What G7 nation would make this out of touch, elitist, stunned cunt Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Canada under Justine, that is which G7 country.

The federal Liberals' new communication strategy appears to be doubling down on their signature tactic: gaslighting Canadians into thinking there's no problem and, if that fails, blaming them for thinking there's a problem at all.

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempted to assert that housing isn't primarily a federal responsibility, despite several key levers fuelling the crisis being very much under federal jurisdiction — and a history of campaigning on housing affordability.

Now, newly minted Justice Minister Arif Virani is telling Canadians their concerns about crime may be all in their heads. He told Reuters: "I think that empirically it's unlikely" Canada is becoming less safe. ​​"But I think there's a sense coming out of the pandemic that people's safety is more in jeopardy."

The facts disagree with him. According to a report by Statistics Canada last week, "Police-reported crime in Canada, as measured by the Crime Severity Index (CSI), increased for the second consecutive year, up four per cent in 2022. The Violent CSI rose in 2022, reaching its highest point since 2007."

In Manitoba, the CSI rose by a staggering 14 per cent in one year.

Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Quebec saw increases of six per cent.

Technically, Justine is right that housing is not a federal responsibility, but the whole housing fiasco is due to the Liberals' immigration policy. Last year alone, nearly 1,00,000 people were admitted into Canada. This year, the number will be higher. There is no way that Canada can build enough new dwellings for all these people. The result is unaffordable house prices, unaffordable rents and an increasing number of people living on the streets. Immigration is good but it must be at a level that will not play havoc with the Canadian housing market.

I am going to post something really sickening that I read. Pierre Trudeau won a big majority after he separated from Margaret.

I would not be surprised at all if True Dope lost the popular vote and the dippers propped him up again
Urban white Canadians hate freedom and prosperity. For others only. Not themselves.

The declining political fortunes of the federal Liberal party — the latest polls suggest they trail the Conservatives by as much as 10 points — is good news. It suggests progressive fantasies about government spending, regulatory initiatives, social engineering and climate policy have finally run into the brick wall of reality. Slamming into a wall is of course painful, so the Liberals are doing their best to carry on denying reality. Their effort to do so is unlikely to continue fooling Canadians, however.

Under the guise of increasing affordability, the Liberals have pumped money into Canadians' bank accounts with numerous programs and handouts in recent years. But the financial relief the money was supposed to provide has proved to be a mirage. Far from increasing prosperity, bigger government has left the Canadian economy in a growth crisis. All that's left to show for the hundreds of billions of dollars in excess spending is more debt, higher interest payments and a decline in affordability resulting from high inflation. Home ownership is out of reach for large segments of the population and the general consumer price level is today nine per cent higher than it would have been if inflation had continued at its pre-2021 pace.

A defining initiative of the current Liberal government is its economy-altering climate program, which it claims is a win-win for the economy and the environment. The program includes an annually escalating carbon tax, inefficient regulation, bans on single-use plastics, over $120 billion in spending since 2015, plus billions more this year in subsidies for plants to build batteries for electric vehicles. This top-down economic management supposedly reduces global warming and increases prosperity by supporting strategically important industries. But the plastic bans have aggravated consumers; Canadians reject the Liberals' claims about the carbon tax enriching most households (with two-thirds saying in a recent poll it is a bad time to increase the tax); and torching billions of dollars on batteries is unlikely to improve the equanimity of Canadians struggling with rising costs of living.

On the issue of crime, too, the Liberals deny reality. Arif Virani, the new justice minister said on his appointment that "I think that empirically it's unlikely" Canada is becoming less safe from crime. But that is wrong. Statistics Canada's Violent Crime Severity Index fell by nearly 30 per cent from 2006 to 2014, while the Conservatives were in power, but under the Liberals this progress has been reversed, with a 38 per cent increase in violent crime from 2014 to 2022. After reaching a low in 2014, non-violent crime has also risen under the Liberals, although not by as much.

The decline of the Liberals, if it persists until the next election, is likely to make Canada's economic stagnation and government mismanagement less embarrassing. That is, as long as the beneficiaries of the Liberal decline continue to be the Conservatives and not the NDP. Under newly elected mayor Olivia Chow, Toronto, a city not known for its wise political choices, is getting a taste of how the NDP deals with unaffordability and crime: by doing nothing to solve these problems while instead wasting $8.6 million to rename Dundas Street — because a street named after a Scot who died over 200 years ago offends the sensitivities of a handful of complainers.

Quote from: Shen Li on August 10, 2023, 07:36:07 PMI would not be surprised at all if True Dope lost the popular vote and the dippers propped him up again
Urban white Canadians hate freedom and prosperity. For others only. Not themselves.

Not this little white duck. The minute I determined the lockdowns were going to become an ongoing thing, I sold up and was on the next plane south.





"...when Black Friday comes, I'll collect everything I'm owed
And before my friends find out I'll be on the road..."

Have you ever read a fairy tale to a child? The ones where heroes scale towers or wave magic wands to change the world? Well, it seems like Trudeau's Minister of Environment, Steven Guilbeault, took those tales a bit too literally.

His recent bid to eliminate fossil fuels from Canada's electrical grid by 2035 is less of a responsible plan and more of an ill-conceived daydream. And for Canada's ratepayers, farmers, and businesses, this daydream will be nothing but a nightmare.

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, an avid cyclist who says she does not own a car, was fined C$273 ($200) for speeding in her home province of Alberta, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Freeland was caught driving 132 km/hr (82 mph) between the towns of Grande Prairie and Peace River.

Freeland is a legislator who represents a parliamentary constituency in central Toronto, Canada's largest city, and is often photographed on her bike.

"A fact that still shocks my dad is that I don't actually own a car," she told reporters last month.

"I walk, I take the subway. My kids walk and ride their bikes and take the subway – it's actually healthier for our family," she said.

Sure you do.

Disagree with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax and former environment minister Catherine McKenna will accuse you of being an "arsonist."

Object to their plan to bring in almost 1.5 million immigrants between now and 2025, contributing to Canada's housing crisis, and Immigration Minister Marc Miller will suggest you're among "a segment of folks that have blamed immigrants for taking houses, taking jobs, you name it."

Express anger about Beijing's dictators interfering in our democracy and Trudeau will reply that "one of the things we've seen, unfortunately, over the past years is a rise in anti-Asian racism linked to the pandemic and concerns being raised or arisen around people's loyalties."

This despite the fact numerous leaders and organizations representing Canadians of Chinese origin have repeatedly called for a public inquiry into foreign interference, while Trudeau continues to rag the puck on calling one.

Criticize Trudeau's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end protests against his government and Trudeau will liken you to supporting "people who wave swastikas," as if it would be impossible to protest federal pandemic policies for legitimate reasons.

Voice, as a Muslim parent, concern about gender identity classes in public schools and the PM will say you're being influenced by "the American right-wing" spreading "misinformation and disinformation" as if no one could have genuine concerns about the issue.

Canada is divided because the leader of our country routinely portrays Canadians who disagree with him not just as wrong, but evil.

Quote from: Herman on August 23, 2023, 02:13:59 AMCanada is divided because the leader of our country routinely portrays Canadians who disagree with him not just as wrong, but evil.

Yes. It's only half the story though.

The other half is the people buying into the lies.

Life in Canada after eight years of Justine taking a hammer to working folks.

Justine does not know how much a two litre carton of milk costs, but he says he is making life cheaper by charging Canadians more for necessities of life. WHat an idiotic piece of shit.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau  claims  he's "making life more affordable" but his own government agencies continue to prove his carbon tax makes life more expensive.   

"Nova Scotians saw prices at the pump increase by 14% in July compared with June," Statistics Canada  reported . "The introduction of the federal carbon levy in the province and higher wholesale prices contributed to higher gasoline prices." 

It's not just Statistics Canada. Canada Revenue Agency  shows  the carbon tax currently increases the price of gasoline by 14¢ per litre, the price of diesel and home heating oil by 17¢ per litre and the price of natural gas by 12¢ per cubic metre.   

"If the charge were to be removed from the three main fuel components of the consumer price index (gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil) it would reduce the inflation rate by 0.4 percentage points," the Bank of Canada  wrote  in a note to Parliament's finance committee. 

In other words, life would be more affordable if Trudeau scrapped the carbon tax.   

The Parliamentary Budget Officer is the federal government's non-partisan, independent budget watchdog. The PBO also notes the carbon tax makes Canadians poorer. 

"Most households will see a net loss, paying more in fuel charges and GST, as well as receiving lower incomes, compared to the Climate Action Incentive payments they receive and lower personal income taxes they pay,"  according  to the PBO.   

The carbon tax will cost the average family between  $347 and $710  this year, even after the rebates are factored in, according to the PBO.   

Trudeau's carbon tax bill is only getting bigger. The carbon tax will increase the price of gas by 37¢ per litre in 2030, according to the CRA.   

Trudeau also imposed a second carbon tax through fuel regulations. The second carbon tax doesn't come with rebates and it's layered on top of Trudeau's original tax.   

Analysis  from the Department of the Environment shows the second carbon tax will "disproportionately impact lower and middle-income households," including Canadians "currently experiencing energy poverty," "single mothers" and "seniors living on fixed incomes." 

Independent government regulators in Atlantic Canada estimate the second carbon tax initially costs between 4¢ and 8¢ per litre of gas.   

By 2030, when the fuel regulations are fully implemented, Trudeau's two carbon taxes will increase the price of gas by about 55¢ per litre and cost the average family more than $2,000 every year. 

While Ottawa has made life more expensive with yearly carbon tax hikes,  other countries  provided gas tax relief.   

The United Kingdom announced billions of dollars of fuel tax relief. Australia cut its gas tax in half. South Korea cut its gas tax by 30%. Germany temporarily cut its fuel tax by 30¢ per litre of gas. The Netherlands cut its gas tax by 17¢ per litre. 

India  cut its gas tax to "keep inflation low, thus helping the poor and middle classes." 

While Canadians are now paying two carbon taxes, more than 75% of countries don't pay a national carbon tax, according to the  World Bank .   

Trudeau knows the carbon tax makes life more expensive. After all, the objective of his carbon tax is to increase the price of gasoline, diesel and heating fuel.   

Trudeau wants Canadians to think he's trying to make life affordable. In reality, Trudeau is failing to do the one thing that would immediately make life more affordable — scrap his carbon taxes.