Update: Carney cancels French debate. He's toast - rôties.
Well we're off to the races. Mark Carney called a election for April 28th. CBC announced that he would the day before he did. Imagine that. I thought he was going to milk it as long as he could. At least this is fair. Hold an election then that shuts everyone up.
I think it's wise he called it right away because I think this is as high as he's going to get in the polls. People don't really know him and keep hearing the fake news lie to them about Carney being more right wing. Than what? He's bff's with Chrystia Freeland and he was Justin Trudeau's economic advisor.
Ruby Dhalla wanted to bring the party back to left of centre but the party wouldn't let her. They want it to stay far left that's why they rigged the leadership's debate and didn't let her run.
CBC asked Carney the obvious question. How can you represent change when you have all Justin Trudeau's people standing behind you? They got CBC to ask that question because they knew it would be asked and they didn't want anyone to cross examine them.
CBC asked the question knowing that after he gave his pat answer they wouldn't say but... Then when someone else tried to ask the question he'd just say I've already answered that question. Not. I say them not him because it was them. It's the same party that blew a $62 billion single year deficit. They picked Carney to continue that trend.
Calling a snap election also allows him to dissolve parliament so the carbon tax law can't be revoked. I'm really concerned about his defiant dishonesty right out of the starting gate. He said he got rid of the consumer carbon tax and I believed him. He hasn't. The law is still there.
He's temporarily suspended collecting the consumer carbon tax but he never got rid of the law because parliament was prorogued. Now it's dissolved so he can't put his money where his mouth is and get rid of it in real life.
He's also hidden the consumer carbon tax because the industrial carbon tax is still there so businesses will be forced to pass that tax on to the consumer. So yeah, nothing's changed. The only thing that has changed is the fact that this guy is a lot sneakier. The party hasn't changed. The party has the same agenda. They just have a new spin doctor to hide it.
Obviously I would have preferred Leslyn Lewis over Pierre Poilievre but I have to admit Pierre's French is better and that matters. Quebec and Ontario are the two largest provinces with the most voters. No one can become Prime Minister without them. Pierre Poilievres grandfather was born in France.
Justin Trudeau's approval rating dropped below 16% for a reason and nothing has changed. I think the fake polls that claimed Carney would get a majority are a ridiculous lie. I do think Trump scared a lot of people and the Liberals temporarily bounced back a bit but no way that much. They lied again just like they always do.
The reason I think it's wise for Carney to call a snap election because as each day passes more and more people are starting to see through him and do the math. As soon as they realize nothing has changed, he's tanked. Which is the norm when someone takes over for a hated politician. John Turner, Kim Campbell, Rita Johnston. People aren't that easily fooled.
I think Pierre Poilievre is the change we need at this time. We've got to tank the fake environmentalism and become energy independent. Natural gas is clean burning. Banning natural gas has nothing to do with protecting the environment. Absolutely nothing.
Pierre needs to drop the tariffs. Tariffs are taxes. If he rightfully opposes the carbon tax he should also oppose tariffs. Tariffs hurt us not them. They make everything we buy and build more expensive.
The Liberals want excessive immigration. That's not what we need. We need slow and steady immigration. This country was built by hard working immigrants. The key words are hard working. Bringing in mass migrants to put them all on welfare isn't going to help the economy. Bringing in steady migrants who work will.
Growth means more construction jobs and more jobs in every other sector. No growth means no jobs. That's why people move to the big city to find work when there's none to be found in rural areas. Big cities are growing and have more jobs.
Having said that I don't want us to go from one extreme to the other extreme. We don't need to go from reckless spending to reckless cuts. Firing all the government workers is not the answer. Cutting waste is and reducing spending is.
Stopping immigration completely is not the answer either nor is spending money hunting down illegals. That's a waste of money. Close Roxham road. Hunting them down is pointless if you keep letting them in unchecked. If someone commits a serious crime and are illegal, then deport them. It's that simple but hunting them all down is extreme and we want to balance the extremes not become extreme.
Maxime Bernier is in my opinion extreme. I agreed with many of his Covid and lockdown positions but I don't agree with his extreme position on immigration. He's like that controversial European MP Christine Anderson who is far right.
Maxime Bernier said Pierre Poilievre is a globalist and he's the only conservative. I don't believe that's true. Maxime Bernier is further right than Pierre Poilievre. That doesn't make him more conservative it makes him more extreme. Remember Maxime Bernier couldn't even get elected in Quebec. He doesn't have a seat. We need to move forward consistently without jumping to erratic extremes like Trump has. We've seen the chaos that creates. We don't need chaos we need consistency. That is what we need. April 28th 2025. The question has been called.
