— Feature, Musings —07.08.2023 02:55 PM
— Feature, Musings —07.08.2023 02:55 PM
Trudeau in action.
https://twitter.com/DrJacobsRad/status/1677772712146530304?
When Pierre Trudeau continued with deficit spending, the bond market went on strike and slowed buying Canadian bonds until interest rates hit 20%, forcing Pierre Trudeau to back off on his spending. Justin Trudeau is at least as stubborn as his father. Don’t be surprised to see Canadian interest rates climb to over 10%.
Smoking Popes cover great. Going to put this here. Justin gets mentioned and, yes, my brother, Stefan, who was also born on Christmas Day but 4 years earlier, has the same mannerisms as Justin which is annoying. Lost Mark 48 years today and he is inextricably tied to Justin’s dad:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/10157200878400764/
Warren,
In Quebec, we have the avocats émérites. But that’s just window dressing for the new clique: it’s no longer all about the feds and their supporters and minions. In this case, it’s the Barreau du Québec informally pushing forward members of its own clique and circle. Same shit, different pile. I guess Lametti, a Quebec Bar member, has pissed them off by violating the informal rule and quiet understanding. Next thing they’ll do is somehow find a way to give an honorary KC to the prime ministerial legal expert. Just read the SNC case study.
Makeover or no makeover, it’s all about who comes out and votes. The pissed-off and discontented generally vote in large numbers, so the odds favour a CPC win. That also goes for people sick of Trudeau’s face.
I favour the deployment of cluster munitions. Ukraine has pledged not to use them in civilian areas and that’s good enough for me. Now, speed up as fast as possible the training of Ukrainian pilots so the F-16s can be deployed as soon as possible — not in 2025 as projected.
Putin is demonstrably weaker and the West MUST take advantage of that ASAP. NATO remains a bunch of fools.
Agreed Ronald. NATO needs to help Ukraine put as maximum an amount of pressure as possible on Russia. And not just militarily, it’s high time Antwerp stopped importing Russian diamonds. And there has to be a way to further twist arms of others to stop buying Russian oil.
Derek,
The Ukrainian counter-offensive for all intents and purposes is ALREADY bogged down. A few NATO members see the writing on the wall — where a massive Russian push with their best weapons — inevitably leads to Ukrainian defeat. And the NATO geniuses are dragging their feet on more long-range artillery, not to mention F-16s only in 2025! Like WWII, this is demonstrably a war of EVIL against GOOD and good has to get off its fucking ass and get all in. Without that, Ukraine will lose. She simply cannot be sustained all the way to 2025. Not happening ever. I don’t believe in tactical nuke use by the Russians. The inevitable response by NATO would wipe Russia off the face of the Earth so even the “great” Putin can’t afford to go there. Once NATO is in, Putin has no choice but to surrender and withdraw otherwise the slippery slope leads to Russian conventional forces annihilation and his falling from power.
Zelenskyy needs NATO membership now. Several NATO allies agree but it’s being blocked by Biden. Erdogan has it just about right and has said so publicly. Good on him.
Meanwhile, Sweden still has more work to do to satisfy both Turkey and Hungary. Make it so, ASAP.
Headline in The Beaverton’s Toronto Daily Star edition today about the NATO meeting.
“Trudeau likely to be central in critical talks”
Ukraine won’t get a NATO membership until this war is over – they’ll fight it by supplying weapons and training, but they won’t admit Ukraine to NATO until the fighting is over for the obvious reason that it would drag NATO troops into the conflict and risk escalation by Russia to potentially deploying nukes. Just won’t happen until the war is over – we have to supply fighter jets and more weapons – can’t stop until Russia withdraws.
Curious V,
We can’t sustain them all the way to 2025. Once Russia commits its two top line fighters, it’s only a matter of time before Russia wins. The West and NATO are suffering from incurable cognitive dissonance…shame on them! This is the next Afghanistan disaster unless NATO gets in.
I’m with you Ronald. I see it as a fight between good and evil too. I’d like to see more troops, or an international coalition backing up the Ukrainians on the ground, but I don’t think it will happen. That they are already at war will prevent a NATO membership, but let’s hope we supply and train them long enough to expel the Russians.
What Canada (and the rest of the civilized world) need to do is not supply Ukraine with cluster bombs. Instead they need to force the two combatants to the negotiating table and sign an armistice, before a nuclear weapon is detonated somewhere. Enough is enough. Other than the US, what NATO country has a military that is ready to fight? Does anybody here think Justin is going to send Canadian troops to fight in Ukraine? And in other news, is it just me or does the song we hear being sung by the young lady right after the interview with Tasha not sound an awful lot like Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks?
How’s Dom’s sister-in-law?
Dom’s a KC too. How comforting!
My impression of LeBlanc is that he is a happy warrior. Interesting that he has the ability to make people laugh. That is so important, IMO. I suspect his cancer scare gave him a different perspective on things. It is nice to hear that people are coming around to the view that Pierre is a happy warrior. I have been watching him take on Justin and his fellow travelers since 2015 and that was always my impression. Looks happy to me here:
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/content/dam/ctvnews/en/images/2023/7/7/poilievre-returns-home-to-attend-calgary-stampede-1-6471359-1688758871585.png
Truanon types were freaking out about stuff on his face, a shirt that wasn’t pressed, his lack of glasses, etc. They have moved on from his hair, I guess.
His wife is clearly an asset:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZytbzOfpjo
Although I bet the Truanons’ mileage will vary.
Martin,
Let’s face it: Pierre has grown up. Can’t really say that about the other guy. Pierre is learning what are deep-end issues, along with what are counterproductive issues. So, I don’t expect to see him going there in the general.
It’s up to Pablo to come up with a strategy on how the government can cut their losses and stop digging down the rabbit hole. Surely, he can find a way on how the government can save face.
I came across a version of this yesterday. Can’t find the unedited version although the music just emphasizes the point. The reporters can hardly keep a straight face although I am sure they were reliable groupies when the writ was dropped. I know I keep harping on this but I still am trying to understand the thinking process of any conservative who thought, hey let’s give this guy a chance, no matter what you thought of Harper or what he did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp_O3liJpu8
Martin,
It’s as simple as pie. In my case, I refused to go where Harper was intent on going: too far right. My political philosophy will always be Red Tory à la Clark, Mulroney, Segal, etc. So it was easy for me to give the other guy a chance, even though all of us who happen to be sentient already knew that Trudeau was not ready as Liberal leader to hold office as prime minister. So…we crossed our fingers and rolled the dice anyway. In truth, that was a mistake. I should have simply not voted until Harper eventually was defeated by another Liberal leader, or elected to retire as prime minister.
Was watching Frankie Bubbles talking about the Stellantis deal yesterday. It is so refreshing to watch a member of Justin’s cabinet talk without being physically triggered. Lots of chatter about how Pierre could win the most seats and the most votes and still not be given the chance to govern by the axis of weasels. I said when the first deal was made that Jagmeet should make it a condition that Justin resign as leader. I think there are some things they could work with Pierre on so he could pull it off.
Although just for the record, all of these politicians breaking their arms patting themselves on the back over these deals seem to have forgotten that there is a pretty powerful interest that still has a big say:
https://globalnews.ca/news/9818849/ring-of-fire-ontario-canada-lawsuit-ev-battery-plant-plans/
Well, if Harper could be propped up by Ignatieff’s Liberals and alternatively by the Bloc, yup, anything is indeed theoretically possible.
That Smoking Popes cover is freakin’ awesome but no, not better than the original 😉
This is an interesting album if you are a Human League fan:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1B2gGIeqQzkKcDMvZzx232?si=tVIv7_B2SHyQqbBJyoHEog
Today Justin Trudeau will attend a luncheon with Canadian troops.
Will the troops have to pay for the meal?
Canada will increase troop deployment to Latvia from 800 to 2200. It will take three years to do so.
https://www.coastreporter.net/politics/trudeau-says-canada-will-more-than-double-military-presence-in-latvia-7254351
Another Trudeau press release where much is promised, but no action for three years. All designed to make it look like Trudeau is doing something.
Watch. Trudeau will make this same, or similar, announcement every few months for the next few years.
And when (if?) the troops arrive will they have any ammunition?
Public service up 40% under Liberals.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/trudeau-government-increased-federal-employees-since-2015/wcm/eb82e1f0-8f96-4437-b4a0-239f7c5826ef/amp/
Trudeau has hired 98,268 since Trudeau elected.
Given that government consulting expenditures have also increased, I am wondering how many of these jobs are ‘no shows’ a la Tony Soprano?
With all the government contracts going to Liberal friends and relatives perhaps we should rebrand Team Trudeau ‘The Libranos’?
Peter,
Is there any better way to buy someone off for the election other than giving them a job in the public service? I think not.
No clue why the Tru-anons can’t see it when they are trying to put food on the table and make their rent or mortgage payments? Curious, Scot? Rate hike likely coming today. My portfolio is hedged in such a way that I will be fine-some friends of mine in one fund much better than fine. Thanks again Curious and Scot! Trickle up at its finest!
Trying to put food on the table?
Remember Chrystia Freeland once gave a speech where she said “maybe the middle class needs to take a pay cut”.
The Trudeau/Singh government is certainly doing their best to effectively give the middle class a pay cut.
Meanwhile Trudeau and Singh continue to get big raises.
The standing O from the “non partisan” federal civil service was our first clue. It is beyond nauseating. But try running on that. They are buying their votes with our money. Look what happened to Hudak when he tried to cut a smidge. Their excuse was the plague but, newsflash, it’s over. As I keep posting, it is just math:
https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/imt/2009/01/20/the-mathematics-of-bureaucracy-explains-how-they-grow-and-at-what-point-they-become-inefficient/
Pierre should run on that but he can’t. Tru-anon types and their allies in the media and all those ridiculous widows in Toronto will call him a heartless troglodyte who wants to let people die in the streets. We are actually doomed unless Pierre can pull it off and win and then pull his secret agenda out of his hat and maybe let one or two of these people retire without replacing them.
Here’s a listing of the Federal Public Service staffing levels by department.
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/innovation/human-resources-statistics/population-federal-public-service-department.html
This list shows no one is working in the Office of the Prime Minister.
I suspect most Canadians already knew this.
Peter,
All kidding aside, I think that’s right because they’re not strictly speaking public servants. They’re political exempt staff, if I recall the term correctly.
I have mentioned this project in the past on this site. It is a 3 banger. It will be very profitable to the indigenous community. It will be a high source of tax revenue and will be done whether the government throws money at it or not(a nice change!). It also provides important resources for the clean energy industry particularly those plants in St Thomas and Windsor WE JUST threw money at. Wilkinson should be screaming from the high heavens about this. Instead, the dumbass has actually thrown water on it, much to the chagrin of some Mps in his own caucus up there.
Said dumbass:
“I certainly wouldn’t rule it off the table,” said Wilkinson. “It’s very interesting from a mineral deposit perspective, but it has to be done through considering some of these legitimate issues including the peat.”
It will be also be INTERESTING to see if the PMO kiddies in the short pants put an adult in charge of the file when the upcoming cabinet shuffle is done. Like Leblanc or Frankie Bubbles. The US defense department wants this done, so it will get done eventually whether we like it or not. It would be nice to do it on our terms.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/conrad-black-the-natural-resources-project-that-the-liberals-can-t-be-allowed-to-fumble/ar-AA1dTwL8
Say what you will about Conrad, he is very funny. Dumbass would be too low brow for him. On Justin:
“…is less intellectually exalted than his father…”
More dumbacity from Jonathon:
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/trudeau-government-snubs-global-lng-conference-in-vancouver
Funny. Looks like they are starting to realize it will be taken out of our hands:
“Recent high-level government departures have added to Canada’s challenge in making reforms. The permitting review was initially spearheaded by Janice Charette, the top federal civil servant, and Michael Sabia, the top Finance Department official. But both chose to leave government in the past two months.
John Hannaford, who replaced Charette at the top of the federal bureaucracy, is now helping shepherd the review along with Paul Halucha, a top official in the Environment department. Mollie Johnson, a senior official in the Natural Resources department who has been working on it, is moving to a new role as deputy secretary to the cabinet on July 24, the prime minister’s office announced Friday afternoon.”
They now to need to replace the idiot at the top.
https://www.mining.com/web/canada-to-speed-up-critical-minerals-permits-in-bid-to-erode-chinas-dominance/
Also, funny. KWG(now CACR) jumped 50% today on ten times its average volume. Someone else must be paying attention. At least as of 1;51pm:
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/CACR.CN?p=CACR.CN
I’m all for development, but this project isn’t as straight forward as we would like it to be. There is dissent amongst first nations, and there’s an issue with peat – that when it’s developed it can release more gas than the minerals would prevent – a catch 22. So, it’s better to consider every angle before jumping in.
Yes! Those are the talking points from The Narwhal, Niall McGee of the Globe and Dayna Scott who has a clear conflict. Good job. But the bottom line is that it should not take 30 years for it to happen. We sent people to the moon from a standing start in less than a decade. They can figure out how to build a transportation system up there without disturbing the peat for example. And, one argument was that the cost to build the road was 1 billion and now(gasp) two billion. A rounding error these days and the developers don’t care any more if they don’t get that promised money. Again, a nice change. Not to mention that they got the cart before the horse when they threw all that money at those battery plants. They need product from somewhere. China, I guess. Oh, wait…..
Had the 6am news on the CBC this morning. Kind of listening in the background. Hear some ridiculous annoying screaming. Turns out it was Justin at the Indigenous Games. Thinking his audience would rather he focus on getting them clean water or maybe funding the land fill search in Manitoba but whatever. Curiosity got the better of me so I went to look for the original speech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y5Oj5dvF70
Note the reaction from the very smart kids attending the games. They are booing him. This is why I watch the CBC wih my hair shirt on. Just to continue to verify the many reasons why they need to be defunded. The fact that they did not mention the booing in their piece is pure propaganda and censorship. It is not a serious news outlet. I know many of my conservative friends say that one should not say such things in mixed company. But it is true. PP likely shouldn’t discuss it in the campaign because the usual suspects will get upset but hopefully he is not as foolish as said conservative friends who don’t agree with my view and actually defund it if he wins.
Martin,
If Pierre defunds, they (CBC and others) will do the Mother of All Pretzeling and make sure that the CPC LOSES the second election, period. Like I said, keep it vanilla. Criticize when unfair reporting or news reading takes place and then bide your time. When we form the first government, then we decapitate (not literally) the Mother Corp president and replace all TV news directors, both at the national and regional level. That will solve the probably nicely and the replacements will watch their fucking asses going forward so they also don’t end up getting the boot. Political subtle sophistication, thy name should be Pierre Poilièvre.
Ronald, defund, decapitate, privatize, whatever. Just stop pretending it is not a problem and play out the long feared secret agenda first chance we get. I watch PBS regularly and don’t get triggered by it like I did yesterday morning with the CBC and that fawning Justin video. That should be the model.
The CBC is a great source of news. CTV isn’t bad, I’ve been watching it lately, but I prefer the CBC, and especially the National, although I think Ian should be the host, rather than Adrianne.
I also enjoy CBC Radio – great informative conversation. The CBC should just continue as is, it’s a great product and balanced and informative.
That is hilarious. Explain why they did not report on the Indigenous people booing Justin at the Indigenous Games. I’ll wait. You NEVER answer these questions because you know you can’t.
There was no booing. If there was booing, it would be reported on the CBC.
It wasn’t reported, so there was no booing
Curious, did I get that right?
I’m sure he’s booed and cheered wherever he goes, he’s the Prime Minister. I’m sure most leaders are booed and cheered wherever they go –
Good lord. That isn’t the point. Do I REALLY have to spell it out for you? Seriously? Maybe I do because you are so indoctrinated. So, I will try to help. The issue is the REPORTING of it. The guy went into a crowd that HISTORICALLY has been his base. AND THEY BOOED HIM vigorously. Your peeps showed the glowing part of the speech. And here are some more of your peeps on the same issue:
“Premier Doug Ford was booed by a crowd of tens of thousands at Nathan Phillips Square Monday as he was being introduced on stage to celebrate the Toronto Raptors historic NBA championship. Mayor John Tory and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who were also introduced to the stage were widely cheered by the crowd.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/5400233/premier-doug-ford-booed-raptors-championship-parade/
You’re welcome.
Maybe the point is there are protests at every PM’s events. Whether it’s Chretien, Harper, Martin or Trudeau – I’m sure PP gets booed a lot, and he sure will if he wins. When stuff becomes boiler plate it’s not as news worthy. Also, maybe the protest is being exaggerated in your media habits. Maybe the media you gravitate towards is exaggerating the protest element. Right wing media is far more biased than mainstream media like CTV, or the CBC. They’re pragmatic, and balanced while the right is always one sided bordering on propaganda.
Sorry but you are still not following the bouncing ball. If PP got booed in Calgary, you don’t think for one second that wouldn’t get plastered all over the media? Yes or no, simple question. I will wait for an answer. And what are you talking about as far as the reporting being exaggerated. I found the booing on a that Global News video. There was no reporting. I watched it with my own eyes because I actually went to look for the whole speech after the snippet that was shown on the CBC because I could smell a rat. Didn’t you bother to look at it?
Justin went in front of what he would consider his base and got booed in a big way. Fine, don’t report it but then don’t show a clip when he is getting cheered by some of the crowd because of whatever nonsense he was yelling about. Do you honestly not see that? Pretend you are a conservative and watch CBC through that prism. I don’t watch right wing media, whatever that is. I will rarely turn on FOX and only to see what the counter arguments are to whatever nonsense is on CNN and MSNBC. And I will do what you will never do and pretend I am a liberal and watch it critically. Here is what I watch:
1. Washington Week In Review
2. The PBS Newshour 7 nights a week
3. Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
4. Basic Black on WGBH
5. 30 minutes of the CBC news in the morning
6. Question period when they sit.
7. Power and Politics
The US Sunday morning talk shows:
8. Fox News Sunday
9. Meet The Press on NBC
10. Face The Nation on CBS
11. This Week on ABC
12. State Of The Union on CNN
Oh and 13. The weekly Kinsellacast which has the added benefit of great tunes.
Sounds like a lot but almost every show is on a platform you can listen to the at 150% speed and it is pretty easy to multitask.
Newspapers I look at through Pressreader include:
1. The Toronto Daily Star
2. The Toronto Sun
3. The Globe and Mail
4. The National Post
5. The Wall Street Journal
6. The USA Today
And I get the NYT daily newsletter.
So explain to me in your world what media platform I am “gravitating” to up there for my “media habits”. PBS is pragmatic and balanced. Sorry but the CBC is not. It is bizarre and ridiculous to even think it is. I am actually in a position to compare given my “media habits”. Like I said, try my thought experiment but I’m sure you won’t.
I don’t watch as much television as you. I would point out, however, that film, or video – as informative as it can be, it’s also rife with deceit. Footage only covers a small part of an event, and the real story, like with pictures, often falls outside of the lens. So be careful not to be fooled by deceitful footage.
What are you talking about? You think that Global TV footage is deceiving? Some outlets did report on the booing in print. Your peeps didn’t. Plus, I get my news from many sources. I can see the spin. From both sides. Did you read the entire post? What I read and listen to(not watch)? My point up there which, again, you seem to have missed is that I see a wide range of media from all over the political spectrum. You seem to be a big fan of the CBC. If that is where you get most of your news from, you are being brainwashed and you are just not aware of it. The case for most people I suppose though. How else do you explain our dumbass PM getting reelected twice.
Still waiting for an answer on that PP question and how you would categorize the media I am gravitating to. I’ll wait. You made the assumption I was some sort of Rebel news or Fox News junkie. Nope. You never actually answer a direct question. But how can you.
Here is your pretend to be a conservative moment.
From Lilley’s piece today.
“That’s not what Baird said at all. But if you only follow CBC instead of reality, you wouldn’t know that. It’s true that Baird said Trudeau was “one of the most successful political leaders of our generation,” but he didn’t comment on Trudeau’s leadership.”
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/cbcs-john-baird-story-is-more-proof-its-time-to-defund-them
Like you say, leaders get booed and cheered regularly, so why report it. But, guess what, CBC(and Curious), when Canadians are on foreign soil, you do not air your internal dirty laundry. That is not just not done. They either are too stupid to realize that or aren’t and ignored that fact. I am going with the latter. And what he gave was a very carefully worded back handed compliment that had nothing to do with his actual, um, PERFORMANCE, as PM.
And, note that your Dear Leader did not get the memo about not airing one’s internal dirty laundry on foreign soil when he criticized PP. But that is par for the course for our dumbass PM. How one should behave on foreign soil is really the story here but that is sailing over the heads of all the Tru-anons and cult members. Baird is an adult and knows how things work and how one should behave. Somehow the CBC turned the story into more of a ridiculous Justin groupie lovefest. It is pretty well a daily occurrence.