks of pushing ahead with the unprecedented regulation of user content just got much bigger.

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The Department of Health lost track of thousands of computers under haphazard IT management, say auditors. The department’s Public Health Agency was earlier cited for keeping inventory by hand at nine warehouses leased to stockpile emergency pandemic supplies: “With hindsight would I have liked it to have been different?”

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Anyone who embarrasses Justin is the real threat around here:

Bill Horace, an accused Liberian warlord who fled to Canada, was shot to death in 2020. His killer has admitted manslaughter, but was justice truly served?

It was the early hours before dawn when Bill Horace and his wife Joyce awoke to the sound of breaking glass.

They had been sleeping in their pink split-level home in London, Ontario, which they shared with their children Royce and Kobe, ages 9 and 4, when four armed men broke through the basement window.

It was Father's Day.

A struggle ensued, and shots were fired, with several bullets hitting Horace, who dragged himself outside to seek help. The men ran away after taking C$20,000 ($15,300; £13,000) in cash.

He died later in hospital.