With the Laurentian elite’s power fading, a new and less stable Canada is emerging

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are unlikely to hold onto the Greater Vancouver riding of Cloverdale-Langley City in the Dec. 16 by-election. The government is deeply unpopular, and it lost much safer seats in Toronto and Montreal in by-elections earlier this year.

But more is going on than simply voter resentment of a government that’s long in the tooth. The Liberal Party confronts a political phenomenon that emerged more than a decade ago and that has returned with a vengeance, threatening not only the Prime Minister’s electoral fortunes, but the future of the party itself.


The so-called Laurentian Elite gave us Trudeau, mass immigration and an Islamist 5th Column. What could be worse? What’s to miss?

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Fire Trudeau for backing arrest of Netanyahu, says Canada opposition leader

The head of Canada’s opposition has called for Justin Trudeau to be fired for saying his government would abide by an international arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.

Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, which will take on Mr Trudeau’s Liberals in next year’s election, criticised Canadian premier for his “extreme” views.

“He’s interested in arresting the leader of a democratically-elected government, the state of Israel, which has been besieged by terrorists and foreign tyrants attacking its land,” Mr Poiliever said in a radio interview in Canada.

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CHARLEBOIS: Is the GST holiday an inflation trap?

The recent announcement of a temporary GST/HST holiday on select food purchases, running from Dec. 14 to Feb. 15, has drawn significant attention.

While the move has been framed as a helpful measure for Canadians during the holidays and the challenging winter months, it is critical to unpack its implications. Beyond the political spin, the economic reality of this measure deserves closer scrutiny.

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Canada’s Plan for U.S. Trade Talks: Throw Mexico Under the Bus

Canadian leaders are signaling that they are willing to throw Mexico aside in a bid to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration as they prepare for tough trade talks.

With a scheduled review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement beginning next year, Canadian leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his finance minister, have said they are ready to make a new deal with President-elect Donald Trump alone, cutting Mexico out.

Canadian leaders say they are worried that Mexico has become a backdoor to the North American free-trade zone for Chinese products, much of which would otherwise face steep tariffs in both Canada and the U.S. Trudeau said he raised these concerns with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Brazil.

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Vivian Bercovici: By backing arrest of Netanyahu, Trudeau aligns with Iran’s terror network

TEL AVIV — In May, 2024, International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, K.C., abruptly cancelled a planned trip to Israel. Khan and ICC staff were meant to meet with Israeli officials in government, the military and NGO sectors.

Instead, on the same day he cancelled, Khan appeared before a panel of ICC judges asking them to consider issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant as well as Hamas senior leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif.

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WARMINGTON: Prime Minister rocks with Swifties in Toronto as rioters roll on Montreal

Justin – Faggotry Afoot

Justin Trudeau Par-Tayed in Toronto while Montreal burned Friday night.

It was far too easy of a pun to play off of as videos posted to social media showed the Prime Minister dancing at the Rogers Centre with fellow Swifties during the fifth of six Taylor Swift concerts.

And many on social media have been doing just that.

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US senator says Trump would laugh at Canada’s military spending as Canadian security forum begins

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A U.S. senator and supporter of Donald Trump said Friday the president-elect would laugh at Canada’s current military spending plans and said the country must do more.

Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the remarks at the start of the annual Halifax International Security Forum which attracts defense and security officials from Western democracies.

According to NATO figures, Canada was estimated to be spending 1.33% of GDP on its military budget in 2023, below the 2% target that NATO countries have set for themselves.

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h/t Mauser

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Canada Fears Trump’s Mass Deportations Will Push Migrants North

At 5,525 miles, it is the longest border between any two countries. And that border — separating the United States and Canada — seems set to become a flashpoint between the close allies as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to take power.

The Canadian authorities fear that Mr. Trump’s promised mass deportations will push migrants north, while allies of the incoming president headed for key roles in his administration have raised alarms over a recent spike in undocumented migrants crossing from Canada to the United States.

Canadian officials are drawing up plans to add patrols, buy new vehicles and set up emergency reception facilities at the border between New York State and the province of Quebec to prepare for what they expect to be a surge in migrants because of Mr. Trump’s hard line on deportations.

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LILLEY: Trudeau’s reckless refugee policy bankrupting Canada

The explosion in refugee claims in Canada over the past few years is costing Canadian taxpayers billions in mostly unseen costs.

On Friday, CBC broke the news of the federal health program for refugees now costing $411 million per year, but that is just the tip of the iceberg shocking as it is.

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Justin Trudeau’s shameless giveaway plan is incoherent, unnecessary and frankly embarrassing

Quick, someone tell Doug Ford: Now’s your chance to secure federal billions for a tunnel under Highway 401.

I kid, I kid. But it is hard not to escape the extremely Fordian air of the emergency policies announced on Thursday afternoon by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A $250 one-time vote-buying cheque? Liberals were mocking the Ontario Premier’s plan for $200 handouts, right up until they decided to steal the idea. Instead of its euphemistic title of Working Canadians Rebate, they might as well have called it Our Last Shred of Dignity.

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Jamie Sarkonak: Trudeau’s cynical GST ‘holiday’ that no one asked for

At this point, the taxpayer experience is a bit like that of a seagull being thrown fries in the McDonald’s parking lot. The Liberals behind the wheel get to throw delicious chunks of potato out the window, delight at the sound of the masses squawking in thanks and drive off when the urge to be generous has been satisfied. They’re out of money for more combo meals but it doesn’t matter — they can just put it on the credit card, anyway.

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WARMINGTON: Trudeau saying ICC can arrest Netanyahu is music to Hamas supporters’ ears

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was just putting on the record what was already abundantly clear.

Canada is with Hamas.

The key thing Trudeau did with his declaration that Canada would not stand in the way of the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is send the message to Hamas supporters that they have full backing to do what they want.

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Trudeau’s ‘GST holiday’ doubles federal budget hole

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday outlined pre-election perks for taxpayers that open a budget hole worth $5 billion to $10 billion, figures show, per Blacklock’s Reporter.

The finance department declined comment on the impact on this year’s deficit that is already 17% over estimate.

“Everybody had to tighten their belts a little bit,” Trudeau told reporters.

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