Who Did You Vote For, Canada?

Getting the government and the economy one voted for, good and hard:

A typical federal employee costs $125,000 a year in salary, benefits and overtime, Budget Officer Yves Giroux said yesterday. Giroux, who is paid $255,000 annually, said payroll costs were far above historical averages: “While increases in salaries were the largest contributor, spending on pensions, overtime and bonuses grew faster.”

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Despite a sizeable drop in home prices over the past year and a slew of federal government measures aimed at addressing housing affordability, a new poll suggests Canadians are no more encouraged about breaking into the housing market.

Some 63 per cent of Canadians who don’t own a home have “given up” on ever owning one, according to the results of an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News published Wednesday. That figure is similar to a similar poll conducted a year earlier.

The findings show that while 76 per cent of respondents felt that owning a home was the best investment a person can make, nearly seven in 10 say that home ownership is now only for the rich.

That's the way Justin wants it.

One can thank PM "No Business Case":

A new Ipsos poll shows that not only is Canada the number one choice for countries that import oil, the top ranking is in part due to alignment of shared values.

So why is fueling one's care too expensive?

Speaking of rats:

Imagine the scene. Prime minister’s official residence — early summer — a swanky garden party in full swing. Over one thousand Laurentian elites and politicos hobnob under a tent over wine and canapés as storm clouds gather outside. No one suspects complete and utter disaster, what historians would come to call God’s 11th plague, is about to strike.

The tent begins to leak, but no one pays much attention as staff hurriedly place buckets around the VIP guests. Justin Trudeau waves off a concerned aide and hikes up his pants a little higher, proudly showing off socks embroidered with yellow rubber duckies.

“Does anyone else smell that?,” asks a National Post columnist, moments before all hell breaks loose. Liberal MPs within earshot dismiss his concerns as deeply partisan, harmful to the institution of garden parties and, quite possibly, xenophobic — comments they’ve since almost apologized for.

Then, it happens. The tornado strikes, sending smoked salmon flying in all directions. Guests trample over each other to reach the safety of 24 Sussex. But there is no safety to be had.

In the opposite direction, a crush of rodents flees the dilapidated residence in search of safer shelter. Then, a wall collapses, flooding the yard with legions of half-rotten carcasses and more droppings than is proper to describe in a printed column. A veritable sea of… well, you know.

But in 200 kilometre-per-hour winds, nothing stays on the ground long. The rodents and feces begin to levitate, then swirl in the air, their limp tails acting as propellers.

Cabinet ministers and talk show pundits scream in horror, only to gag on the stench as they’re enveloped by vermin, both dead and alive. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriquez’s perfectly coiffed hair twists into a literal rat’s nest.

Journalists have tried to find out what happened next, but Trudeau says the information is classified on account of respect for the dead rats’ privacy.

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The phenomenon, never seen since, was turned into a hit movie. Ratnado, the Sharknado franchise’s more successful spin off, grossed $700 million USD, but was never legally available to stream in Canada. Under Bill C-11, the Liberals deemed it “unCanadian” despite the fact it was entirely written, directed, produced, and starred in by Canadians based on a true Canadian story.

The Official Opposition has demanded a review of the decision. Trudeau’s dog walker is currently reviewing the evidence and expected to return a decision within the next decades.

In other news, Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen recently announced 12 new affordable housing units for millennials located at 24 Sussex. To qualify, aspiring residents must be willing to spend their nights and weekends repairing the premises free of charge, comfortable with furry four-legged roommates and sign a liability waiver. As the average home price now exceeds $5 million, it’s the hottest property in town. ...

Moreover, Canada does face multiple compounding crises: housing affordability, generational inequity, efforts to censor the internet, declining government transparency and a ruling Liberal party that’s more concerned with appearances than fixing things. A party that responds to legitimate criticisms and questions with accusations and scorn.

They will go to their electoral graves adamant the country isn’t broken, despite the obvious stink of decline and the pitter patter of dozens of independent problems stampeding toward us, waiting for the right gust of wind to turn them into entirely foreseeable emergencies.

In this way, the plight of 24 Sussex is all too representative of the country’s current state. The Ratnado that might have been is a warning tale for where things are headed, should those in power continue to look the other way.

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Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he played no part in cabinet’s appointment of his sister in law as interim Ethics Commissioner. Martine Richard is senior general counsel on ethics: “I recused myself.”

Remember - this is the same country that funds anti-semites and also wants to stop Canadians from watching kitten videos:

The Israeli government must start “shifting in its approach” amid widespread concerns about attempts at judicial reform and as tensions with Palestinians escalate in the region, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.

Yes, about that:

Trudeau’s new position is in keeping with the traditional Liberal view of the Mideast, less supportive of Israel than the Conservatives, and what the Liberals call “nuanced”, meaning more pro-Palestinian.

That fits with the views of the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council, which have a history of selectively denouncing Israel for violating the rights of the Palestinians, while ignoring far worse human rights abuses all over the world.

Last year, the Israel-obsessed General Assembly passed 21 resolutions condemning Israel compared to a grand total of six for all other nations on Earth.

The UN Human Rights Council, going back to its creation in 2006, condemned Israel 10 times that year, without criticizing any other country, establishing its long-term bias against Israel.

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The UN resolution Trudeau endorsed — one of 16 aimed at Israel the General Assembly passes every year — was sponsored by North Korea, Zimbabwe and the PLO.

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Freeland was asked by Conservative MP Michael Chong to explain why Canada has, for the second year in a row, voted for an anti-Israel resolution regularly passed by the United Nations General Assembly.

Chong said this was contrary to Canadian policy, starting with former Liberal PM Paul Martin, that Canada doesn’t support UN resolutions unfairly and selectively targeting Israel for condemnation.

Indeed, the UN General Assembly is a notorious nest of Jew-hating vipers (my words), led by the world’s worst dictatorships in the Mideast and beyond, who routinely condemn Israel far more than any other nation on earth, year after year, while giving a pass to their own, countless atrocities.

Well, her grandfather was a Nazi, so ...

Yeah, there is no money for that, idiot:

Canada's federal government and a group of Indigenous people have reached a revised C$23.34 billion ($17.35 billion) agreement to compensate First Nations children and families for the decades of harm caused by a discriminatory welfare system.

That's a lot of money for unspecified and ongoing "harms".