Your post-Canada Day reflections 🍁
The Trudeau dynasty ruined Canada as surely as the Kim dynasty ruined North Korea:
Back in 1867, Canada was, as the name of its founding document suggests, the British nation in North America. A century later, Pierre Trudeau embarked on an ambitious Liberace-like project. Liberace, you'll recall (or maybe not: these once dazzling entertainers fade so fast, don't you find?) ...where was I? Oh, yeah: the dazzling all-round entertainer beloved by the ladies (Liberace, I mean, not Pierre) made his young lover, Scott Thorson, have plastic surgery to make him look more like ...Liberace. So that Liberace might experience the sensation of making love to himself.
In a nutshell, that's what Pierre Trudeau did to Canada.
I take it as read that Pierre was a cold unfeeling father. Because there must be some explanation as to why his son and heir decided to prioritise the utter destruction of Trudeaupia, and its replacement by what Justin called "the first post-national nation". There were many takers for pop's Trudeaupia (don't blame me - I was never one of them); there were none for Junior's post-national nation. So, by the time the orange monster to the south started openly sneering at Canada as his fifty-first state, Mark Carney had no cards left to play but ...the King. Which Mr Carney played very successfully, just a few weeks ago. Trudeau père told me not long before he died that the monarchy was "a lot of hooey" (although his delightful and charming ex-wife likes them). But, thanks to his son, by the time Trump made his move on Canada, "a lot of hooey" was all there was to see him off.
Can Mr Carney do the same for Dominion Day and the British North America Act? "Canada Day", if not quite formally canceled, is to be more honour'd in the breach. That's not a problem for SteynOnline, because we have never honoured "Canada Day" at all. At this shingle we observe Dominion Day: always have done, always will. Canada Day is a bland insipid nullity, rushed through Parliament by a hack Liberal backbencher (Hal Herbert) with a bare quorum of members and the crap wankers of Joe Clark's Tory party as usual sleeping off lunch. Four decades on, it turns out Hal Herbert's supposedly minor act of vandalism on Canadian history has led to such a wholesale torching of all the rest of Canadian history that even Canada Day is ashes. Who'da foreseen that?
Dominion Day is specific; Canada Day is generalised pap - and, like any semi-decent author, I have a preference for the particular. At the very least, if an American asks you, "What the hell is this Dominion Day thing?", you have to give a bit of thought to the answer. Whereas, if he asks you what Canada Day is, you simply coo some vapid drivel about celebrating the vibrancy of our diversity. Nevertheless, in vaporising real history for Trudeaupian mush, one is implicitly rebuking the past - for serious nations do not change their national holidays in this way.
And, once one has implicitly rebuked the past, it would be unreasonable to expect other persons not to disdain it more explicitly. And so, entirely predictably, the multiculti crapola turns out to be merely an interim phase with no real purchase on people, and Canada is now full of "Canadians" who hate Canada Day and the Maple Leaf far more than ever Canadians of half-a-century back hated Dominion Day and the Red Ensign.
This rush to be even a faux-Canadian makes strange bed-fellows.
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Global elitist, central banker Carney originates from the scandal-ridden Canadian Liberal Party, petri dish, when Liberals working to save their political hides, knew that former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could not be elected this time out. After living through 10 years of steady economic decline, Canadians had finally had “ENOUGH”! ...
No mention during the Liberals’ petri dish Carney creation that he was a long term ‘unofficial’ Trudeau advisor—and the man behind the freezing of trucker convoy bank accounts.
The first thing Carney did after winning the April 28, 2025 ‘Snap Election’ was to game the system, skirting around parliamentary procedure.
Over $73B has somehow flown out of the Treasury with no parliamentary oversight
Next, the Carney-led Liberals went on a 3-month long summer vacation, from June 20th to Sept. 15th, 2025.
In their latest move, having to backtrack from their just publicly announced online Digital Services Tax, they capitulated within 24 hours after President Donald J. Trump cancelled all trade talk negotiations with Canada.
This President Donald J. Trump:
Happy Canada Day to the greatest prime minister Canada has ever had: @realDonaldTrump .
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) July 1, 2025
Since taking office, the disastrous DST is gone, interprovincial trade barriers are on their way out, and we're being nudged to actually use our natural resources of which we have so much in… https://t.co/VA9QDefpAa
This supply management system:
U.S. President Donald Trump cited Canadian dairy quotas in threatening a new round of tariffs by July 4. His remarks Friday on social media came the same day Bloc Québécois MPs celebrated passage of their private bill shielding milk producers from trade concessions: “Passing this bill would no doubt be a provocative move.”
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Canada's oft-derided supply management system—a persistent irritant in many of the country's trade relationships—is less focused on price stability, as Ottawa claims, but rather on protecting the dairy sector in one Canadian province. Canada's future trade negotiations with the United States—or any other country with which it wishes to maintain a free trade agreement, for that matter—will likely put a spotlight on this issue.
In Canada, small, inefficient Quebec-based dairy operations are the primary beneficiaries of the antiquated mid-20th-century supply management strategy that remains in force north of the border.
This system once served an economic purpose. In the 1960s and 1970s, agricultural supply chains differed greatly from today. A lack of international trade rules and frequent use of tariffs significantly and adversely impacted the agricultural industry. At this time, governments around the world legislated to control production, seeking to stabilize domestic prices and farm income for some agricultural sectors—specifically the production of dairy, egg, and poultry products.
Over the past 50 years, supply chains have become more efficient and resilient, enabling countries to scale back or even eliminate these practices. Canada, however, has consistently failed to remove these mechanisms. For political reasons, everyone else is paying the price—and it's costly.
When governments control production levels, they create incredible industry inefficiencies. Supply-managed sectors provide clear evidence of this. For example, an estimated $11 billion worth of raw milk was simply dumped onto the ground and wasted in Canada between 2012 and 2024 in order to avoid exceeding production quotas.
There are just over 4,200 dairy operations in Quebec out of 9,400 nationally. The objectives of supply management focus on protecting these 4,200 operations at the cost of the other 190,000 Canadian farmers, as well as Canada's 40 million citizens.
Although dairy operations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are more than twice as large as those in Quebec, the government restricts milk production in the three western provinces to 16 percent of total domestic production, whereas Quebec accounts for 37 percent.
The American dairy sector shows there's a different path that Canada could follow. Dairy production efficiency in the United States has resulted in Idaho and Wisconsin being the second- and third-largest milk-producing states. Supply chain logistics allow for the transportation of dairy products to reach markets across the U.S. In Canada, market concentration would likely shift to more efficient producers in the western provinces if supply management were to end.
Not only would this contribute to lower dairy prices for all Canadian consumers, but it would also make a difference for Canada on the world stage by boosting the country's position in international trade negotiations. As long as the system remains in place, it will be an irritant.
Make it so, Donald.
After all, it's ostensibly easier now to trade between provinces because of him.
Killing the digital tax would be an admission of fault and greed.
The Liberals are above apologies to the prole:
It wouldn’t seem quite so shameless had Mr. Carney campaigned on a realpolitik approach to negotiations with the U.S., acknowledging that there has to be give and take in any and all bilateral discussions. Instead, he pledged it would be all sticks – no carrots, elbows up! – because pragmatism doesn’t stir the electorate the same way a catchy slogan does.Late Sunday night, just hours before collection for the DST was set to begin, the Canadian government announced that the June 30 collection would be halted, and that Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne would soon introduce legislation to rescind the Digital Services Tax Act. This decision was a direct result of Mr. Trump’s Friday Truth Social post announcing the U.S. would be “terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately,” because of the tax.The DST was passed back in June, 2024, under the Trudeau government, though it was only set to kick in this week. The tax would have forced tech giants that earn more than €$750-million globally and $20-million in revenue in Canada annually to pay a 3-per-cent tax on revenue from certain online services. The government pegged the DST, which it was planning to collect retroactively to 2022, as a way to force big online companies to pay their fair share, akin to its rationale for Bill C-18, the Online News Act, which attempted to get web giants to pay for linking to Canadian journalism, but ended with Meta blocking access to Canadian news on Facebook and Instagram.Predictably, the announcement of the DST compelled some tech giants to pass on the costs to Canadians; back in October, Google started charging Canadian advertisers a 2.5-per-cent “DST fee” to offset the cost of complying with the forthcoming legislation.There is an argument to be made that there is no bad time to scrap bad policy, and the DST was indeed bad policy (beyond the added cost to consumers, these types of levies distort market incentives and discourage investment). Yet there were plenty of opportunities to kill the DST before Mr. Trump issued his ultimatum, including during the Biden administration, when it was made explicitly clear that the legislation was a trade irritant (the U.S. launched dispute settlement consultations over the tax in August).The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development has been working for years to design and implement a standard policy for taxing digital services, and with 140 members signed on, Canada could have chosen to pause its tax until it could cocoon itself in the shield of an OECD framework. Instead, it trudged ahead until the literal 11th hour.
Carney would never dream of going DOGE on Canada's bloated, inefficient and wasteful government.
The government's job, after all, is to grow itself and not make trains run on time:
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s election promise to cut $13-billion from the federal budget by 2028-29 could result in the worst spending cuts in modern history that would “inevitably diminish the quality of the public service,” a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns.
“This isn’t about attrition, or being more efficient,” David Macdonald, senior economist with the CCPA and the author of the report, said in an interview with The Hill Times. “These are deep cuts to staffing, deep cuts to services that will absolutely be noticed by regular Canadians.”
Fear tactics, just like claiming that there are external threats to Canadian democracy from a man who was installed into the prime minister's office and supported harsher measures on those who humiliated Justin:
"Our values are being tested by attacks on democracy and freedoms — attacks that we must resist. And once again, as the world is becoming more divided and dangerous, Canadians are uniting."
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In Carney’s 2022 Globe column headlined, It’s Time To End The Sedition In Ottawa,” he likened the protest to a conspiracy to topple the 44th Parliament.
“No one should have any doubt,” wrote Carney.
“This is sedition. That’s a word I never thought I’d use in Canada. It means incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority.”
“The constant blaring of horns at all hours, the harassment of people, the culture of fear have been making residents’ lives hell, will bankrupt our businesses and if left unchecked would help achieve the Convoy’s goal of undermining our democracy.”
“Anyone sending money to the Convoy should be in no doubt: you are funding sedition. Foreign funders of an insurrection interfered in our domestic affairs.”
Indeed!:
It was February 2022. My wife had just lost her job after refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. I worried I might be next, but took heart as the trucker convoy headed to Ottawa. We couldn't join them, so instead we drove south from Calgary to Coutts, Alta., for two days to show our support.
The crowd was so big that we had to walk 15 minutes down the highway just to get to the protest. The spirit of community, where everyone just wanted to pitch in and help, was almost overwhelming.
A pastor led us in prayer and then the whole crowd launched into O Canada, just belting it out with everything we had. I even saw the RCMP join in the singing ...
The COVID-19 pandemic hit hard. I watched my personal rights erode. I was shocked at the pressure I felt to get vaccinated and how I'd be verbally attacked if I argued. I'm still so angry at this.
The convoy and the border protest were an effort to be heard, and I followed the developments from Ottawa closely, checking conservative news blogs each morning. I would have been with the trucker convoy if I could have taken time off work.
For two-and-a-half weeks before the Emergencies Act was invoked, the convoy occupied the blocks around Parliament Hill and not one car was burned, not one shop looted. There were charges, but none for police officers assaulted. I can understand why it was hard for Ottawa residents to live with. But personally, I saw nothing I thought could justify a government invoking that act, which I see as an extreme response.
I was horrified when, instead of talking with convoy protesters about why they were upset, the provincial government convinced a court to freeze the GiveSendGo account, and worse, without a court order, the RCMP got banks to freeze the personal bank accounts of people protesting. Then police moved in to clear the streets and there was a standoff.
To me, this was naked authoritarianism and two years later, a federal judge ruled the Liberal's use of the Emergencies Act was unreasonable.
But no one within the government or banking system has been disciplined. Not one new law was created to protect the integrity of personal banking, and now the Liberal government has even been re-elected.
Say again, guy who doesn't live here nor pays taxes here.
Carney can't wait to pass Bill C-2.
Then we will see "sedition".
Also:
Prime Minister Mark Carney cut short reporters’ questions after acknowledging Canada gained nothing in exchange for promising to repeal its $3.7 billion Google tax. “There is more to do,” said Carney as he walked away from questioning over his abrupt suspension of the Digital Services Tax Act: “It is something we expected.”
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However, many telecommunications companies are fighting back and exerting pressure on the federal government, particularly Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, to overturn the CRTC’s decision, arguing that it will have a negative impact on investment and competition across the country.
For them, the case is not over and the final decision has not yet been rendered.
They have financial analyses, including from Bank of America and National Bank, that predict “a decline in future investments in telecommunications infrastructure” if the decision is maintained.
And:
A deputy health minister rebuked by MPs for distributing date-expired pandemic vaccines made the July 1 honours’ list at Rideau Hall. Stephen Lucas, now retired in North Vancouver, was awarded the Order of Canada for his “leadership as deputy minister of health during the Covid-19 pandemic.”
- Doctors have suggested Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID); in response, Veya’s mother is now trying to obtain the necessary medical records to take Veya to Chicago in the United States for lifesaving health care.
- Veya has been denied a living donor liver transplant despite all of her care teams believing she is a good candidate; her family has been given little reasoning — and flimsy reasoning, at that — as to why.
- Veya’s family has received indications that the denial is actually rooted in disability discrimination.
- One of the doctors that had been treating Veya refused to insert a breathing tube, though she had successfully gone through the process of intubation and extubation before. Another suggested they allow Veya to “die with dignity” — meaning euthanasia.
- Veya’s family believes medical staff is “slow coding” her by not responding quickly to urgent situations, not meeting regularly with the family as required, and more. She was even overdosed with potassium and nearly died at one point.
- Veya has just been transferred to another hospital in Canada in the hopes of receiving better care, away from a hospital considered the premier children’s hospital in the country.
But the American system is supposed to be cruel.
It's just crime:
A recent report by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has highlighted a concerning trend: the majority of escapes from federal institutions between 2021 and 2024 occurred at healing lodges — facilities designed to support indigenous offenders through culturally focused rehabilitation.
The report, covering the period from 2021–2022 to 2023–2024, recorded 25 escapes in total, with 72% taking place at healing lodges — a sharp increase from 2018–2019, when such facilities accounted for only half of all escapes.
The data shows a peak of 11 total escapes in 2022–2023, with seven occurring at healing lodges, compared to four from other CSC institutions during the same period.
In 2023–2024, healing lodges again saw seven escapes.
Notably, 80% of these incidents occurred in the Prairie region, where many of Canada’s ten healing lodges are located.
These facilities — four of which are government-run and six managed by community partners — integrate indigenous cultural practices like sweat lodge ceremonies to aid rehabilitation.
The report also provides insight into the escapees’ profiles.
Most escapes occurred within six months of an offender’s arrival at the institution, with an average stay of 4.1 months.
The vast majority (84%) of escapees were serving determinate sentences, with 62% of these being within a year of their Statutory Release date.
The CSC notes that while, "escapes from federal institutions remain rare, they are a critical measure of correctional performance, with significant implications for public safety and confidence."
It goes on to say, “all escapees in the three-year period were apprehended, with 44% recaptured within a single day.”
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In Edmonton last month, a judge laid the groundwork to acquit a man who, while sporting clear hallmarks of drug dealing, was caught by police packing a loaded Glock. If you’re ever wondering why crime is on the rise in Canada, you can look straight to decisions like these by our courts.
This recent example comes to us from 30-year-old Haider Aftab Khan, who was recently acquitted of a pile of gun and drug charges. On June 11, he succeeded in convincing Justice Derek Jugnauth, a former criminal defence lawyer appointed by then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, to exclude the gun and drug evidence from his trial. This collapsed the Crown’s case.
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More than 17,500 foreigners have had their criminal convictions forgiven by the Immigration Department over the past 11 years, removing a bar to coming to Canada, federal government figures show. The disclosure has raised transparency concerns about the type of offences they committed.Foreigners are, in general, inadmissible to Canada if they have been convicted of an act that is considered a criminal offence in this country. But Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has the power to grant an exception if five years have elapsed since a person was convicted or finished a sentence.Government figures show that in the 11 years up to and including 2024, 17,600 people convicted of criminal offences abroad were considered “rehabilitated” by IRCC. This meant they were able to apply to enter Canada, including through work and study visas, as permanent residents or visitors.
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A Liberal Senate appointee has joined an international think tank promoting liberalized drug laws, records show. Senator Gwen Boniface (Ont.), a former Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner, has advocated decriminalization of simple possession of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other narcotics: “The oft-quoted ‘war on drugs’ approach has proven to be ineffective.”
It's just crimes against humanity:
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress sent “repeated letters” to federal managers over disclosure of a secret blacklist of suspected Nazi collaborators, Access To Information records show. Cabinet continues to conceal the names of collaborators and suspected war criminals let into Canada after 1945: “This creates a culture of impunity which normalizes this behaviour of referring to Ukrainians as Nazis.”
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The monument, located at 1918 Chaudière Crossing, was painted with the words “FEED ME” in large block letters on the side adjacent to Wellington Street on June 9. Red paint was also painted on the memorial’s facade.
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