Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government

Canada is getting played by Stellantis, but we asked for it

Ottawa and Queen’s Park are getting played by Stellantis but you can’t say they didn’t ask for it. By deciding to engage in a subsidy war with the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford ensured they would be held for ransom.

Politically, they have no choice now but to pay up. Mr. Ford and Mr. Trudeau have boasted so much about attracting electric-vehicle investments, they would both lose face if Stellantis packed up its marbles. They may argue in public over who should pay most of the ransom to prevent Stellantis from cancelling plans to build a $5-billion electric-vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont. But none of that will matter in the end.

Neither Ford nor Junior will lose any sleep over this heinous waste of tax payer money.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Green-Scam

GUNTER: Electric vehicles leave taxpayers on the hook

I’ve always believed the difference between the cost of a government subsidy and the value of the project it is subsidizing is nothing more than a political premium – the price the government of the day is willing to pay to bring an uneconomical project to a riding or region the ruling party feels is important to its re-election.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

MP Michael Chong says Canada needs to ‘catch up’ to allies on national security threats

Conservative MP Michael Chong told a committee of fellow parliamentarians Tuesday that Canada needs to “catch up” to its allies on addressing foreign interference threats against politicians.

The Globe and Mail, citing a top secret document from 2021, reported earlier this month that the Chinese government was targeting a Canadian MP. An unnamed security source reportedly told the Globe that Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei was allegedly working on efforts to target Chong’s family in China.

Appearing before the House procedure and affairs committee Tuesday evening, Chong said the attempted interference “would likely not have happened” if Canada had policies in place similar to those in the U.S. and the U.K.

Policies similar to the US and UK? Are you crazy? That would mess up the China Grift!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Tom Mulcair: Poilievre could wind up the big winner if Trudeau’s ‘bluff’ doesn’t pay off

Next week we’ll learn what advice former governor general David Johnston has given to Justin Trudeau to deal with the tentacular issues of Chinese government interference in Canada.

Make no mistake: Johnston has absolutely no decision-making powers, despite the high-sounding title of “Special Rapporteur” with which Trudeau saddled him.

Trudeau often says that he’s waiting for Johnston’s decision. That’s just more poppycock in a dossier filled with coverups, stonewalling and outright deception.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Frankie Champagne says Stellantis boondoggle is Ford’s fault and he needs to shake down beleagured tax payers and ‘pay fair share’

Champagne says Ontario needs to ‘pay fair share’ to end ‘stalemate’ with Stellantis

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is calling on Doug Ford’s Ontario government to pay its “fair share” of subsidies in order to break the “stalemate” that saw Stellantis halt construction of its electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., this week.

Stellantis said it stopped construction on a portion of the plant because the federal government had not delivered on what it promised and would move to “contingency plans” should Ottawa not fulfil its negotiation commitments.

“The message to our colleagues in Ontario is: ‘pay your fair share and we will bring this stalemate, if you want, to a conclusion,'” Champagne told reporters in Seoul, Korea on Tuesday.

How many cheques can Trudeau write with our money?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Volkswagen, then Stellantis: Billions for battery plants, but little on mines for raw material

The federal government and many provincial governments have taken some big steps to seize the potential of the green transition, most recently with the $13-billion subsidy, multiyear subsidy for the St. Thomas, Ont., Volkswagen electric-vehicle battery plant. However, this is not a financially sustainable approach.

Less than a month after that subsidy’s price tag was revealed, news emerged that Ottawa is under pressure to match it for Stellantis STLA-N -0.62%decrease
and LG Energy Solution’s Windsor, Ont., battery plant, with construction at the site halted.

Canada is not a major player in the Lithium market. Nor will it ever be, though proximity to the US will help our reserves are a fraction of Australia’s and Chile’s.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

How much will Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives borrow from Donald Trump? Here’s a taste

It could be a coincidence. Within hours of the federal byelections being called on Sunday, a Conservative candidate named Branden Leslie plastered his campaign photo with a hearty “Let’s Go” logo on social media.

Presumably, it was meant to convey Leslie’s unbounded enthusiasm for the coming race in Manitoba’s Portage-Lisgar riding — and has nothing at all to do with “Let’s Go Brandon,” which has a very different connotation in American political-speak.

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John Ivison: The Liberals are strangling crypto. Maybe because of something Pierre Poilievre said

Chrystia Freeland is surely the most diligent finance minister this country has ever had — so busy that she can spare an hour of her day on Tuesday to appear at the finance committee to talk about the budget implementation bill, but not a minute more.

The Conservative MPs on the committee have ground proceedings to a halt of late, demanding that the finance minister spend a couple of hours answering questions on an omnibus bill they say amends 51 other acts, Freeland having declined three previous invitations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Digital Currency", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

David Krayden: Why Did the Government Wait So Long to Expel Chinese Diplomat Given He Was Targeting Chinese Canadians?

The Liberal government finally expelled Chinese consulate official Zhao Wei last week when it became virtually impossible not to.

With mounting evidence that Zhao had put the family of Conservative MP Michael Chong under surveillance in Hong Kong, even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau understood he needed to do something to indicate Canada’s official diplomatic disapproval that China cannot continue to interfere in Canadian politics—and elections—without any sanction.

The 64 Dollar Question.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Poilievre perceived to be more competent than Trudeau, national poll shows

FREDERICTON — Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is seen as more competent and having better judgment than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a new poll suggests, but the PM is perceived to be kinder and less extreme than his rival.

The Abacus Data poll, conducted from May 9-12, asked 2,500 respondents from across the country a series of questions about the two leaders, including who represents Canadian values well, who genuinely cares about making Canada better and whether Trudeau and Poilievre hide their true views to make them more acceptable.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Conservative Party

Privately, Stellantis warned Justin Trudeau it could pull out of multibillion-dollar EV deal if Ottawa doesn’t pay more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was warned last month that auto giant Stellantis might scrap a $5-billion electric-vehicle battery factory in Windsor if Ottawa refused to match U.S.-style subsidies given to Volkswagen in St. Thomas, Ont., the Star has learned.

In a letter dated April 19, the heads of Stellantis and Korea-based LG Energy Solution — the two companies in a joint venture — told Trudeau the project was in jeopardy if he did not honour what the company says was a promise in writing to close the “competitive gap posed by the U.S. legislation.”

Stellantis upped the ante Monday in a high-stakes negotiation that has been going on for months behind closed doors and halted construction on the facility that’s supposed to open next year and employ 2,500 workers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam, WTF?

Two solitudes emerging on immigration in Quebec

Quebec sovereigntists were buzzing last week as if they’d found an issue to breathe new life into their cause: the federal government’s expanded immigration targets.

Actually, it’s not really new: Ottawa’s plan to increase the number of immigrants to 500,000 a year by 2025 was released more than six months ago.

The Trudeau government may not have officially adopted the Century Initiative’s goal to increase Canada’s population to 100 million but they’re working on it just the same.

Neither the CPC or NDP will raise the issue out of fear of being labeled “racist” and a need to please the corporate class.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Stellantis stops construction on Windsor, Ont., EV battery plant – VW Sized Handout Of Tax Payer Cash Likely Needed Says Ford

Doug Ford warns Trudeau government needs to ‘step up’ with subsidies for auto giant Stellantis

As Stellantis halted construction on its massive Windsor battery factory, Premier Doug Ford warns Ottawa has to “step up” to match subsidies given to Volkswagen in St. Thomas.

The Star revealed Friday the federal government is renegotiating with Stellantis — parent company of Chrysler, Jeep and Fiat — because the company is threatening to relocate its new electric-vehicle facility to the U.S. unless it receives the same payouts VW received.

Stellantis stops construction on Windsor, Ont., EV battery plant

One of the world’s largest automakers has stopped construction on an electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., saying the federal government has not delivered on what was promised.

Stellantis, which makes Chrysler, Ram and Fiat cars among others, and South Korean battery-maker LG Energy Solution announced the $5-billion plant last year and said it was expected to create 2,500 jobs.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he is worried and the federal government needs to support Stellantis in the same way it did Volkswagen.

Why worry Dougie? It’s not your money.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Average Canadian house price rose to $716,000 in April — up by $100K since January

After plunging due to interest rate hikes throughout last year, the average price of a Canadian resale home has now increased for four months in a row, new numbers showed Monday.

The Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday that the average selling price of a home that sold on its MLS system in April went for $716,000. That’s the fourth monthly increase in a row, and it marks a collective increase of more than $100,000 since the start of the year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trudeau government allows Communist China to decimate domestic plywood manufacturing industry

Canadian plywood makers seek duties as cheap Chinese rivals carve out half the market

It’s been years since Carlos Zarate and others in Canada’s decorative plywood industry started telling the federal government about a growing problem in their business.

The president of the Canadian Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association warns of an industry in decline, but not due to falling demand for things like kitchen cabinets, decorative wood panels, furniture, and other non-structural wood products.

Zarate, who’s also president of Industrie Ergie Inc. in Victoriaville, Que., said the association’s members have seen their market share in Canada drop because they are unable to compete with plywood products imported from China at prices domestic producers could never hope to match, let alone beat.

Yet another example of Trudeau serving the interests of the China Class.

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