Pollution Versus CO2 - What is Natural And What is Taxable:: Who Said This?

 "...as Canadians we have a duty to be responsible stewards of our unique and awe-inspiring ecosystems.

But the entire conversation around the environment has been hijacked by leftist radicals and climate alarmists!

They’ve become a Doomsday Cult hyper-focused on one thing: carbon emissions.

I have news for these bleeding heart eco-radicals…

CO2 is not pollution!

It’s what you exhale when you breathe. It’s food for plants.

Increased CO2 in our atmosphere has even had positive effects on the environment.

It has led to a greening effect globally. More plant food means more plants!

Instead of crippling our economy in a vain attempt to control the weather, we should be focused on tangible solutions to protect our water, air, and soil.

To preserve our great wilderness for future generations of Canadians!..."

-- Maxime Bernier

Forgotten Movers and Shakers of Canada's History (Thanks to Canadian Apathy)

 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rogues-rebels-and-reformists-a-guide-to-the-s-t-disturbers-in-canadian-history

Islamic Finance and Mortgages in Canada: A Scam and Pandora's Box Waiting to Happen

"...We have to add a 1.5 per cent margin to cover our costs, so effectively, that makes our mortgage about four per cent more expensive than the RBC or Scotiabank five-year mortgage, as an example," he said..."

"...According to Statistics Canada, out of more than 1.7 million Muslims, more than 800,000 live in a "tenant-occupied dwelling" rather than owning the home they live in...."

"...Many mortgage insurance providers do not insure Islamic mortgages as a rule, because the legal structures can be different depending on the provider.

While a 2010 report for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said Islamic financial products should not "present any particular difficulties" under Canadian accounting standards, years later they are still far from widespread and there are legal issues that come into play such as who is registered on land titles, and whether a rent-to-own contract is subject to landlord and tenant legislation in various provinces..."

CBC News: Interest-free, but not without charges: Islamic mortgages hit the Canadian housing market.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/halal-mortgages-canada-1.6690798

Despite the NDPLiberals' Promises of Higher Immigration, Numbers and targets, the federal government cannot even comprehend nor process given its current workforce and resources in addition to the nearly ~2 million applicants backlog

 "...The most recent census revealed that immigrants now make up their largest-ever share of Canada’s total population (23%), beating a record that had previously been set 100 years ago...."

Despite the NDPLiberals' Promises of Higher Immigration, Numbers and targets that the federal government cannot even comprehend nor process given its current workforce and resources in addition to the nearly ~2 million applicants backlog. 

"...Additionally, IRCC has received $85 million in additional funding to “reduce application inventories” and has, between March 2019 and November 2022, increased “front-line operations staff” by 2,521 employees. The hope remains that these factors will continue positively impacting IRCC’s service standards and application backlog in 2023..."

Not to mention 106,500, or almist one in four, allowed legal entry to Canada just because there is a family member here already - how does this help the employment situation?

"...By immigration category, the 2023 Immigration Levels Plan target (465,000) breaks down as follows.

Express Entry: 82,880

Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP): 105,500

Parents and Grandparents: 28,500

Spouses/Partners and Children: 78,000..."

And with a change and with 500,000 foreign students now able to work over 20 hours per week the government is aiming to reduce wages.

"....In October, IRCC announced an amendment to its off-campus work hours policy for international students in Canada.

From November 15, 2022, until the end of 2023, “international students who are in Canada and have off-campus work authorization on their study permit will be allowed to work over 20 hours per week off-campus while class is in session.

Designed to help Canada better deal with labour shortages, as Canada faces “historic labour shortages and an unemployment rate which is low by historical standards”, this change will potentially allow over half of a million international students to work more hours while they attend their classes between now and the end of next year..."

Canada Immigration News: 2023: A preview of Canadian immigration.

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/12/2023-a-preview-of-canadian-immigration-1232288.html

US Immigration Patterns

 https://youtu.be/GlJg2h2NrTM

The Biggest Scam: Under the Guise of "Immigration", 620,000 Foreign Study Permit Holders in Canada Allowed to Work "More Than 20 Hours Per Week" Yet Little Regard for Housing, Transit Challenges in Small Towns (Imagine What That Means When 1.5 Million Arrive Under A National NDPLiberal Program in Four Major Cities)

 "...At the end of 2021, there were more than 620,000 study permit holders in Canada from abroad..." posing housing and public transit challenges  in areas such as Sydney, NS/Cape Breton U. And now allowed to work more than the previously defined 20 hours. 

"...However, unlike the permanent residency program, there are no targets for study permit holders. Postsecondary schools can admit as many foreign students as they wish. Ontario colleges are notable for jacking up admissions numbers..."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-international-student-admissions-canada/

The Magic and Empathy of Unions: VIA Train Could Have Been Aided amd Sent On Its Way Much Earlier But Rescue Crew Had to Stop Due to..."Allowable Hours of Hours Worked"

 "...At 12:50 a.m., her parents texted to say another train was on its way to pull the stranded Train 51, but as it neared a CN freight train was stopped on the track, preventing the Via train from getting into position for a tow. Meanwhile, a crew had come to clear the fallen tree but had to stop when they reached their allowable limit of hours worked..."

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/storm-turns-ottawa-toronto-via-rail-trip-into-a-winter-horror-show

A View of the Liberals, MPs in Ethics Violations and Their Timely Born-On-Christmas-Day Leader...

 "...The Liberals believe they are god’s gift to the world and can do no wrong and Trudeau thinks he’s the messiah. Why not, he’s born on Christmas, right?

Alas, they won’t resign or fall on their swords. That requires a level of character that they will never possess.

People who still support the Liberals need to take a hard look in the mirror and ask themselves if they can keep supporting an increasingly authoritarian party that is the political equivalent of a cross between a Monty Python sketch and Orwell’s 1984..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/mary-ng-and-canadas-self-entitled-liberals

Remember Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion ruled the evidence “abundantly shows that Mr. Trudeau knowingly sought to influence Ms. Wilson-Raybould both directly and through the actions of his agents": Now Trudeau Thinking Pertains to Every Issue, Including Veterans' Affairs

"...It might be hoped that any Canadian government would deal with our veterans with the honour and the duty owed to them..."

Not this propped up dual NDPLiberal government.

"...Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion said the evidence “abundantly shows that Mr. Trudeau knowingly sought to influence Ms. Wilson-Raybould both directly and through the actions of his agents...”

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/michael-higgins-veterans-affairs-minister-deceiving-us-about-maid-following-the-liberal-playbook

With Millons of Immigrants Promised by the NDPLiberals, Will Everything Work: Hospitals, Housing, Employment, Public Transit, Social Programs, Highways/Roads, Schools...?

 https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-immigration-plans

Of the Aggressive Immigration Numbers Over the Next Three Years, How Many Are Actually Canadian Citizens?

 Only 251,000 actually citizens 

"...The largest number of applications processed falls under the temporary residence category. IRCC processed nearly 700,000 work permits and 670,000 study permits in 2022. Canada also welcomed approximately 251,000 new citizens between April and November..."

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/12/ircc-has-processed-all-time-high-4-8-million-applications-in-2022-1232258.html#gs.lmo6zt

Let Us Count Only the Year End Ways (Reasons) Why the Liberals Should NOT be Governing Even With The NDP: Minister Mary Ng, Looking Tough but Running Away From China, Foreign Election Interference, Ethics and Integrity Challenges...

 All the Liberals had to do was keep their nose clean heading into year end, but...no. 

"...Clearly, this isn’t a normal government. This is a minority government that governs like a majority, propped up by a third party, the NDP, that will never pull the trigger for fear of faring even worse in the next election. This is a government that blunders along, believing that it can spend with impunity, take credit for the NDP’s ideas and, when the moment is right, call an election and buy itself another mandate at the taxpayers’ expense.

Worse, this is a government that is failing to defend Canada’s national security interests. Mary Ng is just the tip of a terrible iceberg..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/mary-ng-scandal-is-but-the-tip-of-a-terrible-iceberg

A decades long, failing immigration system of a chronically over-aging and under skilled population with little regard for impacts to housing, healthcare, pensions, employment, four overly concentrated major cities and social programs...and the Liberals come up with this?

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/trudeau-foolhardy-immigration-targets

Ever Wonder Who the Irving Family Votes For at Election Time? Canada's New Warships Order in the Billions of Dollars...Before Construction

 https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/government-has-spent-4-8-billion-so-far-on-new-warships-construction-of-first-vessel-expected-in-2024

NDPLiberals: "Thanks Canadians for the results in an otherwise unnecessary pandemic election. By the way, we want it back - it was all an error" "

 NDPLiberals: "Thanks Canadians for the results in an otherwise unnecessary pandemic election.  By the way..."

"Hogan’s team found that $4.6 billion of overpayments were made to ineligible recipients of benefits for individuals. Another $27.4 billion of payments to individuals and employers should be investigated further, the report said, calling it “the minimum amount that should be investigated.”

...CRA says it has sent out 825,000 debt notices to Canadians suspected of receiving ineligible or excess payments...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-the-liberals-multi-billion-dollar-covid-aid-cockup-is-just-the-beginning

Let's See What the Inflation Rates Are in a Year or Two After NDPLiberals' Inflationary Policies of Carbon Taxes Immigration Changes

 CBC.ca: New work permit policy 'is going to have an incredible impact on our economy,' Fraser says.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2133150275962

Finally, Sone Healthcare Data...By the Numbers

 ...“Canada’s health-care system was not built to meet the challenges of our aging population. Canada’s Medicare system was established to deal largely with acute, episodic care for a relatively young population,” says the Canadian Medical Association. “Today our system struggles to properly care for patients — many of whom are elderly — managing complex and ongoing health issues. Approximately 75-80 per cent of Canadian seniors report having one or more chronic conditions.”

The CMA issued that warning seven years ago, arguing that not only is our system poorly designed to handle the massive wave of seniors, but that it wasn’t built for seniors at all. Most experts agree that if reforms are not enacted today, delaying the hard decisions will make it more difficult to ensure the viability of public health care."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-health-system-is-bad-now-its-going-to-get-a-lot-worse-and-heres-why

How Many Different Methods Can the NDPLiberals Increase Immigration? Let Us Count the Wsys - Now Temporary Forign Workers Allowed To Bring Family Members (With little regard to housing affordability, overly extended health care system, looming recession, skills required, aging population/impacts on government pension plans, increasing interest rate cycle, supply chain issues from an overly demanded under supplied economy post-covid, the NDPLiberals double down and open the doors even more on the institution of immigration)

 It's about time immigration was taken out of the hands of government and made an independent body like the Courts, Bank of Canada rather than being the subject of virtue signalling and vote buying political parties. 

The NDPLiberals double down and open the doors even more on the institution of immigration with little regard to housing affordability, an overly extended health care system, a looming recession, changing labour skills required, an aging population/impacts on government pension plans, an increasing interest rate cycle, current near record inflation and supply chain issues from an overly demanded and under supplied economy post-covid. With a cozy round, even number of 200,000, how much thought or even "science, fact, evidence, data" from this "transparent" government went into that?

Labour shortages are temporary.  but Immigration and most of the factors above are for a generation...and then some. 

"...This is going to allow more than 200,000 workers who have family members in Canada, or that will be coming to Canada to continue to be with their loved ones, and work while they’re here to support themselves,” he said.

The program will run for two years and allow spouses and adult children of people in Canada on work permits to receive permits of their own..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canada-foreign-workers-labour-shortage

Diane Francis: Finally Someone Has Said the Obvious Plainly, Factually, Mathematicallly About Immigration and Health Care

 Not to mention the ill thought impacts on housing, transportation needs, decreasing use of French and French speakers, a looming recession, already overly demanded goods and services due to supply chain issues resulting impacts on inflation.

"...Canada’s health-care system is still reeling from the ravages of COVID-19 and is suffering from a shortage of doctors, nurses and hospital beds. And yet, our Liberal government announced a plan at the beginning of November to admit around 1.5 million new immigrants into the country over the next three years — roughly equivalent to the population of Calgary. This plan will only serve to put even more strain on our already overtaxed health system.

The BBC noted that the plan “would see Canada welcome about eight-times the number of permanent residents each year — per population — than the U.K., and four-times more than” the United States..."

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/canada-health-system-cant-support-immigrant-influx

The Federal Government, Canada's Largest Employer, Just Became Even Larger

 "...Treasury Board President Mona Fortier tabled the government’s latest spending plans – known as supplementary estimates (B) – asking Parliament to approve another $21 billion. That’s among some of the biggest asks in supplementary estimates other than emergency spending to deal with the pandemic.

In his latest report, Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux estimates $2.3 billion of this additional spending is needed for the salaries and benefits of an expanding bureaucracy, which pushes the wage bill to $55 billion this year. That’s more than $130,000 per full-time employee.

The government has been on a hiring binge since 2015, which kicked into overdrive to deal with the pandemic..."

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/public-service-will-swell-to-409000-in-five-years-pbo-says

Emergencies Act Inquiry: What a Coincidence that the Delay of the Inquiry due to an undisclosed Surgery of Inquiry Commissioner Falls on Such an already Media Filled Week

 What a coincidence that Justin and his band of Ministers testify at the Emergencies Act Inquiry during a media filled week where the World Cup, Grey Cup, Canada's first game against Belgium, US Thanksgiving/football, Black Friday sales and Justin in Canada's Drag Queen all happen (after a month delay due to an undisclosed type of surgery of commissioner Paul Rouleau)

Another year, another time that our Prime Minister is in the hot seat at an inquiry or facing a commission - But We Have the Liberal Spin Machine Scheduling Justin During a Week of World Cup, US Thanksgiving, Black Friday Sales and, of Course, Canada's Drag Queen to Distract Canadians

Another year, another time that our Prime Minister is in the hot seat at an inquiry or facing a commission.  Can we just put a day in the calendar going forward? 

Nevermind all the other gaffes that were followed by an insincere apology, or "Canadians must do better" for his lacks of judgement or sometimes too aloof to even recognize his blunder(s) at all.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9299675/trudeau-emergencies-act-freedom-convoy-inquiry-poec/

Emergencies Act Inquiry: How does the deceitful, snooty, information manipulator with a selectively bad memory Telford deserve to be paid?

Liberals and Trudeau Will Once Again Have to Squirm Out of Another Inquiry (Emergencies Act): Who Is Taking Bets on the Liberal Language Proposed?

Ottawa was brought under control until after the act was invoked, but that doesn’t mean it was needed.  The Ottawa protests were ended using already existing powers to control crowds, as well as to induce tow truck drivers to assist.  Every single charge against the protesters that has been made public is a charge that was ALREADY in the Criminal Code. There has NOT BEEN A SINGLE CHARGE of sedition or terrorism

With regards to "threat" and "security threat" to the country, ” Such a threat, which is defined in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, must consist of “activities within or relating to Canada directed toward or in support of the threat or use of acts of serious violence.” which this inquiry is ever-increasingly discovering this was not the case.  There has been no evidence made public that such a threat existed. On the contrary, law enforcement and intelligence officials have repeatedly said, either at the commission or to the government at the time, that the convoy protests did not meet the standards required by the Emergencies Act.

CSIS director David Vigneault warned the federal cabinet before the act was invoked that, “There did not exist a threat to the security of Canada,” 

Pat Morris, head of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) intelligence unit, who similarly dismissed the idea that the convoy was about to overthrow Canada’s constitutional order. “Everybody was asking about extremism. We weren’t seeing much evidence of it,” he said.

Commissioner Brenda Lucki suggested in a witness statement that police could have resolved the blockades without new powers. She believed, at the time, police had “not exhausted all available tools that are already available through the existing legislation.”

The protest blocking the Windsor-Detroit bridge was ended before the Emergencies Act was invoked, using tried and tested crowd-control techniques. The border blockade in Alberta was also cleared using existing powers.

A few days before the act was invoked, Trudeau told Ontario Premier Doug Ford that, “You shouldn’t need more tools — legal tools.”

Legislation states that a national security threat must include “activities” that are “directed” towards the use of serious violence, the order-in-council invoking the Emergencies Act cited blockades that were “in conjunction with” the threat of violence. That may seem like splitting hairs, but “in conjunction with” simply does not meet the standard laid out in the law.

Other reasons given by the government for invoking the act include economic concerns, which, as serious as they may have been, do not justify emergency powers. More chillingly, the government cited the “potential” for violence as a justification. So much for civil liberties is unbefitting of a government of a mature liberal democracy.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/justin-trudeaus-emergencies-act-panic

Brian Lilley Says it Best - Out of All the Emergencies Act Inquiry, RCMP's Commissioner Brenda Lucki is Only Good at Protecting Trudeau: How Does She Continue to Have a Job or This Job?

A shocking answer from the top national, federal policing leader! 

She will not resign after two credibility down grades after this Emergencies Act Inquiry and the 

 https://youtu.be/rvD-mfQ812g

One must wander what Justin has in mind for her 

By the way, as a top national, federal policing leader, her French capabilites are terrible. 

Canada's RCMP Head is a Fraud and Continues to Spin a Web of Half Truths Including Certain Information That was Claimed to Be Sent to the Deputy Minister of Safety Versus the Minister Directly

 Rebel News source is never quoted on this forum but this says it all

https://youtu.be/PZ6YuLPltvE

The Incompetence, Lack of Communication, Unprofessionalism and Poor Co-ordination Skills Are Rampant Among Top Policing Officials in Canada: RCMP's Brenda Lucki On Stand

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/brenda-lucki-testifies-federal-officials-were-losing-confidence-in-ottawa-police-to-end-the-freedom-convoy

If the Inquiry amounts to anything these inter-policing and critical decision making processes will need to be addressed

"...Cameron asked Lucki whether it occurred to her she should make sure the government was aware of her views before it decided whether to invoke the Emergencies Act.

“I guess in hindsight, yeah, that might have been something significant,” Lucki responded.

...But later in the day, Lucki said she passed on her speaking notes to government after the meeting. A direct email from Lucki to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, as well as the prime minister’s national security advisor Jody Thomas, was missing the advice from Lucki specifying that all options had not been exhausted...."

freedom-convoy

Comments Veering From The Safe, Bland Unoffensive Norm in Canada, Even About Cancel Culture, Will Always Get You QuicklyDismissed

 https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/speech-slamming-canadas-climate-change-policies-cancel-culture-and-weak-leaders-applauded-by-canadian-forces-officers

"...Balanced journalism, he said, is difficult to find and ”too often we are subjected to sermons written not by seasoned journalists but by first year graduates of woke journalism schools.”.."

Raymond De Souza: It Doesn't Take Much For Anyone to Understand Trudeau Is About Himself

 "...Not faithful to God, to his country, to his principles or to his family. Faithful to himself. Whether mourning a young brother or an old Queen, Trudeau’s principal point of reference is always himself. He can’t help himself, even insisting upon inserting himself between Pope Francis and Indigenous leaders this past summer..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/raymond-j-de-souza-like-everything-trudeau-does-his-latest-world-tour-will-be-all-about-himself

NDPLiberals laying the trap: Implementing Trojan Carbon Credit Horse ("CCfDs") If no Win in 2025

 NDPLiberals laying the trap:

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/liberals-carbon-tax-climate-change

"...As a result, his government is moving forward with carbon contracts for differences, often called by the acronym CCfD. Under this policy, a firm that invests in a project to reduce carbon emissions could sign a contract with the government that would make it eligible to receive compensation if future projected carbon prices change, including if the price regime is scrapped altogether.

...The idea behind CCfDs is that taxpayers would be on the hook to compensate private firms for any difference between the scheduled carbon price and the actual price in any year of the contract.

For example, in Canada, the carbon price currently is scheduled to hit $95 per tonne in 2025 and then rise to $110 per tonne in 2026. If a future government froze the carbon price at $95 per tonne, a firm that signed a contract would be eligible to receive payments of the difference — $15 — for each tonne of carbon emissions that their project sequestered..."

More Non-Evidence at Emergencies Act Inquiry for Such a Science, Data and Evidence Based Government

 "...Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was frustrated with Freedom Convoy protests in Windsor and Ottawa during a call with Ontario Premier Doug Ford during last winter’s protest, saying police needed to “do their job” and that they should not need more legal tools to clear protesters.

...Trudeau responded that the province should not need more legal tools to deal with the protests and pressed police to “do their job.” Five days later, his government invoked the Emergencies Act..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/windsor-border-blockade-priority-over-ottawa

Labour Shortages Are Temporary and Cyclical - Immigration is Permanent; Just in Time For a Recession Canada Looks to Add 1.5 Million Permanent Residents

For context, to serve an overtaxed healthcare system, we need more people? To address an overly aggressive demand for housing, we need more people? To serve a temporary jobs shortage  we need more people permanently? Canada has an unemployment rate almost 50% higher than USA and we need more people? The only entity that needs more people are the NDPLiberals for voters.  500,000 is a nice round number, where is the science, data and evidence behind it? Strange the NDPLiberals' plan does not go beyond 2025 - I wonder why.

"...He also announced that the country’s latest immigration targets are 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2025 and 500,000 in 2025.

The numbers are higher than last year’s plan, which targeted 447,055 newcomers in 2023 and 451,000 in 2024..."

https://financialpost.com/fp-work/canada-immigration-labour-shortage

Who is the Largest Employer in Canada? And Where Are They Working From - Home?

 "...The federal public service sector employed over 319,000 in 2021, according to data from Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat..."

https://financialpost.com/fp-work/federal-employees-return-office

A Near Term View from David Rosenberg, Memories of 1989 to 1996 and How to Quickly Calculate GDP Impacts

 https://financialpost.com/news/economy/home-price-plunge-recession-david-rosenberg

"...The last time all these factors were at play was the early 1990s, when Canada entered a Bank of Canada-induced recession and residential property prices fell by almost 30 per cent from their peak between 1989-1996.

While consumption is set to slow because of the multitude of factors mentioned above, the wealth effect will also contribute negatively. If home prices end up falling 30 per cent from the peak — which we view as consistent with deteriorating affordability and the uber-aggressive tightening of monetary policy by the Bank of Canada — consumption would fall about five per cent (using the central bank’s estimate of nearly six cents per dollar of marginal propensity to consume due to changes in housing wealth), and this translates to a hit of roughly 2.5 percentage points to annual GDP growth..."

So Far none of RCMP, OPP, OPS Requested Emergency Measures Act

 "...The former chief told the commission he was never “explicitly” consulted on the emergency measures, but said his top priority was not to get additional legislative powers – it was resources..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/emotional-ex-chief-says-ottawa-police-did-best-under-circumstances

What is Canada's Supreme Court Thinking? Softer and Softer on Sentenci g, Parole and Now Sex Offender Registry

 "...Mandatory listing on Canada’s sex offender registry is, for some offenders, an unjustified infringement on their liberty that is not rationally connected to the goal of investigating or preventing sexual crimes, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Automatic lifetime listing in the case of multiple sexual offences is similarly “overbroad,” the court decided in striking down both laws to permit discretion by sentencing judges.

The decision means Eugene Ndhlovu, an Edmonton man who molested a sleeping woman and groped another at a party, will not be subject to a mandatory lifetime listing on the sex offender registry. Having served a two year sentence and probation, he will be free of its many reporting requirements, surveillance schemes, and non-compliance penalties that include jail time..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/supreme-court-mandatory-sex-offender-registry-unconstitutional

When it Comes to Canada's Acceptance of Refugee Claims and Religious Persecutions, Will Christians Also Be Accepted Among the Muslims, Jews Yurgis etc? An Unlikely proponent May be Found in the New King

 "...In 2017, Charles met with persecuted Christians taking refuge in London. “It is heart-breaking beyond words to see just how much pain and suffering is being endured by Christians, in this day and age, simply because of their faith,” he told a Melkite Catholic congregation.."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/raymond-j-de-souza-king-charles-must-moderate-his-words-but-not-his-memory-nor-his-prayers

Repetitive, deliberate and ongoing physical attacks and destruction by an organized group(s) that would fit Emergency Measures Act "criteria" hundreds of degrees more than what happened in Ottawa

 https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/attacks-ignite-concerns-that-enviro-violence-is-returning-to-b-c-s-pipeline-country

Two weeks into the mandatory inquiry and still no answers or evidence from or for the NDPLiberals' decision for Emergencies Act

 .

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/michael-higgins-expect-trudeau-to-carry-on-as-if-nothing-happened-after-emergencies-act-inquiry

"...Senator Donald Plett, the leader of the Opposition in the Senate, said the government was asking people to “trust us.”

“No credible explanation has been provided as to why the government needed these unprecedented and potentially dangerous tools,” he told the Senate during the debate.

However, Justice Paul Rouleau, the judge heading the commission looking into the invocation of the Emergencies Act, may finally get some answers. He requested that the Liberals waive cabinet confidentiality over documents related to the invocation, and they agreed.

Just what is in those documents and how it affected the decision of the government has yet to be revealed..."

How Politicians Use Language to Wriggle out of Emergencies Act Responsibilities: Not Quite the Redefinitions of "Request", "Advice", "Recommendation" As Expected

 "...The legal picture has been blurred by unhelpful bureaucratic jargon, especially the term “ideologically motivated violent extremism.” That phrase is not found in the Emergencies Act, the CSIS Act, or the Criminal Code of Canada, which refers to terrorism. The confusion wrought by this unnecessary yet fashionable euphemism stems principally from it frequently and lamentably being abridged to “extremism,” a descriptor that is far broader and even more imprecise than what it replaced. But to be clear: the FLQ were terrorists. People with views outside of the mainstream are not, regardless of how divergent those views are. To be properly subjected to emergency powers, they must have been acting in support of terrorists who were already engaged in serious violence...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ryan-alford-unlike-the-flq-the-freedom-convoy-were-hardly-terrorists

Debunking the Reasons for Emergencies Act: "Because I Read It in the Media" Is Not a Reason(s) to Accept Events That Cannot be Proven and Invoke the Act

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rupa-subramanya-justin-trudeaus-case-against-the-freedom-convoy-falls-on-its-face

 "...It’s striking how many public officials, including outgoing Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, outgoing city councillor Mathieu Fleury, and would be mayor Catherine McKenney, made strong claims that the protesters were violent and destructive. For example, Watson claimed that protesters were ripping masks off local residents, but when challenged under cross examination, he admitted he didn’t see this himself but heard about it in media reports. This was a refrain from many of the public officials making these assertions about the protesters, and when challenged referred to hearing about it in the media. This was a classic case of the tail wagging the dog, as some media reports were largely parroting the narrative of the public officials without providing much if any documentary evidence..."

Trudeau, Like His Father's Admiration for Russia, Has Sown the Seeds For Resource Destruction And Any Energy Help For Western Allies, Improving Putin's Stance

 "...Has he [Trudeau] offered to build a natural gas pipeline and LNG projects in Eastern Canada to help Germany and Europe permanently replace Russian gas?   Instead, Trudeau turned down Germany which was hoping to get a deal to import LNG from Atlantic Canada. But Australia did not and within days of rejection by Canada, German utility Uniper signed an enormous deal with an Australian company to bring in more natural gas. Even Norway, another virtue-signalling petro-giant, has boosted production to help Europe fight against Russia’s war against Ukraine and the continent.   Ducking an opportunity to help defeat Vladimir Putin is hardly surprising given that Trudeau’s regime has destroyed all but one of the 18 proposed LNG projects in Canada in the past decade with its destructive, anti-resource agenda..."

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-canada-is-a-lightweight-nation

Reasons Cited For Emergency Measures Act at Inquiry Are the Same That Impacted Eglinton Ave Residents and Businesses for Four Years

 Isn't that just Eglinton Ave for the last four years?

"...He listed the many disruptions people living downtown experienced from loud air horns and trucks running around the clock, to closed businesses and the inability to use public transit or even get a taxi.

He said the commission needs to remember that 15,000 people call the area home..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/emergencies-act-inquiry-begins-under-tight-timelines-with-dozens-of-witnesses-set-to-appear

Not a good opening face off for NDPLiberals in Emergency Measures Act Inquiry

 Not a good opening face off for NDPLiberals

"...But Lakehead University law professor Ryan Alford made an opening statement that gets to the nub of the inquiry: the federal government has to prove it met the legal standard for using the emergency provision of last resort.

Alford said that in its opening statement the government of Canada’s counsel, Robert MacKinnon, had said Ottawa had a “reasonable basis” for declaring a public order emergency.

“Unfortunately, a reasonable basis is not a legal, let alone constitutional, basis for using unprecedented and destructive emergency powers,” he said...."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/john-ivison-trudeau-government-has-high-bar-to-meet-to-justify-use-of-emergencies-acts-extraordinary-powers

The Beginning of Emergency Measures Act Inquiry 1

 "...From the CCF’s perspective, the fundamental question is whether the condition in the final clause of Section 3 of the Emergencies Act was met — that the Ottawa protests and border blockades could not be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada, federal, provincial or municipal. This clause codifies the requirement that the Emergencies Act is a last resort, which can only be triggered when all other legal tools fall short.

And in the CCF’s view, that condition was clearly not met: as in Coutts and Windsor, the Ottawa protests were cleared using existing police powers. Evidence of former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly recently disclosed confirms that the plan to clear protestors — including bringing 1,800 additional officers from across Canada to Ottawa — was in place without the declaration of the Emergencies Act...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-emergencies-act-was-never-meant-to-be-used-against-political-opponents

All perception, no substance NDPLiberals

 All perception, no substance NDPLiberals

"...Davis said when the government releases lists of names under financial sanctions, it’s then up to banks and financial institutions to freeze the accounts. One issue is when the government releases a list of names only, with no other identifying information, as is the case for some of the currently sanctioned individuals, it’s left to the banks to determine whether they’re targeting the assets of the right individual..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-keep-putting-names-on-sanctions-lists-with-no-backup-or-transparency-critics-say

Is Bungee Jumping a Signal of Being Out of Touch? Ask Justin

"...Trudeau, on the other hand, was criticized on Iranian social media for not appearing at any events related to Iran while finding time to go bungee-jumping in the Gatineau hills...."

CBC.ca: Stung by criticism, Trudeau government changes course on Iran.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/iran-trudeau-protests-poilievre-1.6608756

NDPLiberals Adding More Ingredients to Inflation, an Overburdened Healthcare System and Failing Ability to Issue Passports

 In a world of supply chain issues and rising costs, the NDPLiberals want to add 1 million new entrants/permanent residents to Canada and allowing at least 10,000 parents/grand parents per year over two years as part of a unification program of permanent residents (not necessarily Canadians)

Canada Immigration News: Why October is set to be a major month for Canadian immigration.

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/10/why-october-is-set-to-be-a-major-month-for-canadian-immigration-1031275.html

How Many Times Does Canada's Virtuous, Vote Generating Immigration System Have to Fail Canadians in its Pursuit of Demographic and Skills Failures

 How the Canadian immigration system has been a demographic failure for decades with a chronically "aging population", nevermind impacts on pensions, healthcare, labour pools, birth rates and of course inflation.  Time to discuss taking the beloved, virtuous, vote generating immigration institution out of government hands and making it independent like the Courts, Bank of Canada, etc. and based on real data, trends and economic forecasts.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jack-mintz-the-demographic-time-bomb-has-arrived

Of All the Top Priority Issues and Politicsl Causes on Canada, The NDPLiberals Decided on the the Most Irrelevant Yet Woke One: Climate Change

 "...How ever did global warming become the principal policy and obsession of the government of this vast, cold, main northern nation? If Canada were one of those tiny islands that shoot out warnings that they will be submerged in the apocalypse-to-come, it might be understandable.

But Canada? Here’s a raw question too rarely asked — what’s our concern in all this? Why is global warming the principal and sternest policy of a Canadian government? Can we change China, India, Russia by our example? Beyond the burnishing of Trudeau’s credentials as the most self-advertised woke politician, what is it all about? Is Canada a heat furnace? Does Newfoundland threaten the global thermostat?..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-the-liberals-are-so-far-out-of-touch-it-probably-cant-be-measured

If Canadians Speaking To Other Canadians Do Not Believe How Bad The Canadian Liberals Are, Then Look to Australia

 "...Canada is a chronic underachiever, a condition caused by poor political decisions and the failure to address unresolved issues, said Canada’s former central bank chief Stephen Poloz at the recent Global Business Forum in Banff.

“We get in our own way,” he said, then listed a few problems: “A political quagmire that requires a crisis to make decisions”; “layers of regulation”; “permit and consultation that take ages to complete”; “Canada is one of the most highly taxed economies on Earth which is discouraging”; “interprovincial barriers that cost four per cent a year in GDP alone to Canada”; and falling foreign investment and disinvestment by Canadians to the U.S., among others...."

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-canada-need-only-look-to-australia-to-see-how-badly-liberals-have-messed-up

In the UK, Net Migration is 239,000; Meanwhile in Canada, NDPLiberals Allow 431,000 in a Country With Half the Population

Context: In the UK, Net Migration is 239,000; Meanwhile in Canada, NDPLiberals Allow 431,000 Entrants in a Country With Half the Population of UK (nevermind housing crisis, inflation, unemployment rates 50% higher than US, limited doctors, government cannot properly handle passports/visas...)

Reuters UK: Britain has 'too many' low-skilled migrants, interior minister says.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-has-too-many-low-skilled-migrants-interior-minister-2022-10-01/

Enbridge and Indigenous Deal: Finally we are starting to see some of these fair market transactions between (at least) two valid enterprises occurring. Justin must be upset he was not there to oversee, cancel, legislate, virtue signal, take photos...

 Finally we are starting to see some of these fair market transactions between (at least) two valid enterprises occurring. Justin must be upset he was not there to oversee,  cancel, legislate, virtue signal, take photos...

Enbridge Inc. announced the sale of a minority stake in seven of its Alberta pipelines to almost two dozen Indigenous communities in what's being described as the largest transaction of its nature to date in North America. 

https://www.bnn.ca/1.1824911.1664365772

There's one way to ensure the NDPLiberals receive votes (16,069). Pay out an average $11,800 to the underperforming, bonus eligible civil servants.

 There's one way to ensure the NDPLiberals receive votes (16,069). Pay out an average $11,800 to the underperforming, bonus eligible civil servants.

 "...Nearly 90 per cent of federal public sector executives, as well as thousands of other federal bureaucrats, went home with $190 million in total bonuses in 2021-2022.  The bonuses represent an 11 per cent jump from the previous year ($171 million), which coincided with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/completely-unjustifiable-feds-paid-out-191-million-in-bonuses-to-public-servants

Foreigners Recruited By Irving's Shipbuilding Prigram Despite Promises for Canadian Jobs; Recruited YouTube Influencers to Push Positive Messages, Later Telling Youtubers to Get Real Jobs - All in A World of High Inflation, Job Vacancies, Yet unemployment at 5%: Things Are Not Adding Up in Canada

 First thus article was published today in the National Post 

http://nationalpost.com/news/national/defence-watch/irving-recruiting-foreign-workers-to-build-royal-canadian-navys-new-warship-fleet/wcm/58df24da-dda5-4330-affe-fba9e5cf2b07

"...Earlier this year, this newspaper revealed Procurement Canada was quietly seeking what it called influencers to push out social media messages that the government’s shipbuilding program was a success.

The influencer recruiting program was aimed at officials in various companies and defence analysts and academics who are deemed supportive of the national shipbuilding strategy or NSS. They were to be provided with positive messages and data by Procurement Canada about federal shipbuilding with an emphasis on jobs being created..."

Then this article right after

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/sabrina-maddeaux-liberals-tell-youtubers-to-get-a-real-job-with-awful-streaming-bill

Justin's Last Element of His Prophecy Versus His Father Finally Comes True at the 11th Hour: Shows Lack of Respect for the Queen

The apple does not fall very far...

After his father racked up huge and reckless debts, destroyed Canadian energy policy, alienated the west, cozied up to dictators and dictatorship countries, pissed off the USA, invoked the War Measures Act (now the Emergency Measures Act) and mocked the Queen behind her back through a pirouette (caught in a black and white photo), Justin has now finally copmpleted the all the chapters of his father's worst moves of a legacy after Justin's poor and distasteful timing of singing Bohemian Rhapsody by the band Queen in a lobby bar upon the eve of Queen Elizabeth's funeral with no chance of a commonwealth scolding nor rebuttal from her Majesty (Long live the King).  

The repeated Trudeau generation is now complete.  

An Outside View (American Politico) of Justin's Antics Durin Queen's Mourning

 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/meghan-mccain-trudeau-offends-millions-belting-out-bohemian-rhapsody-as-world-mourned-queens-death

Trudeau Truly Has No Class (And Not A Great Singer Either)

 https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/video-shows-trudeau-belting-out-bohemian-rhapsody-in-london-days-before-queen-funeral

Civil Servants under NDPLiberals' Government Since 2015 Has Balllooned by a Third

 "...But nowhere in the 39-page report, which was shared publicly in late August, is there any analysis of one of the most important trends affecting the federal public service: the multiyear hiring spree that has swollen the ranks of civil servants by nearly a third since the federal Liberals came to power in 2015.

As the chart below shows, the expansion of the federal civil service long predates the pandemic. Starting in fiscal 2015-16, the Liberals ended the austerity policy of the Conservatives, which had shrank the size of the core federal public service by nearly 10 per cent between fiscal 2010 and 2015. (The core federal public service excludes Crown corporations and government agencies, such as the Canada Revenue Agency and Canada Post.)..."

The Globe and Mail: Ottawa's hiring spree is beyond measure.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-expansion-of-federal-civil-service-lacks-the-proper-measurements-for/

With Housing and Health Care Crises, Record Inflation, a Likely Recession Imminent, NDPLiberals Think the Best Solution is to Allow 431,000 Permanent Residents Into Canada

 Just when passports, visas and work/study permits are unable to be completed by a first world government, our health care systems and emergency wards are closing, average condo rentals are approaching $3,000/month (in Toronto), housing affordability is still an issue for many Canadians, interest rates are increasing forcing demand and overall GDP to slow down, and likely a hard recession after another increase or two...

Canada Immigration News: Canada is on track to welcome a record 431,000 immigrants.

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/09/canada-is-on-track-to-welcome-a-record-431000-immigrants-0930447.html

NDPLiberals could not organize a kids party as The incompetence and glaring gaffes continue: This Time Over Their Beloved Issue of Racism

 https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/trudeau-promises-full-review-of-funding-for-anti-racism-program-after-laith-marouf-scandal

Interesting Article although a very short punch line on Danielle Smith

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-how-decades-of-liberal-indifference-created-danielle-smith

Liberal Incompetent Wokeness Has Now Spread to the Highest Pinnacle of Canada's Legal System, the supreme Court, With the Appointment of O'Bonsawin

 "...Nothing in particular qualifies O’Bonsawin for the Supreme Court. She had a seemingly ordinary career as in-house counsel, first at Canada Post and then as general counsel at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. I’m sure she did some good work there, but it is not exactly the type of job that prepares one for the highest court in the land.

She has been an Ontario Superior Court judge for five years and claims that she has “developed significant knowledge and expertise in our three areas of work: criminal, family and civil litigation.” So, presumably, does any other Superior Court judge, to say nothing of those on the Court of Appeal..."

Germany's Scholz "Catfished" by Trudeau Over Hydrogen Versus Canada's Natural Gas Reserves

 "...Scholz came to Canada seeking access to Canada’s formidable resources. In the end, he was catfished and had to make due with an export deal centering an inferior fuel that Germany never asked for, and which Canada might not even be able to provide..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-sorry-trudeau-the-case-for-lng-is-clear-now-get-out-of-the-way

Inflation Just Does Not Come From Cheap Money, Stimulus, and Pent up Demand, But Unions and ESG Are Guilty As Well

 "...Canada’s largest private-sector union is trying to capitalize on a shortage of workers and high inflation to win bigger wage increases and grow its membership.

Unifor, which represents 315,000 workers in more than 20 sectors, has about 400 collective agreements to be concluded this year. It wants to attract new members in growing industries like warehousing and electric vehicles, according to the union’s new president. 

Unifor secured a 25 per cent  wage increase over four years for some classifications of casino workers, after an eight-day strike. Cleaning service providers won a 19 per cent  pay hike over the same period. 

Payne and other labor leaders, who see the inflation crisis as an opportunity to grow their membership and expand union coverage. Canada’s unionization rate is currently about 27 per cent , compared to 10 per cent  in the US and 24 per cent  in the UK...."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-19/top-canadian-union-boss-pushes-for-inflation-beating-pay-hikes

Is Canada's Immigration System Really All that Diverse And Inclusive? Ask One in Three of 430,000

143,000 from one country does not sound all that "diverse"

"...India is the leading source country for permanent residents, accounting for almost one-third of landings in 2021..."

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/08/discover-your-options-for-immigration-to-canada-from-india-0829994.html

How Many Are Legally Allowed Into Canada Next Year? Add 76,000 Refugees To Canada's 420,000 Permanent Residents Next Year

 It's going to be a lot more difficult if virn and raised in Canaca trying to get a job at a bank

"...The bank pointed to growing targets for resettling refugees, with Canada looking to accept just over 76,000 refugees this year and the U.S. aiming to accept 125,000 refugees. Canada had accepted as many as 30,000 resettled refugees in 2019..."

https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/banking/bmo-looks-to-tap-newcomer-talent-pool-with-refugee-immigrant-recruitment-program

The Expense of Unions and "Negotiating Power", None Other Than By Obtario'd Teachers

 What is wrong with being an ongoing employee with annual raises, performance reviews, benefits and a few extra bucks in your picket from no union dues? ? Rather than a snarly contract negotiation every few years? 

And why haven't governments and unions either figured out how to begin negotiations much earlier than August each time or agreed to longer term contracts to avoid this Olympic cycle.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/randall-denley-labour-disputes-threaten-another-school-year-in-ontario-as-parents-students-seek-normalcy

What is Canada's Ministry of Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Doing About Known and Blatant Labour Shortages in Certain Sectors? Based on its Chronic and Abysmal Record of Aging Population and "Lacking Skills" Workforce, Probably Nothing

 "...Canada’s mining industry is expected to see a shortage of about 80,000 to 120,000 workers by 2030, according to the non-profit Mining Industry Human Resources Council. Industry insiders such as Gratton believe the sector needs to hire workers from different backgrounds, including more women, and rebrand itself to be able to attract younger workers..."

https://financialpost.com/commodities/mining/we-have-to-do-better-why-canadas-main-mining-lobby-wants-its-members-to-get-serious-about-workplace-culture

By the Numbers: Canada's Bilingualism, Official and Non-Official Languages Use

 http://nationalpost.com/news/local-news/proportion-of-quebecers-who-speak-french-at-home-on-the-decline-statscan/wcm/37890199-3078-415b-a5ac-d2862601f11e

Indegeneous Rights: Sir John A. And Cinservatives versus Pierre Trudeau and Liberals

 "...On the eve of the North-West Rebellion of 1885, Macdonald proposed to extend voting rights to Indigenous people — a measure that Canada wouldn’t adopt until 1960. “I hope to see some day the Indian race represented by one of themselves on the floor of the House of Commons,” he wrote to Peter Jones, a Mississauga Ojibwa chief and a personal friend of the prime minister’s. Liberal MP David Mills ridiculed the policy, arguing that it would allow Indians to “go from a scalping party to the polls.” Ultimately, Macdonald was able to enfranchise some Indigenous-Canadians, a right that was later taken away by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier.

Under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the Liberals opened new residential schools, while pushing a white paper that threatened to eliminate Indian status. Why aren’t Canadians tearing down and cancelling his statues and removing his name from streets and buildings?..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-sankey-why-as-an-indigenous-canadian-i-will-be-voting-conservative-in-the-next-election

Trouble Ahead for Our Uninted Two Party NDPLiberals Government?

 "...Not quite six months after the Liberal/NDP deal was first announced, Singh’s decree highlights the fact that the NDP have derived shockingly little out of a deal that has effectively handed a majority government to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Officially known as the Supply and Confidence Agreement, the March 22 arrangement saw Singh pledge that his 25-member caucus would prop up the Liberals until at least 2025 in exchange for roughly $15 billion in spending promises. But the Liberals have yet to make progress on the core promise of the agreement:..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-the-ndp-sold-out-to-trudeau-and-all-they-got-was-some-free-dental-care

O Canada - Sanctions? What Sanctions?

 O Canada. Foreign Affairs sending Canadian officials to the  Russian embassy for a Russia day event.  Allowing repair and delivery of a turbine for Russia’s pipeline.  Now this.  Sanctions? What sanctions?

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/russian-players-to-compete-in-canadas-tennis-open-unvaccinated-djokovic-will-not

The People and Calculations Behind Canada's CPI (Inflation) Data

 https://financialpost.com/news/economy/meet-the-number-crunching-price-nerds-responsible-for-calculating-canadas-scary-inflation-rate

Has the Election Campaign Started This Early for the NDPLiberals: The Most Outrageous Thing I'll Read All Day - Freeland Wants to Export Energy to Europe?

 The most outrageous thing I'll read all day. After cancelling and deliberately chasing away proposals, investment, and construction of pipelines and LNG plants (nevermind the lack of refineries we have in Canada), she can really say this with a straight face? 

Maybe she's thinking of bottling Canada's wind and sunshine to send over there 

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said her government has a “political responsibility” to help move Europe off Russian energy dependence.

https://www.bnn.ca/1.1801144.1659562060

Fourth Time Lucky: After Trudeau's Aimless and Bewildering Campaign Like Stops All Over Canada, He is Now "Vacationing" in Costa Rica...With Ethics Committee Approval

Canada's Immigration System and its Paradoxical Ways of "Diversity, Inclusion, Equity" (DIE)

 "...In a corporate plan for an anti-racist “systems change,” Canada’s immigration ministry says it isn’t fair to treat people equally regardless of background. Instead, people should be treated according to their level of innate privilege.

In other words, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has embraced critical race theory — or diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), as it’s called in practice — with a plan called Anti-Racism Strategy 2.0. It openly signals a shift to the ideological left..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-sarkonak-some-are-more-equal-than-others-according-to-canadas-immigration-ministry

Trudeau's Aimless and Bewildering Campaign Like Stops All Over Canada Without Government Announcements Is Finally Met With Criticism, Unfortunately for a PEI Pub Owner

 CBC.ca: P.E.I. pub pulls Trudeau's photos after barrage of hate-filled comments.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-politics-prime-minister-hate-filled-comments-1.6535354

Emptying Our Wallets for Climate Change = Must be Good (In NDPLiberals' Eyes)

 "...Chrystia Freeland, a deputy prime minister who has bragged about her colleagues’ appalling economic performance, claiming that it is actually good for Canadians to empty their wallets at the gas pumps, because of its implications in fighting the “climate emergency.” I simply cannot believe that this absolute failure of economic policy is now being trumpeted as a positive accomplishment. Here’s a hint for you saintly progressives: if you cared about the poor (the real poor, not the hypothetical poor you are hypothetically saving in the future), you would seek to drive down the cost of energy — energy that is precisely equivalent to work and, therefore, to the wealth that ameliorates poverty...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jordan-peterson-worst-is-yet-to-come-from-trudeau-liberals

The Repetitively Wrong Way to Invest During Down Markets

When equities are "on sale", Canadians tend to do the opposite- sell versus buy more. 

Warren Buffett made most of his returns during recessions.

 "...Canadian mutual funds posted net redemptions of $10.4 billion in June as investors headed for the exits amid market volatility. That’s an acceleration from May, when a net $6.4 billion was pulled from mutual funds...."

Canadian mutual funds posted net redemptions of $10.4 billion in June as investors headed for the exits amid market volatility. That’s an acceleration from May, when a net $6.4 billion was pulled from mutual funds.

https://www.bnn.ca/1.1797198.1658865334

"Miscommunication", "Misunderstood"...for such a transparent government, how many more times do we need to hear these words by the NDPLiberals: This time thr "independent" RCMP (Lucki)

 "Miscommunication", "Misunderstood"...for such a transparent government, how many more times do we need to hear these words by the NDPLiberals (re: Lucki and NS shooting, Mendicino's emergencies measures "advice seeking", Butts/Wilson-Raybould/Trudeau on SNC-Lavalin....)

https://nationalpost.com/news/bill-blair-denies-interfering-with-rcmp-mass-shooting-investigation

More meddling of independent institutions by your NDPLiberals - No one (Bill Blair) to be demoted or fired this time

More meddling of independent institutions by your NDPLiberals. This time, Canadians' public safety (and not a Justice Minster that was demoted for pushing back).  Sunny ways. 

"...The parliamentary committee looking at allegations that the federal government put pressure on the RCMP in the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in Canadian history is unlikely to bring down Bill Blair, the then public safety minister. But it will do little to bolster the confidence of Canadians in the head of the national police service..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/john-ivison-rcmp-commissioner-brenda-lucki-stands-by-her-minister

Subsidies for Overpriced Electric Vehicles: Is This Really An Innovative Climate Change Policy?

 Where does it stop? How about subsidies for Overpriced houses? 

"...The subsidy offers a $100,000 rebate for several Lion truck models, including the Lion6, which retails for $300,000 to $350,000, Bédard said. Customers can also get $150,000 in funding for the Lion8T, which retails for $550,000 to $600,000.

While subsidies for EVs have proven to be popular, it’s not always clear whether the incentives are boosting demand or providing a benefit for relatively wealthy buyers who would have purchased the vehicles anyway..."

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/lion-electric-ceo-predicts-ottawas-new-ev-truck-subsidy-will-boost-demand

Trudeau's Campaign-Like Stops Baffling While Government Services Deteriorate Around Him: At Least It's One Way To Campaign...on the Public Dime

Immigration backlogs, unissued passports, emergency rooms at capacity, pilots' certifications delayed...

"...So far, no one’s been able to figure out quite why he’s doing this. He hasn’t used the trips to make any policy or funding announcements, wasn’t in town for fundraisers and the notion of a fall election seems absurd even by Liberal standards.

It’d be great if the media could ask him during one of his many photo-ops, but he’s forbidden journalists from posing questions. He wouldn’t want anything to distract from his carefully curated tableaus, and reporters have a pesky habit of wanting to talk about things other than children’s stories and fruit..."

Canada's Baffling and Weak Justice System: Not Even a Canadian Citizen, Truck Driver in Humboldt Bus Crash is Shown Extreme Leniency With Day Parole After Negligence Killed 16 Young Lives

 “Where is the faith where we hold people accountable to our laws? I’ve lost all faith in justice in our country to ensure we are safe on the roads,” said Shauna Nordstrom, whose son Logan Hunter died in the crash.

According to the application rules, Sidhu's process should result in deposition based on this gross negligence.  We will see what the leftist outcome of this and dangerous precedent that will be set. 

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cp-newsalert-truck-driver-in-deadly-broncos-crash-granted-day-parole

How Broken are the Provincial Health Care Systems in Canada? Without One Ounce of Private Solution Allowed, Canada Has To Turn To Immigration and Outside of its Borders For Health Care Professionals

 In a publicly funded health care system (as broken as it is), Canada cannot fund, train, recruit, encourage, promote enough Canadians to enter the health care professions? 

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/david-jacobs-jean-charests-private-health-care-pitch-is-the-only-credible-plan-to-come-out-of-the-conservative-race

Justin Dancing Like a Cat on a Hit Tin Shack: "...This government is the most detached from the ideas and concerns of the majority of Canadian citizens as any we have ever seen..."

 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-justin-trudeau-on-a-hot-tin-roof

Rex Murphy: "...This government is the most detached from the ideas and concerns of the majority of Canadian citizens as any we have ever seen. It is a composition of know-it-alls, amateurs, spin-masters and intellectually under-equipped, amoral dilettantes. It’s a holiday government.

And the rest of us are going to pay dearly for their holiday...."

Conveniently Not Broadcadted by Media at Large, NDPLiberals Are Called To Inquiry Regarding Allowing Turbine to Russia

Not very well broadcasted by the media at large while Justin and Freeland are enjoying exotic all expenses, all inclusive vacations at the G20 Conference in Indonesia, despite the presence of Russia/Putin there. 

"...The Liberals, who are facing heavy criticism from Ukraine for exempting the turbines from sanctions against Russia, quickly agreed that Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson would be happy to take questions about the matter...."

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/special-meeting-of-house-foreign-affairs-committee-will-discuss-russia-turbine-export

When Your Elected Leader Does Not "think about monetary policy", Look What Happebs

 https://financialpost.com/opinion/philip-cross-liberals-ndp-have-no-answer-for-inflation-luckily-the-bank-finally-does

"...The left dismisses monetary causes of inflation. Recall that during the past federal election, Justin Trudeau said he had no time for the subtle significance of monetary policy: “When I think about the biggest, most important economic policy this government, if re-elected, would move forward, you’ll forgive me if I don’t think about monetary policy. You’ll understand that I think about families.” Canadian families now suffering under soaring prices for energy, food, housing and all the other necessities of life probably now wish their prime minister had spent time thinking very hard about monetary policy — and recognizing that, right now, monetary policy and the financial well-being of families are tightly linked..."

To "Chip Away" at the 2.4 Million Immigration Backlog, the NDPLiberals' Response is to...Increase the Numbers

 Huh? With a 2.4 million applicants backlog, 40,000 Afghan refugees and 54,000 refugees taking precedent, and passports that cannot be issued, this is the NDPLiberals' response?  How does this make sense? Take the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Canadian Citizenship quotas out of government hands and make it independent like Courts, Bank of Canada.

"...“The number one policy is our Immigration Levels Plan. We’re not going to chip away at the number of cases in the inventory if we don’t expand the numbers.”..."

Canada Immigration News: Canada’s immigration minister wants to make good on mandate letter commitments for refugees and undocumented workers.

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/07/canadas-immigration-minister-wants-to-make-good-on-mandate-letter-commitments-for-refugees-and-undocumented-workers-0727639.html

Canada's Public Services...or Lack Thereof

 https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/all-the-ways-canada-government-out-of-service

New NDPLiberal Low In Passport Renewals and Basic Services Provoded as a Canadian and/or a Citizen

 "...Canada is a wealthy, 21st-century, high-tech country with a vast, heavily qualified, highly paid civil service. Yet people find themselves having to camp out to get the most fundamental document of their very citizenship — the passport.

Name any other country — let’s keep it to the G20 crowd — that issues emergency tenders for chairs (with lumbar support and pre-assembled) when their citizens have to camp out overnight to get a passport. Can’t be done. (Because every other government can actually issue passports without requiring citizens to camp out.).."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-liberal-ineptitude-reaches-a-new-low-with-the-great-passport-drought

NDPLiberals Continue Their Meddling Ways Thinking They Are Above the Law

 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-canada-needs-a-police-force-free-from-political-meddling

All Programs, Services and Systrms are Broken Under the Liberal Government

"...Unfortunately, virtually all the services administered by the Government of Canada are currently broken, despite the fact that the federal government has significantly increased its expenses and its workforce since the pandemic hit..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/andre-pratte-federal-gridlock-is-a-threat-to-national-unity

This is What They're Saying (Advertising) About Canada's Immigration System...in India

 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/canadas-pm-trudeau-sets-up-task-force-to-tackle-immigration-backlog/articleshow/92569696.cms

When in Doubt About Someone's Name, Insert "Great Progressive Leader"

 "...The incident mirrors a similar interaction between US President Joe Biden and former prime minister Scott Morrison after the AUKUS military alliance was formed.

During a virtual event Messrs Biden, Morrison and Johnson spoke one-by-one on the significance of the deal.

"Thank you Boris (Johnson) and I want to thank uh, that fella Down Under," Mr Biden said and turned to the TV screen Mr Morrison was on..."

https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/global-affairs/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-appears-to-forget-anthony-albaneses-name-in-awkward-moment-at-nato/news-story/8556e2aa41d39c47d7cdc5ebd5baef05

After Wading into Non-Canadian Political Issues of Abortion and Guns, What Other Parts Of Non-Political Daily Life Are the NDPLiberals Sticking Their Noses In? Food.

“While this is a win for Canada’s agriculture sector, Canadian farmers and ranchers should not have to fight ideologically-driven Liberal policies in order to feed Canadians.”

https://nationalpost.com/news/health-canada-backs-down-from-nutrition-warning-labels-for-ground-meat-after-criticism

NDPLiberal Inquiry Findings Into Emergency Measures Act to be Delivered: Will any Heads Roll?

 Despite being "misunderstood", different NDPLiberal definitions of "advice" and "request" (from the inquiry) and outright lies, neither MP Mendicino nor anyone else will have been fired, demoted or reprimanded over this. Except the Ottawa police chief forced to resign. Unlike Morneau and Wilson-Raybould, Mendicino must be in Justin's good books.

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/emergencies-act-inquiry-to-shortly-receive-cabinet-documents-from-liberal-government

With Roe Overturned, Canada Could Become an Abortion Destination  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-25/with-roe-overturned-canada-could-become-an-abortion-destination

Just in Time for a Likely Recession, With Increasing Rates, Ongoing Housing Crisis and Record Levels of Inflation, "Canada sees fastest first-quarter population gain in 32 years" "

 Canada sees fastest first-quarter population gain in 32 years

National Post: Canada sees fastest first-quarter population gain in 32 years.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-sees-fastest-first-quarter-population-gain-in-32-years

What is the Real Number of Permanent Residents and Entrants into Canada Next Year? With Numbers Like These it is Well Above 500,0000

 Canada Immigration News: Understanding the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program.

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/06/understanding-the-ontario-immigrant-nominee-program-0626281.html

And Yet Another Entry Based Immigration System, Likely to Again Result in Chronic "Skills Shortages" and "Labour Shortages"

 Yet another entry/immigration system likely to result in chronic "labour shortages" or "skills shortage" as we are told  year in, year out as decades of previous programs have resulted in such. Immigration has been happening how long in Canada? And governments still cannot get it right? Time to discuss taking the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Canadian Citizenship out of government hands and making it independent like the Courts, Bank of Canada.  Away from election promises (and failures). 

Canada Immigration News: Immigration Minister Sean Fraser discusses Express Entry reforms.

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/06/immigration-minister-sean-fraser-discusses-express-entry-reforms-0626504.html

More NDPLiberal Meddling for Political Advantage After Lives Were Lost

 More NDPLiberal meddling. Previously accused of "directing" an Attorney General (SNC Lavalin affair) and now this time ".. said that his government had not put “any undue influence or pressure” on the national police force’s investigation to advance political interests..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/justice-canada-mum-as-n-s-shooting-inquiry-seeks-explanation-for-withheld-pages

Unnecessary Politicking: Canadian Politicians Picking up the Moral Torches...From the USA Arguing

 Canada remains a sovereign country with our own laws and cultural norms. What is very much not a joke is the relentless enthusiasm with which Canadian politicians will exploit any tragedy or controversy in the United States for their own political ends.

It began with the leaked draft ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court signalling that Roe v Wade was likely going to be overturned. Our prime minister, premiers and many other politicians quickly rushed to assure Canadians that our governments would continue to uphold reproductive rights.

Well, good. Except no one had suggested they not be upheld. The abortion bogeyman, which shows up from time to time when the Conservative party leads in the polls or someone silly in America gets a hold of a cultural megaphone, is simply not on the table here in Canada

Canada Decides to Fight Limitless Housing Demand (from Canadians, Permanent Residents, Student Visas, Work Visas, Refugee Quotas, Family Reunifications, Provincial Nominees, etc.) With Impossible Housing Supply in Areas That Are Too Dense Already

 https://financialpost.com/real-estate/cmhc-affordability-new-homes

Forget the Climate Crisis, Financial Crisis, Housing Affordability Crisis: We Have a Passport Crisis!

 After "planning" for 423,000 permanent residents next year (warranted or not), a 2.0 million applicants back log, tens of thousands of Afghanistan promised refugee status as well as tens of thousands of Ukrainians promised accelerated entry all the while tens of thousands crossing the Roxham Rd entry illegally, Canadians now are unable to obtain a passport without lining up for days at a givenment office ill equipped to handle the unforeseen volume of irate applicants thanks to ad hoc rules of coupons awarded after being mishandled and mistreated en masse by uncaring civil servants.  

Of course no one at the Ministry of Immigration, Refugee, Canadian Citizenshio will lose their job over this catastrophe.

And the Worst Minister of the Year Award Goes to...

 Which of these stooges...

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-the-trudeau-liberals-look-like-a-ship-run-aground

Another Year, Another Hybrid Government: NDPLiberals' Real Views of House of Commons and Governing

 This is waaaaay beyond what is necessary and shows what the NDPLiberals really think of the significance of the House of Commons and what "governing" really means. (Also, they did not need to be in person, now for a third year, as they were never deemed "essential"....Think about that.)

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-propose-another-year-of-hybrid-parliament

"Mendacious Marco or Misunderstood Minister Mendicino?"

 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/raymond-j-de-souza-in-ottawa-there-is-only-a-fractional-hold-on-the-truth-left

Wske up World! New "G8" to Include Russia, China, Iran

 https://nationalpost.com/news/world/russia-to-form-new-g8-with-iran-and-china

Roll out another NDPLiberal to say the same lie in a different way...

 https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/freeland-testifies-that-freedom-convoy-was-doing-serious-economic-damage

The Latest Political Negligence From Your NDPLiberal Party

 The Globe and Mail: Canada apologizes for sending official to Russian embassy party.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadian-representative-attends-russian-embassy-party-in-ottawa/

Dividend Stocks: A Must in Every Portfolio (Not Just Seeking The Next Biggest Amazon)

 https://financialpost.com/investing/david-rosenberg-identifying-opportunities-for-income-investors-by-screening-for-dividend-yield

When Will NDPLiberal Voters Realize Their Preferred Party's Ways Are Adding to Inflation Never Assisting the Middle Class?

 "...If Justin Trudeau’s Liberals spent half as much time discussing how their own policies are contributing to the high cost of living as they do blaming inflation on external factors, there would be a real chance of offering some relief to Canadians, especially those living on the margins. Instead, the Liberals are looking increasingly out of touch with the needs of the citizens they are tasked with governing..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-trudeau-puts-anti-oil-agenda-ahead-of-affordable-food

Canada's and Canadians' Tolerance, Recognition, Even Encouragement of Other Languages and Cultures...Except When it Comes to our own Francophone Canadians

 After nearly 500 years after fiscoceting and founding New France, Anglo Canadians still unwilling to recognize their Franco Anglo history and roots  nevermind opening up a LaRousse dictionary to communicate with their Franco brethren. 

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-bill-96

More Permanent Resident Numbers: Do the NDPLiberals Think We are Not Counting?

 90,000? In addition to the 423,000 PRs planned? On top of tens of thousands of Ukarainians, Afghans and Roxham Rd entrants, it appears "virtuous vote acquiring" has taken over the reality of resources available to accomplish this (health care, housing, jobs, economy, enough workers in the IRCC department to process these vart numbers)

"...It gave 90,000 essential workers, front-line health care workers and international students.... an accelerated path to permanent status..."

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/sean-fraser-immigration-temporary-permanent-residency-1.6484505

Canada's Broken Immigration and Permanent Resident System is Overwhelmed By NDPLiberals' "Promises" And Underestimation of the Competence and Resources IRCC Has: It is Time To Make it an Independent Body Free of Virtuous Vote Buying, Government Meddling

Caron says IRCC is using $85 million in extra federal funding to reduce application backlogs by hiring new processing staff and digitizing applications, among other measures. That's on top of the $2.1 billion the federal government committed to help process and settle new permanent residents over the next five years.

CBC.ca: She gave birth 8 months ago but this permanent resident still can't bring her baby to Canada.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canada-immigration-delays-permanent-resident-1.6481432

Rex Rightfully Calls for Mendicino Resignation

 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-for-the-sake-of-his-integrity-marco-mendicino-should-resign

Investment alternatives For Your Cash If Not Wanting Normal Debt/Bond Like Instruments

 https://financialpost.com/fp-answers/best-investment-options-cash-bond-returns-lagging

Not Just Higher Interest Rates and Lower Housing Prices, Lumber Down too

 Lumber Price Gets Chopped in Half Amid Chill in Housing Markets  https://assets.bwbx.io/s3/readings/RD46BLDWX2QT1654716207055.mp3

A Parody Children"s Book about Trudeau? And it's a #1 Best Seller?

 National Post: FIRST READING: The Trudeau parody topping Amazon's bestseller list.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-the-trudeau-parody-topping-amazons-bestseller-list

Deliberately Stretching Canada's Healthcare systems....again: Canada to allow parents, grandparents with super visa to stay for at least 5 years, plus extensions

 Global News: Canada to allow parents, grandparents with super visa to stay for at least 5 years.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8906740/canada-super-visa-stay-extended/

Carbon taxes must be paid and now the NDPLiberals Want carbon credits that must be purchased too? Inflation - what inflation?

 https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/new-federal-offset-credit-market-lets-big-industry-lower-carbon-pricing-costs-but-activists-critical

Good ol' Canadian political apathy at its finest: Emergencies Act invoked on lies and NDPLiberals' very own definition of "advice"

"...The stumbling statutory inquiring into the invocation of the Emergencies Act has revealed the police didn’t ask for it; that, according to the deputy minister of public safety, the minister said some things he didn’t mean to, or didn’t say some things he meant to; and that the widest possible powers were given to law enforcement on the basis of truly gruesome miscommunication..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-what-the-minister-meant-to-say-about-suspending-canadians-rights

Your Basic Accounting Challenged NDP Leader

 What planet does he come from? He also needs an accounting class to distinguish between "revenues" increasing versus actual "profit" after higher input costs.  

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ndp-wants-to-redistribute-excess-corporate-profits-to-canadians-to-ease-inflation

Emergencies Act Inquiry And Convenient Coincidences: NDPLiberals, in Particular, Mendicino, Grabbing at Straws to Avoid Blame

Well isn't that convenient, Mendicino.  Lucky they have had the Ontario Election  oil prices and Ukraine to take spotlight away

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/mendicino-misunderstood-in-saying-police-asked-for-emergencies-act-deputy-minister

Canada's Broken and Unnecessarily Changing Entry and Immigration System: The Institution Needs to be Taken Out of Partisan Government Hands and Become Independent

 Why eliminate objective scores and rankings based on skills, education, language capabilities and other such critical merits???

"...Moving forward, IRCC will have significant discretion to issue ITAs based on any criteria the department chooses. This runs the risk of ITAs being issued on non-objective criteria, such as public sentiment. For instance, IRCC may feel pressure from the public or special interest groups to issue ITAs to candidates in a given sector, even if objective economic data does not indicate the sector has labour shortages. Although this is an extreme example, it is meant to highlight a potential limitation of giving IRCC such wide autonomy when it comes to ITAs..."

Canada Immigration News: Canada wants to change Express Entry: A look at the pros and cons.

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/06/canada-wants-to-change-express-entry-a-look-at-the-pros-and-cons-0625842.html

Not a Fierce Fight But Ontario Election Results See Conservative Incumbent Win on a Centrist Agenda While Two Party Leaders (Rightfully) Resign

 The downside is there are no feet to hold to thr fire and clearly not for a long time 

https://nationalpost.com/news/ontario-election/ontario-election-2022-live-updates-news-analysis-results

Secret Orders in Council

 CBC News: Trudeau government has adopted dozens of secret cabinet orders since coming to power.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/secret-orders-in-council-1.6467450

Government Ownership? Unions? Narrow Access onto Clark Drive? Why is the Vancouver Port So Inefficient in Bringing Goods into Canada?

 "...In 2021, the Port of Vancouver moved a record 146 million tonnes of cargo, and a record number of shipping containers, 3.7 million TEUs, passed through the port.

At the same time, a new report by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence ranked the Port of Vancouver next to last in terms of its performance and operational efficiency in 2021 — 368th out of 370 ports around the world..."

https://financialpost.com/news/economy/lessons-from-the-port-of-vancouvers-annus-horribilis-and-why-every-canadian-should-care

Recently, under the Liberal watch - unnecessary political capital spent based on events from the USA (abortion, guns), parole for 25 year life sentences (Supreme Court) and now decriminalization of certain drugs, but only in BC.

 Recently, under the Liberal watch - unnecessary political capital spent based on events from the USA (abortion, guns), parole for 25 year life sentences (Supreme Court) and now decriminalization of certain drugs, but only in BC.

"...it will leave Canadians living outside of that province asking themselves ‘if this is OK for British Columbia, why it is not for the rest of the country? And why is the Liberal government not moving forward with a national solution,”

https://nationalpost.com/news/ottawa-grants-british-columbias-request-for-drug-law-exemption

Canada's GDP at Respectable 3.1%, But Don't Forget Record Inflation, increasing Interest Rates, Higher Oil Prices and of Course...Carbon Taxes

 https://financialpost.com/news/economy/canadas-economy-expands-3-1-in-first-quarter-on-exports-drag

Guns and Gun Laws in Canada Versus USA

 https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-a-reminder-since-trudeau-apparently-forgot-that-canadian-gun-law-is-already-way-stricter-than-the-u-s

It's been a while, but just another Liberal conflict/ethics challenge

 https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/mary-ng-under-ethics-probe-over-contract-to-firm-co-founded-by-liberal-strategist-2

How Can a Country of 37 Million Passport Holders/Citizens Have This Much Renewal in Two Years - 5.3 Million?

 The situation is bad, but these numbers (4.2 million?) do not make sense for a country of 37 million passport holders/citizens 

"...During the first pandemic year in 2020, Service Canada issued approximately 360,000 passports and that number went up in 2021 with about 1.2 million passports issued. But that number has increased substantially in the first few months of 2022, as Canadians travel again, to the point where Service Canada is expected to receive 4.2 million passport demands this year...."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/federal-government-did-not-anticipate-massive-surge-in-passport-applications

How US Politics Runs Canadian (Liberal) Politics: Abortion and Guns

 

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/breaking-liberals-table-bill-to-freeze-the-purchase-transfer-or-importation-of-handguns-in-canada

Is 5G/Huawei Really Banned in Canada? The Political Magic of Major Announcements Just Before a Long Weekend

 "...It would appear that the dire warnings about Huawei that U.S. intelligence agencies were relaying directly to Ottawa 12 years ago, during the days of the Barack Obama White House, will finally be taken seriously by Canada and given force and effect, in Champagne’s timeline, by 2027.

Meanwhile, we’ve all been waiting for the Trudeau government’s new “framework” for a China policy, or the results of a promised China-policy “reset,” for well more than three years now. This strange delay may be related to the lengths Trudeau and his ministers will go to avoid saying anything or doing anything that will upset Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-theres-no-huawei-ban-until-we-get-it-in-writing

Why Canada Has Highest Gas Prices - Taxes and Carbon Taxes

 "...All told, a Canadian driver can expect to pay between 30 and 50 cents in taxes for every litre of gasoline. It’s part of why – even as record-breaking fuel prices similarly sweep the United States – Americans are still filling up their tanks for far less than what Canadians pay. On Thursday, the absolute lowest price for a litre of 87 octane in Surrey, B.C. was $2.26, according to GasBuddy.com. Only a few metres away in Washington State, gas could be had for the equivalent of US$4.56 per gallon, or C$1.54 per litre. Alberta – whose low provincial fuel taxes already gives them the cheapest gas in the country – was one of the first to mandate tax relief in response to high fuel prices. On April 1, Alberta announced that it would be foregoing a 13 cent per litre provincial tax until at least July. The decision left a huge hole in Alberta revenues (the tax holiday saves Albertans roughly $100 million per month) but it’s been more than offset by the tidal wave of new revenue being brought in as a result of the ongoing oil boom. Alberta is still on track to post the first balanced budget by any provincial government since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-maybe-canada-could-stop-charging-the-hemispheres-highest-fuel-taxes

Bank Regulator Adding to Cracks in Housing Market: Going After HELOC/Combined Line of Credit Mortgages

 The Globe and Mail: Canada's banking regulator to tighten mortgage-HELOC rules to curb rising homeowner debt.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-mortgage-heloc-loan-changes-interest-rates/

With an Out of Control Housing Demand Issue, Unemployment 50% Higher Than USA, a Looming Recession, Record Inflation, an Overtaxed Healthcare System the NDPLiberals to Approve Record 423,000 (at least) Permanent Residents Each year. Here's the Breakdown

 "...Over the next three years, economic class immigration will comprise 57% of Canada’s annual immigration target. This will account for over 240,000 new permanent residents arriving each year, with a projected target of 267,750 skilled workers arriving by 2024.

About 25% of new permanent residents will be selected through family class sponsorship, those who are being sponsored by a relative in Canada who is already a permanent resident or citizen. Over 100,000 will be arriving each year.

The remaining 18% of new permanent residents will be made up of refugees and humanitarian class immigrants. The plan targets just under 85,000 people in 2022 and with a gradual decrease in numbers into 2024..."

Canada Immigration News: How many immigrants will Canada welcome over the coming years?.

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/05/how-many-immigrants-will-canada-welcome-over-the-coming-years-0525506.html

With Ever Increasing Carbon Taxes, How is Canada Not the Worst in the World for Inflation?

 CTV News: Canada inflation: Where we stand in the world.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canada-inflation-how-we-compare-to-other-g7-nations-1.5910594

What is More Woke Than Destroying a (Racist, BC) Museum? The $1 Billion Budget to Rebuild it in the Name of Wokeness

 https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/government-to-release-business-case-in-support-of-new-royal-b-c-museum

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-to-demolish-racist-museum-and-build-unprecedentedly-expensive-replacement

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/top-canadian-museum-to-be-immediately-gutted-in-the-name-of-decolonization

Left Wing Extremism and Violence Tolerated, if not Praised and Encouraged, While Right Wing Extremism in Any Form or Degree Villified By All Media, Politicians

 "...This is not the first time that left-wing extremists have targeted the Coastal GasLink pipeline. On Feb. 17, around 20 hooded figures cut the locks on a construction site near Houston, B.C., before threatening workers and causing millions of dollars of damage to heavy equipment. Video footage showed attackers wielding axes, hitting a truck with an employee inside and firing off flares. The RCMP said last week that it has made no arrests and has no updates on the incident.

While horrific hate crimes such as the mass shooting in Buffalo have, rightly, focused attention on the scourge of right-wing extremism, ideologically motivated violence on the far-left is often characterized as legitimate protest, perhaps because there are lingering sympathies with its goals among progressives. But it is not acceptable or justifiable..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-a-bankers-cars-get-firebombed-in-the-night-and-no-progressive-politicians-condemn-it

An actual Huawei decision? I thought the Leafs were going win a Cup first

 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/sabrina-maddeaux-liberals-ban-huawei-after-inexcusable-delay

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/breaking-canada-to-ban-huawei-from-countrys-5g-network-sources

https://financialpost.com/telecom/canada-ban-huawei-5g

After Two Police Chiefs Have Denied Requesting Emergency Measures Act and the Military Revealed Beyond Suspicious Surveillance Activity, NDPLiberals And Mendicino Continue to Lack Credibility While the Great Big Lie of Justification For the Act's Invocation Continues to Form...Yet Canadians Choose to Ignore

 "...But a surveillance aircraft leased by the Canadian Armed Forces had indeed flown over Ottawa while the city’s downtown was blockaded by anti-mandate protesters. While there’s no evidence that the flight was anything other than a training mission, its presence in the air was a direct contravention of a directive to keep military equipment (including aircraft) away from the capital throughout the blockades. In other words, it may have been acting without “lawful authority.” The exchange illustrates a persistent contradiction in the Trudeau government. No peacetime Canadian government has ever been more obsessed by the supposed scourge of “misinformation.” At the same time, it has a recurring habit of spreading its own misinformation, or of attributing that title to things that turn out to be true..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-misinformation-obsessed-liberals-have-a-weird-habit-of-spreading-misinformation

Near Record Inflation Versus Carbon Taxes On Top of Near Record Inflation: Are Both Really Needed When it Comes to NDPLiberals Wanting to "Change Behaviours" of Canadians? Apparently, yes.

 "...However, the horrendous rise in gasoline prices is not all bad news. Or perhaps I should say, it is bad news for almost everyone, except for two classes of people. (a) Those happy folks well-insulated from the grim pinch of inflation by high incomes, and (b) those in elected office who are pushing the mad dash to killing the oil and gas industry. This latter involves all those politicians and green clerics who are determined to make gas and other fuels so expensive that poor people will be unable to afford them at all. High gas prices are what they have been dreaming of. For high gas prices will force the peasants to “go green” whether they like it or not.

And the political class is exuberant to the point of delirium, that years of blocking pipelines, harassing the oil and gas industry, demonizing fossil fuels and promoting various and mightily subsidized green energy — plus latterly Vladimir Putin’s frolics in Ukraine — have turned oil into a precious commodity, and made prices at the pump for the ordinary Canadian an investment second only to the mortgage he or she cannot get.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-a-compassionate-government-would-kill-its-carbon-tax-right-now

Using Imagery to fight Against Homophobia and Promoting Diversity, Inclusion All Endorsed Up Until Religious Imagery Involved (Hijabs), Then it Becomes a Different Fight to Take Down Said Imagery

 http://nationalpost.com/news/local-news/western-university-lgbtq-poster-sparks-muslim-community-backlash/wcm/34579d40-bad2-4d6b-ad54-d3a32fae2576

"...A Western University social media post supporting the fight against homophobia included an illustration of two women in hijabs about to kiss – sparking a backlash from London’s Muslim community that forced school officials to delete it.

The image, posted on the school’s Instagram account Tuesday to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, was met with a firestorm of criticism from people who were offended by the imagery.

They said the post was “inappropriate” and “disrespectful” because the hijab, an Islamic veil, has religious and spiritual connotations. Wrote one person: “Shame on you Western for such an insulting mockery post to my religion.”..."

Bitcoin, Crypto Had Its Moment to Prove its Unique, Uncorrelated, Anti Inflationary Investment Thesis...and Failed

 A selloff in cryptocurrencies resumed Monday, with Bitcoin dropping back below US$30,000 with global equity markets remaining under pressure. 

https://www.bnn.ca/1.1766756.1652735520

Mistruths and Lies: No Police Force Requested Emergencies Act From NDPLiberals

 The mistruths and lies are actually coming out of this inquiry...

"...With another police chief saying they didn’t ask for the federal government’s Emergencies Act, Liberal cabinet ministers are continuing to insist the move was necessary to clear the Freedom Convoy from Ottawa’s streets.

...A parliamentary committee is weighing whether Wellington Street and other nearby streets that currently fall under the City of Ottawa’s jurisdiction should be in the hands of the federal government..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ottawa-police-say-they-didnt-ask-for-emergencies-act-as-liberals-defend-its-use

CRTC Overhaul: Big (NDPLiberal) Brother is and will be watching

"...“if you were starting from a blank canvass, you would probably design a regulator very differently. The world has changed.” He said the CRTC also has to “regulate more quickly” and “adapt more quickly.”

Rodriguez said in his speech “this is all new territory,” for “the government, the CRTC, for you guys, for Canadians.”

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/heritage-minister-promises-to-modernize-crtc-so-it-can-regulate-big-tech

Typical NDPLiberals, trying to appear holier than thou after an unfortunate event (Milgaard's death)

 Typical NDPLiberals, trying to appear holier than thou after an unfortunate event (Milgaard's death)

“I was profoundly saddened by the fact that he would not live to see this,” Lametti said.

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/conviction-review-process-should-reflect-harsh-realities-of-indigenous-women-report

Must Be Spring: May Showers Bring Roxham Rd Openings and Illegal Border Crossers into Quebec

 What? How? Someone can illegally cross the border and begin working legally in health care (or elsewhere)?  This is allowed? Are they issued a  SIN card right away? 

"...many people who had crossed the border at Roxham Road found work in Quebec’s long-term-care homes during the pandemic..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/quebec-asks-feds-to-close-roxham-road-to-refugees-we-dont-have-the-capacity

Thank you NDPLiberal voters! Increasing, "behaviour changing" carbon taxes, reduced supply from cancelled pipelines (among other things) and gas prices of +$2.00/L...yay! We're all complaining, behaviour changed.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-robson-congrats-to-the-trudeau-liberals-for-making-their-dream-of-high-gas-prices-come-true

Left Wing Extremism Does Not Make Front Page News Like Anything Construed as Even Right Wing: Extremists Now Targetting Execs of the Bank Who Lend to Coastal Gas Link

 Combined with the stealth like mob that destroyed one of the Coastal Gas Link construction camps even going so far as to light a vehicle on fire with a driver in it, at the same time of Freedom Convoy - where were the "Emergencies Measures" on these incidents? 

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/police-investigating-if-anti-pipeline-anarchists-burned-down-cars-of-rbc-executive-and-former-conservative-minister

Are the NDPLiberals Finally Having Their Hands Slapped For Implementing a New Set of Rules (Impact Assessment Act)To Approve Any Major Projects in Canada? If Climate Change is the Excuse - Will Anything Be Built?

 Alberta's top court said Tuesday that the federal government's environmental impact law is unconstitutional and Ottawa almost immediately announced its plan to appeal.

https://www.bnn.ca/1.1763786.1652211426

If Nothing Is Done, Another Defining Canadian Institution Will Have Fallen Like a Sir John A. Statue...and Beheaded

Unilingual Anglo Canadians may be getting their lumberjack plaid nickers in a knot but if something is not done for protection of Canada's official language then imagine a Canada losing yet another of its institutions because that's the way it is going: no bilingualism, no Queen, no Canadian spelling, no mention of Canada's historical figures, no Remembrance Day respect or observation, no May 24/Queen Victoria Day, no companies proudly named after Canada (see TC Energy, Encana now Ovintiv), a once mighty, proud and revered military, no CFL, etc.

If Canadians want an English only world of mere health care providers, funny coloured monetary notes, a border with the US and devoid of all Caandiana to distinguish us on the world stage, they may be saddened when that day comes....soon. 

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/cn-rail-pressed-by-federal-transport-minister-over-its-unacceptable-english-only-board-of-directors

The Ever Expanding Roles (and Costs) of the Fedeal Government - When Will it Break (or Has it Broken Already?)

 "...Despite a two-year hiatus, the passport service is in disarray. Ottawa seems out-of-step with global standards in managing international travel. Our border remains porous, with people walking across to claim refugee status. Federal management of fisheries on both coasts is not working well. The housing situation in major cities has long been out of control.

On a broad scale, Canadian productivity lags well behind our competitors. National investments in scientific and technological innovations leak out of the country. Ottawa could not get Washington to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have proved invaluable in helping Canada meet North America and Europe’s energy needs during the current crisis.

We have botched the purchase of fighter jets. Our practical support for Ukraine lags behind our allies. We are still waiting on a decision regarding Huawei’s involvement in our 5G networks. Our major military allies have dropped us from their inner circles.

On top of that, Canada is now leaping into the fastest and greatest expansion of the role of the state since the 1960s. These are massive tasks: managing climate change, providing for a realistic energy transition, welcoming 400,000 immigrants per year, implementing a national childcare system, launching dental and pharmacare programs, rearming a vulnerable nation, transforming the Canadian medical system and ensuring technological competitiveness. Is government up to the task?..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ken-coates-is-the-public-service-up-to-managing-the-liberals-huge-expansion-of-government

Trudeau Continues Promising Entry to Canada by tbr Hundreds of Thoussnds Despite 2M Applicants Backlog: Afghans, Ukrainians, Illegal Border Crossers

 CTV News: Canada immigration backlog exceeds 2M, applicants in limbo.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-is-confronting-a-massive-immigration-backlog-this-is-what-it-looks-like-for-those-facing-delays-1.5892040

The Rise and Fall(ing) of Cathie Wood and Her ARKK Fund: In the Red Across the Board

 The violent stock selloff on Thursday means every single bet in Cathie Wood’s flagship strategy has lost money this year, with the sole exception of a money-market cash holding. 

https://www.bnn.ca/1.1762193.1651852897

Oh "fuddle duddle". The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: The prophecy of Trudeau père continues to be played out by Trudeau fils

 Oh "fuddle duddle". The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.  The prophecy of Trudeau père continues to be played out by Trudeau fils: alienated Western Canada, reckless energy policy, racked up huge government debts without any understanding of economics, invoked the Emergencies Act (although Trudeau père had more "national" and real violent  reasons to invoke the War Measures Act), pissed off at least one US leader during his term, now cursed in the House of Commons. The only thing left is to have mocked the Queen openly behind her back but Trudeau fils' lack of vetting the previous Governor General may have showed what his respect for the Crown really is. (But where is he on bilingualism and ethics?)

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/not-fuddle-duddle-conservatives-accuse-trudeau-of-swearing-in-parliament

Watch the original historic reference here https://youtu.be/YXKSGRyZtz8

Double Standard of Canadian Media

An inconvenience from a stubborn yet defiant group of truckers with horns in one city that could have been easily  stopped by extra police muscle (which it was)  turns into a "national emergency" with a  dictator like, national Act being invoked to seize financial assets, etc.

But, Montreal may Day riots, burning Catholic churches, beheading or vandalism of historical statues, stealth violent attacks on Coastal Gas Link camps and other infrastructure (pipelines), repeated ethics violations of an elected leader....no condemnation by anyone, nor any media, politician.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/geoff-russ-liberals-melt-over-rolling-thunder-protest-but-ignore-left-wing-vandals-in-montreal

When a Company (Chrysler) Does Not Pay Back US$2.6 Billion Government Loan, What Do You Do? Write it Off and Let Government Hand out Another C$1.4 Billion In The Next Economic Cycle (Does Amyone Remember 2009)?

To have 16,000 jobs "maintained or created across Ontario and Quebec" equates to $87,500 in taxpayer funds to Stellantis for each job. This author would appreciate having his job maintained for $87,500. 

http://nationalpost.com/news/local-news/stellantis-announces-3-4-billion-investment-in-ontario-plants/wcm/5239c4d0-bf46-425a-b533-286110b1a375

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/more-than-1-billion-in-public-funds-for-auto-plant-retooling-part-of-the-drive-to-electric-vehicles

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chrysler-auto-loan-canada-account-write-off-edc-bailout-taxpayer-wudrick-milke-1.4871648

Hello Provincial Deficits: Ford's Provinial Conservatives Have Drunk the NDPLiberals' Election Time Kool Aid

 Ontario will see its budget deficit rise this fiscal year as the economy slows and the government increases spending to help lower-income workers ahead of a June election. 

https://www.bnn.ca/1.1758268.1651180079

Two Out of Three Aint Bad: Let's Not Forget the Ethics Violations of "Trifecta Trudeau"

 "...While I agree that Trudeau was lucky to have avoided a fraud charge over the Aga Khan affair, he should also count himself lucky for having survived for this long in Canadian politics. Other prime ministers likely wouldn’t have...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/michael-taube-trudeau-may-have-avoided-an-rcmp-fraud-charge-but-conservatives-should-not-let-him-off-the-hook

C$ Down, Interest Rates Rising, US Markets Declining: Where to Invest in April 2022?

US/Nasdaq have been a sh!t show vs Canada.  For context TSX is actually up 8% on the year (some weakness recently),  Dow/S&P500/Nasdaq flat to down 8%.  Thank you boring Canadian oil&gas, telecomms (that own Leafs, Habs), mining companies. Investors finally waking up as to why all these BS companies like Netflix, Fakebook, Uber, Amazon, Shopify all trading at insane OVERvaluations, magnitudes worse than a Yorkville condo. C$ is down though roughly around the time of last interest rate announcement since our wonderful BoC governor Tiff admits "oh I may have underestimated inflation over the last year ", down from $0.80 to $0.78 in about 10 days - a HUGE  move if you're a foreign exchange trader. Not to mention US, Mexico vacations more expensive. If any more weakness, go defensive, not buying anything American as our C$ is/will be weakening and loading up on these boring ETFs: ZWU (basket of Canadian utilities, pays 7.2% dividend), ZWC (a group of diversified Canadian dividend payers, paying around 7%), ZWB (a group of Canadian banks paying around 5.3% dividend). No exchange rate worries (from a two party spend spend spend government). You can buy these for about 0.55% management fees and a $9.95 trading cost in your online account rather than going to an advisor or mutual fund and they charge you 2%. You're way more liquid and can hit the sell button anytime for another $9.95 fee. Not bad places to "park". 

Your Transparent, Sunny Ways Liberals at it Again: Will not Divulge nor Grant Access to the Truth Behind Two Chinese Scientists Walked out of Winnipeg Microbiology Lab Just Ahead of the Covid Breakout

 Your transparent, sunny ways Liberal at it again.  They have managed to sweep under the rug for more than two years how two scientists suspiciously and coincidentally leading up to the covid pandemic, scientists Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, why were they escorted out of Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory in July 2019 and subsequently fired in January 2021 as well related  transfer, overseen by Qiu, of deadly Ebola and Henipah viruses to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology in March 2019.  How are Canadians not questioning this after the two years we've had ?!?!

"...Government House leader Mark Holland said Wednesday the NDP has agreed to the idea, and he hopes the Tories and Bloc Quebecois will also participate.

Members of the committee will be able to see unredacted documents, but an independent panel of three former judges, to be jointly chosen by the parties, will have final say on what material can be made public without jeopardizing national security..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-plan-committee-to-review-secret-lab-documents-with-or-without-tories-2

Where have I heard that word "just" before when describing a society? Oh yeah, Trudeau père (Trudeau fils Now Applies it to His Version of What a "Just" Canada Should Be...And if You Cannot Agree With Something Deemed as "Just", Well Then...)

 Auditor General Kare Hogan calls out incompetence at the federal NDPLiberal level citing transition of workers from coal, oil and gas to a "just" and "green" low carbon economy. (Where have I heard that word "just" before when describing a society? Oh yeah, Trudeau père)

"...That’s the conclusion of the federal auditor general, who finds that bureaucrats sat on their fat portfolios even as coal workers were losing their jobs.

Coal mining is itself the canary down a dangerous mine shaft.

There are only about 331 coal miners left in Alberta, down from more than 1,100 in 2017.

If Ottawa can’t manage transition for that group, how will it deal with the thousands who are expected to leave oil and gas, as well as agriculture and even forestry, because of federal emissions policy?

Maybe Alberta will look like Newfoundland and Labrador after the federal shutdown of the cod fishery in 1992-93..."

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/braid-the-hapless-hypocrisy-of-liberal-just-transition-for-energy-workers/wcm/b1ba884b-599f-4128-9d52-d0397722fa81

Racism, Discrimination All in the Name of Diversity. Huh?

 "...The University of Waterloo has restricted hiring for at least three top-tier research positions to certain demographic groups, in two instances excluding applications from all cisgender men — whether they are white or people of colour — and in another refusing applications from anyone who doesn’t identify as Indigenous.

The restrictions are aimed at addressing a lack of diversity among Canada Research Chairs — 2,285 prestigious positions funded by the federal government and based at postsecondary institutions across the country.

But some argue excluding people from the hiring process is not the best way to eliminate discrimination..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/waterloo

Greedy, Power Hungry NDPLiberals May Have Accidentally Solved Affordable Housing in Canada When it Comes To Seizing and Selling Foreign (Russian) Assets

If true, the take-all-powers NDPLiberals may have just accidentally given affordable housing the most positive initiative to date! If this gets out among the unrestricted international/foreign buyers, then what does that mean? Will they take their Canadian assets, cash somewhere else as well as sell their Canadian real estate for more than tidy profits at the same time?  Canadians may simply think that rich, international buyers are here only because they have the money and can afford whatever they want. WRONG! Canadians have misunderstood one of the main reasons foreigners buy real estate in Canada - unlike in some (not all) their home countries, there is security of law and title in Canada.  Well, maybe that won't be the case going forward due to NDPLiberal greed for more and more power and in the absence of any meaningful military contributions to Ukraine.  Combined with rising interest rates, stay tuned for the next housing market report!

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1879093/ottawa-veut-liquider-des-biens-russes-pour-aider-lukraine?partageApp=rcca_appmobile_appinfo_android

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-table-legislation-that-would-allow-them-to-seize-and-sell-off-sanctioned-russians-assets

Emergencies Act Inquiry and Review: "Cabinet confidence" and a Liberal Judge, Will We Ever Receive Anything Remotely Close to Facts or Truth?

 On the last day required for the NDPLiberal government to announce the inquiry they reluctantly did 

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/trudeau-announces-emergencies-act-inquiry-headed-by-judge

Four seasons in Canada - summer, autumn, winter and illegal border crossing: Roxham Rd Activities Begin Again Wifh Nothing Being Done After Years of a Broken Immigration System and 2.0 Million Applicants Backlog

 Four seasons in Canada: summer, autumn, winter and illegal border crossing 

"...It hasn’t gotten much attention outside Quebec, but Roxham Road seems to be well and truly back in business. RCMP patrolling the border in Quebec recorded more than 4,500 “asylum claims and interceptions” in the first two months of this year, CBC Montreal reported recently, which is more more than in any previously recorded two months. As of the end of December, according to Immigration and Refugee Board statistics, even after two years of very few new arrivals, there was a backlog of more than 11,500 refugee claims solely among those who crossed the border “irregularly” — the vast majority of whom came across that well-worn path from New York State...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-roxham-road-is-back-in-business-and-canada-is-already-out-of-ideas

An admittedly, biased, outspoken Canadian pollster: What could possibly go wrong?

 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/geoff-russ-ekos-boss-frank-graves-ill-advised-threat-to-keep-pierre-poilievre-from-winning

40 Years Of Canada's Constitution: Is it a Fullproof Document? Convenient for Most, Misunderstood By the Rest

 "...All in, this is not the best week, or the best year, for those who have waltzed around and through the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to be Twitter-singing its praises. They would be better off trying to explain why they worship the document when it suits them, and ignore it when it doesn’t...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-you-could-drive-an-18-wheeler-through-our-charter-of-rights-and-freedoms

For NDPLiberals Why is Every Initiative Centered Around Immigration? To Fix a Housing Crisis, In Part, Brought On by Immigration, NDPLiberals Want to Add More Construction...Through Immigration (Huh?)

 Why is every NDPLiberal initiative centered around immigration? No matter the unemployment level or economic times, according to the NDPLiberals, Canada never seems to have enough skilled workers, tech workers, temporary workers, etc.  Hussen even once claimed Canada needs more "low skilled workers"!!  Where is the chronic mismatch - is the  Ministry of Immigration, Refugees, Canadian Citizenshop broken? (Likely). Is it our colleges, universities that have not identified employment trends? As a western country we have among the best education systems in the world. How is it possible that so many Canadians are so chronicly under skilled or lack the skills of the current western economy that Canada needs to go outside its borders by the hundreds of thousands every year?  

Now with a housing crisis, fed in part by immigration (in addition to low rates, etc), NDPLiberals are turning to immigration to fix construction of housing. Huh? 

Canada’s housing minister has a daunting target in front of him as his government tries to rein in skyrocketing housing prices: doubling the pace of housing construction in the country within 10 years. 

https://www.bnn.ca/1.1752782.1650279955

Patrick Brown is promising WHAT to be "Canada's" leader?!?!

 Cricket infrastructure, visa offices in Nepal, Tamil Apologies.  

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/an-inside-look-at-patrick-browns-pitch-for-selling-conservative-party-memberships

It Does Not Matter What Political Party, Vote Buying is Becoming Shameless

 "..There was a time when vote-buying was done with a modest degree of nuance. The government of the day might pledge a tax cut or a baby bonus or a subsidy you could get if you filled in the right form. No longer: now they just stick a cheque in the mail and fire it off to the population at large. Vote for us and you get money! No questions asked...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-canadian-vote-buying-is-becoming-increasingly-shameless

As Canada's Constitution Turns 40: Barely a Recognition From Canadians

For such a relied upon, quoted, historically significant, politically incomplete and sometimes mistreated document,  Canadians do not fully recognize (nor celebrate) their Constitution. 

"...The Constitution Act, 1982, which contains the charter, isn’t on display anywhere. Even the British North America Act, the foundational document that is now called the Constitution Act, 1867, isn’t on display — it’s not even in Canada.

“There are a whole slew of documents, ranging from the Hudson’s Bay Company Charter to the 1763 Proclamation to the ‘numbered treaties’ of the 1870s, that have never been displayed in Canada, and it’s a real shame,” said Patrice Dutil, a fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/why-you-cant-go-see-the-charter-of-rights-and-freedoms-in-a-museum-or-anywhere-else

NDPLiberals, even Canada Revenue Agency, defining what a "media organization" is: Tries To Eliminate an Unpopular, Yet Most Independent of News Sources

 NDPLiberals, even Canada Revenue Agency, defining what a "media organization" is.

"...it is not necessary for other journalists or news organizations to agree with Rebel News, to admire or esteem its style or approach, in order to come to its defence, when the very principle of a free press is being invaded by the national government? A genuine free press does not depend on taste, nor is it contingent on one’s views about a competitor..."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-what-right-does-the-government-have-to-judge-rebel-news