Tristin Hopper’s weekend article in the National Post asked why Canada can’t get things done anymore, from procuring vaccines to renovating 24 Sussex Drive. Malaise about Canada’s performance is entirely justified as our pampered public sector fails to deliver and few Canadian brands dominate in the global marketplace.
Canada’s image was not always so dim.
The primary reason for last year’s Parliament prorogation was to get Prime Minister Justin Trudeau out of the WE Charity controversy, the Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) heard on Thursday.
On June 25, 2020, the WE Charity was awarded a federal contract of $43.5 million to administer a student summer grant program, despite the organization’s close ties to the Trudeau family. In July 2020, the federal Ethics Commissioner launched an investigation into whether Trudeau and his then-finance minister Bill Morneau had violated the Conflict of Interest Act.
Canada’s record-setting invitation to immigrants after COVID shortfall an ‘absolute shock’
…However, Toronto immigration lawyer Sergio Karas said trying to meet the immigration target by lowering the bar is a “terrible” way to make policies.
The latest draw unfairly rewards the low scorers, who “took a flyer” and entered the pool, he said, even if they have poor qualifications, poor language skills and poor job prospects while qualified applicants who are still collecting documentation and not yet in the system lose out.
“The draw transforms a well-structured and predictable system into a lottery ticket,” said Karas. “It makes the system look worthless and game-able.”
The excerpt above is the only common sense you’ll find in the Star article.
Just think, both the Liberals and Conservatives could campaign using the same slogan – “A smaller piece of the pie for you!”
A parade of public figures, musicians and activists crossed the stage in front of 16,000 youth gathered in Calgary in October 2016 for the annual WE Charity arena show, known as WE Day. But away from the stage, conflict was brewing.
An image of environmentalist David Suzuki flashed on the big screen at the Saddledome — one face in a montage of “Canadian heroes” intended to inspire young people to go out in the world and do good deeds.
The We Scammers surely identified a kindred hustler. Where was the professional courtesy?
Trade lawyers and human-rights advocates say the actions Canada announced to combat forced labour in China this week are more style than substance.
And one of Canada’s most prominent activists on the issue is calling on Ottawa to follow the United States in a full ban of cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region.
Earlier this week, the Canadian government announced a “comprehensive approach” to “defending the rights of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities” in China’s Xinjiang province. The area in the northwest of the country has come under increasing international scrutiny for mass detentions, forced labour and alleged genocide carried out against people who are not part of China’s dominant Han ethnic group.
Style over substance… That’s Canada’s China Class at work. They will sell you out in a Beijing minute to line their pockets.
China still owes Canada $371 million in decades-old debt
China still owes Canada $371 million in loans it incurred decades ago, and is not expected to repay them in full until 2045.
The little-known debt comes from loans to Beijing through the Canada Account, a federal fund providing credit for export-related transactions, usually to foreign governments and corporations to secure the purchase of Canadian goods, such as commercial planes.
The account is used to support transactions deemed too risky for Export Development Canada’s corporate account, but which are still in the national interest, as determined by the federal minister of International Trade.
This is so Canadian. Crony capitalists reap the profit of sales to the Communist Chinese slave state but it’s lowly tax payers who assume all the financial risk.
Freeland: “Mister Chair, as I said earlier, I am a very strong believer in the importance that the independence of the Bank of Canada plays in our economy … and in our financial system … and I would urge members to ask questions … pertaining to the Bank of Canada, of the Bank of Canada.”
Poilievre: “Well, the minister says that the bank is accountable to the people. We are the people’s representatives. Surely, we should know. So, where did the $180 million go?”
Freeland: “Mister Chair, I want to be very clear that it is undermining of our economy … to be … raising questions in the minds of Canadians about the independence of the Bank of Canada. That is not responsible behaviour.”
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The chief executive officers of 68 Canadian companies that paid out dividends while receiving the pandemic wage subsidy earned an estimated $30 million in dividends themselves during the quarters in which their firms accepted the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), according to an analysis of share ownership stakes by the Financial Post.
Earlier this month, a Post investigation revealed that at least 68 companies that received more than $1 billion in CEWS — a subsidy designed to help companies that have seen their revenue drop significantly cover payroll costs and keep employees in their jobs — paid out more than $5 billion in dividends over the past two quarters.
Tories called out Ottawa for failing to decide whether Huawei should be banned from participating in Canada’s 5G network, and developing a plan to combat Beijing’s growing foreign interference on Canadian soil.
Conservative Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Chong issued a statement Monday criticizing the Liberal government for not responding to a motion passed in Parliament on Nov. 18 that requires the government to “make a decision on Huawei’s involvement in Canada’s 5G network and to introduce a robust plan to counter China’s foreign interference operations here in Canada, both within 30 days.”
Canada’s China class has earned a lucrative living selling Canada out to the CCP. They won’t give that up easily.
The Canadian government has released a database of businesses which have received the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) with WE Charity being listed among the beneficiaries of the program.
The CEWS was implemented by the Canadian government in April to help struggling businesses which have faced declining revenues as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic downturn.
Dominic Barton’s appointment as Canadian ambassador to China last year was inappropriate because he, and the firm he worked at for much of his life, McKinsey & Company, have been unabashed fanboys of the People’s Republic of China for years.
Pandering to the panda is why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s foreign policy toward China has failed. Billions of dollars worth of contract breaches by China remain unaddressed, two innocent Canadian businessmen remain political hostages and the Chinese government’s rhetoric toward Canada has become toxic.
After breaking major international news yesterday with the release of The China Files, the topic came up today during question period in the House of Commons.
The most obvious aspect of Monday’s federal fiscal update is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clearly doesn’t understand economics any better than when he was a precocious, trust-fund baby in sophomore poli sci at McGill.
He seems, truly, to believe money is created through some magical process it is unnecessary to understand or respect.
My guess is the news coverage about Monday’s economic statement will inform Canadians about the record deficit planned and the extra funding initiatives now on offer courtesy of the feds.
But there’s something else Canadians need to know about the plan that charts the government’s fiscal path for the coming months and even years. And that’s the troubling ideology running through the whole thing.
When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, it should include a chapter about how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau engineered “The Great Reset” of the role government plays in our lives, without even bringing in a budget.
How it wasn’t done in secret, but out in the open.
