Sunday Post

Oh, things are not looking good for Justin at all:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians gave his government a mandate in the last election to implement a national carbon price and that is exactly what it is going to do.

Yes, Justin, about that:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an ultimatum to the provinces on Monday, announcing his government's plan to set a minimum carbon tax even as environment ministers were meeting in Montreal to discuss options for carbon pricing.

Several provinces and territories reacted angrily – three environment ministers walked out of the federal-provincial climate talks – after Mr. Trudeau's unilateral announcement in the House of Commons. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said the decision is a "betrayal" of the co-operative approach the Prime Minister had promised and that the tax would devastate his province's economy.

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A majority of Albertans disapprove of the NDP's climate plan and even more don't support the looming carbon tax, despite Premier Rachel Notley's suggestions to the contrary, a new poll suggests.

Sixty-three per cent either somewhat or strongly disapprove of the carbon tax, which is to come into effect on Jan. 1, 2017, according to the poll by ThinkHQ released Thursday.

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After launching the carbon-pricing program in 2017, cap-and-trade remains an established plank in the Liberals’ platform. However, carbon pricing shows to be a divisive issue among Ontarians. Seven in ten (72%) agree (41% strongly/31% somewhat) that carbon taxes are simply a tax grab. 

Significantly more Conservative voters (85%) agree with this statement, but still a majority of NDP (72%) and Liberal (54%) voters agree.

A majority of Ontarians also agree that carbon taxes are a pointless, symbolic gesture (68%, 36% very/32% somewhat), and that they unfairly punish people who commute by car to work (68% agree, 29% very/39% somewhat). Again, Conservative voters are more likely to agree with these statements: eight in ten (83%) agree that carbon taxes are a pointless symbolic gesture (vs. 65% NDP voters, 48% Liberal voters), while another eight in ten (83%) agree carbon taxes unfairly punish commuters (vs. 71% NDP voters, 52% Liberal voters).

Caught in another lie, Justin.




If everyone is so keen on this tax grab carbon tax, why are other provinces racing to get out of it?:

The premiers of Saskatchewan and Ontario welcomed another province into their anti-carbon-tax tent on Thursday and said the fight against Ottawa’s plan to put a price on pollution is gaining momentum.

Ontario’s Doug Ford and Scott Moe from Saskatchewan said they were pleased at Manitoba’s about-face on its intention to bring in a carbon levy.

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announced on Wednesday that his province will not be going ahead with a $25-a-tonne levy that was to come into effect in December. He said the province was pulling out because Ottawa has not backed down from its intention to bring in its own higher rate.

“We have common ground in our opposition to the federal government’s attempted imposition of a carbon tax,” Moe said after a meeting with Ford in Saskatoon.

“It’s clear that opposition to this ill-advised, destructive policy is growing across the nation.”

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Brian Pallister's abrupt about-face on a carbon tax came after the Manitoba premier felt like he was being used as a prop by Ottawa, and sources say it was a surprise to most in his own caucus.

(Sidebar: oh, I'll bet it was.)




The carbon tax isn't Justin's only race to the bottom of the moral barrel:

In the wake of the Trudeau Liberals voting against putting Tori Stafford’s killer Terri-Lynne McClintic back behind bars, people are pointing out an outrageous double-standard:

Justin Trudeau had time to meet with Joshua Boyle – who is now facing incredibly serious charges in court – yet hasn’t met with Tori Stafford’s father Rodney Stafford.

That was pointed out by Senator Linda Frum:

“But lots of time for Joshua Boyle.”

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The term “ambulance-chasing” applied to politicians and lawyers is a harsh phrase even when it may have some merit of accuracy. How it enters into a legitimate debate, spurred by public sentiment, on the apparently lax punishment of a young girl’s killer, and flows from the mouth of a prime minister so ardent for honourable debate and positivity is probably a question best left to him. Whatever answer he comes up with, it will not be filed under “Civility in Politics.”

The Liberals and the NDP (and, by default, their supporters) voted against keeping co-murderess, Terri-Lynne McClintic, in prison but into a spa.


This spa:

Child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic isn’t welcome at the healing lodge that sits on Nekaneet First Nation land, band members say.

McClintic’s transfer from a medium-security prison in Ontario to the Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge in Saskatchewan has triggered national outrage.

And local band members are furious as well that they were not consulted and only recently learned the child killer was nearby.

There are no fences at the healing lodge and over the years, there have been a number of escapes.

“When you have cases like this that are this horrendous it is a safety concern for everybody because we have children in our community and I know that there are some mothers out there in our community that are absolutely concerned for their children,” band member Cherish Francis told CKOM News Talk Radio.

Your deflection is noble but you're part of the problem. None of this would be an issue if we refused race-based anything and acknowledged that Stone-Age justice was nothing like the noble savage fantasies cooked up by white liberals and a lawyer class bent on new ways to fleece their clients and the public alike.


Also - slimy worms who attack women deserve to lose their jobs:

A man allegedly caught on viral video doing a roundhouse kick and striking a woman in the shoulder during an anti-abortion rally, knocking her phone out of her hand, has been arrested by Toronto Police. ...

Hunt has also been charged with one count of assault in a separate incident on Aug. 2, however, Hopkinson could not confirm whether it was in relation to a second video that surfaced earlier this week, showing a man who was harassing other anti-abortion protesters. ...

Hunt, who deleted his social media accounts, was fired by Noble Studio 101, a hair salon near Queen St. W. and Brock Ave. who released a statement on Wednesday saying he’d “been caught on camera assaulting an innocent bystander at a pro-life rally. We don’t condone his actions and he has been let go.”

 But there is more to dismay poor, little Justin:

Justin Trudeau dreams of closer Canadian ties with China. The deal he just made with President Donald Trump makes it harder for that to happen.

The new trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico includes a provision that requires one member to notify the others if it launches trade talks with a non-market economy. If those talks lead to a deal, the signatory could potentially be frozen out of the North American pact.

It’s essentially a China clause, with the Trump administration gearing up for trade war with Beijing. 

It’s also partially symbolic. But for Trudeau, it’s either a concession or an admission that his aspirations for a free-trade deal China have fallen flat.

The Canadian prime minister’s visit to China fizzled last year, and he rejected a major takeover this spring. But in a Cabinet shuffle this summer — when the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement was still unclear —  he added “diversification” to his new trade minister’s title. And now he’s effectively siding with the U.S. against the Asian powerhouse.

“The U.S. is going to get all its partners to gang up on China, but it’s clear that Canada did this because there was a gun to its head,” said Mary Lovely, an economics professor at Syracuse University who studies trade issues. “Now Canada has its hands tied.”

This China:

Communist China has been caught in a massive hack of nearly 30 U.S. companies.
According to a Bloomberg Business week report, the Chinese government inserted small microchips into hardware during manufacturing – without the knowledge of the companies.

(Sidebar: oh, dear ...)


The same China that demands obeisance of its own people and other sovereign nations must risk the inevitable cry of hypocrisy if it deplores Trump's iron-clad insistence that China be kept out of the economic loop.

Court that disaster, China.




This wouldn't happen if teachers' unions were abolished:

An assignment that asked students at a high school in British Columbia to identify the political leanings of racists and immigration opponents showed a bias against people with right-wing views, says a father whose son was given the worksheet.

Matt deFouw said he took his concerns about the worksheet to the Kamloops-Thompson School District, which launched an investigation.

B.C.’s Education Ministry said in a statement Thursday the worksheet is not part of the school curriculum and it will not be used again in the district.

Oh, I'm sure it won't.



Globalisation doesn't really work for anyone but it certainly doesn't work in the West:

Conservatives won the Cold War. Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and their generation stood against communism abroad and socialism at home. And they were largely successful. Our values — free societies, free markets, free trade, free movement — have spread around the world. The problem is this: globalization has been very successful for many of the world’s people, but not so much for many of our own. A billion people worldwide — mostly in the emerging economies of Asia — have moved out of poverty. Yet, in many Western countries, the incomes of working people have stagnated or even declined over the past quarter-century. This is especially true in the United States. Trump clearly understood this.

Some dismiss President Trump’s clarion call to “Make America Great Again” as sheer jingoism, but to minimize the visceral embrace of his anti-globalist message is to miss its larger significance. It resonated with the core of the party that supported Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush and their robust internationalism. His message also had resonance with a considerable body of traditionally Democratic voters, many of whom crossed over to give him the presidency.

Read the whole thing.



After what can only be described as an ugly, crazed gong show rife with violence, spite and lies, Brett Kavanaugh joins the Supreme Court.

His ascension to that office isn't a set-back for women but a boon. After all, women deserve to be believed. Women like Juanita Broaddrick, Mary-Jo Kopechne, North Korean women used as sex slaves by Chinese men, Yazidi rape victims like Nada who identified her returned ISIS rapist and was ignored, Asia Bibi, women groped or elbowed in the chest by Justin Trudeau, Marie-Claire Bissonette and all the other women the left doesn't give a sh-- about.




But ... but ... Singapore!:

Referring to the June 12 meeting between Trump and Kim, the conservative Heritage think-tank reported:

The Singapore Communique may be the first step toward North Korea’s denuclearization after eight failed diplomatic attempts during the past 27 years, but as of July 2018, there has been no decrease in North Korea’s WMD [weapons of mass destruction] arsenal or production capabilities.

To the contrary, the U.S. Intelligence Community assessed that Pyongyang had increased production of fissile material for nuclear weapons, and satellite imagery showed upgrades to missile, reentry vehicle, missile launcher, and nuclear weapon production facilities.

Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, can re-package this how he wishes, even drag both Japan and South Korea into this, but the truth of the matter is that North Korea is stalling for time as it has always done.

 



And now, do take time to be grateful that one has food to eat, a place to sleep, family and friends, freedoms and even the warmth of the sun.

Remember the past with gratitude. Live the present with enthusiasm. Look forward to the future with confidence.  - St. John Paul II