Outstanding work Fred. It is a brilliant synopsis of the self-made mess that our once proud nation finds itself in. The "red" team is brimming with delusionary high priests of spiritual ecology. The result is that our citizens suffer from a declining standard of living thanks to the seemingly intentional abuse of our national economy. Domestic policies that stymy growth and discourage real investment are going to have a multi-generational impact on the lives of Canadians. If the same nonsensical messages continue to be promoted by our educators, legislators and communicators, future generations may wish to abandon their home country and look for a brighter future elsewhere.
Thanks. I am starting to believe that most people have no knowledge of the economy and no understanding of how the decisions made by politicians can make their lives much worse, so they decide whom to support based on which person they imagine would make the best dinner companion. Then, they go back to sleep until the next election. Thinking about issues is just too much work for them, so they vote emotionally.
Excellent points. The dumbing down of humanity has been greatly assisted by the advent of social media. Furthermore, Artificial Intelligence may prove to be beneficial to the overseers who wish to educate, influence and ultimately control society. May the younger generations be courageous enough to stand-up to the utopian illusion that is constantly being promoted.
I thoroughly enjoyed this Fred. I feel a little better to know that others see through the weasel. It remains a head shaker how intellectually lazy Canadians seem to be to continue to support the liberals. Emotional voting is a thing. I am hoping Alberta will shake the country out of its trance.
Thanks. I find I am running out of ways to say that voters are emotional and intellectually lazy. I do worry that Alberta is unlikely to shake anyone, as even here, not enough people understand how much the economy has been strangled. Many Canadians just think Alberta is lucky, whiny and embarrassing, including many who came here from other provinces and have no idea why Alberta was prosperous.
I know it is very discouraging. I currently live in PEI (ultra liberal) but have lived all over the country. It is so disheartening to see how much control Ont and Quebec have over the rest of Canada and they just don’t seem to understand that without Alberta’s transfer money they would be living the good life. I’ve never seen Canada so divided and I think the media plays a big part of n this. Wish I knew what the answer is. We need collective non-compliance but also needs to be organized.
I had to look that one up. It has been a while since I took biology, although I once met a Pine Marten who had more economic insight than any Liberal politician.
"Nobody wants to have dinner or drinks with a mean, angry little man who complains."
Hmmm .... don't know about his height (apparently claims to be 5' 11" but that is stated by some to be a bit "inflated"?) but, then at age 74 I have shrunk to about 5' 10" (maybe a bit less? I truly don't care.) but, all in all, I would enjoy having a drink with PP. I think that he would be an intriguing dinner / drinks companion and would have a perspective that I would enjoy exploring, even if I didn't agree with it. Simply put, I expect that he has had an opportunity to see and learn a whole lot of stuff. Agree or disagree with his perspective but he has seen a lot.
As for angry? Hell, he damned well better be, given the state of this country today. Even the NDP argue that Canada is going to hell in a hand basket (although the CPC seems to feel hell is in one direction and the NDP seems to feel that it is in the opposite direction). My point being, there is a good reason for anger so any reasonably well thought out prescription for improvement, whether left or right, should be discussed thoughtfully.
Oh, and mean? I think that is simply because he was so critical of the Face Painter's government and that he kept insisting Canada is broken - it is! So, anyone who uses the "mean" adjective, I simply disregard them as either uninformed or non-thinking.
Yes. I was expressing the point of view of PP’s many detractors, who tend to vote emotionally and imagine they need to be friends with whoever they elect. In my experience, women especially dislike Poilievre, just as they disliked Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney. This was a huge barrier to their political longevity. Many women stuck by Trudeau for far longer than he deserved, because they bought the media portrayal of Poilievre as mainly angry, without thinking deeply enough about issues to share that anger. Somehow this emotional criticism of a man who was not even in power was deemed more damning than Trudeau being clearly shallow, incompetent, destructive and corrupt for a decade in office. And I agree with you that we and Poilievre have every reason to be frustrated with the mass complacency and superficiality that allows people like Trudeau and now Carney to have electoral success. I guess emotional voting always strikes me as a failure that promotes undeserving leaders, but so many people make their decisions that way.
I have not had the opportunity to meet PP. Now, having said that, in meeting with politicians generally (both me and other folks that I talk to) it is clear that politicians have to meet so many folks and have so little time that it can seem that actually someone isn't interested and/or is not listening. From what I have heard, PP works to avoid that situation but the reality is that the pressures of maintaining a schedule can make such meetings fraught. I with them real luck in getting a time when he is not rushed and can actually have a conversation with them.
The Carny regime seems to be a series of contradictions. The first thing is that in spite of winning the national vote with DT's vocal 51st state rhetoric, which set everyone's hair on fire in little Canada, it seemed like a calculated strategy to ensure DC's Goldman Sachs central banker was in fact installed as Canada's new "governor".....conspiracy theory? He owes DJT and that was acknowledged in the WH when they met.
The first thing he does is fly off to his actual home, the UK, for a meeting with a decrepit old monarch, to solidify Canadas's vassal status to a mendacious and venal British ruling elite.
But then he seemed to take a sharp turn when he essentially fired the evil witch of Canadian politics, Freeland. For the entire Trudeau decade she rode the crest of power, have no idea what the dynamic was between those two tho she clearly seemed to be his handler and the eminence grise behind the curtain. As we know it didn't end well. Evidently her dysfunctional behaviour continued in the new government until Carny finally said your out and here's your new job.... 5000 miles away, no staff, no budget. His challenge now is to ensure her ritzy Rosedale riding is by-electioned ASAP to get her out of the House. So he's not the soyboy Trudeau was, he can and will be decisive and directive with problem people. What that means in terms of his Build Canada rhetoric and other tired Trudeau era holdovers I don't know. But the Green Agenda is still a cult and a religion.
I always found it hilarious that Freeland, who was totally unqualified to be in charge of Finance under Trudeau but was promoted because Bill Morneau was balking at Zoolander's spendiness, quit the Trudeau cabinet when he demoted her, but then was somehow delighted when Carney made her Minister of Transport, a lower job.
In our system, I think it makes very little difference who the ministers are, because in Canada, they are almost never experts but also because the PM makes all the meaningful decisions.
Some have praised Carney for putting Tim Hodgson, who actually knows energy, in charge of Energy, but Carney has left all Zoolander's anti oil and gas rules in place, despite Hodgson knowing that will kill investment. Carney just gets away with this because people and media give him a free pass. We are sleepwalking through another disaster.
Outstanding work Fred. It is a brilliant synopsis of the self-made mess that our once proud nation finds itself in. The "red" team is brimming with delusionary high priests of spiritual ecology. The result is that our citizens suffer from a declining standard of living thanks to the seemingly intentional abuse of our national economy. Domestic policies that stymy growth and discourage real investment are going to have a multi-generational impact on the lives of Canadians. If the same nonsensical messages continue to be promoted by our educators, legislators and communicators, future generations may wish to abandon their home country and look for a brighter future elsewhere.
Thanks. I am starting to believe that most people have no knowledge of the economy and no understanding of how the decisions made by politicians can make their lives much worse, so they decide whom to support based on which person they imagine would make the best dinner companion. Then, they go back to sleep until the next election. Thinking about issues is just too much work for them, so they vote emotionally.
Excellent points. The dumbing down of humanity has been greatly assisted by the advent of social media. Furthermore, Artificial Intelligence may prove to be beneficial to the overseers who wish to educate, influence and ultimately control society. May the younger generations be courageous enough to stand-up to the utopian illusion that is constantly being promoted.
This Canadian woman is not impressed one whit by Carney
I thoroughly enjoyed this Fred. I feel a little better to know that others see through the weasel. It remains a head shaker how intellectually lazy Canadians seem to be to continue to support the liberals. Emotional voting is a thing. I am hoping Alberta will shake the country out of its trance.
Thanks. I find I am running out of ways to say that voters are emotional and intellectually lazy. I do worry that Alberta is unlikely to shake anyone, as even here, not enough people understand how much the economy has been strangled. Many Canadians just think Alberta is lucky, whiny and embarrassing, including many who came here from other provinces and have no idea why Alberta was prosperous.
I know it is very discouraging. I currently live in PEI (ultra liberal) but have lived all over the country. It is so disheartening to see how much control Ont and Quebec have over the rest of Canada and they just don’t seem to understand that without Alberta’s transfer money they would be living the good life. I’ve never seen Canada so divided and I think the media plays a big part of n this. Wish I knew what the answer is. We need collective non-compliance but also needs to be organized.
Good one, Fred, but hardly fair to mustelidae.
I had to look that one up. It has been a while since I took biology, although I once met a Pine Marten who had more economic insight than any Liberal politician.
First off, Fred, well done, Sir! Now, then .....
"Nobody wants to have dinner or drinks with a mean, angry little man who complains."
Hmmm .... don't know about his height (apparently claims to be 5' 11" but that is stated by some to be a bit "inflated"?) but, then at age 74 I have shrunk to about 5' 10" (maybe a bit less? I truly don't care.) but, all in all, I would enjoy having a drink with PP. I think that he would be an intriguing dinner / drinks companion and would have a perspective that I would enjoy exploring, even if I didn't agree with it. Simply put, I expect that he has had an opportunity to see and learn a whole lot of stuff. Agree or disagree with his perspective but he has seen a lot.
As for angry? Hell, he damned well better be, given the state of this country today. Even the NDP argue that Canada is going to hell in a hand basket (although the CPC seems to feel hell is in one direction and the NDP seems to feel that it is in the opposite direction). My point being, there is a good reason for anger so any reasonably well thought out prescription for improvement, whether left or right, should be discussed thoughtfully.
Oh, and mean? I think that is simply because he was so critical of the Face Painter's government and that he kept insisting Canada is broken - it is! So, anyone who uses the "mean" adjective, I simply disregard them as either uninformed or non-thinking.
Yes. I was expressing the point of view of PP’s many detractors, who tend to vote emotionally and imagine they need to be friends with whoever they elect. In my experience, women especially dislike Poilievre, just as they disliked Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney. This was a huge barrier to their political longevity. Many women stuck by Trudeau for far longer than he deserved, because they bought the media portrayal of Poilievre as mainly angry, without thinking deeply enough about issues to share that anger. Somehow this emotional criticism of a man who was not even in power was deemed more damning than Trudeau being clearly shallow, incompetent, destructive and corrupt for a decade in office. And I agree with you that we and Poilievre have every reason to be frustrated with the mass complacency and superficiality that allows people like Trudeau and now Carney to have electoral success. I guess emotional voting always strikes me as a failure that promotes undeserving leaders, but so many people make their decisions that way.
My daughter and her new husband can hardly wait for the chance to meet PP
I have not had the opportunity to meet PP. Now, having said that, in meeting with politicians generally (both me and other folks that I talk to) it is clear that politicians have to meet so many folks and have so little time that it can seem that actually someone isn't interested and/or is not listening. From what I have heard, PP works to avoid that situation but the reality is that the pressures of maintaining a schedule can make such meetings fraught. I with them real luck in getting a time when he is not rushed and can actually have a conversation with them.
Fortunately, I think they both understand that very real possibility. They're certainly fed up with how he's being portrayed
Awful to comprehend. The rot is deep
A hypothetically positive sexual experience" lol.
The Carny regime seems to be a series of contradictions. The first thing is that in spite of winning the national vote with DT's vocal 51st state rhetoric, which set everyone's hair on fire in little Canada, it seemed like a calculated strategy to ensure DC's Goldman Sachs central banker was in fact installed as Canada's new "governor".....conspiracy theory? He owes DJT and that was acknowledged in the WH when they met.
The first thing he does is fly off to his actual home, the UK, for a meeting with a decrepit old monarch, to solidify Canadas's vassal status to a mendacious and venal British ruling elite.
But then he seemed to take a sharp turn when he essentially fired the evil witch of Canadian politics, Freeland. For the entire Trudeau decade she rode the crest of power, have no idea what the dynamic was between those two tho she clearly seemed to be his handler and the eminence grise behind the curtain. As we know it didn't end well. Evidently her dysfunctional behaviour continued in the new government until Carny finally said your out and here's your new job.... 5000 miles away, no staff, no budget. His challenge now is to ensure her ritzy Rosedale riding is by-electioned ASAP to get her out of the House. So he's not the soyboy Trudeau was, he can and will be decisive and directive with problem people. What that means in terms of his Build Canada rhetoric and other tired Trudeau era holdovers I don't know. But the Green Agenda is still a cult and a religion.
I always found it hilarious that Freeland, who was totally unqualified to be in charge of Finance under Trudeau but was promoted because Bill Morneau was balking at Zoolander's spendiness, quit the Trudeau cabinet when he demoted her, but then was somehow delighted when Carney made her Minister of Transport, a lower job.
In our system, I think it makes very little difference who the ministers are, because in Canada, they are almost never experts but also because the PM makes all the meaningful decisions.
Some have praised Carney for putting Tim Hodgson, who actually knows energy, in charge of Energy, but Carney has left all Zoolander's anti oil and gas rules in place, despite Hodgson knowing that will kill investment. Carney just gets away with this because people and media give him a free pass. We are sleepwalking through another disaster.
The UK is the only energy producer with a policy nearly as stupid as ours.