Canada’s Corrupt Political Class

GOLDSTEIN: Corporate welfare is strangling Canadian economy: study

Corporate welfare by Canada’s federal and provincial governments has more than tripled since 2015 and is strangling economic growth, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute.

It found corporate subsidies totalled $87.7 billion in 2024 alone, with $44.7 billion coming from the federal government and $43 billion from the provincial governments combined.

That more than tripled the 2015 level of $25.1 billion, adjusted for inflation and population growth.

Tripled since 2015 you say? Now what is it about that very special year? Ah well socialism for the rich etc.

Canadian provinces pay their politicians twice what American states do, study finds

Canadian provincial politicians are vastly overpaid compared to their U.S. counterparts, but their electors have little to show for it, according to a new report released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF).

The Subnational Politician Pay Report looks at average salaries for provincial and state politicians across Canada and the United States.

by Blazingcatfur•August 6, 2026August 5, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, USA, WTF?

Davos on the dock

Muskoka residents were baffled. As thick wildfire smoke descended from Northern Ontario in mid-July, producing a mysterious daytime fog, RCMP boats with powerful triple-400 engines emerged in the heart of cottage country.

The locals were curious: Was it a training operation? A bust of some sort? Security for someone special?

By late Thursday, they had their answer. Prime Minister Mark Carney was coming to town, visiting the JW Marriott resort on Lake Rosseau, and his public schedule later revealed he attended an annual conference that brings together chief executives, wealthy entrepreneurs, top politicians, world-renowned scientists and venture capitalists. They call it The Dock.

by Blazingcatfur•July 25, 2026July 25, 2026•0•"Elite Decadence & Decay", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Carney poaches Conservative MP in latest batch of Senate appointments

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing a Conservative MP and a senior Liberal strategist to sit in the upper chamber.

On Tuesday Carney announced the appointment of four people to the Senate and revealed that he is dropping the non-partisan criteria for appointments.

Conservative MP Richard Martel is among the individuals the prime minister has named in his first round of appointments since he took office more than one year ago.

Grease, grease, grease.

by Blazingcatfur•July 7, 2026July 7, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Vancouver Condo Bailout: A Short-Seller’s Offer To Testify On Private Real Estate Discussions with David Eby

OTTAWA — The legendary American short-seller Marc Cohodes says he does not invest a dollar in Canada. What Cohodes brings to this conversation is not a financial position but a memory — more than a decade of it, beginning in 2014, when he started traveling to Vancouver and meeting with a young opposition politician named David Eby.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2026July 1, 2026•0•Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Mona Nemer questioned over $400Gs in taxpayer-funded travel since 2017

Canada’s top science adviser has reportedly spent more than $400,000 on travel across Canada and around the world since being appointed to the role nine years ago by former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Dr. Mona Nemer billed taxpayers for 12 business-class flights to Paris as Chief Science Advisor, including one trip that cost $10,433.23.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•June 18, 2026June 17, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

‘Utter disappointment’: Vancouver tourists increasingly noticing street disorder, open drug use

Nearly three months after the B.C. government announced a major program to boost tourism, Destination Vancouver says visitors are increasingly commenting on street disorder, open drug use, aggressive behaviour, and personal safety concerns in the city’s downtown core.

Unveiled in March, the province’s Look West strategy aims to double visitor spending to $48 billion by 2036.

Gaslighting is the default position of governments at every level in Canada.

Our country is being destroyed by our elites, non-enforcement of the law, two tiered policing and justice, mass immigration, the ruinous destruction of education system, the beat goes on.

by Blazingcatfur•June 7, 2026June 7, 2026•0•"Elite Decadence & Decay", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Liberal party under fire as more questions raised about Nate Erskine-Smith’s nomination fight

Nate Erskine-Smith’s appeal of a weekend nomination in Scarborough Southwest has sparked mockery of the Liberals just as the beleaguered party has been enjoying an uptick in the polls.

It has also fuelled questions as to why the Beaches—East York Liberal MP — whose own 2014 federal nomination win was challenged — and his team didn’t publicly raise concerns during the meeting Saturday.

Stung after narrowly losing to Ahsanul Hafiz, owner of 30 Domino’s Pizza franchises, Erskine-Smith alleged “serious irregularities” in the balloting, such as voters using “Amazon orders” and refugee claimant papers as identification.

This is just business as usual for the Liberals.

Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Canadian

by Blazingcatfur•May 14, 2026May 14, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Political Class, WTF?

LILLEY: We shouldn’t let underage non-citizens vote in party nominations

Can we talk about the crazy way that we let our political parties select their candidates and leaders.

Over the weekend, the Ontario Liberal Party held a nomination race to select their candidate for the upcoming provincial byelection in Scarborough Southwest. Ahsanul Hafiz took 718 votes on the third ballot to defeat current Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, who received 699 votes.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2026May 11, 2026•0•"Canadian Politics", "Elite Decadence & Decay", "Identity Politics", "Immigration from incompatible cultures", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Ottawa penthouse purchase sparked backlash as officials warned of optics amid cost-of-living crisis

Internal government records show federal officials were rattled by public outrage over an $8.8 million luxury residence purchased for a Canadian diplomat in New York, warning the controversy made Ottawa appear out of touch with Canadians struggling to make ends meet.

According to Access to Information documents, the Department of Foreign Affairs acknowledged the 2024 Manhattan penthouse acquisition for Consul General Tom Clark drew intense media scrutiny and political backlash, describing the issue as “highly medialized” and politically sensitive.

by Blazingcatfur•May 3, 2026May 3, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Just fire Christiane Fox already

It’s time for Prime Minister Mark Carney to fire Christiane Fox before she becomes a stain on his own reputation.

The deputy minister at the Department of National Defence broke a key ethics rule, offered a lame defence of her actions, and doesn’t seem to understand why helping an acquaintance get a job in her department is a problem.

Does that sound like the sort of person who should be heading a major federal department?

by Blazingcatfur•April 25, 2026April 25, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class

Doug Ford Now AirFord None! Decides to sell jet after PR disaster purchase

Doug Ford to sell private government jet days after purchase was revealed

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is selling his private government jet just days after the purchase was revealed publicly.

The pre-owned 2016 Challenger 650, made by Quebec company Bombardier Inc., cost $28.9-million. The purchase was finalized last week.

by Blazingcatfur•April 19, 2026April 19, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Government adds 950,000 jobs since 2015, accounting for 30% of total employment growth in Canada

From 2015 to 2024, the government sector in Canada—including federal, provincial and municipal—added 950,000 jobs, which accounted for roughly 30 per cent of total employment growth in the country, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

h/t Mauser & Patti Jo

by Blazingcatfur•April 17, 2026April 16, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class

Doug Ford’s Bill 5 called a ‘dangerously undemocratic’ law as legal challenge is launched

Calling Premier Doug Ford’s controversial Bill 5 a “dangerously undemocratic” law that gives the government “unconstitutional king-like powers,” a coalition of public interest and environmental groups announced a legal challenge against the use of special economic zones.

Filed on March 31 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the application questions the “constitutional validity of the Special Economic Zones Act” and, according to Ecojustice lawyer Lindsay Beck, the coalition wants the court to nullify the use of those zones, saying they override other laws and protections.

by Blazingcatfur•April 8, 2026April 8, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Canada’s massive debt problem is even worse than our governments want to let on—here’s why

As provincial budget season winds down nationwide, we are left with the fiscal remains of the day as estimates of budget deficits assault our senses. With the 2025-26 fiscal year wrapping up, every provincial government is reporting or expected to report a budget deficit.

For example, Ontario’s deficit came in below what was projected at only $12.3 billion, but next year’s shortfall is now larger than initially projected at $13.8 billion. As numbers go, being a few billion dollars off from year to year, given the turbulent economic times, is to be expected. After all, borrowing from C.D. Howe, in the end, what is a billion dollars these days, anyway?

by Blazingcatfur•April 6, 2026April 6, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class