Tariffs bedamned, our election is not about Trump; it’s about the dismal state of a limping, divided Canada in chaos and how we got here under a government that espoused our essence as “having no mainstream core identity” and declaring us to be “a post-national state”. That we now find ourselves with a weak economy vulnerable to Trump’s nonsensical tariffs is a product of that Liberal ideology and the suffocating policies that came along with it.
In addition to our sad economy there are other issues that need serious debate during this election such as:
- our crumbling health care system, doctor shortage and long waiting lists,
- our justice system mandating bail policy allowing repeat offenders to walk,
- our immigration policies that saw a million newcomers arrive in 2022 along with 800K foreign students that has driven housing shortages and homelessness,
- wasteful spending on corporate welfare with billions of taxpayer dollars being wasted on battery and EV plants instead of addressing real needs like hospitals,
- out-of-control growth in the federal civil service to 400K with a payroll of $60 billion being 50% higher than 2015 thus adding significantly to deficits,
- our national debt since 2015 doubling to $1.2 trillion.
The central election issue, however, is the deplorable state of our economy that’s causing hardships for Canadians. Draconian lockdowns during the Covid outbreak causing 131,000 small businesses to go under didn’t help. Our GDP growth is stagnant. Housing prices are out of reach for young families and the brain drain is unprecedented (83K in 2024) as graduates leave for greener pastures, mostly to the U.S, for good jobs and reasonable housing. Lower income Canadians are hitting food banks like never before. So what has taken us to this low point where 50% of Canadians are living paycheck to paycheck just to pay the bills? The answer is simple. It’s the ideology I alluded to earlier that comes under the heading “climate hysteria” with the attendant tax policies and anti-development barriers that go along with it. Canada’s contribution to global emissions is a mere 1.5%; we could shut down all our industry, stop using fossil fuels entirely and it would do nothing to curtail global pollution but Canadians have been brainwashed to believe we are evil even though our petroleum sector employs the best pollution abatement technology in the world.
A Fraser Institute study found that Canadians spend more on taxes than food, shelter, transportation, clothing, health, and education combined. After 6 years of Canada’s carbon tax there’s nothing to show for it except a huge increase in the cost of living and what I call the “apartheid tax effect” since families have been nastily segregated due to unaffordable fuel costs preventing distant visitations.
Canada has a wealth of petroleum energy resources that could drive our GDP growth, help the EU fend off Russian energy control and make major inroads into relieving the extreme poverty of over 2 billion people in 3rd world countries; but we’ve deliberately constrained the development of pipelines and LNG facilities needed to make this happen with Mr. Carney in the background as a key financial advisor to the government.
After he was forced to resign his position of Governor of the Bank of England due to political meddling during Brexit and becoming the UN’s special envoy on climate change and a trustee to the World Economic Forum (a cabal dedicated to top down globalism), Carney engaged in founding the NGFS (Network for Greening the Financial System) and is a founder of GFANZ (Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero); the imperious goal of these orgs is to infiltrate global financial institutions in an effort to thwart funding for fossil fuel development projects. Carney’s role in GFANZ is coming under a U.S. Congressional Hearing alleging this org has established a global climate cartel with linkage to the Chinese Communist Party via ties to the policies emanating from the AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank); it will be interesting to see how that plays out. The lead roles in these fanatical orgs, along with the dogma espoused in his two books, brands Carney as a climate alarmist/fossil fuel abolitionist of unknown proportions, far worse than Trudeau. Obstacles to building needed pipelines would be immutable under the omniscient Mr. Carney with an escalation of citizen privations should he be elected to form government.
I hope everyone has enjoyed the 20cts/litre reduction in gas prices that was targeted to go to 38cts/L by 2030 under the Liberal’s carbon tax. You have only one person to thank for that, Mr. Pierre Poilievre who forced the Liberals to the wall on the issue, and who along with the Parliamentary Budget Officer exposed their lies on revenue neutrality. Before you vote on April 28th there are the two most important words in the English language to keep in mind, “Pay Attention”!
Ron P Alton – Richards Landing, Ontario