Kevin Klein- Time to rethink Canada Post: Privatization could save taxpayers money
There’s a simple truth that far too many Canadians are unwilling to confront: Governments are not built to run businesses. And when they try, taxpayers are the ones left covering the losses.
National Post- She objected to land acknowledgments. Now she’s paying the price for her heresy
“In my view, the Board’s imposition of a land acknowledgment during our school council meetings undermines the democratic process and constitutes a form of compelled speech, which I believe contravenes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. There is no school board policy mandating its inclusion. In my opinion, the sentiments implied by the land acknowledgment, are political in nature, highly controversial, and therefore divisive and inappropriate within a government institution. And I respectfully request that my objection be noted in the minutes of this meeting.”
If anyone wonders why Canada’s trade negotiations aren’t moving as quickly as hoped, the reason will become obvious before too long.
While Blanchet and his Bloc colleagues have remained focused on currying favour with Quebec dairy farmers, there has been a sea change in the geopolitical context, most notably a dramatic deterioration in the Canada-U.S. relationship, with Trump targeting dairy import restrictions among the many trade assaults he’s been directing at Canada. For Parliament to raise this protectionist fence higher is downright foolish — as was emphasized by experts over and over again during the debate on C-282 — and would seriously jeopardize our relations with the U.S. at this very sensitive juncture.
About the last thing Canada needs right now is more of these kinds of movements. Keep it up and it’s the economy that’s going to look like a rock falling off a mountain.
Kataquapit said First Nations youth are “starting a movement” to protect their cultures and lands from what they see as increasing encroachment by governments looking to build major projects in a hurry.
He compared both pieces of legislation to a rock falling off a mountain.
“You don’t know how much momentum it’s going to build,” he said. ”It might cause a mudslide and turn into something like an avalanche.
It’s polls like these which demonstrate why Canada is not a serious country. Most voters would be happy to entertain national bankruptcy rather than let go of any aspect of the nanny state.
The poll of about 4,000 adults conducted from June 2 to June 8 said 59 per cent opposed selling Canada Post while 29 per cent favoured selling it. The margin narrowed when it came to privatization, with 47 per cent against the idea and 38 per cent for it, though that only related to certain parts of the crown corporation.
Blacklock’s- Fewer Use Gov’t Forecasting
Canadians choose private sector weather forecasts over Environment Canada, says in-house federal research. The finding followed 2022 disclosures the department scooped data on hundreds of thousands of users who downloaded a government weather app.
The Department of Environment in 2019 launched its own weather app with “super cool” features at an undisclosed cost, according to then-Minister Catherine McKenna. Managers subsequently acknowledged they tracked the personal information of 715,791 Canadians who downloaded the app.
Or illegal drugs. Or crime. Or your safety.
National Post- The wild overreach contained in the Liberals’ new border control bill
It outlaws paying cash for anything costing more than $10,000
But wait there’s more…
In short, Bill C-2 would allow law enforcement to force internet companies to turn over user data without a warrant.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney says it’s not necessary to protect Canada’s supply management system through binding legislation.
The stance puts him at odds with his party’s position less than two years ago, when the vast majority of Liberal MPs voted for a bill that would have protected the supply-managed dairy, egg and poultry markets from future trade concessions.
May 30, 2025: Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday endorsed a Bloc Québécois dairy bill opposed by free trade farmers as protectionist.
Now that the Ontario government has conceded the moral high ground to the enemies of progress, one can expect these critical projects to flounder endlessly. If any protests arise, don’t expect any bank accounts to get frozen either.
Road, rail and mine blockades could be on the horizon, First Nations leaders said Monday, as they ratchet up pressure on the Ontario government to kill a proposed bill that seeks to speed up large mining projects in the north.
Provincial ministers, meanwhile, said they heard the outcry and will make improvements to Bill 5, but stopped short of suggesting they would eliminate it outright.
National Post- Closures of B.C. parks to non-Indigenous visitors a sign of things to come
A year ago in these pages, I criticized land acknowledgements for implying that non-Indigenous Canadians are “uninvited guests” in their own country. Now, the B.C. government has embraced these labels.
To the applause of her colleagues, NDP MLA Rohini Arora stood in the legislature earlier this month, encouraging non-Indigenous British Columbians to describe themselves as a “settler,” “colonizer” and “uninvited guest” living on “Indigenous land.”
It’s not surprising that Quebecers want lower gas prices too. What is also not surprising is this bizarre statement from Francois Legault on the subject of pipelines. It is safe to assume that in a more “dogmatic” world, Quebec would be okay with losing money? Why would a culture think that way in the first place?
“We’re not dogmatic. We’re OK with Quebec making money,” he said. “The world has changed.”
For some reason I don’t feel any safer.
Regina Leader Post- Regina’s Wes Stevens heads to world shooting championships without a gun
Canadian laws prevent practical shooters from taking their guns to international competition in Czechia
In the coming months, everyone should prepare themselves for a massive expansion of what constitutes a “nation building” project.
At a meeting in March with the premiers, Carney asked them to identify “nation-building projects.” Ford’s letter sets out his list of areas he wants the federal government to prioritize “that would be transformational for Canada’s economy.”
But the “nation-building” project drawing the most attention is a driver and transit tunnel expressway under Highway 401.
Sun- Carney betting we can spend ourselves rich
Carney intends to increase government spending by $130 billion over the next four years, in the wake of the previous Liberal government headed by Justin Trudeau, which overshot its deficit target for the 2023-24 fiscal year of $40.1 billion by 54%, coming in at $61.9 billion.
Philip Pilkington- What we see in Canada is the collapse of global liberalism cranking into high gear.
The “proud Canadian” liberal who will “never submit” to the Orange Overlord is basically just an American liberal channelling American liberal politics into Canadian electoral politics.
Alberta exported over $161B worth of products to the US in 2024.
Alberta and Ontario had $15.5B in two way trade in 2022
Saskatchewan exported $29B worth of products and commodities to the US in 2023
No clear data available for Saskatchewan trade numbers with Ontario, but suffice to say trade with the US exceeds trade within Canada.
British Columbia has 19 border crossings with the United States, Alberta has 6, Saskatchewan has 12, and Manitoba has 16. There is just 1 narrow 2 lane road through 1,000 miles of wilderness connecting all of Western Canada with Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, yet the East rules the lives of Western Canada?
Ontario and Quebec won’t buy oil from Western Canada, preferring to buy from the US, or Saudi Arabia. Even Russian oil is preferred to Canadian oil.
Ottawa will not allow Western Canada to export LNG to other countries, forcing Europe to rely on Russian LNG.
The Liberal government won’t even fight the 100% tariff on Canadian canola.
The only thing Eastern Canada wants from the West are tax dollars which they give to provinces dealing with insolvency.
So why do we stay? What advantage is it to stay part of a government that hobbles us at every level? It’s time Western Canada breaks free from the Stockholm Syndrome that has held us back for over a century. I don’t know exactly what that will look like, but I do know it will be better than what we have now.
Special thanks to Quebec for paving the way forward.
…they’re building a database of churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples — tracking which ones are “affirming” enough.
A government-funded religious registry.
Western Standard- About 1,000 chickens could be killed as Alberta farmer battles egg ‘cartel’
Henk Van Essen, a 61-year-old egg farmer near Lethbridge, says he faces a court-ordered cull of 1,000 laying hens after his arrest on Wednesday for allegedly selling eggs outside the quota system regulated by the Egg Farmers of Alberta (EFA).
Again. Pretty please. With sugar on top.
Globe and Mail- Measles is spreading quickly in Canada. Where is the public-health response?
Ontario’s total reached 1,020 measles cases last week, almost 100 more than the previous week. Alberta reported 137 cases, up from 105. That seems to be the sum total of the public-health response: counting new cases.