"...Basically, some of us concluded long ago that this most pampered of countries — marbled with natural resources that are variously drinkable, edible, refinable and fissionable; safe under Uncle Sam’s military umbrella; blessed with a mostly reasonable and unexcitable population; and cursed with a widespread belief that better-than-America is good enough..."
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-out-of-kabuls-frying-pan-and-into-kyivs-fire
"...Politically, Trudeau was a strong supporter of the Conservative Party, opposed to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, a long-serving Liberal.[8] Pierre Trudeau recalled that "political arguments never lacked liveliness" between Charles and his friends..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-%C3%89mile_Trudeau
It is beyond unfortunate geopolitical events like in Ukraine keep happening in the world. With a total 1.8 million applicants backlog, in addition to 40,000 Afghan refugees also "promised" safe passage to Canada, an understaffed and inefficient Immigration, Refugee and Canadian Citizenship department (also most government of Canada employees have been working from home), the overwhelming majority of the 401,000 permanent residencies awarded in 2021 to those ALREADY living/working in Canada at VASTLY REDUCED qualifying scores (restricted travel and entry to Canada due to covid and Liberals needed to attain those targets AT ALL COSTS), it is time to consider making Canada's institution of Immigration an independent body that can make REALISTIC decisions and fair promises rather than for votes and virtuous yet unfulfilled election promises. Independence from government like the Courts and Bank of Canada and take the reckless, whimsical decisions out of the government's hands. The Liberal solution to any geopolitical crisis of simply announcing prioritized passports/fast tracked citizenships/permanent residencies/visas and disappointing many others is simply not sustainable.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/trudeau-says-canada-will-prioritize-ukrainian-immigration-launches-phone-line-for-urgent-questions
"..In the U.K., Telegraph columnist Joanna Williams recently denounced the “monstrously illiberal” behaviour of Canada’s government, saying it speaks to Trudeau as an “insecure authoritarian.” “Imagine the uproar if, back in 2020, President Trump had frozen bank accounts belonging to key figures in the Black Lives Matter movement,” she wrote..."
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-the-world-falls-out-of-love-with-illiberal-dystopian-canada
http://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/taxpayers-on-the-hook-if-trans-mountain-goes-wrong-former-encana-ceo-1.1725833
https://youtu.be/5efyUt5YDU0
Liberal strategy from Day 1...
1. Set up nearly impossible environmental guidelines targeted only at pipelines; government campaigns against pipelines (through both sides of its mouth)
2. Change those environmental guidelines midway through the process, rendering it even more difficult and cancelling all progress made up to that point
3. Drive away publicly listed financier and eventual builder of the pipeline as they exit the country in frustration dealing with an illogical government and ever changing approval process in light of court decisions
4. Government realizes the economic benefit missed, thousands of jobs lost, tries to be seen as "pro business" and buys the asset directly so government can build the pipeline (because they are so much better at it?)
5. Government realizes the extra inflated costs of their own environmental doing (see point 1 and 2)
6. Let government waste, mismanagement take over to drive the capital costs needed to properly complete the project MULTIPLES higher (in a world of $400 billion Liberal deficits, it's a drop in the bucket)
6. Government questions total to complete the project (to be seen as austere and prudent?) and cuts off funding for the very asset they bought, giving billions (with with "b") away to Trans Mountain to initially acquire it and take off their hands
7. Mark Carney, ex Bank of Canada and Bank of England, with Liberal ties so strong he was rumoured to be running for the party and as a Finance Minister, joins Brookfield in an ESG capacity
8. Prediction: Brookfield Asset Management buys the project FOR A SONG sticking billions of losses to date on the Canadian taxpayer.
https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/chrystia-freeland-closes-the-door-on-new-funding-for-trans-mountain-as-project-costs-surge
