The real reason the Liberals are holding on for dear life

recent Hill Times interview with Liberal MP Marcus Powlowski seemed to reveal something telling about the current state of the Liberal caucus: Few of them have ever had it this good, or will ever have it this good again.

Powlowski said that if he loses his seat in Thunder Bay – Rainy River, he can simply return to his medical practice. But as the article then noted, “some MPs may find it hard to get a similar well-paying and prestigious job as they currently have if they lose the next election.”

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The real damage to Canada is showing itself

h/t Patti Jo

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Michael Higgins: To Freeland, the capital gains tax is all that is keeping Canada from anarchy

Madame Defarge, the vengeance seeking shopkeeper in Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities who divided the world into righteous rebels and evil aristos, has morphed into Canada’s deputy prime minister.

According to Chrystia Freeland it appears a seething mass of angry proletarians may be ready to storm the luxury strongholds of the wealthy unless the Liberal plan to raise capital gains tax is implemented.

In a speech on Sunday, Freeland stoked the flames of class and generational warfare using bizarre, outlandish and dangerous rhetoric.

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Trudeau Toast

I like stories that make Justin cry.

‘No hope’ for Liberals winning next federal election with Trudeau as leader, say pollsters

Whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leads the Liberals in the next federal election, or his party’s members choose a successor should he step down from the helm before the federal vote, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is likely headed to forming a majority government, say pollsters.

Trudeau “has basically tanked with everybody,” according to Greg Lyle, president and founder of the Innovative Research Group. “It’s over for him. There’s no hope with Trudeau.”

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Meals Will Have to Cost Under $3 for National School Food Program to Hit Target

The federal government’s plan to feed 400,000 schoolchildren a day with a school food program was based on the cost of meals being under $3 per child.

Promises made by the government will only be met if each meal costs $2.78, which is below the minimum cost identified by the Breakfast Club of Canada, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.

“We would need at least $3 to $6 per child per day,” Judith Barry, co-founder of the Breakfast Club, testified before the Senate national finance committee.

“There are 180 school days. We would need billions,” she said.

This sounds impossible. Wait it is impossible.

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NSICOP report more than a Pandora’s box of bad news for Canadian democracy

HALIFAX—The more secretive a society gets, the less democratic it becomes.

As The Washington Post’s motto puts it, “Democracy dies in darkness.” Canadian democracy has been weakened this past week by a signal failure of transparency, a dire error of priorities. On an issue of monumental importance, the public was informationally dealt out.

What makes that harder to take is that the Trudeau government never misses an opportunity to take a bow for its openness in governance. The PM talks the talk, but sometimes doesn’t walk the walk.

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Ruling Class Concerned Public Developing Zero Tolerance For Their Bullshit

Garage set on fire. Smashed windows. MPs and elected officials are rattled by rising intimidation and threats — and ‘someone is going to get seriously hurt’

OTTAWA — It seems only a matter of time before an elected official in Canada gets seriously hurt.

In March, somebody set fire to the garage at Liberal MP Brendan Hanley’s Yukon home.

No one was injured in the blaze that destroyed the garage, two cars and a motorbike, but it left him “shocked,” profoundly shaken, and fearful about the safety of his family, neighbours and those close to him.

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Trudeau’s Canada: 1 in 5 know someone who used a food bank in the past year – Nanos

One in five Canadians say they or someone they know used a food bank within the past 12 months, a new survey shows.

Conducted by Nanos Research for CTV News over late May and early June, the survey of more than 1,000 Canadians found that, while only two per cent of respondents said they visited a food bank for help, close to twice as many knew of a family member who did, and more than 10 per cent said they had a friend or acquaintance who received assistance.

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Did Politicians Break the Law by Aiding Foreign Influence Efforts?

After years of toiling away little noticed, the awkwardly named National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians certainly caught the nation’s attention this week. The committee, which reviewed 4,000 classified documents totaling 32,000 pages and held closed briefings with officials, found that some federal politicians had been “‘semi-witting or witting’ participants in the efforts of foreign states to interfere in our politics.”

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GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau wrong choice to lead fight against foreign interference

Any strong words Trudeau may mouth about China are to be taken with a very large grain of salt.

Here’s the most alarming thing about Canada’s foreign interference crisis.

It’s that our response to it is presided over by a prime minister who ignored years of warnings about how serious it was and then fought tooth and nail against holding a public inquiry into it, until he had no choice because of unrelenting political, public and media pressure.

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Cory Morgan: For the Sake of the Nation, Names of Parliamentarians Compromised by Foreign Power Must Be Released

The foreign interference issue in Canada transcends partisanship as it’s crucial to ensure citizens don’t lose trust in democratic institutions.

A report released by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) was damning as it stated foreign interests have compromised numerous parliamentarians. The seriousness of this issue can’t be overstated. Some people at the highest levels of power in Canada act in the interests of other states and continue to maintain their political roles while citizens don’t know who they are.

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Canada’s democracy ‘under attack,’ ex-China envoy warns after NSICOP report

Canada’s former ambassador to China, Guy Saint-Jacques, says Beijing’s meddling in Canada’s democracy is worse than it has ever been.

Earlier this week, a report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) alleged that sitting federal politicians are “witting” participants in foreign interference schemes.

The report did not name names, and the Liberal government is resisting revealing their identities, citing concerns about sharing intelligence information.

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