This has been a big issue in Michigan for years, The Canadian trash haulers flood across the border to dump their trash for next to nothing.
Past political dealings(Money going into someones Pocket)has made this what it is.
Is it B.S. definitely, Can anything really be done about it, Probably; but at a cost to us Michigan Taxpayers I'm sure.
Maybe Canada Needs to Recycle!
Foxnews
Lady Liberty welcomes your tired, poor and huddled masses. She says nothing of soiled diapers, pizza boxes and Labatt Blue bottles.
Yet Michigan lawmakers are concerned Canada is treating their state as its personal waste heap, with dump trucks crossing the border from Ontario to take advantage of Michigan's bargain-rate landfills. In hopes of discouraging the trek, they're introducing legislation in Congress that would charge the Canadians exorbitant fees for bringing their garbage stateside...
But some might choose to blame Michigan for setting itself up as an international landfill destination. The state creates a financial incentive for Canadians to bring their trash across the border. Not only is the border fee just $5, it charges just 21 cents for every ton of trash. By contrast, Wisconsin charges $12.99 per ton.
Prices at Canada's landfills are much higher. They range from about $64 (U.S. dollars) per ton of commercial waste in Windsor to upwards of $100 per ton in Ottawa.
Friday, April 22, 2011
We Don't Want Your Canadian Trash
Monday, November 1, 2010
Canada bans air cargo from Yemen
And as it Should Be !
Is it just me or is everybody else wondering when Somebody, ANYBODY , is going to really show some balls in all of this ?
CBC
Canada has banned all air cargo originating from Yemen in the wake of last week's discovery of explosive material on flights bound for the United States.
The ban was not instituted based on intelligence specific to Canada, said Transport Minister Chuck Strahl. It is instead an interim measure to keep people safe while the government decides what further steps might be necessary, he said.
Earlier Monday, Germany suspended all passenger flights from Yemen until further notice. It had previously banned all cargo flights from the country after it was determined that one of the packages was routed to London through the UPS hub in Cologne.
Britain has banned all unaccompanied freight packages from Yemen and Somalia, and barred all passengers from transporting toner cartridges larger than 500 grams in their carry-on luggage as of Monday night.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Canadian Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Bombers
Nothing new , Russia does this crap all the Time .
Not sure How big the Canadian Air Force is , and if they even have bombers , but I wonder how many times the U.S. Buzzes Russian Airspace ?
AOLnews
(Aug. 25) -- Canadian fighter jets turned away two Russian bombers that were heading for Canadian airspace, a government spokesman said today.
Two Canadian CF-18s shadowed the Russian bombers that were detected to the north of Canada on Tuesday. The planes flew within 30 nautical miles of Canada's airspace before the Russians flew away, according to Dimitri Soudas, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
"Thanks to the rapid response of the Canadian Forces, at no time did the Russian aircraft enter sovereign Canadian airspace," Soudas said, according to The Associated Press.
Fighter jets from Canada and the United States have intercepted between 12 and 18 Russian bombers a year since 2007, according to The Calgary Sun.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Protests Turn Violent at G-20 Summit in Toronto
It is just expected , That is why it does nothing !
Anarchists once again prove their stupidity by predictably Rioting around the G20 summit , and the police as usual were way to kind to these asswipes .
Nothing ever gets done at these summits , it is just a big Mental happy ending for everyone involved , and a lot of greif for the world because of it .
But for the next G20 summit , I have a cheap and easy Non Violent method of Crowd control , WATER CANNONS ! Anarchist Hippie Douchebags cower when confronted with water , It would be Much cheaper than the Billion Plus that Canada has invested so far .
VOA
Hundreds of demonstrators protesting the G-20 global economic summit in Toronto broke windows and set fire to some police cars during a noisy march near the site of the summit Saturday. At least 75 (E/N More like 150 ) people are in custody and police say there will be more arrests.
A column of thick black smoke rose from the burning police cars in a chaotic scene that included throngs of police in riot gear and many protesters. Police say some were anarchists, wearing black clothing, including masks.
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair says his officers were pelted with rocks and bottles, and used teargas to control one large crowd.
He says the violence may not be over.
"I do not believe the individuals bent on vandalism and violence in our city are finished with their intent," Blair said. "And so we will remain vigilant, and we will be on the street all night and all tomorrow in sufficient numbers to deal with these individuals."
Friday, June 25, 2010
Canadian police: Arrest made after car with weapons, gasoline found near G-20 summit
Ah yes the G20 get together .
Once a year the Elite rich Countries of the world get together to discuss what they can do to change the world for us little people .
I could care , but it sure brings out every whacko in the world , it makes for some really good news , screw the world cup , forget Wimbledon , Put on the coverage of G20 .
Foxnews
TORONTO (AP) — Police on heightened alert before a summit of world leaders stopped a car with a large container strapped to its roof and arrested the driver after finding gasoline canisters, a chainsaw, a cross bow, arrows and sledge hammers inside.
The vehicle was flagged because it looked suspicious and unsafe, police said, but there was no evidence that the car was related to the arrival of dignitaries this weekend in Canada's largest city.
"There's quite a various amount of items that, used by the wrong person at the wrong time, was enough that we made the arrest," said police Const. Hugh Smith, after the arrest.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Khadr arrested for sexual assault
A member of Canada's favorite family, "The Osama family", Abdulkareem Khadr has been arrested for sexual assault of a minor.
Ahmed Said Khadr, the father of the family, was friends with Osama bin Laden. Ahmed was killed in a firefight with Pakistani forces which also left his youngest son, Abdulkareem, paralyzed from the waist down. Abdulkareem was brought back to Canada on an Emergency passport issued by the then Liberal government of Canada, and was treated for his injuries.
The eldest son, Abdullah, sold weapons to al Qaida and is currently in Canadian prison waiting for extradition to the US. The most famous of the family would be Omar Khadr who killed Sergeant First Class Christopher Speers when Omar threw a grenade and critically injured Speers. National Post
TORONTO — The partially paralyzed son of the late Canadian al-Qaeda associate Ahmed Said Khadr has been arrested in Toronto for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor.
Abdulkareem Ahmed Khadr, 21, was arrested 10 days ago by Toronto Police and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on July 15.
“He has been charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation,” Constable Tony Vella, a police spokesman, said on Monday. The alleged victim was a minor but is now 18 years of age, Const. Vella said.
Reached at the family apartment on Monday, Mr. Khadr said: “Don’t worry about it. I’m pretty sure the law is going to do what it’s supposed to do.”
Friday, June 4, 2010
Canada unveils arsenal for anti-G20 protests
The devices look harmless enough, like a large, home stereo speaker that can be strapped to an officer's chest. Protest groups say they should not be allowed because the sound can be turned to as loud as 146 decibels .
Another year , another big G20 riot .
I like this loud speaker tactic , they don't need to turn it up all the way , just to the the point that it makes the protesters really sick , like wanting to puke and have uncontrollable bowel movements !
Now that would be good fun.
Ontario (Reuters) - Canada on Thursday unveiled the arsenal it will use against protesters who get out of hand at two global summits later this month, promising riot police armed with guns, shields, Tasers and super-high-volume loudspeakers.
Toronto police said their new Long Range Acoustic Device would help them communicate with roaring protesters from as far as 250 meters (820 feet) away. When turned to full volume, the devices can emit enough sound to damage eardrums.
"This is not a weapon," said Constable Wendy Drummond, a spokeswoman for the Integrated Security Unit that will provide security for the two summits. "It is a communications tool. It may or may not even be used."
Security forces have bought four of the portable loudspeakers, also known as a sonic guns because the volume can be turned up to such levels they can be used as weapons.
The devices look harmless enough, like a large, home stereo speaker that can be strapped to an officer's chest. Protest groups say they should not be allowed because the sound can be turned to as loud as 146 decibels, or the equivalent of a firecracker exploding by your ear.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem
Good for the people of the Great white North !
Did someone in Canada have a problem with the Anthem ?
Who was spearheading the "Make the 100 year old Anthem gender neutral" Campaign ?
(Reuters) - Don't mess with a century-old tradition even if it is sexist, Canadians told the Conservative government this week, forcing Ottawa to scrap plans to make the country's national anthem gender-neutral.
The government tucked the idea into a major policy speech on Tuesday and by Friday the public outcry was so strong Prime Minister Stephen Harper backtracked.
"We offered to hear from Canadians on this issue and they have already spoken loud and clear," said Dimitri Soudas, Harper's spokesman.
"They overwhelmingly do not want to open the issue. The government will not proceed any further to change our national anthem," he said.
For nearly 100 years, the anthem has included the line, "True patriot love in all thy sons' command."
Harper wanted to start a public discussion on whether to change the wording in a way that would not exclude the nation's daughters. He took the initiative on the advice of a female senator, according to National Post columnist Don Martin.
The opposition Liberals called it a gimmick proving the Conservatives were not serious about women's rights.
Complaints from irked citizens poured in to radio and television shows, invoking the sanctity of national symbols and tradition. Many said the timing was particularly unfortunate, coming the week the Vancouver Winter Olympics ended.
Canadians took home a record 14 gold medals during the Games, and the country heard the anthem repeatedly during flag-raising ceremonies for the winners.
Monday, February 22, 2010
US hockey upsets Canada
Team USA delivers a nice little 5 to 3 spanking to team Canada right before the Medal rounds begin ,
Neither team out for the count , so there still could be a rematch .
ESPN
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Happy anniversary, U.S. Olympic hockey team.
The goaltending couldn't haven't been better in the U.S. defeat of much-hyped Canada. The timing couldn't be more perfect, either.
Now, the latest hockey team to capture the American public imagination's needs only to write a happy ending to this success story in the making, just like the 1960 and 1980 teams did.
Winning the game they supposedly couldn't against a virtual NHL all-star team that Canadians believed was ordained for gold, the Americans' unexpected 5-3 victory Sunday advanced them to Wednesday's quarterfinals as the top-seeded team.
This game wasn't for a medal. Canada wasn't eliminated; the Americans are assured of nothing but a bye before they play the Switzerland-Belarus winner. Even so, this was a magical moment for U.S. hockey that, at least in the Olympics, hasn't been matched since the Miracle on Ice in 1980.
"You just can't beat it. It was fun," Paul Stastny said. "It was a once-in-a-lifetime atmosphere."
Fittingly, Monday is the 30th anniversary of the United States' monumental upset against the Soviet Union's supposedly unbeatable all-world team in Lake Placid.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
NATO troops clash with Afghan allies
A friendly Fire incident ?
SALAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - NATO troops clashed with their Afghan allies in a so-called "friendly fire" incident on Saturday, calling in air strikes that killed four Afghan soldiers and stoked anger among villagers.
The clashes took place hours after an apparently disgruntled interpreter shot dead two U.S. soldiers at a nearby base. The incidents, although not apparently linked, highlighted the fraught relationship between Western forces and their Afghan hosts.
NATO and Afghan officials tried to head off tension by announcing a joint investigation into how their troops ended up battling each other in Wardak province, southwest of Kabul.
"Four army soldiers were killed and six wounded when a foreign forces air strike hit their post," said Shahedullah Shahed, spokesman for Wardak's governor. "We don't know why it happened, but it is deeply regrettable."
He said the strike had targeted an Afghan Army outpost that had been newly established. Foreign forces and Afghan troops were both separately conducting overnight operations when they started shooting at each other, he said.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said its troops had come under fire and called in air strikes, without realizing they were engaging Afghan security forces.
"Initial post-operational reports indicate the small arms fire originated from an Afghan National Army (ANA) combat outpost and the subsequent air support called in by the joint force likely killed at least four ANA soldiers," a statement said.
"We work extremely hard to coordinate and synchronize our operations," said Canadian Brigadier-General Eric Tremblay, the force's main spokesman. "This is a regrettable incident and our thoughts go out to the families of those killed and wounded."
Hours earlier, an interpreter opened fire at a base in the same province, shooting dead two U.S. soldiers before he was killed, two U.S. military officials said, under condition they not be named because details had yet to be officially released.
"Initial indications are this was a case of a disgruntled employee" rather than an insurgent attack, one of the U.S. officials said. An Afghan provincial official confirmed the account, saying the interpreter had argued with troops over pay.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Canadian indicted in Mumbai attack
Tahawwur Hassain Rana, a Canadian citizen, has been charged with providing support to the Mumbai terrorists. Rana is also facing charges for plotting to attack the Danish newspaper that published the Motoons.
Rana had provided a cover story for David Coleman Headley aka Daood Gilani who scouted for possible targets for the terrorists to attack. National Post
Tahawwur Hussain Rana was charged with providing support to both the Mumbai terrorist attacks and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, the Pakistani terrorist group responsible.
Mr. Rana, 49, was already facing charges alleging he had participated in a plot to attack a Danish newspaper that published a cartoon of the Muslim prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Global warming hits Canada
As soon as our betters at Copenhagen figure out a way to spend/tax our way out of global warming we won't have to worry about these global warming storms.
From ABC
People in the north-central part of the Canadian province of Ontario are digging out after one of the worst snow storms on record.
Some areas north of Toronto received as much as 100 centimetres of snow over the past three days.
The main highway through the region re-opened for the first time in days, but nearly all side roads remain closed, blocked by a thick blanket of snow, in some areas chest high.
More than 100,000 people have been affected by the storm, either cut off in smaller communities, or in their cottages, or stranded by the road closures.[...]
Meanwhile, western Canada is in the grip of a cold snap with temperatures plummeting anywhere from -40 to -50 degrees Celsius.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Taliban to get first dibs on swine flu vaccine
"We are going to press forward with, at least offering whether or not they want the immunization," said Task Force Surgeon Cmdr. Rob Briggs. "We have had a legal opinion that states, yes indeed, we should be offering - on a voluntary basis - detainees H1N1 (vaccinations) because it's being seen as a preventative measure."
National Post
It's bad enough that nobody can explain how some Canadian inmates are receiving the H1N1 vaccine while most university students are still waiting.[...]
They're about to vaccinate Taliban suspects detained by Canadian soldiers on the Kandahar Air Field.
Now getting soldiers protected from a potentially debilitating virus is one thing. But the Afghan detainees former Chief of Defence Staff Rick Hillier accurately described as ‘scum bags' should be so far down any vaccination priority list you'd need night-vision binoculars to spot them.
Friday, October 30, 2009
New Canadian spy chief chastises media for protraying terrorists in postive light
those accused of terrorist offences often portrayed in media as quasi-folk heroes
The new director of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Services (CSIS), Richard Fadden, chastised the media for portraying terrorists as folk heroes. He specifically blamed single issue NGO's, advocacy journalists and lawyers. Ottawa Citizen
"Many of our opinion leaders have come to see the fight against terrorism not as defending democracy and our values, but as attacking them," Richard Fadden told an Ottawa conference of security and intelligence experts Thursday.
"Almost any attempt to fight terrorism by the government is portrayed as an overreaction or an assault on liberty. It is a peculiar position, given that terrorism is the ultimate attack on liberties. If terrorists believe in anything, it is nihilism and death, and they are equal opportunity oppressors."
Why, he asked: "Are those accused of terrorist offences often portrayed in media as quasi-folk heroes, despite the harsh statements of numerous judges?"
"It sometimes seems that to be accused of having terrorist connections in Canada has become a status symbol, a badge of courage in the struggle against the real enemy, which apparently is government.
"To some members of civil society, there is a certain romance to this. This loose partnership of single-issue NGOs, advocacy journalists and lawyers who double as public relations consultants has succeeded, to a certain extent, in forging a positive public image for anyone accused of terrorist links or charges."
Thursday, October 29, 2009
A real tragedy: Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brenan still held captive
Compared to Rusty's post, this is a real tragedy. Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photojournalist Nigel Brenan have been held captive by al Shabaab for over 14 months. Initally, al Shabaab demanded $2.5 million for their release but since then have lowered their demands down to $100,000.
Lindhout and Brenan have recently been moved from Mogadishu to a remote location some 120 km south of Somalia's captital. Al Shabaab feared that Canadian authorities were tracking the whereabouts of Amanda and Nigel.
Al Shabaab have seriously mistreated their hostages to say the least. It has been reported that Amanda Lindhout was impregnated after being raped multiple times. To add insult to injury the terrorists named Amanda's baby Osama.
Now this is a real tragedy. I pray for the safety and well being of Amanda and Nigel and for them to return safely home to their families.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Canadian General: NATO a rotting "corpse"
"Afghanistan has revealed that NATO has reached the stage where it is a corpse decomposing and somebody's going to have to perform a Frankenstein-like life-giving act by breathing some lifesaving air through those rotten lips into those putrescent lungs or the alliance will be done," Hillier wrote.
Canada's former top general, Rick Hillier, has called NATO a rotting "corpse" in his soon to be released book "A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War,".
General Hillier does speak some truth. NATO was originally created to protect Western Europe from Soviet aggression. But since the fall of the Berlin Wall, NATO has been drifting from one cause to another. Some may argue that it has become nothing more then a vehicle to secure arms contracts from prospective members (ie. Georgia).
One thing is for sure, either NATO has to be revamped to face today's threats or it should move aside for another alliance that can and will.
From Reuters
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The splits inside NATO over the Afghan war have turned the alliance into a rotting corpse that will be virtually impossible to revive, says the former head of Canada's armed forces.....
General Rick Hillier also said the 28-member alliance was "dominated by jealousies and small, vicious political battles" and bemoaned its "lack of cohesion, clarity and professionalism" at the start of the Afghan mission.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
British and Canadian death rate double during summer surge
Most of the deaths are due to IEDs. It's been reported that the taliban are being supplied with explosively formed penetrators (EFPs) from the Iranians.
From Independent
As the threat from the resurgent Taliban has multiplied recently, the number of confrontations with opposition forces has soared more than twenty-fold from the 10 experienced every month only three years ago.
New details of the number of "contact events" undergone by British forces in Helmand province emerged as a new study, compiled from official Ministry of Defence figures, revealed that British forces are suffering death rates as bad as those endured by the Soviets, who lost a war of attrition against Afghan insurgents in the country during the 1980s.[...]
The analysis shows that the death rate among UK and Canadian forces during the early summer surge doubled to around 16.2 per thousand personnel in theatre operations for a year, compared to the previous three months. The figure was almost twice the death rate sustained by the Americans during the same period.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Terrorists traded for captured Canadian diplomats
In a report released this past weekend, it seems that two Canadian diplomats who were held hostage by al Qaida in Mali in 2008 were released in exchange for 4 captured terrorists and an unspecified amount of money.
While I'm glad that the two Canadian diplomats are free, exchanging hostages for captured terrorists and or money will only encourage more hostage taking. Canada.com
The freedom of two Canadian diplomats taken hostage in Africa was secured earlier this year in exchange for four terrorists as well as a cash payment, according to a report published Saturday.
The Globe and Mail reported that diplomats Robert Fowler and Luis Guay were released from captivity in Mali after four members of al-Qaida were set free.
The newspaper report cited high-ranking government sources in Mali and said that one of the four released terrorists was a bomb-maker.[...]
After his release, Fowler stirred up an political storm by suggesting a UN employee or the Niger government betrayed him and ``shopped'' him to his kidnappers.
Fowler also told CBC at the time that his captors "got something" in exchange for his release.
"I didn't get out because I was a nice guy. They are not in the business of humanitarian gestures," he said. "But beyond that, who did what, how, where and for whom, I don't know."
Friday, October 9, 2009
Canadian Muslim group calls for burqa ban
Go Canada ! Another Burqa ban ,this time from a muslim group ,The Muslim Canadian Congress !
Dawn.com....
‘The burqa has absolutely no place in Canada,’ said Farzana Hassan of the Muslim Canadian Congress.
‘In Canada we recognize the equality of men and women. We want to recognize gender equality as an absolute. The burqa marginalizes women.’
Many Muslim women in this country are being forced to wear the loose robe and veil by their husbands and family, setting them apart from other Canadian women who are living freely, she claimed.
Hassan acknowledged the Quran preaches modesty, but ‘it doesn't have to be that you have to cover your face or you have to wear a virtual tent wherever you go. This is not a requirement of Islam or the Quran.’
Hassan blamed extremist Muslims for its rising popularity in Canada. ‘To counter this trend, we are asking for a ban on the burqa,’ she said.
The call follows an edict by a top Muslim authority in Egypt calling for a ban on the burqa.
Several European countries, including France, Italy and Denmark, have also called for burqa bans in recent years.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Canadian MP pisses off muslim group with brochure
A conservative Canadian MP, Rob Anders, has ticked off a muslim group after publishing a brochure which stated that it is "illegal to hold opinions that offend radical muslim activists". The Muslim Council of Calgary claim that Anders is spreading disinformation. Tell that to Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn. Canada.com
CALGARY — A political pamphlet from a Conservative MP that urges changes to federal human rights legislation has raised the ire of Calgary’s largest Muslim organization, which views the dispatch to residents as inflammatory and divisive.
David Liepert, spokesman for the Muslim Council of Calgary, contends Calgary West’s Rob Anders crossed the line and made inaccurate statements unfairly targeting the Muslim community in a pamphlet that arrived earlier this month at some homes in the riding. The longtime MP, however, disputes the contention that his pamphlet is inflammatory.
In an Anders’ communique, one of 10 different versions mailed out, he claims: “It is now illegal to hold opinions that offend radical Muslim activists,” and “under Section 13 of the so-called ‘human rights’ code, Canadians have been prosecuted for holding personal beliefs which offend radical Muslim imams and liberal activists.”
