This Is All the Liberals' Fault

When all one cares about is having power and the seeming-endless public purse, governance just holds no thrill.

Canada will be reduced to its mere skeleton, but as long as the Laurentian elite gets their pensions ... !:

In the fact-free world of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, their screw-ups are always someone else’s fault.

They have been in charge of the federal government during every single day of Donald Trump’s two terms as president, from Jan. 20, 2017, to Jan. 20, 2021, and now from Jan. 20, 2025, to the present.

That means they wear the current dismal state of Canada-U.S. relations and the start of an economically devastating tariff war with the U.S. on Tuesday.

It happened entirely on their watch.

In that context, their absurd attempts to link Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to Trump — even Trump has said he’s “not a MAGA guy” — is just another Liberal roadside distraction.

Another attempt by the Liberals to escape responsibility for their abject failure to manage the most important relationship Canada has with any country on the planet.

Simply put, we are where we are because of Trudeau and the Liberals, who are about to crown Mark Carney as Trudeau’s replacement.

And what has Carney said about the record of the Trudeau Liberals?

He’s said they’ve overspent and overtaxed middle-class Canadians — the same things Poilievre and the Conservatives were saying long before Carney decided he wanted to be PM.

Carney said the Trudeau Liberals lost control of both federal deficits and total public debt — same as Poilievre and the Conservatives were saying long before Poilievre became party leader in September 2022, more than two years ago.

Carney said the federal civil service has become too bloated, the same thing Poilievre has been saying for months.

Carney said Canada needs to build more pipelines — or rather he said that outside Quebec, while in Quebec he says the opposite — unlike Poilievre, who has been saying we need to build more pipelines for years.

Carney said the Trudeau government lost control of the immigration file, mimicking Poilievre, who’s been making the same point for so long that even Trudeau himself finally had to admit it was a mistake to let in so many people so quickly.

But when Poilievre made the same point as Carney is today, months ago, Trudeau’s attack dogs accused him of racism.

Because in the make-believe world of the Trudeau Liberals, soon to be Carney Liberals, facts simply don’t matter.

 

Some background information:

Canada’s economy has fallen behind its population growth for the fifth straight quarter, with real GDP per capita declining by 0.1 percent in Q2 2024, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada released last week.

Compared to the same period last year, per capita GDP is now down 2.2 percent. Compared to 2022, it’s down 3.6 percent. As RBC analysts correctly noted, this is a “recession-like” performance.

This downturn becomes even more striking when viewed in comparison to the United States, which continues to see gains.

Real GDP per capita there grew by 0.6 percent in the second quarter, a 2.6 percent increase from last year, and a 4.5 percent increase since 2022. If Canada had simply kept pace with the U.S. over the past two years, our economy would be 8.5 percent larger—that’s about $6,200 more income per Canadian each year.

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If you can’t stand to bear ‘Tariff Tuesday,’ you can always send a message to President Donald J. Trump by buying a “Canada is not for sale” T-shirt, ball cap or tuque — made in China or elsewhere around the world.

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Organizers of Mark Carney’s Liberal leadership campaign are shielding the candidate from media following criticism he lied about his record. News coverage of one invitation-only Carney speech was restricted to reporters instructed to “RSVP to receive location details.”

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Chrystia Freeland is a lunatic and must be stopped:

Canada should seek closer ties with Britain because its nuclear weapons can help protect the country against Donald Trump, a female politician running to replace Justin Trudeau has said.

Chrystia Freeland, the former deputy prime minister under Justin Trudeau, said that Mr Trump is “clearly threatening our sovereignty” with his campaign to absorb Canada as the 51st state of America.

In order to “guarantee our security”, Ms Freeland said she would build closer security partnerships with European Nato allies and “I would be sure that France and Britain were there, who possess nuclear weapons”.

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A newly-disclosed federal audit yesterday cited “confusion,” “lack of insight” and mismanagement at the passport office that cost taxpayers millions. Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould was minister responsible at the time: “The entire service delivery model was temporarily disrupted.”

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This money-grubbing hippo could force Parliament to resume.

But no ... :

Governor General Mary Simon yesterday in pointed remarks to foreign diplomats lamented a tense rise in “economic nationalism.” Her speech came as U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed a tariff war will commence today: ‘Canada understands respect.’ 

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It's not like Marc is going to lose his job:

A tariff war with the United States will cost a million Canadian jobs, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said yesterday. The figure is in addition to unemployed who currently number 1,505,000 according to a February 7 Labour Force Survey by Statistics Canada: “A million jobs at risk is no joke.”

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Why stay?:

Emigration rates soared to unprecedented levels in Canada last year driven by the ongoing housing shortage and the  cost of living crisis, a new report suggests. One province in particular accounted for nearly half of these departures.

More than 81,601 residents left the country in 2024 and 39,430 of them were from Ontario, a report from rental platform liv.rent found. Ontario is the most densely populated province in the nation, but its 48 percent share of departures is notably greater than its 39 percent share of the total population of Canada.

Last year marked the highest level of emigration both Canada and Ontario have seen in several years. Emigration in Canada overall last reached that level in 2017, and in Ontario, the current levels haven’t been seen since 2011, according to the report, which is based on data from Statistics Canada.