Election 2025

Free speech isn’t a lost cause

At a time when reason is desperately needed, Maxime Bernier has become one of only a few voices of reasons in Canada. “We are not at risk. We are a sovereign country,” the leader of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) told me a few weeks ago.

Seeing an opportunity in hysterical claims that the country is “under attack” from its neighbour, the Liberal Party has rebranded as Team Canada, rallying the country around a patriotism it treated with disdain just a couple of years prior. Rather than lead with prudence, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre has echoed the anti-Trump rhetoric. The propaganda machine is in full swing.

It’s a simple question: Where does Mark Carney pay his personal income taxes? He’s a man with three passports, business interests in the United States, offshore accounts in Bermuda, so asking where he files taxes is a valid question that should come with a simple answer.

h/t Neocon

Get ready for buyer’s remorse on carbon taxes if Mark Carney and the Liberals win the April 28 election.

The reason is the uncritical media reporting of Carney’s so-called plan to kill the consumer carbon tax and replace it with a better system.

What he’s actually doing is a classic “bait and switch” manoeuvre — promising Canadians a less costly, more efficient carbon tax regime during the election, the unspoken part being that he will replace it with a more costly, less transparent system after April 28.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s willingness to shield an MP who openly mused about targeting political rivals is more than a scandal. It erodes Canadians’ trust.

When a government leader tolerates this sort of behaviour it sends a message that accountability and safety are negotiable. It will certainly harden the opinions of rightfully cynical Canadians, just 28 per cent of which have confidence in the federal parliament.

Mark Carney is stealing Conservative campaign promises, which isn’t by itself a bad thing because theirs are better than his.

Lower taxes, less government spending and fewer bureaucrats, more affordable housing, quicker approval of major projects, better national defence, pipelines east and west; all of those are commendable. (The only Conservative policy missing is lower crime and tougher bail.)

Mark Carney was asked some tough questions on Tuesday and he had no good answers for any of them. That goes against his sales pitch to voters that he’s the guy you need in a crisis, in a pinch.

The thing is the crisis can change and it often does with governments.

While governments come to power with big plans, they often end up lurching from crisis to crisis, not of their own making. They need to be nimble, they need to be able to respond to changing circumstances quickly and Carney doesn’t appear to be able to do that.

REPORTER: “Why does China like you? Why is the PRC praising you?”

CARNEY:

“Uh… I have absolutely no idea. And I, um… yeah.
I have absolutely no idea. And I think it, well… I’ll leave it at that.”

That’s not the answer of someone with nothing to hide.
That’s the… pic.twitter.com/WEnDSFEO0v

— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) April 9, 2025

For most Canadians, the COVID pandemic, with its divisive lockdowns, mask mandates, school closures and business failures was a nightmare best forgotten and hopefully never repeated in our lifetime.

For Mark Carney it was a dry run for the sacrifices to be made on behalf of his climate crusade.