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Dispatches from the Maple Gulag Truck Stop

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On my list of things I wish were real, a growing economy in Canada is just above flying cars. But it’s just not in the cards…

Forecasters had predicted gross domestic product (GDP) would expand by a more modest 0.5 per cent. The momentum was driven by Canada’s strengthening trade balance, with a decrease in imports and an increase in exports during the quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday. It was also driven by increased capital spending by governments, as business investment remained flat.

The trucking industry is always the first into and the first out of a recession and not even Mark Carney’s deficits can change that.

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Mark Carney is looking for a new  Parliamentary Budget Officer who has more “tact and discretion” because Mark Carney is tired of Jason Jacques telling the truth.

But you don’t have to be the Parliamentary Budget Officer to spot discrepancies in Liberal math.

The job numbers for October were made to look good at a glance, but if you read past the first paragraph you will see that the increase in jobs are all temporary part time jobs and the Canada lost 18,500 full time jobs.

The October increase was driven entirely by part-time work (+85,000), while full-time positions actually fell (-18,500). Most of the gains were in Ontario, which added 55,000 jobs, and in industries including retail and wholesale trade, transportation, and information and recreation. BMO chief economist Douglas Porter notes that this provincial strength might have a temporary cause, suggesting Ontario’s gains—particularly in information, culture & recreation and accommodation & food—may have received a bump from the Blue Jays’ playoff run. Construction employment fell by 15,000. 

If you look even further you will question the increase in transportation jobs. I’ve been in transportation for 34 years, the market has never been this slow for this long. EVER.

So how do you get an increase of 30,000 jobs in transportation when the industry is collapsing with bankruptcies everywhere?  There are so many bankruptcies that the auctions are overrun with equipment for sale.

There were more people working in wholesale and retail trade (+41,000; +1.4%), transportation and warehousing (+30,000; +2.8%), information, culture, and recreation (+25,000; +3.0%), and utilities (+7,600; +4.6%). On the other hand, employment declined in construction (-15,000; -0.9%).

This fall things have slowed down even more due to the tariffs in the US and a lack of economic activity in Canada, so how did transportation and warehousing gain 30,000 jobs when trucking companies are laying off staff?

It can be argued that some of my number are from months ago, but there are no economic indicators showing any postive news that would cause a reversal of the trend.

It’s almost like the Liberals are spreading misinformation…

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But wait, there’s more.

 

Gord Magill has a book coming out…

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Tyrants have always found the Magna Carta to be reckless…

Pierre Poilievre is by no means the first person to raise concerns about RCMP covering up of Trudeau/Liberal scandals.  And it’s not like there is a lack of evidence to take to trial.

But hey, we did get an apology….

Related:  Isee everyone got the talking points…

The Epitome of Hypocrisy

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Liberal hypocrisy never fails to amaze me. Apparently the Woke mind NOW believes your home is your sanctuary from law enforcement, but not from criminals.

FYI, US law enforcement do not require a warrant when in hot pursuit.

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Gord Magill is posting live from the court room on the Lich/Barber sentencing.

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I can only assume Andrew is talking about the Liberal’s refusal to accept a court ruling….

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It was 55 years ago this month that Pierre Elliot Trudeau invoked martial law in Canada to deal with the kidnapping of Pierre Laporte. Laporte was later murdered by the terrorist group the FLQ. Several  members of the FLQ got only 2 years for their part in the kiddnapping and murder, some got more, while others were flown to Cuba. They would have gotten much more prison time had they been charged with mischief instead of kidnapping and murder…

Get Ready for the Firehose of Prosperity…

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Canada to avoid recession in 2025; economist predicts ‘firehose of monetary and fiscal policy support’ https://t.co/0j2aZsF08X

 

“After a steep decline, we’re coming back a little bit,” Desjardins told Yahoo Finance Canada in an interview. “We’re in this period of slow growth, just treading water.”…

“While not an economic rebound to write home about, it does suggest that a 2025 recession in Canada isn’t a foregone conclusion,” he wrote in a report earlier this month. “The Canadian economy isn’t out of the woods yet.”

The federal government is due to release its fall budget in November. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said it will feature “the biggest investment in this country’s future in a generation.”

“A leak from a senior official [suggests] that the Government of Canada’s deficit could reach $100 billion this year when the long‑overdue federal budget is released on November 4,” Bartlett wrote.

Maybe it’s tent sales that will bring Canada out of this recession?

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In 2 minutes Gord Magill explains every problem with the trucking industry and why 80,000lb+ missiles are being launched into school buses and minivans.

 

Charlie Kirk Shot

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Just The News is now reporting that Charlie Kirk confirmed dead, according to multiple government officials.

I’m taking the rest of the day off, sorry.

Earlier reports follow.
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Updates, from Kate;

Video of alleged shooter. Update: Wrong suspect? New (unconfirmed) reports are the shooter hasn’t been located.

Daily Wire on X is probably the best source for updates.

Having just watched another angle of the shooting, I think it unlikely Charlie has survived this. That’s your warning before you view it.

Enemies of the People never let us down.

Glen Beck has the same information.

Corporate Canada’s Useful Idiot in Ottawa…

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Might I suggest Mark J Carney take some advise about temporary foreign workers from his old boss?  He might learn a thing or two…

“Evidence began to accumulate that many temporary foreign workers were being hired for entry-level jobs that unemployed or underemployed Canadians might be doing, in sectors from fast-food to retail, sometimes even in regions of high unemployment. Jason Kenney, then minister of immigration, pointed out that this was surely driving down the wages of lower-income Canadians – and despite the demands of some employers, lower market wages should not be an objective of government policy.” – Globe & Mail, Aug 28th 2016

 

Dispatches from the Maple Gulag Insane Asylum

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Andrew Coyne has completely lost it…

By now it should be clear that the subjection of the United States to the dictatorship of Donald Trump is no longer a theoretical possibility or even a distant probability. It is an imminent reality.

It is not here, quite – critics of the President remain at large, the courts are still attempting to enforce the rule of law, the results of the 2026 and 2028 elections have not yet been determined – but the pieces are being put in place at astonishing speed.

To call what is happening a “slide” into authoritarianism, as if it were something anarchic and uncontrolled, would not be apt. It is more like a cementing. Having slipped back into power by the narrowest of margins, Mr. Trump and his acolytes have been steadily expanding from that beachhead, each new power serving as the means to acquire still more.

Often these powers have been acquired illegally, in brazen defiance of the Constitution. But so long as no one holds them to account for it, and so long as the administration refuses to be held to account, they become ratified by convention, or practice, or sheer nerve, the de facto rapidly congealing into the de jure.

…or maybe Andrew is bitter because Conservatives fired his father…

The Coyne Affair

 

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Gord Magill talks about the recent illegal U-turn in Florida that killed 3 people.

I don’t think the general public realizes just how stringently the trucking industry can be governed”.

Truckers get tickets for not having their Schedule 1  – a document listing items to check during vehicle inspections – with in arms reach of the driver while seated in the driver’s seat. It’s also illegal to read it while driving. This law also applies to Transportation of Dangerous Goods handbooks. Having the documents in you truck and being in compliance is not enough, you must also have it beside you at all times. Tickets start at $300. Forgetting to sign a bill of lading is another big ticket and the in the US they tear up your oversize permit, put you out of service and issue enormous fines if you make the mistake of signing your oversize permit in black ink instead of blue, as  all legal documents must be signed in a contrasting colour of ink from the document. Yes, it is that ridiculous. However…

If you are not fluent in english, have multiple violations and show little or no competence behind the wheel all is forgive. The trucking industry in North America has become the biggest victim of the 2 things all governments love: Revenue and virtue signalling.

Gord Magil has been all over the media talking about this tragedy and what caused it. Check Gord calling out everyone responsible. He takes no prisoners.

Voice of GO(r)D

On Viva Frei: “They’re lying liar and we should give them in the f-ing….”

And as always, on Substack. 

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That’s a good question, because, does anyone remember the Coutts Nine? Does anyone even know who or what the Coutts Nine are? We should, given that they were arrested along with four other men who were charged with conspiracy to murder police at the COVID 19 mandate protest in the town of Coutts, Alberta. A protest that coincided with Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa that took place in the winter of 2022. Those four men came to be known as the Coutts Four, and while conspiracy charges were not laid against the Coutts Nine, it was implied, at the time of their arrests, by the RCMP and the government and the media, that they were involved in that plot. To that end they were all charged with mischief and weapons possession offences, and we have heard little of their fate since.

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