Your Tone-Deaf Government And You

I think that the Liberals expected the public to keep forgetting how useless, greedy and stupid they are.

Nope:

If Canadians think they are having it tough right now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lamented Wednesday that they should try being him.

“Yeah, people are facing tough times and, yes, everyone is finding it difficult right now,” Trudeau said Wednesday at the closing news conference after his government’s cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

But, he said, it’s also a difficult period for him and his cabinet.

“As leaders, MPs and parliamentarians of all types, part of our job is to be there, to take it, to support it as Canadians are anxious and put out solutions. So yeah, this is not an easy time to be a politician,” Trudeau said.

 

This @$$hole: 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 2019 Christmas vacation in Costa Rica cost taxpayers $196,137, according to records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

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Hundreds of receipts and invoices released by the Privy Council Office showed that from March to September last year, the average monthly cost of food for Mr Trudeau’s residence reached $7,861.

Mr Trudeau’s household expenses for his family of five between 2015 and March 2022 were $345,230, an average of $57,538 annually. Mr Trudeau has spent over $1,000 on Flow boxed spring water since September 2020.

“Prime minister Justin Trudeau needs to immediately explain to taxpayers how they’re racking up such a huge bill and what value taxpayers are getting for all that money,” Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Franco Terrazano told True North.

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The in-flight bar did brisk business during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 2020 visit to Ethiopia, government records show.

Data revealing alcohol consumption on federal government VIP aircraft show that the 50-odd passengers aboard Can Force One who accompanied the PM on his February 2020 six-stop tour of Europe and Africa, consumed 95 bottles of wine and 93 cans of beer, racking up an in-flight bar tab of $1,414.81.

 

Now let's have a look at the prole, that unfeeling creature who voted for the above: 

Rents for tenants who signed new leases typically run to $1,360 a month on a national average, Statistics Canada said yesterday. A third of Canadians are renters, wrote analysts: “Good luck finding a $1,700 apartment in any urban centre in the country right now.”

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Inflation is the number one worry facing small business owners, says Department of Industry research. It follows in-house Privy Council polling that found Canadians seek tax cuts to compensate for the rising cost of living: “Those most likely to rate the cost of goods and services as their biggest challenge included businesses with two to four employees.”

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Six months ago, in an emotional TikTok video, Jerry Huigen, a dairy farmer from Dunville, Ontario, explained how he was forced to dump 30,000 litres of milk due to government regulations. Not only was that video deleted, but we also haven't heard from Jerry since... https://t.co/mrMkRWMqNW

— The Food Professor (@FoodProfessor) August 24, 2023

It takes a special kind of arrogance to act, though well-heeled, the struggling savior. As though Canadians should bask in the glorious light of the inept yet self-assured Bourbonian member of Parliament.

If this country had the checks and balances and even a moment of self-reflection and shame, Justin and his band of twits would have been sent packing ages ago.

And they're not done ruining this place:

The feds are playing politics with policing and the law, and doing so undermines Canadians' safety. Favoured groups are treated with kid gloves while ordinary people are considered to be public safety threats. Thanks to the government's catch-and-release policies, violent crime has increased by 30 percent since Justin Trudeau was first elected prime minister in 2015.

Since 2015, the homicide rate has increased by 32 percent, while firearm-related homicides have almost doubled from 181 to 343. In 2022, Canada’s homicide rate was the highest it's been since 1992, according to StatsCan. Police officers are being murdered in the line of duty at horrifying rates. These gruesome increases are driven by gang-related killings.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday said cabinet must sell the Trans Mountain Pipeline but stopped short of repeating earlier promises to turn a profit for taxpayers. The Budget Office has ruled out any profit from the pipeline’s sale: “Do you need to prepare taxpayers for having to take a write-down on this?”

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 No one needs your help sifting through Russian lies, Diplomat Barbie:

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly is headed to eastern Europe as part of a push to shore up Canada’s ties with countries in Russia’s backyard.

Her trip to Slovenia, North Macedonia and Albania follows a commitment by members of the NATO military alliance to support democracies facing Russian meddling and misinformation.

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The July 2022 documents say Canada was mulling over changes to language about modern land surrenders, noting some First Nations are unwilling to settle specific claims if they have to do so.

Specific claims deal with past wrongs against First Nations by Canada, including the administration of land or other assets.

Instead of a modern surrender, federal officials suggested the use of a “promissory estoppel.”

“Under this approach, the First Nation agrees to forgo any legal cause of action in relation to the lands in question and further promises in the settlement agreement not to claim a reserve in the claim lands against Canada, the province, or third parties,” a spokesperson from Crown-Indigenous Relations said in a statement.

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And they thought that their censorship acts would go smoothly:

Federal regulators yesterday said it will take years to finalize rules compelling Facebook to pay for free links to news stories in Canada. Facebook has already suspended all links under Bill C-18 the Online News Act: “The business would be over.”

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A real country agrees to hold Canada's hand during naval exercises:

As a show of Japan and Canada’s enhanced security cooperation, the Maritime Self-Defense Force is making arrangements to conduct joint exercises with the Royal Canadian Navy.

Tokyo hopes to enhance its deterrence capability against Beijing and Pyongyang by deepening cooperation with Ottawa and other governments that share its values.

 

Justin doesn't share your values, Japan. Indeed, I would expect some leaks to the Chinese government soon.