What a Trudeauesque beginning to the Liberals’ fourth consecutive term — theatre, false starts, evasion and unaccountability, but absent the sunny ways! The technocrat’s prologue risks rivalling the drama teacher’s denouement.
Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government
Is Canada trying to lower home prices or not? Mark Carney should give Canadians his answer to this yes/ no question
Canada’s new federal housing minister, Gregor Robertson, says he wants to make housing more affordable — just not by lowering prices. In a recent interview, Robertson argued that home prices don’t need to fall for affordability to improve. He’s not alone: Prime Minister Mark Carney recently restated that this is “not a yes-no question,” and that it depends on “different time horizons.”
But this kind of linguistic loopty-loop isn’t harmless. It’s a political strategy — one that dodges a simple but essential question: Is the goal of Canadian housing policy to lower home prices or not?
It is, in fact, a yes-or-no question. And the answer matters.
‘Totally unacceptable’ that IDF fired shots near Canadians, Carney says
Prime Minister Mark Carney says it’s “totally unacceptable” that members of the Israeli army fired shots near a diplomatic delegation, which included Canadians, in the West Bank on Wednesday.
The federal government confirmed Wednesday that four members of a Canadian delegation were part of a tour in the city of Jenin when members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) fired in their vicinity. Two were Canadians and two were local staff, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand’s office said.
Carney picked a side. And now this. The future looks ugly.
Israeli occupation soldiers fire live bullets at more than 25 Arab and European ambassadors and diplomats pic.twitter.com/OozeBFIW4D
— Evan Sur ☮️️ (@TheEvanSur) May 22, 2025
Two Israeli Embassy staffers were ass*ssinated outside the Jewish Museum in Washington DC
This is the terrorist Elias Rodriguez, who shot and killed a Jewish couple outside the Jewish museum in DC.
‘Free Palestine’ can now OFFICIALLY be considered a terrorist chant. pic.twitter.com/0AN89lzKuy
— Sumit (@SumitHansd) May 22, 2025
Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim ID’d as couple fatally shot by terrorist who yelled ‘Free, free Palestine’ near DC’s Capital Jewish Museum
Shooter was once linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation — a far-left group that regularly posts anti-Israel rhetoric on social media.
When Hamas applauds you, it’s time to rethink your stance
McLELAN: Liberal pipeline policy needs a driver, not a backseat full of activists
Brian Burke, the famously blunt former NHL general manager, once told team ownership in a job interview, “There will be only two hands on the steering wheel, and they’ll both be mine.” It was his way of telling the billionaire owners that he would be calling the shots and taking full responsibility for them.
That quote is starting to feel more and more relevant to national pipeline policy under the Carney Liberals. Except in Ottawa, it’s not about one person with two hands. It’s more like a guessing game of whose hands are even on the wheel — and whether anyone in the vehicle has a valid license.
FLETCHER: Why do we now need a Ministry of Canadian Identity?
Two unpleasant surprises struck me as I learned the details of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s oversized, largely recycled Liberal cabinet.
One, political correctness has crept ahead again with the rebranding of the ministry of Canadian Heritage to Canadian Identity and Culture. And two, the minister is professional protester Steven Guilbeault.
Anand says she’ll swag finger at Israeli ambassador after IDF fired shots near Canadians
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she’ll relay Canada’s “serious concerns” to Israel’s ambassador after members of the Israeli army fired shots near a diplomatic delegation, which included Canadians, in the West Bank on Wednesday.
In a social media post the new minister confirmed four Canadian personnel were part of a tour in the city of Jenin when members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) fired in their vicinity. Anand’s office later that two were Canadian and two were local staff.
UK, France and Canada demand a Hamas state
Who wants a state ruled by Hamas, dedicated to committing genocide against its neighbour and living in a permanent state of war? Judging from their joint statement this week, the governments of the United Kingdom, France, and Canada want to see that exact outcome.
Those three governments say they are in favor of “ending Hamas’ control of Gaza,” but by demanding Israel unilaterally end its military operation to defeat Hamas, they prove that is a lie.
To me it illustrates the corruption at the Liberal party’s core. Siding with Hamas is despicable.
Our streets will be even less safe now that the Liberal government has given official approval to the Islamist’s goals.
Mark Carney is already facing a restive Liberal caucus
Mark Carney isn’t getting much of a honeymoon as a new prime minister.
It’s been a bit of a bumpy ride since Carney swore in his new cabinet just a week ago, which featured some surprising new ministers, as well as some conspicuous absences, such as Nate Erskine-Smith, who pronounced himself disrespected.
Others kicked out of Carney’s pre-election cabinet, such as Bill Blair and Ali Ehsassi, have been less public with any disappointment they may be feeling, but there’s no question that this particular shuffle has given the prime minister’s team a morale issue to handle right off the bat.
Canada Had Largest Debt Increase Among G7 Countries Over Last Decade: Fraser Institute
Canada’s total government debt has grown substantially since 2014 and has outpaced nearly every other advanced country’s around the world, according to a new study from the Fraser Institute.
The study, “The Deterioration of Canada’s Finances Internationally” released May 15, compared Canada’s finances during the last 10 years to that of 40 other advanced countries internationally, including G7 countries. The authors found that Canada experienced one of the largest increases in government size over the last decade and now has one of the highest debt burdens of any advanced economy country.
This is how Canada is being run under the LPC.
LILLEY: Liberals lied on the carbon tax, according to Statistics Canada data
When the House of Commons was last sitting in December — some five months ago — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre raised the issue of the carbon tax and inflation. Then Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau called Poilievre’s statements “absolute nonsense” and dismissed the idea that the carbon tax and inflation were connected.
Carney’s window of political opportunity for pipelines is short
The Quebec government is open to an oil pipeline.
More than that: In a podcast interview last week, Premier François Legault mused about building a pipeline to an export terminal in Sept-Iles, on Quebec’s North Shore.
“Could we imagine having a pipeline that goes through northern Quebec which could end, for example, in the port of Sept-Iles?” Mr. Legault said in the interview.
I doubt we will see a pipeline built during WEF Boy’s tenure.
Tasha Kheiriddin: Carney Liberals give Hamas a pass
On Monday, Canada issued a joint communique with France and the United Kingdom on Israel’s latest military operation in Gaza. “We will not stand by while the Netanyahu Government pursues these egregious actions,” it read. “If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions.” In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clapped back that “the leaders in London, Ottawa and Paris are offering a huge prize for the genocidal attack on Israel on October 7 while inviting more such atrocities.”
Israel ‘taken aback’ by Canada’s threat of action over war, wants Carney to visit: ambassador
OTTAWA — Israel’s ambassador in Ottawa says his country is “quite taken aback” by Canada’s decision to threaten action alongside the United Kingdom and France, over its war against Hamas and believes Prime Minister Mark Carney ought to pay the Israel a visit.
“This is unprecedented,” Iddo Moed, Israel’s ambassador to Canada, told National Post in an interview Tuesday.
Adam Zivo: Housing minister says unaffordable homes are the answer
Canada’s new housing minister Gregor Robertson says that the prices of existing homes shouldn’t go down, lest this negatively impact current homeowners, and that affordable housing should be provided through massive government subsidies instead. His position is economically illiterate and raises concerns about his fitness to lead this portfolio.
Anyone with a cursory understanding of economics knows that, in a regular market, the price of any given commodity will be roughly the same for both the buyer and seller. If you want people to have the option of purchasing $3 coffee, for example, you need cafes that are willing to sell coffee for $3 as well. While these dynamics are sometimes distorted — i.e. through taxes and subsidies — this is, for the most part, how transactions work.
GIESBRECHT: ‘Conscription if necessary but not necessarily conscription’
Mark Carney is being accused of giving Alberta and Quebec different answers on the east-west pipeline issue. Basically, the accusation is that he is telling Alberta “Yes, we will build the pipeline” while at the same time telling Quebec “No, we won’t, unless you change your mind and say Yes.”
We should not be surprised. In fact, he is just taking a page out of the playbook of William Lyon Mackenzie King who, with a total of 21 years and 154 days in office, remains not only the longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history, but also the longest-serving Liberal leader. He held the position for exactly 29 years.