Friday, March 31, 2023

After Nova Scotia's Mass Shooting Inquiry Hopefully change occurs at the top as the door slams on Brenda Lucki's untimely departure (earlier retirement)

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/nova-scotia-mass-shooting-inquiry-lays-blame-on-rcmp

 Hopefully change occurs at the top as the door slams on Brenda Lucki's untimely departure (earlier retirement).  We will see what the next soft on crime Liberal appointee brings (if anything or more of the same). Meanwhile Duheme takes the interim reins who similarly has not shown well during inquiries and committees, notably the Emergency Act Inquiry. 

"...During the commission’s hearings, senior RCMP officers in Nova Scotia said then RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki had pressured them to release information publicly about the types of weapons used.

Lucki had reportedly told officers that then Public Safety Minister Bill Blair wanted the information made public. The commission received audio recordings of the call between Lucki and RCMP in Nova Scotia and found she was generally frustrated about the information being shared..."

Thursday, March 30, 2023

the NDPLiberals are all about ever higher and higher taxes. But now they are going for "double taxation"

 I realize the NDPLiberals are all about ever higher and higher taxes. But now they are going for "double taxation". They're running out of things before they finally start taxing gains on principle residences


"...Until now, dividend income from Canadian equities has generally not been taxable for the banks since the companies that pay these dividends do so with after-tax income. Tax law is generally constructed to avoid tax being paid twice on the same funds..."

https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/banking/federal-budget-dividend-tax-would-hit-insurers

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

CBC (English): The Liberal PR Machine and How it Aided Justin During Chinese Election Interference Scandal

 During the initial phase of the scandal, in mid to late February, the CBC provided relatively little coverage of China’s election meddling. Articles from that time disproportionately focussed on Justin Trudeau’s rebuttals to his critics, including claims that the intelligence leaks detailing Beijing’s interference campaigns were allegedly “inaccurate.”


At the same time, the CBC seemed to frame the scandal as just a Conservative hit job. This narrative was, at first, integral to the Liberals’ attempts to discredit the story: ”We did nothing wrong. The Conservatives are just blowing things out of proportion to manipulate you.”

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/cbc-keeps-coming-to-trudeaus-defence-over-interference-scandal

The Door Slams Behind Her Again: Ex RCMP Chief Brenda Lucki Mentioned for her Unaccountable Tenure Aming a Group of RCMP Members from NS's Mass Shooting

 None other than, RCMP Head, Brenda Lucki,  who had faced three inquiries (Emergencies Act, Nova Scotia Mass Shooting and Canada-China relations special committee identifying four "police" stations operated by China). It is shocking to see after careers of +30 years the lack of competence from ill- suited people in such "leadership" roles

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/senior-mounties-n-s-mass-shooting-accountability

Budget 2023: Is this a joke? In order to pay government workers like the federal government has done for over a century and a half, Liberals need to....

 Is this a joke? In order to pay government workers like the federal government has done for over a century and a half, Liberals need to....

"...The 2023 federal budget released Tuesday outlines about $1.38 billion in money — $517 million this year and $521 million in 2024-25 — for Public Services and Procurement Canada to keep up with its current staffing level within the federal pay centre to work on pay system transactions..."

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/feds-spending-1-billion-on-maintaining-public-servant-pay-system-over-two-years-as-it-tries-to-fix-phoenix-issues


Clean teeth and clean tech. It's official, the NDP and Green Party had a baby and it is called the Liberal Party

 Clean teeth and clean tech. It's official, the NDP and Green Party had a baby and it is called the Liberal Party. The political center is completely wide open to whoever wants to occupy it as at least three Canadian political parties are now vying to "out left" one another. 

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/chrystia-freeland-brings-canada-back-to-deficit-adding-50-billion-in-debt

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canada-federal-budget-breakdown-everything-you-need-to-know

Monday, March 27, 2023

Oh great, another example of the "magic" of unions; this time on a national scale

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/public-service-strike-could-have-major-political-impacts-experts

 Oh great, another example of the "magic" of unions.

I still do not know why being an employee with own benefits, own performance review, own bonus structure and own pay increases is such a bad thing rather than a recurring Olympic cycle of contract negotiations and strike threats. 

"...“We would certainly be setting up strategic picket lines where it’s going to hurt the government the most, and if that means airports and border crossings, then unfortunately, that’s what we’re going to have to do.”