One last kick from our departing dictator.
In February, the US added 151,000 new jobs, missing their forecast by 9,000.
Canada added a meager 1,100 new jobs, missing our forecast by 18,900.
We lost 23,900 full time jobs and replaced them with 25,000 part time jobs.
The chasm between our economies keeps widening. pic.twitter.com/wzPaGA71xH
— David Jacobs (@DrJacobsRad) March 8, 2025
Was it last Feb when it was announced 40,000 new jobs in Canada,,, all of which were gov’t jobs, not 1 private sector job !
We desperately NEED a serious constitutional conference to make amendments to our dated and moldy parliamentary governance. Glancing stateside, it would seem to be delusional to pine for a republic.
It could only come about via an explosive public groundswell led by a historic leader. Drats, risk-averse Canada won’t produce that.
One finds oneself constantly muttering “can they really do that” and realizing that Yes They Can.
Well to be clear, Canada is SUPPOSED to be a “Confederation”…..not a federation. In a confederation, states or provinces come together creating a loose (often temporary) union for matters of political, economic or administrative convenience. Within a confederation, member states/provinces maintain their sovereignty and often appoint a weak central authority to speed up bureaucratic matters.
The problem with Liberals and the left in general is that they insist on centralizing power in Ottawa. But the federal government is NOT the senior government to dictate to provinces. The feds have been allowed to interfere in provincial jurisdiction with money they collect by over taxation at the federal level. You see the same thing going on under the Biden administration in the U.S. and the overarching authority of the EU.
It is time for Canada to revert back to the Confederation model and shrink the federal government substantially. The Canadian economy will improve when the Ottawa economy goes in the toilet.
The Liberals have learned very well from their Chinese masters. One MUST be a Party Member™️ to be rewarded and installed as an authoritarian, and, to be rewarded accordingly.
They have installed their acolytes everywhere. The Senate. The bureaucracy. Regulatory Boards. The Crown Corporations. The Judiciary. The Legal System. The Media. Social Media. Bot Farms.
Welcome to Chinada! This country is now controlled by a Chinese style web of Bolsheviks. So, a change in leadership to Polly, will result in something similar to Trump’s first term.
The Deep State will control, and does control this country. By Design.
true but sadly with politics as the Cdn experience, lots of change is ONE DIRECTION, requiring huge upheaval, political, socio-economic, even violent to introduce desired (but not always achieved) changes and reforms. too often opportunists waiting in the wing use the instability and chaos to grab the brass ring and voila, a new pol pot, a new mao, a new hitler, a new khomeini etc.
how will the placid hockey obsessed dyed in the wool liberals in Canaduh accomplish this?
We tried that twice, failed both times. The Trudeau charter is almost impossible to amend, and it was forced on Canadians.
Watching Jordan Peterson’s Interview he did a few months ago with Pierre Poilievre – 100 minutes long but worth it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dck8eZCpglc
As an American, I’m clearly no expert on Canadian politicians, but this guy is amazing in his factual knowledge of Canada, its present situation, and how to fix it. I have never heard an American politician with his command of
economic statistics and what they ostensibly mean.
If he is half as good as his facts – you guys have a gem. I’ve met Danielle Smith in Calgary years ago and she is also terrific.
IMHO – You are blessed to have these two people as Canadian leaders. Hope I’m not wrong – but we need you as a good neighbor and partner.
THANKS.
I watched that interview to the end.
I’m soon 76 and wholly share your view and am pissed at some of the delusional Poilievre skeptics here who have no understanding whatsoever of realpolitic in this demented dominion.
And you are also 100% on Danielle Smith but she takes the occasional hit here or only lukewarm praise.
And you are also 100% on Danielle Smith but she takes the occasional hit here or only lukewarm praise.
She’s earned that lukewarm praise. As leader of Wild Rose and a shoo-in for Premier, she crossed the floor at the last minute and in the ensuing chaos, Knothead managed to eke out a win. That act in itself shows she’s not to be trusted.
When she was stumping at the last election, I attended one of her public fora in a town nearby (southern Alberta). The question posed by an audience member was (paraphrasing), Do you agree w/ biological males competing in sports against biological females? The question was asked specifically in the context of school sports. It was a Mormon community & they take their school sports very seriously.
DS said she had no issues w/ it. She even said that she would be willing to advocate for separate leagues for those that didn’t want to compete in gender mixed sports (as opposed to, say, getting all the Fruit Loops & Whackos in their own league). I was sitting 15 feet away from her in a room w/ maybe 20 people in it when she said it.
Further, what has she done to stop this Globull Warmening horse shit? Nada. Just as many windmills & solar panels going up as ever, if not more, all subsidized w/ taxpayer $$$. All the six month approval suspension did was create a backlog. Anybody who regularly travels hiways 4, 845, 3 & 36 knows there has not been a slowdown.
What has she done to eliminate bureaucracy (middle management) in provincial health care, the real problem w/ AHS? Nada. Matter of fact, she’s split AHS into 4 distinct areas, once again creating duplication of services and yet more middle managers.
I could go on at length, but those 4 issues alone tell me that one needs to be very careful w/ DS. Sure, she creates great soundbites & gets some national coverage while sparring w/ Blackie, but what has she actually accomplished? Not a lot.
She ain’t no heroine. Like all politicians, she’s an opportunist and will bend whichever way the wind blows.
Like the Russkies say, “Trust, but verify”. Be careful. One needs to keep her feet to the flames at all times.
Your first paragraph: that was then.
We’re in the NOW, now.
Very true, “whichever way the wind blows”.
She pulled that evil Yankee brew off the shelves, because, reasons. Of course, those are privately owned stores, not gubmint stores. So much for the private sector.
Yeah, Danielle that’ll show bAd oRaNgEmAn!
Indeed, she is slowly morphing leftward. All conservatives end up that way it seems.
Still far better than Nensharia or HaveNotley.
All politicians will turn out bad and be a major disappointment, especially when they are in a position to do something positive.
For that, I wish more people would warm up to Bernier just so he could prove me wrong. But I fear that I’ll be correct again.
Also, Trump is not a politician.
Trump is a *part time* or at least *temporary* politician.
business is his strength, acts and ceetainly talks like one, which is far from the typical politishun. thus the flack, hes rude, bla bla well l betcha a lot of multimillionaires can get rud in private but they do know business eh?
bottom line l wish l could have voted for him but happy about those who did.
esp given the frightening couldnt-be-more-opposite alternative.
Despite the fact that Juthtin kicks like a girl – and sits like one as well – He/She has done an excellent job of
fiscally sodomizing the nation, gelding its armed forces, throttling its economic output, elevating abnormalcy, alienating the culture, perverting the history, systemizing corruption, all while ruining the nations international standing.
The dial only goes to 10, but He/She gets an eleven.
“ Glancing stateside, it would seem to be delusional to pine for a republic.”
Don’t be dismissive of a republic as the best form of government.
You’re throwing out the baby with the bath water. Dishonest opportunistic rudderless people degrade ALL institutions.
The republic isn’t the problem it’s the people.
“ When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. There is no such thing as a no-man’s land between honesty and dishonesty. Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitiveness to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invasion by foreign armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil, or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior.” – President Herbert Hoover
“The republic isn’t the problem, it’s the people.”
Right. People get the government they deserve in the end. Canadians are no exception.
Canada is the direct opposite of JFKs famous speech.
Ask not what you can do for your country, but demand what your country must do for you!
The population expects their handouts on a regular basis, especially if you are in one of the deemed victim classes.
If you are fully and gainfully employed, you are SOL. The Liberals have gone full NDP. Handouts everywhere for the ‘underclass’, wouldn’t want them to apply themselves and get a better job and improve their lot in life. Reward them for mediocrity.
The other day, my daughter made a political comment. She’s still stuck on abortion as a main issue for not voting Con. I just eyerolled and told her it was a red herring issue. “Well, my generation believes blah blah blah” Another eyeroll.
At 61, I know it’s a waste of time, but the Mills, Xs and Zs have never had it so good. How did WE ever survive without Nannystate gov, cell phones, internet, gubmint birth control, carbon tax cheques, subsidized daycare, flat screen TVs, EVs, robot vacuums, Alexa and Google?
Blank stares. Crickets.
Ask her if abortion is such a critical issue to the Liberals and the left, why has no Liberal government ever introduced legislation into parliament to codify abortion into
law?
From the CBC (of all places!):
“But in a country that has no legal framework governing abortion, what does that actually mean — and why are abortion-rights advocates urging Trudeau to avoid enshrining that right into law, once and for all?”
There’s something wrong about throwing out the baby with the bathwater? Wow! I’m suddenly beginning to understand why they fired me from the nursery!
Joostaihn has a clever plan. He’ll hire 18,900 to distribute the welfare cheques to compensate for Trump’s tariffs.
Doesn’t Canada need about 250,000 more healthcare workers to reduce the queue? Well get on it Justin! Import another quarter million health workers from Syria and Gaza
Hah hah. You joking? We know what Justin’s plan is to reduce the queue. Old white people who remember how good things were before Papa took over and are past being much use as wage-slaves are to be put down at taxpayer expense.
The American numbers do not count government jobs, which are likley significant.
But we DO count fast food hiring! Err, the “service industry”
The liberals are raising taxes April 1st. While America is cutting them. Its a good thing we have a trade war to blame it on.