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At what point do people start to hold all of their politicians accountable?
.@OurCommons places order for 6,000 bottles of fine wine to “maintain expected standards of hospitality” in Parliamentary Dining Room.
Stocking of wine cellar came 4 days after #Budget2026 lamented plight of “hardworking Canadians struggling to get by.”
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@MarkJCarney @FPChampagne #cdnpoli
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The Sodbuster’s Widow Fence. Custer County, Nebraska. 1887. No trees on the prairie. No wood for fences. So homesteaders cut the sod itself — 3 feet thick, roots like rope. Built fences from earth.
Ole and Brita Hansen came from Norway in 1883. 160 acres. Dugout home. 2 boys.
In ’86, a blizzard took Ole. Froze 200 yards from the door. Brita was 31. Alone. Pregnant. Law said: “Improve the land or lose it.” That meant 10 acres broke, a house, and a fence. She had no horse. No man. No money. So she built a fence from sod. She cut it with a spade. 14 inches wide. 4 inches thick. One brick at a time. 160 rods — 1/2 mile. 2,640 bricks.
She laid them while 8 months pregnant. Gave birth in the dugout. Boy named him Ole. Then she went back to the fence. The land agent came in ’88. Saw the fence. Saw the baby. Saw 12 acres broke with a hand plow she pulled herself. He signed the deed. Wrote in the margin: “She proved up.” That sod fence stood until 1942. Kids in Custer County called it “Brita’s Wall.” Her grandson still farms the place. He won’t plow that half-mile.
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Alexis de Tocqueville understood something about human nature that still applies today. People who have little faith in the judgment of ordinary citizens often have enormous faith in the power of government.
Mark Carney comes to mind.
Carney strikes me as the classic technocrat. Trust the experts, trust the bureaucrats, trust the international institutions. Apparently, the rest of us need someone smarter to manage our lives.
Hayek warned about the arrogance of central planners who believe they possess knowledge that is actually scattered among millions of individuals. Bastiat reminded us to look beyond government’s promises and examine the costs, consequences and opportunities lost.
I’ve spent my life running businesses, farming, raising a family and paying taxes. I’ve learned that people making decisions with their own money generally have stronger incentives to get things right than politicians spending someone else’s.
I don’t want a government that thinks it knows what’s best for me. I want one that respects individual liberty, property rights, personal responsibility and the limits of its own knowledge.
The more power politicians demand over our lives, the more we should question whether they actually trust the people they’re supposed to serve.
Tocqueville understood the danger nearly 200 years ago. We would be wise to remember it.
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Canada has spent $160 billion on climate change, $25 billion to Ukraine, $100 billion to foreign countries just in the last ten years. None of this has improved Canadians lives. Taxpayers borrowed that $285 billion and now pay interest on it this has to stop.
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The Liberals studied this closely, and realized that if they extended MAID for people solely suffering from mental illness....they'd be killing too many of their supporters.
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Carney could increase immigration, or decrease it. His base will cheer
He could join the EU, sign a deal with America, build a pipeline, shut down oil&gas, pledge $1 Trillion to Ukraine, ban ice hockey, censor the internet, wear a MAGA hat - his base will cheer
It’s. A. Cult.
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Maybe Carney should get his sorry ass back to the negotiation table.
However, it’s never a Liberals fault.
Sadly many of the folks out of work likely voted Liberal.
Voting has consequences.
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Should Canada become an associate member of the EU?
Please share so we can get a bigger sample than Leger
1%Yes
98%No
1%Undecided
3,310 votes • Final results Gord Ransom retweeted
No one is a “blame Canada” conservative. We are “blames a decade of crappy Liberal policy” conservatives.
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If we have no one to sell $4.2 billion in potash to annually and our oil stays in the ground all Canada will have left to produce is our sense of moral superiority.
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Trying to find records of the consultation Carney did with Canadian indigenous bands on their thoughts of becoming associate members of the EU.
Does anybody have a link?
Jason what percentage do you and your Liberal Lite crowd represent? Actually don’t worry about it because nobody cares
Good reminder that the MAGA North crowd represent ~5% of Canadians.
Conservative MPs who accuse Canadians of engaging in a “hissy fit” over the attacks on our sovereignty and economy should reflect on this, if they have any interest in being re-elected or forming government.
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Gord Ransom retweeted
As a Canadian I would choose to be part of the USA over the EU every single time!
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During the 1972 Summit Series against [checks notes] the Soviet fucking Union, spectators managed to respect the signing of both national anthems without any difficulty or drama.
If Canadians could do that for a country which was a genuine scourge and threat to world peace, then I’m pretty sure we can observe the same standard of decorum when we face off against teams from the US.
Get a grip people.
I would like to say that nothing could be further from the truth but it won’t take long for this government or their media to top it 🤦♂️
François-Philippe Champagne: "Canadians understand they can trust us. They can trust that the Prime Minister has a vision. We have the best possible team in Washington ... We control our own destiny. This is what the Prime Minister has put forward."
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