The Government Is Not There to Help You

Seriously:

Liberal MPs on the Commons environment committee last evening slowed consideration of a private Conservative bill to outlaw exports of plastic garbage. Cabinet has said it would disrupt cross-border trading in waste: “It’s just a piece of paper, and what’s the point?”

 

Quite:

When asked about his own family’s plastic usage, Trudeau fumbled his way through an incoherent response.

“What do you and your family do to cut back on plastics?” asked a reporter.

“We have recently switched to drinking water bottles out of… water out of… when we have water bottles out of plastic. Sorry! Away from plastic towards paper like drink-box water bottles sort of things,” replied the Prime Minister.

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Get rid of the CRTC and remove the monopolies:

Rogers Communications yesterday assured MPs its proposed $26 billion buyout of Alberta-based Shaw Communications will not lessen competition. Members of the Commons industry committee disputed the claim: “The reason why this acquisition is happening is not because you’re really hurting.”

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So, not so bad, then?:

The number of company insolvencies fell by almost a third last year but only because of pandemic closures at bankruptcy courts. Superintendent of Bankruptcy Elisabeth Lang has warned rates will rise: “We are keeping a close eye on insolvency rates.”

 

South of the border:

Illegal migrants said they’re coming to the U.S. because of President Joe Biden, natural disasters and violence in their home countries.

A landowner where migrants frequently cross on their way to a processing facility said they tell him they’re here because Biden invited them.

Some of the migrants said they did not want to leave their countries but had to because of corruption and a lack of opportunity.