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Posted by Herman
 - March 06, 2026, 10:51:44 PM
Posted by Herman
 - March 04, 2026, 03:44:38 PM
Posted by Herman
 - March 03, 2026, 07:09:46 PM
This ain't sustainable for much longer.
Posted by Herman
 - February 23, 2026, 07:54:23 PM
 :crampe:
Liberal woman who fled America with her partner, cat, and dog to find a better life in Canada is now PANICKING and PLEADING for help after realizing she can't afford housing there.

"The cost of living is WORSE here, and we can't access anything... If we can't find housing, we're gonna have to leave."
Posted by DKG
 - February 23, 2026, 06:18:03 PM
Six million Canadians cannot get access to a family doctor.

And it takes an average of thirty weeks for a Canadian to see a specialist.

Canadians who have paid into our healthcare system their entire lives can't access timely care.

And Liberals? They keep diverting these limited resources to FAKE refugees, who receive benefits NOT covered by your public plan, like physiotherapy and vision care.
Posted by Brent
 - February 18, 2026, 12:55:40 PM
Canada does not have free universal health care.

A guy I used to work with at CP could not swallow food and was dropping weight fast. He was told he would have to wait eight months for an MRI or pay $750 and get one done right away at a priva5e clinic. Like most Canadians he paid and chose to live.
 
Posted by Herman
 - February 10, 2026, 07:43:50 PM
Posted by DKG
 - February 10, 2026, 10:47:29 AM
Liberal Immigration Minister Lena Diab FINALLY openly acknowledged that her department DOES NOT have any way to track the number of people with temporary visas who are exiting the country.

You read that right. The Carney Liberals have allowed millions of people in Canada to remain on expired or soon-to-expire temporary visas, with NO credible enforcement to ensure they leave.

While at the same time continuing to invite hundreds of thousands more temporary residents into the country.

Carney's chaotic approach to immigration isn't fair to anyone, including newcomers:

Public support for immigration has collapsed.
Housing is unaffordable.
Health care is overwhelmed.
Youth unemployment is rising.
Security screening is weak.
Posted by Herman
 - February 08, 2026, 06:51:11 PM
Posted by Brent
 - February 08, 2026, 12:36:45 PM
A national survey released on January 29 by Research Co. found only 34% of Canadians now say immigration is having a mostly positive effect on the country.

Nearly half, 48%, say the impact is mostly negative. That's not a minor tremor. It's a hard swing in public mood, and it has been moving fast. 

The numbers get more pointed when you ask what Ottawa should do.

The poll found 42% want fewer legal immigrants admitted, while only 13% want more. Even among Canadians who still praise immigrant talent and hard work, patience is running out with the pace and scale of arrivals. 

Why? Because daily life is getting harder, and people can see the link.

The Fraser Institute's 2025 wait times report puts the median wait between a GP referral and treatment at 28.6 weeks. That's more than half a year. You don't need to be a genius to figure out that when the population grows faster than staffing and space, access gets worse.
Posted by Herman
 - January 30, 2026, 09:57:10 PM
This is why working folks cannot get ahead in Canada.
Posted by Herman
 - January 29, 2026, 09:30:06 PM
This is how we got here.
Posted by Herman
 - January 27, 2026, 09:17:25 PM
Conman Carney would rather you think about Donald Trump than the ten years of failure his party has brought to Canada.
Posted by Herman
 - January 20, 2026, 09:15:10 PM
Recent federal polling in Canada shows something that should stop everyone in their tracks.
Younger Canadians are breaking hard in one direction.
Older Canadians are clustering in another.
This isn't a normal political split.
It's a generational fault line.
Canada is staring straight at a past vs future moment.
On one side are people who built their adult lives in a system that worked.
Stable careers.
Defined benefit pensions.
Homes purchased at prices that feel fictional today.
A media environment where one or two outlets shaped the national narrative.
On the other side are people who did everything they were told to do and still can't get ahead.
Educated.
Working hard.
Running side hustles.
Still renting.
Still priced out.
Still watching full-time work become something you're lucky to land.
This isn't left vs right anymore.
It's lived experience vs inherited comfort.
Polling shows older voters overwhelmingly backing the status quo.
Younger voters are drifting away from it at scale.
And that shouldn't surprise anyone.
Older generations came up in a Canada where effort led to progress.
You could plan.
You could save.
You could reasonably expect tomorrow to be better than today.
Younger generations are coming of age in a Canada where the math doesn't work.
Job security is fragile.
Wages lag.
Housing feels permanently out of reach.
And being told to "just be patient" sounds more insulting every year.
So of course they don't trust the same institutions.
Polling also shows a divide in where people get information.
One group still relies heavily on legacy media like CBC and government-adjacent commentary.
The other group gets its worldview from real people.
Podcasts.
Long-form conversations.
Social media.
Friends comparing notes and realizing the same promises keep falling flat.
That isn't ignorance.
That's adaptation.
And here's the part people keep avoiding.
The same voting bloc that kept the substitute drama, "people-kind" guy in office for nearly a decade is now backing his replacement.
Mark Carney.
A guy who, according to polling sentiment and lived reality, has very little to show for everyday Canadians in his first year.
Unless you count elite connections.
Global back-patting.
And alliances that just happen to line up nicely with future boardroom opportunities.
Including Brookfield, all conveniently wrapped in a "blind trust" that asks the public not to look too closely and just trust the process.
That arrangement is easy to accept if your home is paid off, your pension is locked in, and the system still works for you.
It's a lot harder to accept if you're young, renting, stretched thin, and watching the same people who benefited from the old system lecture you about patience.
Polling doesn't lie about this divide.
It's getting wider.
Older voters are protecting the Canada that worked for them.
Younger voters are trying to build a future inside a system that no longer rewards effort.
There's an old lyric that says,
"The children are our future, let them lead the way."
Instead, we ignored them.
Then talked down to them.
Then told them to wait while the door kept closing.
This polling shift isn't radical.
It's rational.
It shows who benefited from the old system.
And who is paying the price to preserve it.
Canada does not need better messaging.
It does not need more panels.
It does not need another "steady hand" protecting insiders.
Canada needs a change.
Now.
Because a country that sacrifices its future to protect its past doesn't stay a country for long.
Posted by Herman
 - January 12, 2026, 09:26:32 PM