Before Liberals get too excited about Mark Carney, they should remember Michael Ignatieff

Before Liberals get too excited about Mark Carney, they should remember Michael Ignatieff

Sixteen years ago, a handsome man in his 50s, who had been a big deal in the United Kingdom, addressed a Liberal policy convention. He was distinguished and impressive and he possessed the political allure that comes with having been a great success at something other than politics. Though he did not admit to having any ambitions for public office, he was already being touted as a potential successor to the prime minister of the day.

Less than a year later, Michael Ignatieff was the Liberal MP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Four years after that, he was leader of the Liberal party.

But the less said about what happened after that, the better.

Freeland is the anointed one, good luck with that.

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Chrystia Freeland is ready to go on a spending spree. But how is she going to pay for it?

 

Read through the list of resolutions bubbling up at this weekend’s Liberal policy convention, and you’ll realize there’s a subtext: big spending is a virtue.

The party’s grassroots are looking for public transit, regional development, affordable housing, onshoring of manufacturing, high-speed internet, clean energy, infrastructure, high-speed rail and high-speed internet.

And then there are the big-ticket recommendations: pharmacare for all, and a universal basic income for all too.

They’re proposed in the name of improving the quality of life in Canada, post-pandemic and in the longer run too. Nary a mention is made of who will pay the bill.

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BONOKOSKI: Experts question Trudeau’s strung-out vaccine strategy

BONOKOSKI: Experts question Trudeau’s strung-out vaccine strategy

Evidence is mounting fast that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing Crazy 8s with a euchre deck and using millions of Canadians as guinea pigs by moving the second COVID-19 vaccine back by four months.

The primary manufacturers of the vaccines — Pfizer and Moderna — say 21-to-28-days is the maximum wait, not a full third of a year.

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What Is China Really up to on Canadian Soil? A Woman’s Brutal Murder Sheds Light on a Cult and a Disturbing Chinese Spy Network

It’s a sunny day and you’re driving down a backcountry road far from any military bases. Out of nowhere, you spy several dozen adults in camouflage marching together as if they’re a military unit on patrol. That would be out of place enough by itself. Add to it that they appear to be clad in gear resembling that of another nation’s military. You’d probably grab your phone and capture video of the incident.

Salt Spring Island is a sleepy resort island off the Vancouver coast in British Columbia, Canada. You can only get there by ferry or seaplane. In June 2020, Canadians woke up to a pair of bizarre, seemingly unconnected events two years and 100 miles apart, including a mysterious murder.

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Trudeau government teaches civil servants that ‘only white people can be racist’

LILLEY: Feds’ anti-racism training deals with political agendas, nothing else

“Canada — a colonial settler society — is a concept based on many myths, including European discovery and harmonious multiculturalism,” the section reads in part.

While participants in this training, offered up by Global Affairs Canada, are told to question the very name of the country, they’re also informed not to question other points such as the claim that only white people can be racist.”

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Trudeau’s ‘Green transition’ could ̷d̷i̷s̷p̷l̷a̷c̷e̷ destroy the jobs of the majority of Canada’s energy workers: report

Three-quarters of the Canadians employed in oil and gas could lose their jobs as the country pursues aggressive climate targets, according to a new report that warns governments must develop worker transition plans now to prevent disastrous consequences.

If they don’t, workers could face displacement similar to that of the U.S. and Canadian manufacturing sectors in the 1990s and early 2000s, when automation and technological changes led to a decline in manual jobs across the economy.

The report by TD Economics for release on Tuesday estimates that by 2050, up to 450,000 of Canada’s current 600,000 direct and indirect oil and gas jobs could become casualties of falling demand for fossil fuel as more countries and companies commit to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

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De-Alienating the West

The Andrew Lawton Show is taking an in-depth look at western alienation and the growing push for independence in Alberta. Andrew sits down with Alberta activist Danny Hozak, People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier and Wildrose Independence Party interim leader Paul Hinman to talk about Alberta’s upcoming referendum, the state of the province, and what independence might look like.

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BAROOTES: Trudeau’s made-in-America obsession with guns does nothing to keep us safe

You know a federal election is in the air when a Liberal government starts to dream up a new suite of exotic and invasive gun laws.

In the past year alone, the Trudeau government has announced a federal buy-back program for a list of firearms they have now deemed to be illegal. They introduced new legislation that will allow municipalities to ban law-abiding Canadians from owning restricted firearms, which could also ban airsoft sports. And, most recently, they have introduced Bill C-22 to eliminate a number of mandatory minimum penalties for firearms offenses that keep communities safe.

For those keeping score at home, this means the Trudeau government is now treating people who obey the law like criminals, people who break the law like victims, and people who work for municipalities as if they work for the federal government instead.

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In a democracy, the government shouldn’t fund the media

When I was training to become a Chartered Accountant (now Chartered Professional Accountant or CPA) one of the most important lessons they drilled into us was the notion of independence. When conducting an audit, the auditor signing off on the auditor’s report cannot be related to or best friends with the owner of the company being audited or be heavily invested as a shareholder.

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Green energy isn’t viable without subsidies: Audit

Federal auditors are calling the Renewable Energy Deployment Program a “market failure.”

An internal report at the Department of Natural Resources that looked at the program from 2002-19 says without subsidies, few green energy projects like solar panels, wind farms, and geothermal projects can survive financially, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

Oh sure. Next they’ll be telling us that insiders have made a fortune on these scams.

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Spendthrift Trudeau Government Dumps 50 Million More Of Your Bucks On Syria … Couldn’t our Aboriginals use those clean water kits?

… Canada is contributing $49.5 million, which will go toward providing “nutritional assistance for communities affected by the war, as well as primary health care and sexual and reproductive health and rights services,” according to a statement from Global Affairs Canada.

“Canada’s aid will also provide clean water, sanitation and hygiene kits to families.”

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