Trudeau and Carney have smothered our our valuable resource sector with onerous regulations and legislation like Bill C-69, the "no new pipelines act;" Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act; or Bill C-59, which bans businesses from promoting the environmental positives of their work if it doesn't meet a government-approved standard. It has legally committed itself to achieving net-zero by 2050, which puts the long-term future of oil and gas in doubt.

Quote from: DKG on January 13, 2026, 09:53:00 AMWe are running out of time to right the ship. Unfortunately it will never happen with these globalist Liberals in power.

This was written by Terry Burton, a former advisor to the Alberta Apprenticeshipr Board.

Canadians are leaving — not in small numbers, not quietly, and not for trivial reasons. They are leaving because Canada is becoming economically uncompetitive, socially fractured, politically coercive, and increasingly intolerant of dissent. This is not a matter of pessimism or ideology; it is a rational response to a country that is steadily eroding the conditions that once made it attractive to live, work, raise a family, and invest.

For decades, Canada enjoyed a reputation as a stable, rules-based democracy with opportunity, fairness, and freedom at its core. That reputation is now under serious threat. People are voting with their feet, and the message they are sending is unmistakable: Canada is losing its way.

The economic reality alone is enough to drive people out. The cost of living continues to rise sharply while productivity stagnates. Housing is unaffordable in much of the country, particularly in Vancouver and Toronto, where ownership has become a fantasy for the middle class. Healthcare and education — pillars of national pride — are failing. Canadians wait years to find a family doctor. Students graduate without mastery of basic skills. Infrastructure decays while public projects run massively over budget.

At the same time, Canadians face suffocating taxation at every level: income taxes, carbon taxes, fuel taxes, property taxes, payroll taxes, and consumption taxes. Governments run chronic deficits with little concern for sustainability, saddling future generations with debt while delivering diminishing returns in services.

Unsurprisingly, investment is fleeing. Canada has become a hostile environment for business and capital. Endless red tape, prolonged permitting, regulatory unpredictability, ideological opposition to resource development, and governments openly choosing "winners and losers" have destroyed investor confidence. Canada is resource-rich, yet refuses to develop its energy, mining, forestry, and agricultural potential efficiently — or at all. Growth stalls, productivity falls, and opportunity disappears.

Social cohesion is also unraveling. Crime is rising, particularly violent and organized crime, while courts increasingly treat criminals as victims and law-abiding citizens as inconveniences. Public drug use, overdose deaths, homelessness, and urban decay are tolerated under the guise of compassion, leaving ordinary Canadians feeling unsafe in their own communities. Trust in institutions has eroded badly.

Perhaps most corrosive is the growing perception of a two-tier justice system — unequal enforcement, selective prosecution, and ideological bias. Parental rights are under sustained attack, particularly in education, where governments and courts increasingly override families in favour of ideological agendas. Parents who object are dismissed, marginalized, or labeled intolerant.

Canada's drift toward authoritarianism is no longer hypothetical. Free speech is narrowing. Governments continue to expand surveillance, compelled speech, and vague "hate" laws that chill legitimate debate. Dissenting views — on climate policy, energy, public health, or social issues — are not debated; they are suppressed. Canadians watch other Western countries arrest citizens over social media posts and worry, with good reason, that Canada is moving in the same direction — with public support.

Religious tensions are increasing, and people of faith — particularly Jewish Canadians — feel under threat, while authorities appear reluctant to respond decisively. Meanwhile, churches and faith communities face growing scrutiny and surveillance. This is not pluralism; it is selective tolerance.

Media, once a safeguard against government overreach, is widely perceived as compromised. Government funding, ideological conformity, and selective reporting have led many Canadians to see mainstream media as an extension of political power rather than a check on it. Unequal justice, censorship, and state overreach go largely unchallenged, further eroding public trust.

Overlaying all of this is a culture of enforced orthodoxy — DEI over merit, virtue signaling over competence, groupthink over debate. Those who challenge prevailing narratives are punished socially, professionally, or legally. Ironically, those most eager to brand others "fascist" appear increasingly comfortable with coercion, censorship, and state control.

The cumulative effect is devastating. Canada no longer offers order, predictability, fairness, or opportunity to a growing segment of its population. Skilled workers, entrepreneurs, families, and freedom-minded citizens see better futures elsewhere — countries with lower costs, stronger growth, clearer rules, and greater respect for individual liberty. Even recent immigrants, once optimistic, are leaving.

The fact that Canada may still outperform weaker states is irrelevant when it is losing ground against its own history, against peer nations, and against the expectations of its citizens. Dismissing these concerns does not refute them; it confirms why so many no longer feel heard — and why they are choosing exit over staying.

Until then, unfortunately and sadly, Canadians and recent arrivals will continue to make the rational choice.

Predictably and most worrisome, they will leave.

I did that. And more planned chaos is on the way.

We are running out of time to right the ship. Unfortunately it will never happen with these globalist Liberals in power.

This was written by Terry Burton, a former advisor to the Alberta Apprenticeshipr Board.

Canadians are leaving — not in small numbers, not quietly, and not for trivial reasons. They are leaving because Canada is becoming economically uncompetitive, socially fractured, politically coercive, and increasingly intolerant of dissent. This is not a matter of pessimism or ideology; it is a rational response to a country that is steadily eroding the conditions that once made it attractive to live, work, raise a family, and invest.

For decades, Canada enjoyed a reputation as a stable, rules-based democracy with opportunity, fairness, and freedom at its core. That reputation is now under serious threat. People are voting with their feet, and the message they are sending is unmistakable: Canada is losing its way.

The economic reality alone is enough to drive people out. The cost of living continues to rise sharply while productivity stagnates. Housing is unaffordable in much of the country, particularly in Vancouver and Toronto, where ownership has become a fantasy for the middle class. Healthcare and education — pillars of national pride — are failing. Canadians wait years to find a family doctor. Students graduate without mastery of basic skills. Infrastructure decays while public projects run massively over budget.

At the same time, Canadians face suffocating taxation at every level: income taxes, carbon taxes, fuel taxes, property taxes, payroll taxes, and consumption taxes. Governments run chronic deficits with little concern for sustainability, saddling future generations with debt while delivering diminishing returns in services.

Unsurprisingly, investment is fleeing. Canada has become a hostile environment for business and capital. Endless red tape, prolonged permitting, regulatory unpredictability, ideological opposition to resource development, and governments openly choosing "winners and losers" have destroyed investor confidence. Canada is resource-rich, yet refuses to develop its energy, mining, forestry, and agricultural potential efficiently — or at all. Growth stalls, productivity falls, and opportunity disappears.

Social cohesion is also unraveling. Crime is rising, particularly violent and organized crime, while courts increasingly treat criminals as victims and law-abiding citizens as inconveniences. Public drug use, overdose deaths, homelessness, and urban decay are tolerated under the guise of compassion, leaving ordinary Canadians feeling unsafe in their own communities. Trust in institutions has eroded badly.

Perhaps most corrosive is the growing perception of a two-tier justice system — unequal enforcement, selective prosecution, and ideological bias. Parental rights are under sustained attack, particularly in education, where governments and courts increasingly override families in favour of ideological agendas. Parents who object are dismissed, marginalized, or labeled intolerant.

Canada's drift toward authoritarianism is no longer hypothetical. Free speech is narrowing. Governments continue to expand surveillance, compelled speech, and vague "hate" laws that chill legitimate debate. Dissenting views — on climate policy, energy, public health, or social issues — are not debated; they are suppressed. Canadians watch other Western countries arrest citizens over social media posts and worry, with good reason, that Canada is moving in the same direction — with public support.

Religious tensions are increasing, and people of faith — particularly Jewish Canadians — feel under threat, while authorities appear reluctant to respond decisively. Meanwhile, churches and faith communities face growing scrutiny and surveillance. This is not pluralism; it is selective tolerance.

Media, once a safeguard against government overreach, is widely perceived as compromised. Government funding, ideological conformity, and selective reporting have led many Canadians to see mainstream media as an extension of political power rather than a check on it. Unequal justice, censorship, and state overreach go largely unchallenged, further eroding public trust.

Overlaying all of this is a culture of enforced orthodoxy — DEI over merit, virtue signaling over competence, groupthink over debate. Those who challenge prevailing narratives are punished socially, professionally, or legally. Ironically, those most eager to brand others "fascist" appear increasingly comfortable with coercion, censorship, and state control.

The cumulative effect is devastating. Canada no longer offers order, predictability, fairness, or opportunity to a growing segment of its population. Skilled workers, entrepreneurs, families, and freedom-minded citizens see better futures elsewhere — countries with lower costs, stronger growth, clearer rules, and greater respect for individual liberty. Even recent immigrants, once optimistic, are leaving.

The fact that Canada may still outperform weaker states is irrelevant when it is losing ground against its own history, against peer nations, and against the expectations of its citizens. Dismissing these concerns does not refute them; it confirms why so many no longer feel heard — and why they are choosing exit over staying.

Until then, unfortunately and sadly, Canadians and recent arrivals will continue to make the rational choice.

Predictably and most worrisome, they will leave.

Canadian Taxpayer Federation lawyers have officially filed the full court record in the challenge to Ottawa's "No More Pipelines Law," officially known as the Impact Assessment Act.

That means the case is now fully before the Alberta Court of Appeal, which has scheduled the hearing for the week of Feb. 23.

This law blocks provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador from developing their natural resources and creating good-paying jobs for people in their own provinces.

You already know this law has serious constitutional problems.

In a previous court challenge, we argued the law is unconstitutional and the Supreme Court agreed. Ottawa rushed through amendments, but they're arguing the federal government failed to fix the very flaws that made the law unconstitutional in the first place.

You can't let Ottawa get away with this.

Trump is right.

Conman Carney wants every country to be prosperous except Canada. That is why he does not invest his fortune here.

On top of this we have a government that thinks symbolic climate change measures are more important than making groceries affordable again.

QuoteCapital flight signals no confidence in Carney's agenda

Between bad trade calls and looming deficits, Canada is driving money out just when it needs it most.

Canadians voted for relative continuity in April, but investors voted with their wallets, moving $124 billion out of the country.

According to the National Bank, Canadian investors purchased approximately $124 billion in American securities between February and July of this year. At the same time, foreign investment in Canada dropped sharply, leaving the country with a serious hole in its capital base.

As Warren Lovely of National Bank said, "With non-resident investors aloof and Canadians adding foreign assets, the country has suffered a major capital drain" — one he called "unprecedented."
Why is this happening?

One reason is trade. Canada adopted one of the most aggressive responses to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff agenda. Former prime minister Justin Trudeau not only imposed retaliatory tariffs on the United States but escalated tensions further by targeting goods covered under the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), something even the Trump administration avoided.

The trade story alone explains much of the exodus, but fiscal policy is another concern. Interim parliamentary budget officer Jason Jacques recently called Ottawa's approach "stupefying" and warned that Canada risks a 1990s-style fiscal crisis if spending isn't brought under control. During the 1990s, ballooning deficits forced deep program cuts and painful tax hikes. Interest rates soared, Canada's debt was downgraded and Ottawa nearly lost control of its finances. Investors are seeing warning signs that history could repeat itself.

Deficits of that scale matter. They can drive up borrowing costs, leave less room for social spending and undermine confidence in the country's long-term fiscal stability. For investors managing pensions, RRSPs or business portfolios.

Canada's balance sheet now looks shaky compared to the U.S. economy.
Add in high taxes, heavy regulation and interprovincial trade barriers and the picture grows bleaker.

The Carney government needs to take this unprecedented capital drain seriously. Investors are not acting on a whim. They are responding to structural problems — ill-advised trade actions, runaway federal spending and persistent barriers to growth — that Ottawa has yet to fix.

In the short term, that means striking a deal with Washington to lower tariffs and restore confidence that Canada can maintain stable access to U.S. markets. It also means resisting the urge to spend Canada into deeper deficits when warning lights are already flashing red. Over the long term, Ottawa must finally tackle high taxes, cut red tape and eliminate the bureaucratic obstacles that stand in the way of economic growth.

Capital has choices. Right now, it is voting with its feet and with its dollars and heading south. If Canada wants that capital to come home, the government will have to earn it back.

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldberg-capital-flight-signals-no-confidence-in-carneys-agenda

Here are four big reasons why Canada is going down the shitter.

This editorial appeared in the National Post. It highlights why investors prefer investing in the certainty and safety of the United States over Canada with a legal and bureaucratic apparatus to use lawfare and procedural sabotage to create a hostile environment for investment.

Carney's budget creating record deficits to spend billions of dollars to create hydroelectic power in Nunavut for 13,000 people does not reassure global investors and boost our sagging productivity.

Mr. Carney, investors don't see 'rule of law' in Canada — they see chaos


When asked what "extra" Canada does to appeal to foreign investors over the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney replied, "Well, we have the rule of law," a remark that was met with laughter in the room. This comment reveals a staggering disconnect from reality — a political fantasy that frames Canada as a bastion of stability against the "shaky and unpredictable" nature of its largest trading partner. An analysis of the objective investment climate exposes this assertion as nothing more than political marketing, divorced from economic reality.

While investment risk in the United States is often political, external, and transactional, the risk in Canada is systemic, legal, and structural. For long-term, capital-intensive projects, this deep, internal rot is fundamentally more toxic and unmanageable than the headline-driven volatility of a U.S. administration.

If the "rule of law" in Canada is meant to provide the certainty and predictability that capital demands, it is failing spectacularly. Investors seek clear title and dependable contracts. Canada is increasingly delivering the opposite. Investors don't witness stability — they witness a fractured federation, a weaponized bureaucracy, and a legal system that injects profound uncertainty into the most basic elements of capitalism, like property rights.

Consider the devastating B.C. Supreme Court decision in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada. The court's declaration recognized Aboriginal title to land underlying private properties in a large, developed area of Richmond.

This decision didn't expropriate the land, but it accomplished something almost as destructive to investor confidence: it shattered the entire land tenure system. Landowners and businesses now confront a destabilized legal framework where the very ownership of their land hangs in question. This isn't theoretical risk — it's a judicial earthquake that injects massive uncertainty into property rights, the absolute bedrock of a stable, investable economy.

Carney claims the U.S. is unpredictable, yet Canada's greatest infrastructure challenge remains its own internal borders. We aren't one economy — we are 13 squabbling fiefdoms. The poster child for this dysfunction remains the Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline debacle. The project became so mired in regulatory gridlock and open inter-provincial warfare — with the B.C. government actively working to kill a federally approved project — that its private-sector proponent, Kinder Morgan, finally capitulated. The only way to get it built was for the federal government to nationalize it, a bizarre outcome for a nation supposedly committed to free-market principles.

This failure wasn't an anomaly. Just last month, the premiers of Alberta and B.C. were again publicly feuding over new pipeline proposals. This ongoing hostility is precisely the "unpredictability" that investors flee. Why would a company risk billions in a country where a provincial premier can unilaterally sabotage a project that has already cleared a billion-dollar federal review?

The prime minister's "rule of law" rhetoric ignores the brutal reality of Canada's regulatory and legal gauntlet  — a system that, as the Macdonald-Laurier Institute recently exposed , has empowered a "legal and bureaucratic apparatus" to use "lawfare" and "procedural sabotage" to create a hostile environment for investment.

The duty to consult with Indigenous groups, a constitutionally vital principle, has been perverted by this bureaucracy into a process with no clear timeline, no off-ramp, and no point of finality. It has become a recipe for indefinite paralysis, granting a de facto veto to countless groups, including a sprawling regulatory state.

We witness the same paralysis in Ontario's Ring of Fire. A generational opportunity to supply the world with critical minerals for the green transition is, once again, indefinitely stalled by a web of legal challenges, regulatory duplication, and jurisdictional squabbling.

For all its political theatre, the U.S. often delivers what capital craves most: certainty and speed. A project in Texas or Louisiana may face hurdles, but it doesn't face a provincial government threatening to tear up the constitution, or a legal challenge that questions the ground beneath your feet decades after a city was built.

In Canada, "rule of law" has degenerated into a "rule of lawyers," where the process is the punishment. The result isn't stability — it's paralysis. A 2023 Fraser Institute survey of energy executives found that investors are significantly more deterred by regulatory duplication, environmental regulations, and disputed land claims in Canada than in competing U.S. jurisdictions.

The government's own actions and the text of its budget serve as a comprehensive admission that Canada's investment climate is failing catastrophically. If the nation's "rule of law" was a sufficient draw for capital, the massive state intervention proposed in Budget 2025 would be unnecessary. The budget, titled "Canada Strong," isn't a celebration of a functioning system but a desperate, $1 trillion attempt to "supercharge growth" and correct profound, long-term domestic failures.

Richard Ciano, CAIP, is Chief Strategist at Yorkville Strategies Inc., a market research firm.

Quote from: Thiel on November 17, 2025, 12:57:39 PMJo Jo, I know how hard you try to get the attention of posters here and yet those meanies continue to ignore you. Sweetie, you have my word I will never do that.

Mr. Carney was booed at yesterday's CFL championship while doing what he does best - throwing away other people's money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azZgSY3pV-I

Jesus H I laughed so hard my gut hurt when I saw working folks showing the prog Conman what they think of him.

Jo Jo, I know how hard you try to get the attention of posters here and yet those meanies continue to ignore you. Sweetie, you have my word I will never do that.

Mr. Carney was booed at yesterday's CFL championship while doing what he does best - throwing away other people's money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azZgSY3pV-I

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