Trudeau and Carney spread a conspiracy theory

First Justin Trudeau, and now Mark Carney, are pandering to the most unhinged elements of their base by spreading a baseless allegation against Pierre Poilievre.

Mark Carney, the conspiracy theory prime minister | National Post | Carson Jerema:

March 10, 2025 - "Mark Carney isn’t even prime minister yet, and he is already debasing the highest office in the land by giving oxygen to conspiracy theories. During his speech after winning the Liberal leadership on Sunday, he all but accused Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of being a national security threat, nodding to baseless allegations that have fermented online for months. Carney must have felt quite clever as he uttered: 'And now — and now — in the face of President Trump’s threats, Pierre Poilievre still — still — refuses to get his security clearance.' The soon-to-be sworn in prime minister didn’t offer any context or explanation or reasons why this matters. It is a line that the Liberals are increasingly using to imply that Poilievre somehow has something to hide....

"Poilievre has declined to receive a security briefing, which would require passing a clearance, but it has nothing to do with Donald Trump.... It is in relation to Chinese interference in Canadian elections, a reality that current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent months dismissing as a non-problem, despite the fact there was evidence such interference was done to benefit the Liberal party. 

"When the scope of Chinese meddling in elections became widely reported in late 2022 and early 2023, Poilievre said he would decline security briefings that would detail top secret intelligence reports ... because receiving such briefings would have circumscribed what Poilievre could say about Chinese interference.... Poilievre believed, reasonably I would say, that any briefing offered would be used as a way for the government to get him to stop criticizing it over its lax attitude to election security. It is an argument that has been repeatedly endorsed by former NDP and Official Opposition leader Tom Mulcair. 'I think Poilievre was wise not to tie his hands,' he said last year.... 

"[W]hen this issue first emerged, in spring 2023, Poilievre hadn’t even been offered a briefing, so it was an entirely moot point. That didn’t, however, stop then-Liberal House Leader Mark Holland from attacking Poilievre on the matter, something which he later apologized for. Also, during this time, the most unhinged elements of Liberal party supporters were trading in wilder and more extreme allegations.... The suggestion quickly became that not only did Poilievre have something to hide, but that he was somehow involved in a vast global conspiracy, theories that grew increasingly dark. This is the constituency that Carney and other Liberals are nodding to. 

"On the weekend, Trudeau released a video attacking the Conservative leader, titled 'Why Won’t Pierre Poilievre Get His Security Clearance?' [see below]. In it, a grave sounding Trudeau talks about election interference, as if he takes it very seriously. 'Our intelligence agencies have confirmed this,' he says. 'But for some reason Poilievre refuses to listen to them.'

"Observing Liberals speak as if they are genuinely concerned about Chinese election interference is amusing. When the allegations first came to light, Liberals dismissed them as racially motivated, and accused Conservatives of using 'Trump-type tactics' for simply asking questions. MP Greg Fergus, who is now speaker of the House, suggested that media outlets reporting on the issue were the ones truly committing foreign interference.

"The argument that Poilievre isn’t receiving security clearance because he has something to hide was further debunked in January when it was revealed that CSIS had offered the Conservative leader a briefing without having to go through a clearance. He again refused because after receiving the briefing Poilievre would still 'be legally prevented from speaking with anyone other than legal counsel about the briefing,' a Conservative spokesman told CBC.

"Even so, the twisting of the truth continues as Liberals keep trying to leave the impression that Poilievre is some sort of existential threat to the country, without providing any evidence whatsoever. As deranged and as conspiracy theory inflected it is to make these allegations against Poilievre, there is a certain logic to it for the Liberals. It nods to the party’s fiercest, and most ridiculous, supporters online, while possibly s[o]wing doubt among centrist voters. Political usefulness aside, it is highly disreputable, especially coming from the man who will in short order become prime minister."

Read more: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-mark-carney-the-conspiracy-theory-prime-minister

Why Won’t Pierre Poilievre Get His Security Clearance? | Justin Trudeau | March 8, 2025:

The coming of Kamala Carney

Social media has embraced Mark Carney for Liberal leader (and Prime Minister of Canada) with a fervor that recalls the boomlet for Kamala Harris last summer. But his victory is by no means assured.

by George J. Dance 

"May you live in interesting times," goes the ancient Chinese curse. Canadian politics has certainly got a lot more interesting this month.

Mark Carney at World Economic Forum, Davos, 2010. 

Photo by WEF. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ten days ago I made a prediction that Trudeau would exploit the threat of Trump tariffs to stay on as Liberal leader and prime minister. In my opinion Trudeau is far too much the narcissist to voluntarily give up power. As well, I believed leadership candidate Mark Carney's claims that he was an "outsider" to the federal government, and thought the Liberal insiders would close ranks to stop him.

However ,while it is still way too early to say, and I am for now sticking with it, that part of my prediction appears to be wrong. It looks like Carney's path to the Prime Minister's office will be much easier than I had thought.

How did I go wrong? For one thing, I thought that Carney and Trudeau would be rivals, if not enemies. It turns out, though, that Carney has been on Team Trudeau for some time, serving as Justin's Special Adviser and Chair of the Liberal Task Force on Economic Growth since last September. I still find it inconceivable that Trudeau voluntarily give up power, but it is possible that he is being forced out, due to his abysmal polling numbers and/or pressure from Carney's colleagues in the United Nations (where Carney is Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance) or the World Economic Forum (where he is an Agenda Contributor and a Foundation Board member). 

Social media has embraced Carney with a fervor  that recalls the boomlet for Kamala Harris last summer. But his coronation is not a sure thing. For one thing, he has not even been officially approved as a candidate yet - no one has. Until the party announces an official list, there is no way of knowing even who will be on the ballot. 

The other announced candidates so far are all Members of Parliament (MPs): two of Trudeau's cabinet ministers and an assortment of his backbenchers. With Carney the perceived front runner, it is easy to imagine these MPs forming an ABC (anyone but Carney) alliance and depriving him of the win, just like what happened to Michael Ignatieff in his first run for the Liberal leadership. While Ignatieff did eventually win the leadership, his political fortunes never recovered after that loss; as leader, he was unable to unite the party, and he ended up leading the Liberals to a third-place finish in the next election. 

There is also the complication that, while the Liberals are charging the candidates $350,000 each to run, they are making party membership free. Until January 23, anyone can sign up and vote on the next Prime Minister; if I remember correctly, you don't even have to be a citizen. That seems like a play for a high number of votes, but it also looks like a call for every crank and right-wing troll to join the party. In such a milieu, who knows who will eventually emerge as the winner?   

There is even an outside chance that the race does not end with a clear winner, and has to be rescheduled. If so, that brings me back to my original scenario, with Justin Trudeau leading the party in one final campaign. 

We will just have to wait and see. I for one intend to keep a close eye on the Liberal race. 

We indeed live in interesting times.

Justin Trudeau's next act

by George J. Dance

The title of this article may not be the best, but unfortunately the one I would have preferred is one I had already used this week: "Trudeau to resign in future - what now?" Trudeau says he will resign in the future; but what about now? Most of what I have seen in the days since that earlier story has been focused on the future, pondering life without Trudeau or speculating on his successor. But none of that has happened, and (it being the future) no one knows for sure what will happen. I believe it is more important to begin with a focus on the present, on what we can know now.

As of today, Justin Trudeau has not resigned. He is still Prime Minister. For now, he still enjoys all the powers of his office. Those powers are extensive; due to our constitutional convention of responsible government that has never been enshrined in law, a PM enjoys all the powers of his office and all those of the Crown. What checks a PM's power, in the Westminster parliamentary system, is his dependence on the confidence of Parliament.

For now, though, Trudeau will be ruling without Parliament, for at least 2-1/2 months (as prorogations can be extended). During that time the opposition parties will be deplatformed, while the "Liberal" caucus (including his own cabinet) will become increasingly distracted by their party's leadership race. Trudeau still has all of a PM's powers, but never before so unchecked, never so much like the "basic dictatorship" model that Trudeau has always admired. 

As for the future, we just cannot know. Trudeau may be gone by March 24, or he may not. At least one Canadian Prime Minister has announced his resignation (after losing an election, in his case), been persuaded to lead his party in one more campaign, and gone on to win a majority government and remain in power for another five years. That was Pierre Trudeau, Justin's father, in 1979-1980. Is that significant? Well, I have a theory that Justin Trudeau is by talent and training an actor, and that as Liberal leader and Prime Minister he has been playing his father – so yes, I do think that example has significance for him. 

So where does that leave Justin Trudeau, now? As noted, he is still Prime Minister, now governing without Parliament. That means he has great, almost unchecked power. In addition, as Voltaire and Stan Lee would agree, with great power comes great responsibility. Trudeau's major responsibility, the one most on Canadians' minds right now, is dealing with the Trump administration taking power this month and its threatened 25% tariffs on all imports from Canada (which would throw Canada into a crippling recession).

Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau have no respect for each other, and neither one of them bothers to hide that. Trump, for instance, has spent more than a month repeating a tasteless joke he made about taking over Canada and making it an American state with Trudeau as Governor (though he later decided to replace Trudeau with Wayne Gretzky). Trudeau, for his part, has pontificated that Trump's election "shouldn't" have happened. It is easy to see their relationship degenerating further. 

There is no reason for Trump to play nice with Trudeau: he is a lame duck president, who can say and do whatever he thinks, and his country has the power to get him whatever he wants in any case. But neither does Trudeau have a reason to play nice with Trump. On the contrary, he has every reason to escalate conflict,  

• First of all, as Trudeau himself has noted, Canadians define themselves as "non-Americans" - and in addition, a majority of Canadian voters (those who traditionally vote Liberal, NDP, or Green) identify as actively anti-American. Those leftist voters are Trudeau's natural base, and standing up to the American Goliath would be his best way of rallying them to him. 
• Second, that will keep Trudeau at the center of attention. Like him or hate him, Donald Trump has an undeniable flair for publicity. Whatever Trump says or does ends up as the day's top news and the more that involves Canada-U.S. relations, the more it turns Trudeau into Canada's top news. 
• Third, it only makes sense for Trudeau to pick a fight with the only person less popular in Canada than he is. No one has more haters in Canada than Donald Trump. (And not just in Canada.) Legacy media in both Canada and the U.S.A. are riddled with Trump-haters, and a fight with Trump will rally both Canadian and American media to his cause as well. (Yes, American journalists cannot vote, but they can determine what many Canadian voters hear or read.) 
• Fourth, this would marginalize Pierre Poilievre and the other opposition parties. Poilievre will indeed be in a difficult position. No one will want to hear what he has to say about the carbon tax (or for that matter what Singh or May have to say about corporate greed or climate change) – that's old news).  Media will only want to know their opinion of the Trudeau-Trump fight. But what can Poilievre say? He can't support Trudeau, obviously. He can't support Trump and the U.S.A., either, or he alienates those habitually leftist, anti-American voters whom he needs (and currently has) to win a majority. He can't refuse to comment, or he'll be seen as ducking a most important issue. 

Appealing to Canadians' patriotism, fighting with someone more hated than he is, rallying media and Canadian voters to him, marginalizing his real opposition; what is there for Trudeau not to like about this strategy? I have to conclude that this is the strategy he will choose. 

But what will it give him? After all, he promised to resign in March. And there is a campaign going on right now to pick his successor. 

One can look at the latter. So far the Liberal leadership campaign has attracted just two contenders (a backbench MP and a former MP) whom I have never heard of previously. No doubt there will be others, but the party's unprecedented $300,000 entry fee will limit their number. (When Justin Trudeau won the leadership, the fee was just $75,000.) Is that what a chance at being Prime Minister (for possibly as little as a week) is really worth?  

I expect Mark Carney (who thinks the Liberals can win the election just by changing leaders) to enter the race. That's the Kamala Harris strategy that failed the U.S. Democrats in the last U.S. election; and I doubt it will work for Kamala Carney, either. But enough Liberals do think that all they have to do is change leaders to make Carney a contender. What, though, if Carney is the only contender? Does the party simply anoint him (making the Kamala comparison even more obvious)? Or do they cancel or postpone the race?   

Here is where an unseen opportunity for Justin Trudeau lies. By this point he'll be a Canadian hero (in the eyes of many). If the leadership race is cancelled or postponed, he remains as leader. In addition, with Canadian-American relations in crisis, he can tell the Governor General to extend prorogation as long as he wants. 

But what if the race goes on, and Mark Carney is the only candidate? Then the best opportunity for Trudeau would be to jump into the leadership race himself. There is precedent for that -- John Diefenbaker ran in the 1968 Conservative leadership race after he had been deposed. If Trudeau did run in the leadership race, does anyone doubt that he would win it?

If that happens, then Trudeau's way will be clear: he recalls Parliament, loses a vote of confidence, and calls an election. Then he can simply continue following the same strategy I have outlined, of saving Canada, in its dire moment of crisis, from Donald Trump and American takeover. He will do little personal campaigning, and there will be no national leaders' debates; Trudeau will be too busy saving us for any of that. 

Will it work? Probably not; but it will be Justin Trudeau's best chance to retain power. It can succeed if it successfully pushes all the right buttons. those mentioned previously plus one more. Above all, the campaign's overriding message must be along the lines of: 

This is a moment of national crisis. In these times, we cannot take a chance on an untried Prime Minister with no experience in governing. It is more important than ever that the experienced, proven national leader be the one in command. 

That is a familiar gambit for incumbents. It was the message of Stephen Harper in 2015 and Paul Martin in 2006 (both unsuccessfully, but neither of those years were times of crisis). More importantly, though, it was also that of Pierre Trudeau in 1980, the message which successfully took him from announcing his resignation to winning a majority government in just months. Once again, I expect that Justin Trudeau is fully aware of that history.

The many roles of Justin Trudeau - from X.

Trudeau to resign in future - now what?

Justin Trudeau's announcement that he has prorogued Parliament and will resign following a Liberal leadership campaign means that Canada will have a dysfunctional federal government for at least half a year, just in time for the incoming Trump presidency. 

Trudeau says he's not the right choice to lead party in next election, promises to resign as PM | CBC News | Catharine Tunney:

January 6, 2025 - "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he plans to step down once the Liberal Party has chosen a successor, bringing his time leading the country to a tumultuous end. Trudeau, who became Liberal leader in 2013 and prime minister in the fall of 2015, announced his long-awaited decision outside his official residence, Rideau Cottage, on Monday morning following weeks of speculation and weakened support from his caucus.... Trudeau also announced that he met with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Monday morning and that she has agreed to prorogue, or suspend, Parliament until March 24."

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-news-conference-1.7423680

Justin Trudeau's resignation as prime minister | CityNews | January 6, 2024:

Vain. Vile. Vacuous. Trudeau was too cowardly to face the music | Western Standard | Derek Fildebrandt:

January 6, 2025 - "Justin Trudeau took the coward's way out today, denying Canadians the opportunity to cast direct judgment on his leadership at the ballot box.... Trudeau II has been a zombie prime minister for well more than a year now, and it has been glaringly obvious to all but himself and the most delusional of TruAnons. The pressure was overwhelming, but it was allowed to take this long — leaving Canada dangerously exposed at a moment of national crisis — because the even more cowardly Liberal caucus refused to do the obvious thing and remove him.... 

"[T]hey ran out of time last year to replace their leader in a way that would have allowed for an orderly transference of power and kept even a glimmer of hope for hanging onto government. They waited until now — until Canada faces an existential economic threat from Trump tariffs, until Liberal corruption coverups have completely paralyzed Parliament, and until Liberal polling sinks to apocalyptic depths — to finally do what the entire country knows needed to happen a long time ago. The Liberals have failed to win the most votes in two straight elections under Trudeau and since Pierre Poilievre became Conservative leader, have seen their already low poll numbers collapse into lows never before seen by that party.... 

"Canadians have wanted and needed an election for well over a year, but NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has cynically propped this government up the entire time. He has promised to vote non-confidence in Trudeau eventually, but only after his gold-plated pension vests at the end of February. Trudeau did Singh a solid favour in his resignation speech by proroguing (suspending) Parliament until March 24, sparing the beleaguered NDP leader from the humiliation of continuing to vote confidence in the Liberals until that magic pension date is reached....

"If Trudeau had any sense of putting the country first, he would have called an election today so that Canada had a functioning, democratically legitimate government that could negotiate with Trump when he was sworn in as president on January 20. Instead, the Liberals will spend the coming months on an internal leadership race to select their very own Kim Campbell....

"But wait, there's more. The federal government will run out of money when the fiscal year ends on March 31, and so the new Liberal prime minister will have to pass a speech from the throne and a budget in those seven days, both of which are confidence votes, and for all intents and purposes, impossible....  So, after the Liberals spend months selecting and transitioning to a new leader, Canada will likely spend five weeks in an election. That takes us to May 5th. The transition from prime minister Chrystia Freeland or Mark Carney to Pierre Poilievre will likely take another two weeks before they are even sworn in, taking us to late May.

"This means that Canada will have no functioning federal government for the next half a year, while Donald Trump throws over the table of our economic and political relationship. In the moment of Canada's deep economic peril, the Liberals will play games to extend their grip on power for just a few more months, all with the collusion of Jagmeet Singh for his pension. 

"Canada is governed by a class of deeply vain, vile and vacuous fools. Their corruption and willingness to put their own interest before the country's knows no limit. They have betrayed their country for 30 pieces of silver. When judgement comes, none of them should be left."

Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/fildebrandt-vain-vile-vacuous-trudeau-was-too-cowardly-to-face-the-music/60911

Feminist Trudeau shames USA for electing a man

Speaking to the Equal Voice Foundation, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called himself a proud feminist, and shamed the United States for electing a man as President: "'It shouldn't be that way. It wasn't supposed to be that way." 

Kamala Harris's presidential defeat was an attack on women’s progress, Trudeau says | National Post | Nick Murray:

December 10, 2024 - "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says women’s rights and women’s progress is under attack, pointing to the recent defeat of U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris as an example. Speaking on Tuesday night at an event hosted by the Equal Voice Foundation — an organization dedicated to improving gender representation in Canadian politics — Trudeau said there are regressive forces fighting against women’s progress.

“'It shouldn’t be that way. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. We were supposed to be on a steady, if difficult sometimes, march towards progress,' Trudeau said, adding he is a proud feminist and will always be an ally. 'And yet, just a few weeks ago, the United States voted for a second time to not elect its first woman president. Everywhere, women’s rights and women’s progress is under attack. Overtly, and subtly.'

"Trudeau’s comments [came] a day before he’s set to meet provincial and territorial premiers to discuss Canada’s approach to negotiations with the U.S., as Canada faces a threat of a 25 per cent tariff hike from incoming president Donald Trump.

"The remarks also [came] hours after Trump taunted Trudeau on social media, referring to the prime minister as the 'Governor … of the Great State of Canada.' The post was in reference to a joke Trump cracked at his dinner with Trudeau at his Mar-a-Lago property nearly two weeks ago, where the president-elect teased that Canada could join the U.S. as its 51st state."

Read more: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/justin-trudeau-kamala-harris

Trudeau slammed for bizarre speech scolding Americans for not electing their first female president | Sky News Australia | December 11, 2024:

Trump tariffs would plunge Canada into recession

Donald Trump has promised, as one of his "many first Executive Orders," to slap a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, a move that would plunge Canada into a deep recession. 

Trump tells Trudeau to fix border problems or get hit with 25% tariffs | Toronto Sun | Brian Lilley:

November 26, 2024 - "Donald Trump has given Canada two months notice: Fix the border or get whacked with tariffs, huge tariffs. Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that he will sign an executive order to bring in across-the-board tariffs on Canadian goods....

“'As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing crime and drugs at levels never seen before,' the president-elect posted. 'On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on all products coming into the United States'.... 

"While illegal immigration from Canada to the United States pales in comparison to what happens on the Mexican-American border, the numbers have been rising. 

"Over the period from October 2023 to the end of September 2024, border patrol agents apprehended close to 20,000 people crossing in the Swanton Sector – more than in the previous 17 years combined. That sector runs from the Quebec-New Hampshire border, across the Vermont-Quebec border and then over the top of New York State to where the St. Lawrence River meets Lake Ontario. 

"Trump’s new border czar, Tom Homan, comes from western New York, just south of Kingston, and knows the Canada-U.S. border well.... He ... told a Watertown, N.Y., TV station in an interview just after he was appointed ... [that] more than twice as many people on terror watch lists have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Canada than from Mexico. And while fentanyl isn’t a drug that is often seized crossing in from the north, Canada has long been a source of cocaine, marijuana and other drugs, a fact Homan is well aware of.... 

“'This tariff will remain in effect until such time as drugs, in particular fentanyl, and all Illegal aliens stop this invasion of our country! Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem,' Trump said.... If Trump were to act on this, and there is no reason to believe he is bluffing, it would cause immense devastation to the Canadian economy. An analysis by TD economics of Trump’s earlier tariff threat predicted that under a 10% tariff 'Real GDP would fall around 2.4 ppts over two years. This threat is 2 1/2 times bigger and would sink Canada into a deep recession.

"Thankfully, there is a warning and a chance to act to avoid the tariffs, because on something like this, turning to enacting our own tariffs wouldn’t have the desired effect, our pain would be much bigger than theirs....

"There is a problem of drugs, crime and people crossing the border in both directions. The Biden administration had raised issues with the Trudeau government months ago, there was no action. Now, we face an incoming administration that isn’t interested in playing nice.... What’s worrisome for Canada is it’s doubtful that the Trudeau government can deliver anything that will save us and our economy from the pain that is coming."

Read more: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/trump-to-trudeau-fix-border-or-get-hit-with-25-tariffs

Brian Lilley Drops BOMBSHELL On Justin Trudeau In LEAKED Interview! | The Canada Digest | December 18, 2024:

Sunday cartoon - Sunny ways

To help alleviate the vibecession, GDPA presents our first attempt at a political cartoon, with the help of X's AI, Grok. I hope you enjoy. 

Lessons from Canada's Randy Scandal

Canada's Randy Scandal illustrates why DEI politics and government contracting should be kept separate. 

The Randy Boissonnault saga shows why identity politics and federal contracts shouldn’t mix | The Hub | Sabrina Maddeaux:

Randy Boissonnault in 2018. Photo by

Mack Male. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia Commons.

November 22, 2024 - "It takes more than your average scandal to get a cabinet minister removed from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.... But Randy Boissonnault, the now-former Employment minister, finally managed this practically unheard-of feat. On Wednesday, Trudeau announced Boissonnault would 'step away from cabinet effective immediately.' This comes after months of scrutiny on his former business Global Health Imports (GHI), which claimed to be 'Indigenous-owned' in bids for federal contracts even as Boissonnault’s Indigenous heritage claims shifted wildly.

"The saga and its fallout should extend far beyond Boissonnault and GHI, which are merely the most publicly recognizable tips of the iceberg that is the government’s Indigenous business procurement targets. These affirmative action style mandates should be scrapped, along with the very idea that government contracts should be awarded to favour certain identities.

"In 2021, Trudeau’s Liberals announced that a minimum of 5 percent of all federal department and agency contracts must go to Indigenous businesses. Even prior to these targets, a business’ inclusion in the government’s Indigenous Business Directory meant favourable treatment and limited competition for some contracts. However, like many well-intentioned, poorly executed diversity initiatives, ... such programs create perverse incentives to cheat the system, are practically impossible to audit at scale, and often fail to help the communities they claim to serve. Moreover, they fail to guarantee top value for taxpayer dollars....

"There have been other high-profile reports of alleged fraud and misrepresentations of Indigenous ownership that did result in major federal contracts. The most notable is the ArriveCan app, which saw a $7.9 million contract go to Dalian Enterprises Inc, self-described as 'Aboriginally owned, veteran operated.' The company has received more than $200 million in federal contracts since 2015, although it’s now suspended from working on existing contracts or bidding for new ones.... {I]t’s alleged Dalian, after securing a government contract, would [disburse] government funds and the work to other, non-Indigenous contractors. Indeed, when questioned by MPs about his firm’s work on ArriveCan, Dalian’s president and founder could barely articulate what his company did on the project and admitted to typically subcontracting out federal work to other companies. There have also been questions about the validity of his [indigenous] heritage claims.... 

"In 2016, it was discovered that Canadian Health Care Agency (CHCA), a major nursing contractor for remote and Indigenous communities, got itself listed on the federal Indigenous Business Directory by entering into a partnership with a one-person foot-care company owned by a First Nations nurse. However, the nurse had next to no say in the company and, worse, was eventually pinned with a $500,000 tax bill when the arrangement was audited. While CHCA was removed from the Indigenous Business Directory as of 2019, ... [i]t has since received at least 30 contracts from Indigenous Services Canada, totalling $131.7 million....

"Indigenous leaders themselves are ringing the alarm that the federal government’s Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) is deeply flawed. In September, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Regional Chief Joanna Bernard told a House committee, 'There is currently no consistent way of verifying the legitimacy of Indigenous businesses, which creates a risk of false claims, tokenism … [and] exploitation [by] bad actors.'

"While some may argue for increased auditing or different methods of identity verification, the reality is neither are realistic solutions. The federal government simply doesn’t have the capacity to  —nor should it dedicate mass resources to — successfully audit a program that incentivizes fraud by being based on difficult-to-verify identity claims and ownership percentages.... We simply don’t know how much of the massive amount of public money earmarked for Indigenous contracts actually flows to Indigenous entrepreneurs.... The government isn’t able to assure the public their taxes aren’t going to frauds and frontmen, let alone that we get the best value and outcomes from the best companies for our money....

"Boissonnault’s time in cabinet didn’t end with the legacy he hoped, but it would be a shame for such a scandal to go to waste, used only for partisan barbs rather than a push for much-needed, common-sense reform. Procurement may be a typically wonkish topic, but it couldn’t be more vital to how Canadians experience government and access services. Federal policy must abandon its misguided adventures in identity politics to laser-focus on results."

Read more: https://thehub.ca/2024/11/22/sabrina-maddeaux-the-randy-boissonnault-saga-shows-why-identity-politics-and-federal-contracts-shouldnt-mix/

Poilievre seen as better choice to deal with Trump

Two-in-five (38%) of Canadians polled say Poilievre is better suited to deal with a second Donald Trump presidency, while 23% say Trudeau would be, and 25% say neither are up to the job.

Canadians prefer Trudeau to deal with Harris, Poilievre to work with Trump | Angus Reid Institute (news release):

November 4, 2024 – Canadians will join their American neighbours in watching results pour in  tomorrow night for the U.S. election.... Regardless of who wins, the result will have a significant impact on Canada, as the United States remains this country’s closest ally and trading partner. Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and opposition leader Pierre Poilievre will make the case that they’re better suited to manage this relationship.... 

"Given the importance, economically, culturally and from a security standpoint, of the Canada-U.S. relationship, the Angus Reid Institute asked Canadians which of the two federal party leaders in Canada most likely to form government they feel is more suited to handle the relationship with each potential president....

"Trump had a rocky relationship with Trudeau during his first term. Though the two started on good terms, relations soured. Trump called the Canadian PM 'two-faced' after video surfaced of Trudeau and other world leaders reportedly joking about Trump. Since leaving office he has called Trudeau 'weak' and a 'far left lunatic'. The Liberal government has also made an effort to tie Poilievre to Trump and his divisive politics. Current polling suggests that correlation hasn’t borne much fruit....

"Canadians prefer Poilievre to have a go at the Trump relationship, rather than have Trudeau take it on a second time. Two-in-five (38%) say Poilievre is better suited, while 23 per cent say Trudeau would be. That said, one-quarter say neither (25%) are up to the job. Notably, Poilievre is the top choice in every province, other than in Quebec, where 'neither' wins:

"Poilievre receives more confidence among Liberal and NDP voters in this scenario but remains relatively uninspiring for these groups. The larger factor at play here is that every group is more likely to say that neither individual is up to the job with the unpredictable Trump at the helm....

"For detailed results by age, gender, region, education, and other demographics, click here. For full release including methodology, click here."

Read more: https://angusreid.org/harris-trump-trudeau-poilievre/

Poilievre and Peterson: Trudeau is lying

Pierre Poilievre and Jordan Peterson push back on Justin Trudeau's claims about them made under oath at Canada's foreign interference inquiry.

Poilievre calls Trudeau’s bluff — if the PM knows Conservative spies, he should name them | Western Standard | Jen Hodgson:

October 16, 2024 - "Conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre wasted no time calling out the prime minister for claiming it’s the Conservatives who are acting on behalf of foreign governments.... Trudeau testified under oath Wednesday that the Conservatives either are complicit in or vulnerable to foreign interference. 

"Within an hour after reports of Trudeau’s accusations were published, Poilievre issued a statement saying that Trudeau is lying and if he wants to support his baseless claim, he should 'release the names of all MPs that have collaborated with foreign interference. But he won't, because Justin Trudeau is doing what he always does. He is lying,' wrote Poilievre, asserting his theory the prime minister lied to 'distract from a Liberal caucus revolt against his leadership and revelations he knowingly allowed Beijing to interfere and help him win two elections.'

"The Tory leader said he was briefed on October 14 by Nathalie Drouin, national security and intelligence advisor to the Prime Minister, David Morrison, deputy minister of foreign affairs at Global Affairs Canada and CSIS Director Daniel Rogers on foreign interference from India — under the CSIS Act, which allows any Canadian citizen to be privy to 'specific risks of foreign interference without forcing them into sworn secrecy or controlling what they say.'

"Poilievre slammed Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief-of-staff, for making the case during the China Inquiry Tuesday that receiving a secret briefing would 'prevent a recipient from using the information in any manner'.... 'Furthermore,' wrote Poilievre, 'my chief of staff has recently received classified briefings from the government. At no time has the government told me or my chief-of-staff of any current or former Conservative parliamentarian or candidate knowingly participating in foreign interference. If Justin Trudeau has evidence to the contrary, he should share it with the public ... but he won't, because he is making it up.'"

Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/poilievre-calls-trudeaus-bluff-if-the-pm-knows-conservative-spies-he-should-name-them/58627

Foreign interference: Trudeau and Poilievre face off over testimony | The Current | CBC News | October 17, 2024:

Peterson gears up to ‘add to Trudeau’s troubles' after baseless Russia allegations | Western Standard | Jen Hodgson

October 21, 2024 - "Canadian psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson has been peppering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with tweets calling for him to produce evidence to substantiate his claims about Russian media. While testifying Wednesday at the Commission on Foreign Interference, Trudeau alleged Peterson, along with American journalist Tucker Carlson, received funding from Russian media. He provided no evidence to substantiate his claims....

"Peterson last week said he was considering launching a defamation lawsuit against the prime minister. Over the weekend — in addition to trolling Trudeau by generating AI images of himself wearing Russian hats — Peterson told the prime minister he is about to add to his pile of ongoing troubles.... 

"'Hey Justin! I know you have your troubles at the moment,' wrote Peterson on Twitter ('X'). 'And I am soon going to add a lot more. I promise you. But for now, WHERE IS YOUR EVIDENCE? Or do you think it's OK to lie about me shamelessly while essentially testifying. Even though I am working tirelessly to uncover the very interference you are not bright or competent enough to identify or understand?'”

Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/peterson-gears-up-to-add-to-trudeaus-troubles-after-baseless-russia-allegations/58774 

Conservatives, Jordan Peterson on Trudeau's foreign interference list

During sworn testimony to Canada's foreign interference inquiry last week, Prime Minister Trudeau dropped a couple of bombshells:
(1) unnamed Conservative MPs or Senators are inovlved in foreign interference for unnamed countries;
(2) Toronto psychologist and internet personality Jordan Peterson is being funded by Russian state broadcaster Russia Today.  

Trudeau tells inquiry some Conservative parliamentarians are involved in foreign interference | CBC News | Elizabeth Thompson:

October 16, 2024 - "In astonishing testimony before the foreign interference inquiry Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he has the names of Conservative parliamentarians who are involved in foreign interference. Trudeau told the inquiry that he instructed the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to warn Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in order to protect the party's integrity.

"'I have the names of a number of parliamentarians, former parliamentarians and/or candidates in the Conservative Party of Canada who are engaged, or at high risk of, or for whom there is clear intelligence around foreign interference,' he said. 'And I have directed CSIS and others to try and inform the Conservative Party leader to be warned and armed, to be able to make decisions that protect the integrity of that party, of its members, from activities around foreign interference.' The term 'parliamentarian' can refer to senators or members of the House of Commons.

"Later, under questioning by Nando De Luca, lawyer for the Conservative Party, Trudeau said the names of Liberal parliamentarians and individuals from other parties are also on the list of parliamentarians." 

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-testify-foreign-interference-inquiry-1.7353342

Poilievre CALLS OUT TRUDEAU's blatant lies about foreign interference | Stand on Guard | Krayden's Right with David Krayden | October 17, 2024:

What did Justin Trudeau say about Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson during election interference testimony? | indy100 | Liam O'Dell:

October 18, 2024 - "As Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission continues its inquiry into other countries’ involvement in its democratic processes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave evidence under oath on Wednesday (16 October) which saw him name right-wing commentators Jordan Peterson and Tucker Carlson as media figures funded by Russian state media.

"Set up in September 2023, the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions has already published an initial report in which it named China as a 'main perpetrator of foreign interference' against Canada. The May report also pointed to Russia, India, Pakistan and Iran as 'possible foreign interference actors' but said of Russia that it is 'likely not currently a significant foreign interference threat' to Canada’s federal elections.... The inquiry has now turned its attention to the capacity of federal bodies to 'detect, deter and counter' foreign interference, which explains PM Trudeau being asked to give evidence.

"During his cross-examination by lawyer Guillaume Sirois ... Trudeau was shown multiple headlines from Russia Today – a broadcaster funded by the Russian state – relating to the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests of 2022 concerning Covid vaccine requirements placed on Canadian long-haul truck drivers.

"Following this, Trudeau commented: 'We have seen that anti-vaxx messages during the convoy and pandemic were amplified by Russian propaganda, especially in the media of the right.... As I’ve said, we’ve recently seen that RT is currently funding bloggers and other personalities of the right such as Jordan Peterson - other names that are well-known are Tucker Carlson, as well - in order to amplify messages that are destabilising democracies.'”

Read more: https://www.indy100.com/politics/justin-trudeau-tucker-carlson-jordan-peterson

CSIS records contradict Trudeau gov't statements

Records submitted by the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) to Canada's Commission on Foreign interference (or "China Inquiry" to some) directly contradict statements made by Prime Minister Trudeau and Defence Minister Bill Blair.

Inquiry reveals Trudeau warned 163 times about foreign interference | Western Standard | Western Standard News Services:

October 1, 2024 - "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior federal officials were briefed 163 times over a six-year period about foreign interference, including threats to Canadian democratic institutions, according to newly-disclosed records. Blacklock's Reporter says despite the repeated warnings, Trudeau claimed as recently as 2023 that he was unaware of any significant illegal activity by foreign agents, particularly from China.

"A logbook from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), submitted to the Commission on Foreign Interference, documented the 163 formal briefings, which spanned from August 1, 2018, to March 15, 2024. The meetings covered potential interference during the 2019 and 2021 general elections, with CSIS flagging threats, including potentially illegal conduct by foreign actors ... planned, formal briefings specifically focused on foreign interference in Canadian institutions.

"Despite the extensive briefings, Trudeau maintained as late as May 2023 that CSIS never escalated the information to his level, suggesting it did not reach the necessary threshold of concern. 'The Canadian Security Intelligence Service knew about certain things but didn’t feel it reached a threshold that required them to pass it up out of CSIS,' Trudeau told reporters at the time. He added, 'CSIS made the determination it wasn’t something that needed to be raised to a higher level because it wasn’t a significant enough concern.'

"However, the logbook revealed that the prime minister, along with high-ranking officials such as Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Defence Minister Bill Blair, and other cabinet members, were briefed about the ongoing threats. Notably, no Opposition MPs targeted by foreign agents were warned during this period.... David Vigneault, the former director of CSIS, testified on April 12, confirming that he had indeed communicated these issues to the government....

"One of the most alarming documents, dated February 21, 2023, explicitly warned the Prime Minister's Office that Chinese agents posed an 'existential threat to Canadian democracy.' This memo came three months before Trudeau told the media he had not been warned about foreign interference."

Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/inquiry-reveals-trudeau-warned-163-times-about-foreign-interference/58285

Bill Blair (left) and Justin Trudeau in 2018. Justin Tang, Canadian Press (fair dealing).

Defence minister Blair caught misleading China Inquiry while under oath | Western Standard | Jen Hodgson: 

30 September 30, 2024 - "Records submitted to the Commission on Foreign Interference suggest Defence Minister Bill Blair misled investigators while testifying under oath. Documents disclosed by lawyers marked the second time Blair’s explanation for the mishandling of security matters was contradicted, per Blacklock’s Reporter.

"Blair as public safety minister on May 11, 2021 approved a pre-election warrant application by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to monitor Liberal Party contacts at the Chinese Consulate in Toronto. Blair repeatedly swore he signed the request within hours of receiving it. 'He was specifically asked,' said Counsel van Ert. However a CSIS report disclosed Friday by the China Inquiry said it took 'at least six weeks' for Blair to sign the warrant.

"Blair has been recalled to testify October 11. He swore in a March 6 Interview Summary with commission counsel that 'it usually took 2.5 to three hours' for him to review a warrant application, not six weeks. Blair repeated his story last April 10. 'There was no delay.... The document was put in front of me on May 11. I signed it off the same day, about three hours later.'"

Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/defence-minister-blair-caught-misleading-china-inquiry-while-under-oath/58243

Canadian politicians trained by World Economic Forum

An investigation by two foundations finds seven current Trudeau government cabinet ministers who have graduated from World Economic Forum training programs. 

Sleuths find Trudeau cabinet ministers with WEF affiliation | Western Standard | Lee Harding: 

May 23. 2024 - "A comprehensive list of World Economic Forum young leaders reveals many Trudeau cabinet ministers and politicians of recent decades. The U.S.-based Malone Institute, founded by Robert W. Malone, and the Pharos Foundation in Sweden, looked at World Economic Forum (WEF) search engines and cross checked published lists, Wayback Machine archives, Wikispooks, and other complementary sources to compile the list. 

"It covers the WEF's Global Leaders of Tomorrow program from 1993 to 2003 and the Young Global Leaders which began in 2004.... [T]he Malone Institute's WEF page [says], 'These people have been intentionally and internationally deployed as foreign agents representing the interests of the WEF members to "penetrate the global cabinets of countries" as well as a wide range of ... sectors.' [WEF executive chairman[ Klaus Schwab stated at a discussion at Harvard University in 2017 that more than half of the Trudeau cabinet was on board with the WEF [see video]....

"According to the Malone / Pharos list, the names of Trudeau Liberal cabinet ministers past and present who graduated from WEF young leaders programs includes

• Chrystia Freeland (2000) Deputy Prime Minister
• Justin Trudeau (2005) Prime Minister
• Scott Brison (2005) Former Treasury Board President
• Francois-Philippe Champagne (2009) Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
• Karina Gould (2010) Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
• Melanie Joly (2016) Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Terry Beech (2017) Minister of Citizens’ Services
• Maryam Monsef (2020) Former Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
• Sean Fraser (2022) Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities

"The Trudeau cabinet had 18 women and 17 men in 2017, suggesting Schwab's boast of half the cabinet may have been exaggerated.

"Conservative MP Michelle Rempel (2016), and NDP MP and party leader Jagmeet Singh (2018) are also listed as WEF young leader alumni. 

"Andrew Scheer was removed from the Malone / Pharos list following a statement he made March 24, 2022.... Scheer wrote ... 'I am NOT a member of the WEF. I have never attended a meeting, conference, or any event sponsored or associated with the WEF. I have never been to Davos. I do not know why my profile was included on their Young Global Leaders website. Once it was brought to my attention, I demanded that the WEF remove me from their site. They have since complied.'

"Conservative MP and party leader Pierre Poilievre was listed in the 'uncertain' tab of the Malone / Pharos list, with no year of his alleged affiliation.... Poilievre has denied involvement and openly condemned the WEF agenda since becoming Conservative Party Leader.

"A Conservative Party petition condemns the attendance of 'Trudeau Liberals' at WEF 'conferences in Davos to give lectures on their radical woke agenda and hobnob with celebrities.... Therefore, we the undersigned support Pierre Poilievre in BANNING all his future Cabinet Ministers from attending WEF conferences, and demand that Justin Trudeau begins prioritizing Canadian workers over the interests of Davos elites.'

"Past politicians on the list include

• Bernard Valcourt (1993) Former ... Conservative Party cabinet minister
• Sheila Copps (1994) Former Liberal Deputy Prime Minister
• Jean Charest (1994) Former  ... Liberal Premier of Quebec
• Belinda Stronach (2002) former Conservative and Liberal MP
• Chris Alexander (2005) Conservative cabinet minister
• John Baird (2008) Conservative cabinet minister
• Kelly Leitch (2010) Conservative MP
• Naheed Nenshi (2011) Former Calgary mayor
• James Moore (2014) Conservative cabinet minister
• Dominique Anglade (2014) Former ... Leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec
• Brian Gallant (2015) Former Liberal Premier of New Brunswick."

Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/sleuths-find-trudeau-cabinet-ministers-with-wef-affiliation/54337

Klaus Schwab "proud" to be "penetrating government cabinets" | Jeff Barlow | February 15, 2025:

Desperate Trudeau scaremongers about abortion

Unable to dent a 20-point lead in polls for the opposition Conservatives, Canada's increasingly desperate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resorted to the old Liberal Party tactic of scaremongering about abortion.  

Trudeau's abortion shtick reaches new lows | National Post | Chris Selley: 

May 18, 2024 - “'Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that Canadian conservative leaders are as much of a threat to women’s right to a safe abortion as the rollback of the landmark Roe v. Wade court decision was in the United States,' the Toronto Star reported this week. I was disbelieving..... Having checked the tape, I can report that Trudeau didn’t actually say Canadian conservative leaders were as big a threat to women’s rights as the rescinding of Roe v. Wade. He said they’re a bigger threat.... 

"That’s unhinged. It’s wacko, to borrow a phrase. It’s what Liberals would call a conspiracy theory or misinformation, were it coming from the other side: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has vowed that his government will never 'legislate on abortion.' And it’s a bit insulting, surely, to the women in the 14 American states now living with near-total bans on abortion.... What set Trudeau off, by contrast, was the closure of Fredericton’s Clinic 554 earlier this year.... Women now must visit one of three hospitals, two in Moncton and one in Bathurst, where abortion is available on demand and gratis.... That’s the sharp end of Canada’s anti-abortion stick, legally speaking. I humbly submit the two countries’ situations aren’t even remotely comparable....

"If women’s rights are as incomplete and imperilled as you say, Prime Minister, then why not pass legislation codifying them? Two years ago Trudeau briefly even seemed open to the idea of writing something down on paper, though nothing came of it. By rights, demands for codifying abortion rights should only be growing in Canada after Roe v. Wade.... Trudeau’s fight against the forces of darkness, by contrast and as always, still seems to begin and end in front of a microphone."

Read more: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/trudeaus-abortion-shtick-reaches-new-lows

- Toronto Star, May. 16, 2024. 

Trudeau's ongoing abortion rhetoric a sign of true desperation | Toronto Sun | Brian Lilley: 

May 18, 2024 - "If we’re talking about abortion, it must be the month of May in Canada. Each May, on the Thursday before Mother’s Day, pro-life activists march to call for an end to abortion and at the same time, Liberals go on a rampage about how only they can protect abortion. 

"This year, trailing badly in the polls, Justin Trudeau is keeping up the pro-abortion rhetoric, warning women that voting for Conservatives will put them at risk. He did that Thursday at a campaign-style stop in New Brunswick.... 'We will keep fighting for women’s rights,' Trudeau said ... as if our Supreme Court had ruled abortion a right, as it once had in the United States. That never happened in Canada, we simply have an absence of a law. But Trudeau loves to import American political issue into Canada while decrying American-style politics....

"[W]hat really has Trudeau riled up about abortion in New Brunswick is that they stopped funding abortion at a private clinic. 'The shutting down of health and reproductive services offered by Clinic 554 for the unwillingness to engage in allowing women to actually choose what happens to their future, their bodies is a disgrace,' Trudeau said. Does anyone else find it odd that Liberals are against private health care delivery if it’s for knee replacement surgery or cataracts but are all in favour of private abortion clinics? Once again, if the Trudeau Liberals didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any at all....

"Here’s the thing about this annual fight over abortion that happens around Mother’s Day, it doesn’t matter, nothing is going to change.... We haven’t had a law on abortion in Canada since the Supreme Court struck down the old one in the Morgentaler decision in 1988. We aren’t likely to get one any time soon, despite the overheated rhetoric from the Liberals about electing a Conservative government.... Even in the Conservative Party there is no appetite to ban abortion, not among the majority. A free vote held in the Commons on a bill to restrict abortion after the sixth month mark wouldn’t even pass.

"All of the posturing, the lecturing, and the social media posts on this issue from the Trudeau Liberals and their allies in the media is simply a sign of their desperation as Liberal poll numbers fall further."

Read more: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/trudeaus-ongoing-abortion-rhetoric-a-sign-of-true-desperation

Last week was wacko in Canada's Parliament

The Trudeau Liberals’ circus act is burying serious issues | Niagara Independent | Chris George:

May 3, 2024 - "Exchanges in Parliament’s main theatre, the House of Commons, devolved this week into a mayhem more suited for under a circus big top. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre engaged in a disrespectful partisan slugfest and the degradation was furthered by the clownish stumbling of the Speaker of the House. The Trudeau-Poilievre non sequitur argument and the ensuing sideshows throughout this week sadly reflect the deteriorated state of Canada’s democratic institution and its elected representatives....

"The climax of this tragi-comedy was during a heated exchange in Tuesday’s Question Period, when Speaker Greg Fergus expelled Poilievre for unparliamentary language. Most of the Tory caucus followed their leader out of the House.... Poilievre had asked Trudeau to explain why the federal government had yet to act on a B.C. government’s 'urgent' request to end the federal-provincial pilot program relating to hard drugs decriminalization. In response to this serious issue, Trudeau launched into a series of insults. He excitedly accused Poilievre of 'shameful, spineless leadership' and suggested he was sympathetic to white nationalist groups. (Over the weekend Trudeau had been making great noise in CBC News interviews and in Liberal fundraising appeals about Poilievre courting members of a group from Diagolon – an internet meme country). There was no attempt to address the issue raised by Poilievre....

"The Conservative leader countered the insults by rephrasing his lead question and calling Trudeau a 'wacko.. and the Liberals’ hard drugs policy 'wacko.' Fergus asked Poilievre to withdraw his adjective. Poilievre replaced 'wacko' with the word 'radical.' Fergus rejected this adjective and asked Poilievre to withdraw it. Poilievre replied with the word 'extremist.' Fergus rejected this and it was then that he directed Poilievre to leave the House of Commons. So, ended the centre ring circus act, with Trudeau smiling like a Cheshire Cat and Liberal MPs braying across the floor of the Commons. 

"On Wednesday, Fergus rejected formal calls from both the Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois to resign due to his bias[ed], partisan actions. Bloc House leader Alain Therrien commented: 'Mr. Fergus has had difficulty maintaining peace in Parliament for a long time. We think the Speaker should leave. The recent events confirm that position.' Conservative MP Michael Cooper was more pointed in saying: 'He should resign, he’s a disgrace'.... The Liberals took to the airwaves and social media Tuesday and Wednesday to denounce Conservatives as 'conspiracy theorists' unfit to lead given their support for the people of Diagolon. In their excitement over Diagolon, there was also lip service paid in support of the beleaguered Speaker.  

"What was lost in this nonsensical episode was a reply to British Columbians about the nightmares they are currently coping with in their streets, playgrounds, and hospitals. In fact, while the Diagolon-wacko standoff has been unfolding, the Trudeau government and much of the legacy media have allowed many serious national issues to go unreported. Trudeau, his ministers, and their sponsored legacy media have been too preoccupied with Diagolon and slurring the Conservatives....   

"There are many concerns upstaged by Ottawa’s clown show. Consider these issues that demand answers if we were not all so entranced by Diagolon and whether Fergus will do the honourable thing and resign. Here: ArriveCan scandal, McKinsey sole-sourced contracts, details of the capital gains tax changes, Winnipeg lab security breaches, findings that suggest the Liberals knew and attempted to conceal facts about China’s influence in elections, and the escalation of the anti-Israel, pro-Humas demonstrations tolerated by the government and police on Canadian campuses, on city streets, and, most reprehensible, in known Jewish neighbourhoods. 

"And the dread and anguish of British Columbians deserves answers from this government. Last week B.C. Premier David Eby asked the federal government to halt the hard drugs pilot program that is currently in year one of three. It was expressed as an 'urgent' request to alleviate what has become an intolerable situation in B.C. communities – where drugged-up people lay incapacitated in streets, shoot up in kids’ playgrounds and school yards, and cause fear in hospital corridors. It is a crisis that is killing an average of seven people a day. 

"Trudeau continues to defend and promote the Liberal policy that has decriminalized possession of small amounts of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, among other street drugs. Ya’ara Saks, the federal Addictions Minister is also avoiding the facts.... Why is there not a serious debate in Canada’s parliament about seven British Columbians dying daily as a result of drugs? How do Canadians get a response to this serious issue and the many others when they all seem to get lost in the hurley burley under the big top?" 

Read more: https://niagaraindependent.ca/the-trudeau-liberals-circus-act-is-burying-serious-issues/

Trudeau Still Attacks Diagolon | Beautiful Canada | May 2, 2024:

Trudeau Liberals' Net Zero policies will harm future generations

Trudeau carbon tax hike will hurt future generations | Fraser Institute | Kenneth T. Green, Senior Fellow: 

March 21, 2024 - "Despite calls from seven of Canada’s premiers ... to scrap the upcoming carbon tax hike, ... Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has doubled down as he tries to convince Canadians this tax, ... set to rise from $65 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to $80 per tonne on April 1, will really be good for them. Speaking with reporters in Calgary (not coincidentally Premier Danielle Smith’s backyard), the prime minister said, 'My job is not to be popular. My job is to do the right things for Canada now and do the right things for Canadians a generation from now' to 'deliver that better future one generation from now, two generations from now.'

"But Trudeau’s argument that somehow GHG reductions, which might stem from Canada’s carbon tax, will yield appreciable benefits of any kind — economic or environmental — now or in the future is nonsense.... 

"Canada’s share of global GHG emissions is slowly declining and small relative to the world’s larger emitters, particularly China. Indeed, in 2021 Canada’s emissions comprised 1.5% of global GHG emissions compared to 26% for China (in 2018). And since 2005, emissions from China increased by a staggering 71.7%. It’s absurd to think that, even if Canada could drive its GHG emissions to zero, there would be any measurable impact on the global climate. And no impact on climate means no improved environmental benefits for future generations.

"Economically, the prime minister’s argument is even less compelling.... According to a study published by the Fraser Institute, implementing a $170 carbon tax would shrink Canada’s economy by 1.8% and produce significant job losses and reduced real income in every province....

"Trudeau government policies, including the carbon tax and imposition of federal bills C-48 (which bans large oil tankers carrying crude oil off British Columbia’s north coast, limiting access to Asian markets) and C-69 (which introduces subjective criteria including the 'social impact' of energy investment into the evaluation process of major energy projects), combined with impending regulations such as GHG emission caps, are contributing to a collapse in business investment and ultimately economic stagnation in Canada. Per-person gross domestic product (GDP) — a broad measure of living standards — ... stood in 2014 at $58,162, which is $51 higher than at the end of 2023 (inflation-adjusted). In other words, living standards for Canadians have declined.

"Capital investment, which contributes to economic growth and higher living standards, is also declining. A 2021 Fraser Institute study showed that the growth rate of overall capital expenditures in Canada slowed substantially from 2005 to 2019 and the growth rate from 2015 to 2019 was lower than in virtually any other period since 1970.... [F]rom 2010 to 2019, Canada’s investment growth rate dropped substantially below that of the United States and many other developed countries. Corporate investment in Canada as a share of total investment was also the lowest among a set of developed countries from 2005 to 2019.

"Far from delivering environmental or economic benefits for Canadians 'one generation from now' or 'two generations from now,' Trudeau’s policies have thrown serious shadows over the future economic prospects of Canadians, who will find themselves less well-off and less economically capable of adapting to predicted climate risks, whether manmade or natural."

Read more: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/federal-carbon-tax-hike-will-hurt-future-generations

Estimated Impacts of a $170 Carbon Tax in Canada | Fraser Institute | March 21, 2021:

PM denies reading election interference briefings

Testifying at Canada's Foreign Interference Commission, Prime Minister Trudeau denied seeing evidence of foreign interference, saying he doesn't read briefings – contradicting his chief of staff, who has repeatedly claimed he reads them all.

Trudeau claims he didn't read documents, Telford swears he did | Toronto Sun | Brian Lilley: 

April 10, 2024 - "Facing memo after memo, briefing note after briefing note, Justin Trudeau told the Foreign Interference Commission time and again that he didn’t read the documents....

“'The best way to convey information to me is to receive a direct briefing from my national security adviser and intelligence adviser,' Trudeau told the commission. 'The only way to guarantee to make sure that I receive the necessary information is to give me an in-person briefing or over a secure line, if necessary.' That answer allowed Trudeau to brush away any knowledge of briefing documents by saying that he never saw them and that those briefing him verbally never raised these very key issues. 

"It seems highly implausible that all of Trudeau’s top advisers would brief him on a key national security or foreign interference event and not tell him the key parts of those briefings, but that is what he wants you to believe. As for Trudeau not reading the documents, that’s not what his Chief of Staff Katie Telford said when testifying about foreign interference before the Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee on April 14, 2023. 

"'Everything the prime minister receives, he spends a lot of time with and most definitely reads. I can confirm that if they are documents that he received, he absolutely read them,' Telford told the committee. She actually made that claim, that Trudeau reads all his briefings, more than once. Now, on the stand, Trudeau wants us to believe he didn’t read key documents so he can’t possibly remember details or comment...

"There were two other main issues with Trudeau’s testimony on Wednesday: His lack of curiosity in following up once he was briefed and his claim that he couldn’t act because CSIS didn’t make recommendations.

"Trudeau was briefed regarding concerns CSIS raised about Han Dong’s nomination on Sept. 30, 2019.... Asked if he followed up on the allegations, Trudeau said he believes the party may have, but beyond that, suggested that Elections Canada was the responsible body. CSIS brought him information about the Chinese government interfering in the nomination of a Liberal candidate who won the election, and Trudeau didn’t bother ordering any further investigation.

"He also tried to imply that CSIS didn’t offer any recommendations, so there was no need to act, and yet he has previously, and defiantly, said that it is up to political parties and not security agencies to decide who can run in a democracy.

"Trudeau spent a good part of his testimony extolling the virtues of his government and how they had created the tools, the processes, the panels to root out foreign interference. The testimony over the past two weeks shows that often what Trudeau set up failed to flag foreign interference and when it was reported to him, he ignored it."

Read more: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/trudeau-claims-he-didnt-read-documents-telford-swears-he-did

Trudeau outlines how he received security briefings | PUBLIC INQUIRY | CTV News | April 10, 2024:

Alberta town votes to remove its Pride crosswalk

The town of Westlock, Alberta, will lose its seven-months-old Pride-colored crosswalk, and its Pride flags this summer, following a plebiscite that passed with less than 51% in favor. The full story ...

Pride Month a success for Alberta towns this year, despite an increase in backlash | CBC News Edmonton | Ariel Fournier: 
July 4, 2023 - "On a sunny evening last week, a crowd of revellers celebrating Pride Month in Westlock, Alta., painted a rainbow crosswalk for the first time in the town's history. Despite some worries that the event could be disrupted by protests, it went off without a hitch.... 

"The crosswalk project had been proposed by the Thunder Alliance, a group that supports members of the LGBTQ community at R.F. Staples Secondary School in the town 90 kilometres north of Edmonton [Alberta's capital]. In May, councillors voted unanimously to support painting the crosswalk on 106th Street, between Westlock's town hall and the Royal Canadian Legion. But at a council meeting June 12, some people showed up to voice angry objections....

"'We did receive a lot more pushback than we anticipated,' Heidi Mills, a school social worker and a lead teacher with the Thunder Alliance, said at the crosswalk-painting event. 'Despite all of the hate that we've received, look at this crowd,' she said, gesturing to the group of more than 200 people. 'It's giving me goosebumps right now.'"
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-pride-backlash-towns-1.6895610

Alberta town proposes bylaw to restrict Pride flags, crosswalks | Western Standard | Jen Hodgson:
November 29, 2023 - "The Westlock, AB city council has moved to restrict Pride flags and crosswalks in favour of displaying only municipal, provincial and federal insignia. The crosswalks and sidewalks would return to simple white paint on grey pavement. On Monday, Westlock town council decided to let the residents vote on the potential bylaw, which will take place in February. 

"The decision came after a group of residents brought a petition to council in September decrying the Pride colours painted on town infrastructure, which was done in June by the 'gay-straight alliance' at local high school R.F. Staples Secondary. The painting initiative was endorsed by city officials at the time. Deputy Mayor Murtaza Jamaly told CTV News they 'thought it was a great opportunity to demonstrate we are an inclusive and welcoming community'....

"At the council meeting Monday, Jamaly said roughly 10% of the town's population, which is 4,921 people, signed the petition.... 'There wasn't a way that we could find ourselves passing that at council's table,' he said. 'Therefore under the legislative process, it goes to a plebiscite vote.'"
Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/alberta-town-proposes-bylaw-to-restrict-pride-flags-crosswalks/50618

Town north of Edmonton could ban Pride crosswalks, flags | CityNews | November 28, 2023: 

Irwin demands Westlock support Pride flags, crosswalks | Western Standard | Jonathan Bradley:
November 30, 2023 - "Alberta NDP MLA Janis Irwin (Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) said Westlock, AB, needs to keep allowing Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks. 'Banning a Pride flag or rainbow crosswalk won’t make queer and trans people go away,' tweeted Irwin on Wednesday. 'But it will send a message that they’re less safe to be who they are in your community.' Irwin went on to say she remembers the day Westlock painted a rainbow crosswalk and how powerful it was to see people uniting.... 

"Stonewall Riots survivor Fred Sargeant said there 'are absurd tweets and then there's laughably absurd tweets.... No one is less safe because a distracting crosswalk is gone,' said Sargeant.... Queens’ Speech host Clive Simpson called Irwin 'f*cking ridiculous.' 'Some of us managed to survive the times when there were NO RAINBOW FLAGS ANYWHERE,' said Simpson."
Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/irwin-demands-westlock-support-pride-flags-crosswalks/50646

Trudeau says Poilievre waging culture war with gender ideology | Western Standard | Jonathan Bradley: 
February 22, 2024 - "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and conservative politicians of attacking transgender people to deflect from their success at creating division, anger and toxicity. 'They’re quick with slogans and buzzwords and culture wars,' said Trudeau at a Wednesday press conference in Edmonton. 'But they’re not doing the work of actually rolling up their sleeves and delivering 330 housing units here.'” 
Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/watch-trudeau-says-poilievre-waging-culture-war-with-gender-ideology/52624

BREAKING: Westlock votes to ban Pride crosswalks, other flags by 24 votes | Town and Country Today | Kristine Jean: 
February 22, 2024 - "Westlock residents have voted to ban Pride crosswalks and allow the town to only fly flags representative of the municipal, provincial, or federal governments. Hundreds of local citizens went to the polls Thurs. Feb. 22 and voted to support bylaw 2023-14 in a plebiscite.... A total of 663 residents voted yes to ban Pride crosswalks and flags, while a total of 639 residents voted no to the bylaw, a difference of just 24 votes....   

"Westlock Mayor Jon Kramer said in a press release that council did not support the proposed bylaw and felt it went against council's commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. 'This plebiscite is binding, and as such, the bylaw does restrict how we are able to show this commitment. However, we will continue to find ways to embrace those in our community who need a helping hand, including marginalized groups..... That won’t stop, it will just take on a different form. We know the Town of Westlock is a welcoming community and that will not change.'"
Read more: https://www.townandcountrytoday.com/westlock-news/breaking-westlock-votes-to-ban-pride-crosswalks-other-flags-by-24-votes-8345490

Justin Trudeau visits Alberta, snubs premier

Trudeau shreds Smith’s UCP government, says 'not a plot by Eastern bastards' | Western Standard | Shaun Polczer:

February 21, 2024 - "Alberta Premier Danielle Smith can’t seem to get any face time with federal leaders — including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — even though he took time to disparage her government at length on an Edmonton radio talk show. On the Ryan Jespersen show Wednesday morning, Trudeau said Albertans 'are getting fooled by right wing politicians,' including Smith. He also accused ‘traditional’ oil sands and energy companies of 'ripping off' workers by refusing to embrace his climate change policies....

“'If the Alberta government gets out of its ideological opposition to doing things that are good for workers, good for the planet — maybe not good for classic oil sands companies,' he ranted. 'This is the dynamic that quite frankly Albertans are getting fooled by right wing politicians… right wing ideology is getting in the way of Alberta’s success right now. It’s not a plot by Eastern bastards.'

"Trudeau was in Edmonton Wednesday ostensibly to make a housing announcement alongside his former housing minister and Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi. But energy issues dominated his chat with the local talk show host, where he defended the carbon tax and insisted he 'bought' the Trans Mountain pipeline in a show of support for Alberta’s oil industry. He also took more than his allotted time to disavow comments from Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault about building roads....

"Despite making time for Jesperson, he couldn’t make time to meet Smith who extended an invitation.... According to a statement from the Premier’s Office, she was rebuffed — again.... [I]t’s the second time in three weeks a Liberal official has refused an invitation to even have coffee after she was rejected from appearing at the House natural resources committee by chairman and Calgary MP George Chahal.

“'Alberta has many important items to discuss with the federal government, including their unconstitutional Clean Energy Regulations and oil and gas cap that threaten the livelihoods of Albertans, so it is unfortunate that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not extend an invitation to meet with Premier Danielle Smith,' said her press secretary Sam Blackett.

"Smith acknowledged Trudeau spoke with Alberta media, which saw him call Albertans fools, claimed the carbon tax was saving families thousands of dollars, and condemned anyone supportive of parental involvement in their children's education. 

"'We know that Albertans do not take his absurd claims seriously; however it is sad to see this Prime Minister, like his father before him, try to use Alberta as a punching bag to win votes in other parts of the country,' she said. 'Instead of attacking our province, Mr. Trudeau could have informed our government about his visit to Alberta and extended an invitation to meet with me to discuss our amazing energy sector and workers, Alberta green technologies that are changing the world, removing red tape for struggling childcare operators, or the housing and affordability challenges.'"

Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/trudeau-shreds-smiths-ucp-government-says-not-a-plot-by-eastern-bastards/52570 

Trudeau gets CALLED OUT for lying to the Cameras in Alberta | PortuguesePai | February 24, 2024: