Justin Trudeau was bad, but Mark Carney will be far worse

“… In a sense, Carney represents the logical next step after Trudeau’s demolition job. Trudeau destabilized Canada’s foundations. Carney is stepping in to rebuild it, not as a nation of free citizens, but as an administrative region within a larger, borderless system of corporate governance. A system where people are no longer protected by a social contract but managed like livestock: monitored, nudged and corrected under the pretext of global crises — climate, pandemics, inequality, disinformation — manufactured or manipulated to justify endless “emergency” rule. The message to Canadians is simple: You had your fun with elections. Now the grown-ups will take it from here…”

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Hong Kong Police Detain Relatives of Canadian Conservative Candidate Targeted by Liberal Party at behest of Beijing masters

Hong Kong Police Detain Relatives of Canadian Candidate Targeted by Beijing Election Interference

HONG KONG / OTTAWA — In a striking escalation of Beijing’s interference in Canada’s Parliament and its global campaign to silence dissent, Hong Kong police have reportedly detained and questioned relatives of former Conservative election candidate Joe Tay—who was targeted by aggressive Chinese cyber and ground operations during the recent federal campaign, according to The Bureau’s intelligence sources.

h/t Mauser

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Joe Rogan mocks Canada for re-electing Liberals, claims Pierre Poilievre turned down podcast offer

Joe Rogan is stupefied by the Liberals’ return to power last month after the party had fallen to historic lows under former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

Hunting podcaster Cameron Hanes brought up the government’s handling of the trucker protest in the nation’s capital back in 2022. The “Freedom Convoy” descended on the city on Jan. 22 to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Big rigs blocked off major streets and drew thousands of supporters, both in real life and virtually.

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SLOBODIAN: Secrets buried with COVID?

Early on in the COVID-19 ‘pandemic’ that terrified, traumatized and financially devastated so many Canadians, one priority weighed heavily on the federal Liberal government.

That was to protect itself from criticism or embarrassment… and also from legal liability surrounding the $8 billion that taxpayers paid for COVID-19 vaccines to seven pharmaceutical companies — including Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca.

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Canada’s allies are wondering if they can still shelter under the U.S. nuclear umbrella

Gone, it seems, are the days when the phrase “going nuclear” was meant figuratively.

Since the beginning of the year and the inauguration of the second Trump administration, an increasing number of Washington’s closest allies have begun to throw quiet — and sometimes not so quiet — fits about whether they can still count on the decades-old nuclear deterrent capability of the United States.

Few places feel that uncertainty more keenly than South Korea.


It’s bad to have nuclear weapons. The US has nuclear weapons so the US is bad.

It’s OK if the US promises to defend us with them but we’re just too pure to ever acquire them in Canada’s defense.

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Social Cohesion: Ottawa hopes to make you enjoy the loss of economic & community security caused by mass immigration from incompatible cultures

Brampton diversity

Ottawa looking for ways to mend tears in Canada’s social fabric, document shows

OTTAWA — Senior federal officials have been looking quietly for ways to bring together Canadians who don’t see eye to eye on the economy, immigration and social issues.

With a general election looming, officials prepared to meet last November to brainstorm solutions to the problem of social fragmentation, according to an internal presentation drafted by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

The presentation called on session participants to come up with ideas to make Canadian society more cohesive by reversing the trend toward polarization, building trust in government agencies and fighting the swelling tide of misinformation and disinformation.

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Young Canadians Voted Against Spending Orgy, But Their Insulated Parents Won

The most memorable meme of the recent Canadian election campaign emerged from the line outside an Ontario microbrewery, where an older Liberal Party supporter named Matt Janes flashed two middle fingers to protesters agitating against Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The obscenity went viral — with Janes becoming infamous as the Brantford Boomer — not just for its crass vulgarity, but for exposing the deep generational divide in Canada. 

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Names of media outlets that received millions in government-mandated funding released only days after election

Just two days following the federal election, the Canadian Journalism Collective (CJC), which oversees the distribution of government-mandated media funding from Google, released a list of outlets that received millions of dollars.

The decision to wait until after the election has raised concerns about transparency, given that the funds were distributed to media outlets during a campaign where recipient media organizations had a major financial stake in the election due to a reliance on subsidies distributed or mandated by the Liberal government.


This is Banana Republic stuff.

Canadian Journalism Collective Issues First Public Disclosure of Funding Recipients

The Canadian Journalism Collective-Collectif Canadien de Journalisme (CJC-CCJ), the independent administrator of funds under the Online News Act, is pleased to issue its first public disclosure of fund recipients today, reaffirming its commitment to transparency.

Today’s disclosure includes 108 news businesses that have received funding up until April 23, 2025, totalling $22,193,608.09, as part of CJC-CCJ’s mandate to support a vibrant, innovative and independent news ecosystem for all Canadians.

NOT ONE THIN DIME TO BCF! h/t Mauser

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As Carney visits Trump to discuss trade-security deal, diplomatic and business leaders warn of potential consequences

Carney and advisor head to Washington

Prime Minister Mark Carney will kick off talks with Donald Trump Tuesday in a bid for a comprehensive deal on trade and security, but top business and diplomatic voices are warning that linking the two issues in a single pact will only make it easier for the U.S. President to punish Canada with tariffs if he’s unhappy with its military or border spending.

Mr. Carney flew to Washington Monday ahead of a working lunch Tuesday with Mr. Trump at the White House – what could be the most important meeting between a U.S. president and Canadian prime minister in decades.

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Immigrants denied Carney his majority

The immigrant vote, long considered a reliable vote store for the Liberal Party, is quickly emerging as an important factor in having denied Prime Minister Mark Carney his expected majority.

Not only did immigrants break for the Tories in any number of pre-election polls, but immigrant-heavy ridings were the most likely to see their share of the Conservative vote increase as compared to 2021.

An analysis published Thursday by The Economist found that among the 31 Toronto-area ridings whose population was at least 40 per cent immigrants, almost all of them experienced a shift to the Conservatives as compared to the 2021 federal election.

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WHISSELL — Hey CBC, pull up your pants, you’re flashing your bias

It’s far too early to be singing the praises of Mark Carney, but that isn’t stopping the CBC from becoming his loudest cheerleader. While the public sector is being decimated, the public broadcaster continues to receive government support.

You can see it in their eyes and hear it in their uneasy laughter.

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Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta is right to challenge Ottawa’s clean-electricity overstep

If more provinces stood up for themselves when the feds started encroaching, we’d be a lot better off as a country. That in mind, it was good to see Alberta announce on Thursday that it would be challenging the federal Clean Electricity Regulations, which became law in December.

The new rules aim to net-zeroify the entire Canadian grid by 2050, banning carbon emissions by new units with at least 25 MW of electrical generation capacity over a preset “technology-neutral annual emissions limit” by 2035; the ban will also cover existing units by 2050 at the latest. It’s expected to cost the country $40 billion from now until 2050 — and it’s justified because magic math in Ottawa pegs the benefits to society in that time will be worth $55 billion.

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Will Mark Carney and the Liberal’s learn from their near-death experience?

A near-death experience often leaves survivors permanently changed. They emerge more grateful, more focused, and, crucially, more humble. The brush with mortality strips away illusions of control. Survivors stop taking life for granted. They shift their priorities. They understand that survival is not a reward. It’s a reprieve.

Politics isn’t so different. Just a few months ago, the Liberal Party of Canada was facing its own near-death experience. Polls showed them collapsing. Even insiders were bracing for the worst — a party reduced to third place, possibly without official opposition status.


NO. If anything they’ll double down.

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The Liberals need a few floor-crossers to form a majority. That might not be so easy

With the federal Liberals just a few seats shy of a majority government, there’s been some speculation over whether Prime Minister Mark Carney might be zeroing in on members of Parliament from other parties to cross the floor and join his party’s fold.

But coaxing over those few MPs needed for a majority would still be a significant challenge, some observers say.

“Oh, that’s hard,” said former B.C. NDP MP Nathan Cullen. “That’s a whole heap of moral flexibility that you’re going to be seeking.”

I doubt it will be difficult.

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