And Yet Another Trudeau Gaffe...And, Of Course, Apology: When Is Justin Going To Learn...And Grow Up?

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/matt-gurney-pm-scores-a-direct-hit-on-the-core-of-brand-trudeau?video_autoplay=true

I do not understand how a room full of supposedly up and coming, intelligent, well(er) off than Trudeau's version of the middle class paying a $750 annual/entrance fee will continue to cast votes for this Liberal regime.

"Trade Wars: A New Dope" - Trudeau Now Using Canada's Military History In Response to US Tariffs and "Security Threat"; Stoke the Patriotic Fires Now Justin, But Still No Substance in Your Arguments

http://business.financialpost.com/opinion/lawrence-solomon-trudeau-starts-a-trade-war-for-political-points-were-the-casualties

http://business.financialpost.com/opinion/trudeau-after-bungling-it-on-trade-and-pipelines-needs-better-advice-fast#comments-area

"..If Canada’s negotiators want to do what’s best for Canada, they should stop posturing before they do more damage to our industries. For starters, they should stop misrepresenting the U.S. position on steel and aluminum tariffs. The U.S. never claimed that Canada represents a national security threat, as Trudeau keeps repeating. To the contrary, the U.S. has specifically said these tariffs are not aimed at any one country: without tariffs to protect American steel and aluminum from foreign suppliers, these industries, which America needs for national defence, would go bankrupt..."
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"...A decade ago, Canada had a US$78 billion trade surplus with the U.S. That surplus was more than halved to US$32 billion five years ago and it was halved again to US$17 billion last year. Five years from now, our ever-shrinking surplus with the U.S. may start to become an ever-growing deficit, particularly since the U.S. has blown past us as a producer of energy — our main exports to the U.S. We are not only at risk of losing this financial mainstay, with the U.S. no longer needing us for energy security, we are also at risk of becoming strategically unimportant..."

Veterans, Verdicts and Vocabulary - While Trudeau Continues Foot in Mouth Disease, We Have Yet to See Conclusion To Canada's Constrution Leader by a Chinese Firm

Aecon Group. Inc. has extended the timeline of its proposed takeover by a Chinese buyer, saying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet is reviewing the deal on national security grounds.  With so many topics (bait?) happening for the Canadian media to be distracted, the acquisition of Aecon by a Chinese company continues to be reviewed by the Liberal government with little attention - until today.  With Chinese governemental links with the parent company it is more than a curiosity that this has only escalated to this level now.  Regardless of any uncompleted trade deal the Liberals have tried with China. We are about to find out what the Investment Canada Act means to the Liberals.

And where are our fearless Minister of Finance Morneau and "what does a Minister of Innovation do anyway?" Navdeep Bains on this file? Invisible. Crickets.  

As per Bloomberg "CCCC International Holding Limited is the financing platform for overseas business of China Communications Construction Company Limited. It focuses on merger and acquisition, and restructuring and management of overseas assets; and investment, building, and operation of transportation infrastructure in overseas markets. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong."

This review is not arbitrary and usually raised during most significant foreing takeovers of Canadian businesses.  The Investment Canada Act (ICA) provides: 

"the framework for conducting reviews of acquisitions of control of existing Canadian businesses, as well as reviews of the establishment of new Canadian businesses, by non-Canadians in Canada....Furthermore, for a foreign acquisition to be approved, significant benefit to Canada resulting from the transaction had to be demonstrated...

...The ICA narrowed both the range of foreign acquisitions that are reviewable and the scope of the “benefit to Canada” test to which these transactions must be submitted in order to receive approval from the federal government. The purpose of the ICA, as set out in section 2 of the Act, is:3

to provide for the review of significant investments in Canada by non-Canadians in a manner that encourages investment, economic growth and employment opportunities in Canada and to provide for the review of investments in Canada by non-Canadians that could be injurious to national security.

...Under the ICA, foreign investments are classified into two categories: investments that are subject to notification, and investments that are reviewable."

"A Dumb Joke"? Well, At Least It Is Different Than An Apology

As Canadians and the world picked up on our Prime Minister's political correctness and language bending reference to "peoplekind", he eventually had to face this (I don't want to give him the international recognition that feeds his ego, but...) "viral" episode, and dismissing it as a "dumb joke".

If only his and fellow Liberal policies could be dismissed as such.  Including yesterday's new (in other words, "another") approval process along with a bash at Harper's "loss of trust" in the process.  Low, bewildering, nauseating and unnecessary comment Catherine McKenna.

Government of Canada Web Site Has Changed English "O Canada"; French Version Continues to Have Five References to "Our"

Well that took a while. The new "word" is reflected in the English version.  Meanwhile, in the French version, still five references to "our" (nos) and no mentions of sons, daughters, him, her, he, she....

Is "eh" gender neutral?

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/anthems-canada.html

Canada: What Was Once One Of The Few Countries To Survive The Financial Crisis Relatively Unscathed...Is Now Creating Its Own Bubbles To Burst

This is how the world's largest financial markets view us now.  What was once one of the few countries to survive the financial crisis relatively unscathed...now it is creating its own bubbles to burst.

This is not going to end well. Many Canadians are now set up to see catastrophic losses.

Is this "innovation" Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains (@NavdeepSBains)? 

Is this "financial innovation" Minister of Finance Bill Morneau (@Bill_Morneau)?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-22/bitcoin-marijuana-stock-crazes-take-root-in-canada-s-wild-west

Well, When You Put It Like That....

And there are Canadians that will give their vote, one of their biggest rigts of citizenship, to this regime...again.  Where is the head shaking emoji?

https://globalnews.ca/news/3958988/roy-green-justin-trudeaus-tour-little-more-than-manipulation/

Unfortunately When It Comes to (Political) Ethics, There are NO CONSEQUENCES

Sadly and curiously, the graphic below did not happen...nor will it ever happen. 

With credit to Ottawa-based iPolitics.ca

Politics, Elected Leaders, Views of Economic Engines: USA vs Canada

In the USA today - tax cuts, doubling child care tax credits and a speech about "our great farmers" and "our great small business owners" by their elected leader, the President. 

 Meanwhile in Canada, tax increases, child care reductions, and a vindictive view of farmers, doctors, store keepers because for liability purposes they are structured around a corporation.  Oh, and that comes from our Finance Minister because our elected leader, the Prime Minister is too busy apologizing. 

More Liberal Governing "Out of Spite" Rather Than the Best Security for Canadians

The best way to replace Canada's old air force fleet...buy more used ones?

Trudeau, let go of your petty fight with Boeing and disregard your Liberal cronies and Liberal pseudo-family members at Bombardier.  Be a man, and do what is right is for Canada!  

http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canada-scraps-plan-to-buy-boeing-fighters-and-will-go-with-used-australian-jets-sources

Our Climate Change Fighting (Taxing) PM and his McKenna Sidekick Highlighting how Global Warming Is Helping Canada's Wine Industry

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/trade-human-rights-on-the-agenda-for-prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-china-visit

When Sports and Investing Collide: Calgary Stampeders and Bubble Stocks (Cannabis, Bitcoin)

http://business.financialpost.com/investing/investing-pro/amid-the-stampede-into-bitcoin-and-cannabis-be-sure-to-avoid-the-stampeders-fate

Someone Else That Shares My View of The Toronto and Canadian Print Media - "The Liberals are in trouble when even the Toronto Star applauds Brown"

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-the-liberals-are-in-trouble-when-even-the-toronto-star-applauds-brown

There is a new gauge on the "just how bad the Liberal Party is"-ometer

But sadly in 2018, "Voters have demonstrated again and again that they don’t care how deeply the province goes into debt, as long as they get their share of the goodies."

Big Promises, Big Government, Big Taxes - Now a Big Security Bill ($2.4M per month to Guard the PM, His Family and His Sock Collection)

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-canadienne/201710/09/01-5139442-securite-de-justin-trudeau-des-couts-records-de-235-millions-par-mois.php

For some context...

At $2.4 million per month is double the beginning of Stephen Harper's term and is 10 times higher than the cost of the controversial holidays of the Trudeau family in the private island of Aga Khan that recently put the prime minister in the hot seat.

Just for the first six months of 2017, $14 million was spent protecting Justin Trudeau and his family, compared to $11.5 million for the same period last year, according to the RCMP under the Access to Information Act. This $2.5 million represents a 22% annual increase.

At this rate, the Prime Minister's security will cost the RCMP an estimated $28 million in 2017, an increase from $23.6 million last year (already a recent peak).

A Trudeau is a Trudeau is a Trudeau: Unfortunately Too Much Like His Father

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-liberals-divide-country-with-unflappable-bombardier-support-disregard-for-energy

Having bungled up the energy industry that alienated the west, praised communist systems and dictators, drowned the country in debt the only things left for this Trudeau 2.0 are to piss off the Queen with a cheeky dance move behind her back and some recordings of a US president calling him an "asshole". 

But wait there's more. Having fostered Canadian unity with the implementation of the institution of Bilingualism, the younger Trudeau has "fought" for....marijuana legalization. 

But another thing has continued, the complete misunderstanding of how businesses especially publicly listed companies work and the point of their existence.  How Bombardier manages to stay a publicly listed company is criminal.