Your Corrupt, Impotent, Deseprate and Wasteful Government and You

People voted for this.

I didn't but somebody else did: 

A former president of Dairy Farmers of Québec, Daniel Gobeil, last night claimed an upset Liberal win in Chicoutimi on unusually high turnout in a federal byelection, 41.5 percent. Liberals easily held two other safe seats to retain a narrow majority in the Commons: ‘We produce less milk than the state of Wisconsin and without supply management, dairy producers would see their farm gate price drop.

 

Protect the aging tart that is Quebec at all costs, even if you have to lie to the Americans about caring French.

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Taxpayers must wait until a fall budget update for details of costs to households and industry from retaliatory tariffs, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said yesterday. Cabinet detailed a limited $7.5 billion aid package that business groups dismissed as cumbersome and ineffectual: “Is Canada still committed to a fiscal anchor?”

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Conservatives yesterday invoked Prime Minister Mark Carney’s misrepresentations over the Gordie Howe International Bridge in demanding he now disclose terms proposed by Canada to avert a continental trade war. Carney secretly agreed to toll concessions as “a good deal for Canada,” then denied the terms and called toll splitting proof of erratic behaviour by Americans: “Transparency is essential.”

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So you wanted to shake down the Americans for content you know can't be paid for with Canadian taxes.

Right:

A newly-registered Commons petition yesterday challenged Prime Minister Mark Carney to reinstate a $3.7 billion Google tax he suspended 14 months ago as “part of a bigger negotiation” with the United States. Collapse of trade talks cleared the way to revive the tax approved by Parliament, wrote petitioners: “This tax concession has yielded no lasting benefit.”

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Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. negotiators held an attitude during trade talks that would have made core Canadian industries — including the automotive sector — either become subsidiaries of their American counterparts or be "wiped out." 

 

I'll just leave this here: 

Forty-two percent of Canadian manufacturers have already moved or are planning to move some or all of their production to the United States, according to a new KPMG Canada survey that warns the shift is “enough to reshape capacity and redirect future investment” as the future of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) hangs in the balance.

The survey of 275 manufacturers, conducted May 11–29 through the Angus Reid Group’s business research panel, found 29 percent have already shifted production south and another 13 percent plan to. Among those considering relocation, 77 percent expect to move within two years.

While 80 percent report no plans to move their headquarters, 11 percent expect to relocate their head office to the U.S. within five years—a signal, KPMG says, of where companies expect to anchor leadership, capital, and long-term growth.

Notably, KPMG frames the migration as more than just a defensive reaction to tariffs. Companies are also repositioning for growth—expanding closer to customers, supply chains, and higher-margin opportunities in a stronger U.S. economy bolstered by tax measures and booming AI and data-infrastructure demand. As KPMG chief economist Ali Jaffery puts it in the report, “This isn’t a wholesale exit from Canada,” but a strategic rebalancing of capital toward higher returns.

The sector’s exposure is stark: 86 percent of manufacturers operate beyond Canada, and 61 percent say their business depends on access to the U.S. market.

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This meme is 100% accurate and it’s embarrassing as hell.

Canada 🇨🇦 41 million people 🤬 getting absolutely hammered with a carbon tax that drives up the cost of gas, food, heating, and everything else we need to survive.

USA 🇺🇸 340+ million people YET no carbon tax.

Mexico 🇲🇽… pic.twitter.com/lNWU1SWHdn

— JayGen 𝕏 er🇨🇦 (@JayGenXer) July 6, 2026

 

It gets worse.

Carney is planning on bilking us after he buys off MPs gets China to cheat for him the next election. 

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Because principles:

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s abrupt reversal on electric car mandates followed in-house federal polling that showed only a third of Canadians supported sales quotas, according to records. Opposition ran hottest west of Ontario including a majority of drivers in British Columbia, where Liberals held 20 seats: “We are making strategic decisions.”

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He's right:

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is “not at war” with Canada, dismissing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s concerns about the ongoing trade rift while also taunting Canada for its lack of military naval power.

In an appearance on CNBC, Bessent laughed off any suggestion that the U.S.-Canada trade dispute amounted to conflict between the two countries, then jokingly asked whether Canada would attack the U.S. with its fleet of defunct submarines that were once part of a West Edmonton Mall tourist attraction.

“We’re not at war with Canada. How are we going to be at war with Canada? What, are they going to take their two submarines from the Edmonton mall and sic them on us?”

Bessent, who was responding to Carney’s previous claim that Canada was now “at war” with the U.S. and fighting for its sovereignty, took direct aim at the prime minister in his comments, framing Carney’s posture toward the U.S. as being politically motivated.

The West Edmonton Mall previously had four white and yellow submarines operating at its Deep Sea Adventure ride, which opened in 1985 and took riders through the mall’s aquarium. The ride was closed in 2005 after ridership dwindled. The submarines, which continued to fall off of the tracks they travelled on, were later dismantled in 2012.

Canadian observers had long pointed out that the ride had more operational submarines than the entire Canadian military. The Royal Canadian Navy currently has just four aging submarines in its fleet, each with intensive maintenance schedules that typically keep just one or two operational at a time.

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A mouldy oldie:

Costs of lawyers’ billable hours on land claims and other Indigenous litigation went up 24 percent after then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau disbanded the old Department of Indian Affairs to create two new departments, figures show. “Roles and responsibilities are not always understood,” wrote auditors.

 

 

 

No Country For Anyone

It just gets worse:

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has sided with a Muslim former teaching assistant who was fired after publicly denouncing "desecration by the Jews," awarding him $7,000 for injury to "dignity, feelings and self-respect."

Although adjudicator Cyndee Cherniak rejected Ayman Elkasrawy's claim that he had been fired due to Islamophobia, she nevertheless approved the cash award due to "circumstantial evidence" that some discrimination may have inflected his dismissal.

In 2016, Elkasrawy was videotaped delivering an Arabic-language prayer at the Masjid Toronto mosque where he called for Jews to be slayed "one by one," and for none to be spared.

The prayer was condemned at the time by both Masjid Toronto and the Muslim Association of Canada, who called it "an inappropriate supplication that was offensive to those of Jewish faith."

It also prompted Elkasrawy's dismissal from Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) where he was working as a teaching assistant in the school's engineering faculty.

"One of Ryerson's core values is our commitment to community and inclusion … your comments are in contravention of this core value, do not foster a respectful learning environment and reflect adversely on, and are to the detriment of the University," read his dismissal letter, according to Tribunal filings.

Clips of Elkasrawy's prayer were first circulated by the now-defunct outlet CIJ News, which translated its lines as "Oh Allah! Count their numbers; slay them one by one and spare not one of them. Oh Allah! Purify the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth of the Jews!"

In front of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, Elkasrawy's counsel said that this was a mistranslation, and that the comments had been "twisted, to make them appear inappropriate, violent and anti-Semitic."

According to Elkasrawy, what he actually said was "Oh Allah; has full cognizance of them, slay them one by one, and don't let one escape your punishment. Oh Allah; cleanse the Aqsa Mosque from the desecration by the Jews."

He testified that the "slay them one by one" statement was unrelated to the second, and referred to members of Syria's Assad regime.

As for the second, Elkasrawy confirmed that he was referring to Israeli control of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa mosque, but that if he could say it again he would change the prayer to "the occupying Jews."

These explanations were accepted by Cherniak, who characterized the prayer as a "human moment."

 

(Sidebar: what about banning God for Remembrance Day observances?) 

 

More proof that human rights tribunals are legalised vendettas and interference-running. 

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Was it something you said?:

U.S President Donald Trump’s Republican Party has revoked the CBC/Radio-Canada’s press access to its upcoming midterm convention, citing the public broadcaster’s now-reversed policy not to refer to 9/11 as “terrorism” without direct attribution, National Post has learned.

A CBC spokesperson confirmed Monday that the Republican National Convention (RNC) had revoked access for both CBC and Radio-Canada to its major party gathering on Sept. 9 and 10, ahead of key mid-term elections.

The unusual press credential revocation came following a week of controversy about an internal memo from the broadcaster reminding reporters and editors of a “longstanding language guidance” not to refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as “terrorism” without attribution.

(Sidebar: apparently, flying planes into the sides of buildings doesn't count as terrorism.) 

In an email to National Post, Chuck Thompson, the CBC’s head of public affairs, said the public broadcaster is reviewing the RNC’s decision. “It is a disappointing development; we hope it will be reconsidered,” he wrote.

(Sidebar: I hope it isn't. I hope that you are treated with the contempt you deserve. I hope that everyone calls you out for being an unprofessional, unethical, propaganda-swilling pack of partisan hacks that would have folded and died had it not been propped up by a government that never met an ounce of censorship it didn't like.)

The RNC’s move also appears to be the latest attempt by Trump’s administration and party to fire salvos at Canada since free trade talks between Ottawa and Washington fell apart late last week.

It could suggest Trump’s Republican party is also looking beyond tariffs for ways to pressure Canada during the ongoing trade war.

(Sidebar: no, it sounds like outright disgust to me.)

The RNC did not respond to emailed queries by deadline Monday.

On Friday evening, following media reports about the broadcaster’s memo on the Sept. 11 attacks and ensuing criticism from both sides of the border, the CBC wrote in an editor’s blog that it had reversed the policy.

But earlier in the day, the RNC sent a heated letter to CBC/Radio-Canada revoking all the public broadcaster’s previous-approved press credentials to the upcoming major political gathering in Dallas, TX. The gathering is an important press event as it will unite Republican heavyweights on the eve of key U.S. mid-term elections.

In the missive, the RNC reprised much of the fiery criticism from Trump administration officials last week regarding the CBC’s former policy on the use of the unattributed use of the word terrorism around 9/11. (Radio-Canada did not have such an editorial policy.)

The letter cited social media posts stating CBC had instructed employees “do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks.” It also claimed that the public broadcaster had refused to apologize for the policy.

The letter also said that allowing CBC/Radio-Canada to attend the convention would be an “insult” to victims of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.

In a blog post hours later on Friday, Basem Boshra, CBC’s senior director of journalistic standards and public trust, wrote that a leaked memo about the policy “has caused significant concern, anger and hurt for many people who believe CBC News seeks to minimize or obscure the horror of that day and who was behind it.”

 

Then why did you do it, stupid?

 

 

Mid-Week Post

Your middle-of-the-week thumb-in-the-eye ...

Just to remind one:
 

JUST IN: USTR says the deal Carney rejected would have:

ELIMINATED Section 232 tariffs on softwood lumber
Cut auto tariffs to 15%
Cut most steel tariffs to 25% under a quota
Cut aluminum tariffs to 25%

We are finding this out from the 🇺🇸 not 🇨🇦

Carney said they gave little pic.twitter.com/xekjO1JfFM

— Marc Nixon (@MarcNixon24) 

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U.S. President Donald Trump hinted that he may revive an old pipeline project that would export oil from Canada to the U.S. as part of a pending trade deal.

In a Truth Social post shared Tuesday night, Trump said he had suspended the 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for three days, two hours before they were set to take place on Wednesday.

The deal, he stated, may include revitalizing the Keystone XL pipeline, a long hotly-contested project that has been in the works for almost a decade.

Trump had attempted to revive the project during his first presidency as part of his then-campaign promises, but the pipeline was quashed by Joe Biden in the first year of his term.

“The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long ago killed by Sleepy Joe Biden, may be awoken from the grave!” Trump’s social media post reads.

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1. Here's the breakdown 🧵

There are many people in Canada demanding to see the rough draft proposals of the U.S-Canada trade agreement so they can judge for themselves the issues that Carney claimed were irreconcilable. For those people this interview today by Canadian Trade… pic.twitter.com/lGtJLi6jdf

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) August 25, 2026

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Curious Carney play: He frames US demands for alignment on tariffs with third countries (steel, aluminum, derivatives) and any language restricting Canada’s ability to cut independent trade deals as a novel “power play” that tramples sovereignty—something “Canadians wouldn’t… pic.twitter.com/S4CLjLtslf

— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) August 22, 2026

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Your typical "elbows-up" boomer Canuck has absolutely zero conception around how much of Canada's living standards and wealth are underwritten by our proximity to the US market.

We would never have been a G7 nation without it. https://t.co/IeFkvMUEnC

— Mark E. Jeftovic (@jeftovic) August 22, 2026

August 23, 2026

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🇨🇦 CANADA’S AUTO SECTOR UNDER CARNEY ..the receipts 🧾

📍 Honda Alliston, ON → $15B EV complex indefinitely suspended (May 2026)

📍 Stellantis Brampton → Jeep production moved to Illinois after receiving $500M+ in public aid; Ottawa issued a formal default notice

📍… pic.twitter.com/ANTcjGDT99

— wealthmoose (@wealthmoose) August 24, 2026

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Opposition parties yesterday demanded Prime Minister Mark Carney disclose to Parliament the secret terms of a cross-border trade pact. A draft agreement outlined by U.S. authorities would end 61 years of tariff-free Canadian auto exports to the U.S. and grant unprecedented Canadian market access for American farmers: “We have the right to know what concessions are being granted to Donald Trump.”

(Sidebar: the Liberals sure do love their transparency.)

No worries.

Also - do you mean bribe Canadians with their ever-dwindling financial resources?:

Cabinet will do “whatever it takes for as long as it takes” to compensate Canadians for losses in a widening trade war, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said yesterday. His remarks came five months after Champagne promised to control deficit spending: “How are you going to bring your spending under control?”

And:

An expanded trade war has cabinet “constantly looking at our tax system,” Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters Saturday. The Budget Office had warned of larger-than-forecast deficits even before the shock of 50 percent tariffs: “We will borrow.”

It's just your money:

One of the biggest federal spenders on consultants increased expenditures 10 percent above average last year, records show. The Department of Employment spent $998.5 million even as Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to cut spending on consultants by 20 percent: “I have a simple rule: spend less, invest more.”

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It's called welfare:

A bill to develop a national framework for a guaranteed basic income in Canada will be a focal point at an international basic income gathering happening in Toronto this week.

Bill S-206, which is currently being studied by a Senate committee, would direct the Minister of Finance to develop a national framework to give every person over age 17 in Canada access to a guaranteed livable basic income without work requirements. 

It's set to be discussed at length on Wednesday at the Basic Income Earth Network Congress (BIEN), which is holding its 25th annual international gathering at Toronto Metropolitan University this year. 

A basic income policy like the one outlined in S-206 "isn't some crazy radical idea," said BIEN chair Sheila Regehr. 

"In essence, what it is asking for is to provide a similar kind of economic support and security to people 18 to 64 years old that we already provide to families with children and to seniors."

You mean they will try again later:

Cabinet says it has no plans to mandate national digital identification despite budgeting billions to develop and test a digital ID system. The pledge came in reply to a Commons petition sponsored by Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis (Haldimand-Norfolk, Ont.): “Testing in stages, first in controlled environments, then in real world pilots, is standard practice.”

Are we still paranoid about this?:

The Privy Council spent $34,291 to poll the public on whether they fear Canada will run out of fresh water due to climate change. It followed earlier research on whether Canadians should be afraid of running out of food, though the country is self-sufficient in both: “Please rate your level of agreement or disagreement with the following statement: Canada will not have enough fresh water to meet its needs in the future.”

How is he wrong?;

Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Duffy said it was “foolish” for Canada to start a trade war with the United States, in part, because America’s northern neighbor “doesn’t have a military.” Canada does have a military, though it is much smaller than the U.S. military.

Ridiculously small:

Canada’s experiment in recruiting non-citizens to the military while lowering entrance standards has been wrought with problems, if a January internal report is anything to go by.

Recruits have been failing at greater rates since changes to recruitment practices were made in late 2024, according to the document, which was obtained by the Post last weekend. Instructors are also having to deal with cultural clashes, illiteracy problems, and a lack of respect for female officers, among other problems.

Some people are special:

Turnout by Indigenous voters was far below the national average in 2025 and as low as 30 percent among Inuit, says new Elections Canada research. Analysts attributed the low turnout to younger demographics in Indigenous communities: “Younger electors tend to vote less.”

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Federal programs in a single year paid for more than 280,000 hours of counseling for Indigenous people, says an Access To Information note. The Department of Indigenous Services blamed “colonial sources of trauma.”

Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Dolly Parton: