A very good read.
The Food Professor- Canada Keeps Losing at Geopolitics—And Our Farmers Pay the Price
“Canada keeps picking fights it can’t win—now our farmers are paying the price for Ottawa’s reckless trade policies.”
Francisco- So are we taking Chinese booze off the shelves? Asking for a friend.
Jordan Peterson- Mark Carney doesn’t value a prosperous Canada
This would-be planetary saviour has no respect for free markets
Be a shame if… something were to happen to it.
Winnipeg Sun- Daudrich’s unjustified permit reversals raise concern
This brings us to the news from this past week that PC leadership contender Wally Daudrich’s eco-tourism business in Churchill had two permits revoked by the provincial government.
Any excuse to punish your own citizens.
National Post- Canadian cross-border shoppers hit with 25% surtax on purchases
Canadian border officers have started slapping a 25 per cent surtax — in addition to applicable duties — on most items from the U.S.
Timing is everything, and this Tariff War is precisely what the Federal Government needed to distract Canadians from their abysmal economic record. From Capital Flight, Falling Investment, and my personal favourite, a collapse in Productivity Growth. The data speaks for itself.
Let me guess “Canadians” will shift more of their holidays to more civilized countries like…Cuba.
Globe and Mail- Vermont ski resort sees no drop in Canadian visitors despite U.S. tariff backlash concerns
Not surprisingly, the Canadian Labour Congress is proposing national bankruptcy as a way to deal with Trump. That should only take about a week to play out.
Cutting off U.S. access to critical Canadian resources—including electricity, lumber, critical minerals, oil, and gas—until the tariffs are lifted.
Naturally, it includes a plea for another pandemic style spending spree:
The federal government has taken a first step by considering income supports for affected workers—an approach that helped stabilize our economy during the pandemic.
Nobody watches the CBC so let’s give them a truckload of more money.
National Post- Liberals want to nearly double CBC funding, as an investment in ‘national security’
I’m pretty sure that berating a company for leaving Canada not only confirms their belief that it was the right decision, but likely encourages others to consider doing the same.
Montreal-based TFI said it has decided to change its legal domicile to the U.S. because about 70 per cent of its operations are based there. The announcement annoyed the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, a public pension manager that has long fought to prevent companies from leaving the French-speaking province.
“The company has not informed us of its intentions, and we will express our dissatisfaction,” CDPQ spokesperson Kate Monfette in an emailed statement.
Replace the word “black” with “white”. Still good?
Healthing.ca- First national Black physician database paves the way for better access and representation in healthcare
“Black patients are even more likely to agree to aggressive medical treatment if they’re treated by a Black physician, so that trust is there and it’s vital. You need to trust your doctor.”
No mention of how many will be giving up their Starbucks coffee or Costco runs.
Global- Many Canadians willing to ditch U.S. booze, but not Netflix: poll
At 84 per cent, women were slightly more likely to say that they were boosting purchases of Canadian goods than men at 78 per cent and people aged 55 and over were more likely to endorse a “buy Canadian” approach at 88 per cent than those between the ages of 18 and 34, at 74 per cent.