Category: New Governor

Because They Care So Deeply…

It is no secret that JFK interfered with the 1963 Canadian Federal election.

But did you know why?

Kennedy was keen to draw Canada deeper into the American sphere. Diefenbaker, who held the more traditional attachment to Britain, balked at the invitation to join the Organization of American States.

Montreal StarDiefenbaker would not allow American nuclear warheads on Canadian soil and Pearson would.

The first US nuclear-armed missiles arrived in Canada on December 31, 1963. These were CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air interceptor missiles, which were equipped with nuclear warheads and deployed to Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stations in North Bay, Ontario, and La Macaza, Quebec.

all U.S. nuclear weapons were removed from Canadian soil by 1984, …with the final nuclear-tipped Genie missiles leaving Canadian bases  in July 1984…

The Liberals were willing to do anything to win the 1963 election, even sell out Canada’s sovereignty and security to a foreign nation. The placement of US nuclear warheads on Canadian soil made Canada a potential battleground in a Nuclear war between the United States and Russia.

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

It’s kind of amazing the way Liberal politicians live up to my headlines, if I do say so myself.

Last week, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that Canada and the People’s Republic of China will enhance law enforcement cooperation on drug trafficking, transnational and cybercrime, and money laundering. On paper, this sounds reasonable. Fentanyl is devastating communities. Cybercrime drains billions. Organized crime adapts faster than borders.

But experience teaches me that cooperation with the PRC is never just technical, never apolitical, and never insulated from the priorities of the Chinese Communist Party. Canadians deserve to understand the risks.

In Canada, policing is constrained by courts, disclosure rules, independent prosecutors, and an entrenched—if imperfect—commitment to individual rights. In the PRC, law enforcement is an extension of state security. Its primary function is not public safety as Canadians understand it, but regime stability.

Well, to be fair, regime stability is important to Ottawa as well.

Related: Liberals are now claiming that CLIPS of bureaucrats testifying in Parliament are a “safety risk” to officials

Elbows Up Cheerleaders

In an expanding economy, mergers and acquisitions can streamline productive capacity to meet growing demand. In a shrinking economy, the purpose of a merger is often to sweep up the pieces of a dying business to salvage whatever is left of their capital. I’m not so sure that the upbeat tone  of the article reflects the reality of the Canadian economy.

Canadian dealmaking activity is expected to pick up this year, driven by nation-building efforts and a stronger business outlook, according to a new survey by KPMG Canada.

Thirty-three per cent of business leaders polled indicated plans to make a major acquisition in the next 18 months to capitalize on potential growth opportunities, the survey released on Monday found.

Elbows Way Down

I’ll go out on a limb and suggest that Canadians need to be less concerned about Trump and more concerned that voters essentially opted for a continuation of the Trudeau years with a few tweaks.

“Businesses aren’t panicking, but they aren’t betting big either,” Patrick Gill, vice-president of the business data lab at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said.

“Pessimism about the next 12 months is now at its highest point in several years,” he said. “In that environment, firms are holding back on major expansion and taking a clear wait-and-see approach as they look for more clarity on U.S. trade policy and demand conditions.”

 

Bending The Knee

Anna Farrow- Mr. Carney goes to Beijing and lands a triple kowtow

In a Jan. 13 interview with The Hub, former Canadian ambassador to China David Mulroney told Harrison Lowman that, “what Mr. Carney is doing is uncomfortably like what foreign leaders used to do with Chinese emperors which is to come to China and bend the knee and profess your loyalty.” Carney was warned about the dangerous pitfalls, or in the spirit of the kowtow, faceplants, inherent in the enterprise.

Dispatches from the Maple Gulag Truck Stop

Shameless Plug for Gord Magill’s new book ‘End of the Road’.  Buy a copy and upset Mark Carney’s New World Order.

And of course the we need to hear from Tamara and Big Red on the only Canadian news source with any integrity.

Things You’ll Never See On The CBC

Trending…

The Department of Canadian Heritage briefing for Minister Marc Miller describes certain population segments as disengaged from federal communications, positioning the CBC as a vital pillar for fostering social cohesion and promoting approved themes. Critics, including the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and conservative voices, call it proof of the broadcaster acting as a taxpayer-funded propaganda tool, with nearly $2 billion in annual support. While polls show majority support for keeping the CBC, trust lags among conservatives amid low viewership and bias claims; the CBC recently added 33 local journalists across 77 communities.

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

@FoodProfessor updates:

[…] No progress on tariffs imposed on Canadian pork, canola, and seafood exports to China, according to @CTVNews

Serious question: Did PM Carney actually meet with China’s President Xi?

I haven’t seen any footage during this trip showing both leaders in the same room.

@RobertFife – China propaganda mouthpiece tells @MarkJCarney to be subservient to Beijing

Gating Your Capital

I like Jeff Snider’s podcasts and in this one he spends the first half talking about Canadian real estate investment funds that are starting to restrict payouts. Given that Canadian real estate values are crashing, if they don’t halt outflows the funds could quickly become insolvent. The Bloomberg article he quotes is behind a paywall, but he conveniently scrolls through it so you can read the whole thing.

“Stung by a deep downturn in the country’s housing market, many of the funds have restricted cash distributions, client withdrawals, or both in a process the industry calls gating. Often the companies don’t say when access will resume, and about 30 billion Canadian, about 21.7 billion US equivalent. Almost 40% of the 80 billion Canadian invested in such funds is now locked up.”

Pants on Fire

Blacklock’s- Cuts Are Five Percent, Not 10

Federal agencies yesterday outlined payroll cuts that were half the 10 percent stated by Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Budget Office had sought the figure for months.

“There is a lack of detail regarding the impact on individual programs within each organization including the reduction in personnel and potential service level impacts,” said a Budget Office report. “It is unclear if or when the government plans to publish this information or how it will report on the progress and results of the exercise.”

Elbows Down!

More evidence of Canadian exceptionalism. But not something to cheer about.

The unemployment rate rose to 6.8 per cent in December, StatCan said, up from 6.5 per cent in November.

What’s really notable is where the losses are occurring:

The professional, scientific and technical services sector meanwhile shed 18,000 positions to end the year, and the accommodation and food services industry also faced losses.

 

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