My favourite part of the Liberal carbon tax rhetoric this past week (as best exemplified by Mona Fortier's two featured tweets) is the way they seamlessly shifted from claiming that the tax/rebate system was "putting money in the pockets of Canadians" to claiming that REMOVING that system would also "put money in the pockets of Canadians"...
Obviously, one of these statements is a bald faced lie - because they CANNOT both be true.
The Conservative Campaign Dept. should have been running non stop ads when the carbon tax level was reduced to zero. Ads that claimed a VICTORY, taking 100% credit for reducing the cost of living after the Liberals conceded that their smoke and mirrors policy was a shambles.
Letting Liberals like Ms. Fortier scoop up the credit for her convenient about face was a serious communications blunder.
Sad to see so many Canadians being duped by the Liberals and their step back on the carbon tax. The very people who imposed the tax on us because it’s for our own good are now telling us by removing it they’re putting more money back in our pockets. I’m not sure how these bandits sleep at night or if they ever heard that old child’s rhyme about liar, liar pants on fire.
The bullshit tag on the carbon tax reminded me of the ongoing spin on the Liberal government “saving” the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. You throw up enough road blocks that the project becomes so financially unviable that the public purse needs to be pillaged for a huge overpay to save the project and then claim credit as its saviour. It’s like having to thank the pyromaniac for hitting the fire alarm button as he leaves your burning house. Bullshit.
And yet, ... and yet ... Canadian voters are apparently buying this bull shit served up by Carney! Defend a candidate who openly encouraged his supporters (in the presence of reporters!) to kidnap a Chinese CPC candidate and turn him over to the CCP consulate for a reward is bad enough but Carney and the other trained seals barked support for days! Lat time I looked, encouraging a crime was a chargeable offence in Canada - must be because Chiang only left after word got out that the RCMP was investigating!
What truly mystifies me is how are Canadians who were so angry with JT and the LPC just two months ago so willing to forget all the bullshit, scandals, lies, outright fraud and so forth perpetrated on us and truly believe that a new boss won't be the same as the old boss. Unfrikinbelievable.
The fact that Canadians and our media just sat by and barely complained when Trudeau suspended Parliament for three months to get their polling problems under control and wait to see how badly Trump would misbehave so they could whip us into a froth over it, is truly amazing. We have been deeply manipulated and misled.
Agreed but the Liberal brand is powerful. Many citizens see their idealized Canada reflected by the Liberals in spite of reality. That may change as the Boomer generation declines
Smith negotiated and O&G isn't tariffed. Ford postured and the auto industry is. Sure, Smith won a battle but not the war and anything can happen going forward, but that applies even more to to Ontario: Trump didn't give Carney the trade war he needs, so Carney had to stir one up.
What is truly amazing is watching the leftwing coalesce around the Liberals and fraudulently claiming they cancelled the carbon tax. PP cancelled the carbon tax with his constant attacks in parliament. His strategy worked so well it took away his most potent plank. The hypocrisy the leftwing in Canada has now switched gears and stolen the conservatives playbook is hard to swallow. Not sure any of us trust them to follow through on these free enterprise ideas. Oh well, it seems the Liberal strategy of promising everything to everyone is winning out again. You would think Canadians would wake up this time and say not this time.
The Carney housing promise was always poorly thought out at best and an outright lie at worse. The disgusting part is watching the legacy media swallow the lie hook line and sinker. No skeptics, no serious questions, nothing more than a sound stage crew and a few extras in the background.
The "legacy media" in Canada have conflicts of interest because they receive government funding through subsidies for their journalists' salaries and can offer tax deductions to their subscribers.
Carney promised CBC an additional $150M in financing. Meanwhile, the TVA network claims that they couldn't afford to put on a debate in French because the Liberals wouldn't spend $75K to have Carney debate one-on-one with his opponents.
Carney's excuse about not debating because the Green Party was not invited to the debate is bogus because they were not asked to discuss in 2019 & 2021. Their rule is that you have to have an elected MP in Quebec.
Today, a top TVA host, Mario Dumont, was outraged that the Liberals would support CBC but had let the private sector media die. Carney has not agreed to any interview on TVA since the election was called.
I find it suspicious that TVA's majority shareholder, Pierre Karl Peladeau, former leader of the Parti Quebecois, would cancel a debate over 75K. He knows that Carney would struggle in French in a tough debate format, so why would he let Carney off the hook?
Could the Liberals promise additional financial subsidies for private broadcasters after the election?
This would further compromise the editorial independence of media outlets that accept government funding.
I am happy that The Line doesn't take money from the government.
Well, technically Alberta's prosperity isn't INEXTRICABLY linked to Ontario's auto sector; Wexit would in fact extricate Alberta's economy from the basket case that is Eastern Canada.
The claim that an Independent Alberta is going to be a self sufficient Juche state is economic fantasy.
Our largest export is oil and nat gas, dude. Oil that is traded at world prices, and totally dependent on interjurisdictional cooperation to distribute. There is no magic bullet that fixes all our obstacles or challenges. JG
Definitely! Alberta, and Canada for that matter, aren't in a position of strength. If push comes even closer to shove, our only tactic is to negotiate the best possible capitulation.
Dang and apologies, I forgot Asshole Nation. That is still our best tactic.
If you can trust the Americans not to turn us into a non voting territory with no mobility rights. If you can trust them not to divide up the province and hand over the oil sands to Alaska. If you can trust them to honour market rates on a mass currency exchange, if, if, if...
Also, even if you can trust DONALD TRUMP to negotiate in good faith, you're still just a province of 5 million, now in a country 10× larger. If you think Ottawa is colonial and non responsive, have fun with Washington. JG
Ottawa is far more colonial than Washington would ever be, because every province east of Saskatchewan depends on equalization payments to keep the lights on.
I'm not sure I'm on board with the centralizing impulse to improve candidate quality control. I'm of the opinion that the root cause of our political woes is that too much power has been taken into the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Closer vetting of candidates will only make things worse.
And maybe journalists spend too much time rating other people's speeches, and not enough time making their own. But those of us who have had to stand up in front of a crowd and say something know only too well how badly it can go. Hilariously when I've done this its as if I was suddenly two people: one of whom was saying something and the other thinking "what the eff am I saying!?"
Speaking to a crowd, especially in a contested environment, is hard.
If you had the staff, you could put this out daily, if not hourly.
The Line should establish a Bullshit Chyron on readtheline.ca (only available to subscribers, of course). There's a constant stream of bullshit; thus the logical solution is a Bullshit Chyron.
I'm sure this is possible with AI. Just instruct it to fact check every syllable that spews from a politico's mouth and social feed. Endless content.
I can't afford a subscription, but someone who can told me that Blacklock's Reporter uncovers enough bs daily to satiate anyone's appetite if you have a scatological sweet tooth.
The auto sector had tariffs before the 60's. Google Auto Pact. The Auto Pact let car parts cross the border without tariffs resulting in a lot of assembly plants in Ontario. The essentials of the Auto Pact have been continued in CUSMA which Trump appears to have honoured. It looks to me that Canada is in a position that is not much different than it was before 2002.
Obviously, both the unions and management got in front of Trump and explained their case. I would expect both to be relatively happy with the deal but it does not solve the US trade imbalance with the rest of the world. Like all trade negotiations, everything starts out with a principal that is eroded by special interest groups and horse trading.
Not just on recorded podcast, a recorded one that got blasted on Facebook while he was running for councillor 2 years ago lmao. And everyone in town knew about them.
A lot of this would have been fixed, just by having a nomination meeting before vetting candidates.
Oh man, these are fantastic. Can you continue them after the election ends? Not every week, but say, quarterly?
My favourite part of the Liberal carbon tax rhetoric this past week (as best exemplified by Mona Fortier's two featured tweets) is the way they seamlessly shifted from claiming that the tax/rebate system was "putting money in the pockets of Canadians" to claiming that REMOVING that system would also "put money in the pockets of Canadians"...
Obviously, one of these statements is a bald faced lie - because they CANNOT both be true.
Which leaves open the possibility* of another 180 after the election.
* I know. I know.
The Conservative Campaign Dept. should have been running non stop ads when the carbon tax level was reduced to zero. Ads that claimed a VICTORY, taking 100% credit for reducing the cost of living after the Liberals conceded that their smoke and mirrors policy was a shambles.
Letting Liberals like Ms. Fortier scoop up the credit for her convenient about face was a serious communications blunder.
Honestly, the people running their campaign have not idea what they are doing.
Sad to see so many Canadians being duped by the Liberals and their step back on the carbon tax. The very people who imposed the tax on us because it’s for our own good are now telling us by removing it they’re putting more money back in our pockets. I’m not sure how these bandits sleep at night or if they ever heard that old child’s rhyme about liar, liar pants on fire.
The bullshit tag on the carbon tax reminded me of the ongoing spin on the Liberal government “saving” the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. You throw up enough road blocks that the project becomes so financially unviable that the public purse needs to be pillaged for a huge overpay to save the project and then claim credit as its saviour. It’s like having to thank the pyromaniac for hitting the fire alarm button as he leaves your burning house. Bullshit.
I can barely tolerate the “saving the pipeline” pats on their own backs, but one even more repugnant is claiming that they “built” one.
And yet, ... and yet ... Canadian voters are apparently buying this bull shit served up by Carney! Defend a candidate who openly encouraged his supporters (in the presence of reporters!) to kidnap a Chinese CPC candidate and turn him over to the CCP consulate for a reward is bad enough but Carney and the other trained seals barked support for days! Lat time I looked, encouraging a crime was a chargeable offence in Canada - must be because Chiang only left after word got out that the RCMP was investigating!
What truly mystifies me is how are Canadians who were so angry with JT and the LPC just two months ago so willing to forget all the bullshit, scandals, lies, outright fraud and so forth perpetrated on us and truly believe that a new boss won't be the same as the old boss. Unfrikinbelievable.
The fact that Canadians and our media just sat by and barely complained when Trudeau suspended Parliament for three months to get their polling problems under control and wait to see how badly Trump would misbehave so they could whip us into a froth over it, is truly amazing. We have been deeply manipulated and misled.
Great point KRM and it has worked exceedingly well!
Identity is a powerful force. Rightly or wrongly, the Liberals are seen as the party of Canadian nationalism.
Why? They spent the past 10 years crapping on Canadian identity.
Agreed but the Liberal brand is powerful. Many citizens see their idealized Canada reflected by the Liberals in spite of reality. That may change as the Boomer generation declines
Smith negotiated and O&G isn't tariffed. Ford postured and the auto industry is. Sure, Smith won a battle but not the war and anything can happen going forward, but that applies even more to to Ontario: Trump didn't give Carney the trade war he needs, so Carney had to stir one up.
Nothing better demonstrates the Canadian double standard:
-AB refuses to offer up energy as trade leverage and isn't a team player
-no one even proposes that ON offer auto parts
-Smith lobbies for reduced tariffs on energy, succeeds and is labeled a "traitor"
-Ford adds an export tax to electricity, quickly backs down when the Americans double their tariffs and is labeled a "hero"
I am constantly reminded of reasons to hate Canada
I can't hate Canada. It is too big and beautiful with too much great stuff to do. The politics suck, though.
I thought Trump imposed 10% tariffs on Alberta's oil & gas as part of the Fetenyl tariffs. Did he change his mind ?
Pretty sure O&G didn't get hit at all. But it is hard to be certain with so many balls in the air.
What is truly amazing is watching the leftwing coalesce around the Liberals and fraudulently claiming they cancelled the carbon tax. PP cancelled the carbon tax with his constant attacks in parliament. His strategy worked so well it took away his most potent plank. The hypocrisy the leftwing in Canada has now switched gears and stolen the conservatives playbook is hard to swallow. Not sure any of us trust them to follow through on these free enterprise ideas. Oh well, it seems the Liberal strategy of promising everything to everyone is winning out again. You would think Canadians would wake up this time and say not this time.
The Carney housing promise was always poorly thought out at best and an outright lie at worse. The disgusting part is watching the legacy media swallow the lie hook line and sinker. No skeptics, no serious questions, nothing more than a sound stage crew and a few extras in the background.
The "legacy media" in Canada have conflicts of interest because they receive government funding through subsidies for their journalists' salaries and can offer tax deductions to their subscribers.
Carney promised CBC an additional $150M in financing. Meanwhile, the TVA network claims that they couldn't afford to put on a debate in French because the Liberals wouldn't spend $75K to have Carney debate one-on-one with his opponents.
Carney's excuse about not debating because the Green Party was not invited to the debate is bogus because they were not asked to discuss in 2019 & 2021. Their rule is that you have to have an elected MP in Quebec.
Today, a top TVA host, Mario Dumont, was outraged that the Liberals would support CBC but had let the private sector media die. Carney has not agreed to any interview on TVA since the election was called.
I find it suspicious that TVA's majority shareholder, Pierre Karl Peladeau, former leader of the Parti Quebecois, would cancel a debate over 75K. He knows that Carney would struggle in French in a tough debate format, so why would he let Carney off the hook?
Could the Liberals promise additional financial subsidies for private broadcasters after the election?
This would further compromise the editorial independence of media outlets that accept government funding.
I am happy that The Line doesn't take money from the government.
Well, technically Alberta's prosperity isn't INEXTRICABLY linked to Ontario's auto sector; Wexit would in fact extricate Alberta's economy from the basket case that is Eastern Canada.
The claim that an Independent Alberta is going to be a self sufficient Juche state is economic fantasy.
Our largest export is oil and nat gas, dude. Oil that is traded at world prices, and totally dependent on interjurisdictional cooperation to distribute. There is no magic bullet that fixes all our obstacles or challenges. JG
Like, guys, where do think we get the steel for our pipelines from? Who do you think makes the tools and parts we need to extract the oil? JG
Brazil and the US would be my guesses. Some from China?
Sounds great! So now our fortunes are inextricably linked with theirs. You're switching one set of problems out for another. JG
Definitely! Alberta, and Canada for that matter, aren't in a position of strength. If push comes even closer to shove, our only tactic is to negotiate the best possible capitulation.
Dang and apologies, I forgot Asshole Nation. That is still our best tactic.
51st statehood for Alberta, however, would both extricate Alberta from Eastern Canada, and magically turn those exports into interstate trade.
If you can trust the Americans not to turn us into a non voting territory with no mobility rights. If you can trust them not to divide up the province and hand over the oil sands to Alaska. If you can trust them to honour market rates on a mass currency exchange, if, if, if...
Also, even if you can trust DONALD TRUMP to negotiate in good faith, you're still just a province of 5 million, now in a country 10× larger. If you think Ottawa is colonial and non responsive, have fun with Washington. JG
Ottawa is far more colonial than Washington would ever be, because every province east of Saskatchewan depends on equalization payments to keep the lights on.
Im no separatist and have no desire to be American but Albertans have no reason to trust the Liberals and Ottawa. There is 40 years to prove it.
And since I've been accused of lacking specifics, see https://open.substack.com/pub/milesmcstylez/p/canada-should-not-be-the-51st-state
Once Politicians become MP's they should all be bestowed with a new degree BS MS PHD.
Bull Shit, More Shit, Piled High "n" Dry.
I'm not sure I'm on board with the centralizing impulse to improve candidate quality control. I'm of the opinion that the root cause of our political woes is that too much power has been taken into the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Closer vetting of candidates will only make things worse.
And maybe journalists spend too much time rating other people's speeches, and not enough time making their own. But those of us who have had to stand up in front of a crowd and say something know only too well how badly it can go. Hilariously when I've done this its as if I was suddenly two people: one of whom was saying something and the other thinking "what the eff am I saying!?"
Speaking to a crowd, especially in a contested environment, is hard.
Trudeau: 63 houses built per hour
Carney: 57 houses
Canada's usual: 30 houses
Good edition of the BSB.
If you had the staff, you could put this out daily, if not hourly.
The Line should establish a Bullshit Chyron on readtheline.ca (only available to subscribers, of course). There's a constant stream of bullshit; thus the logical solution is a Bullshit Chyron.
I'm sure this is possible with AI. Just instruct it to fact check every syllable that spews from a politico's mouth and social feed. Endless content.
Make it so (please).
I can't afford a subscription, but someone who can told me that Blacklock's Reporter uncovers enough bs daily to satiate anyone's appetite if you have a scatological sweet tooth.
I hear they are great. Too bad nobody gets to read what they uncover because their subscription costs as much as a gym membership.
hahaha
The auto sector had tariffs before the 60's. Google Auto Pact. The Auto Pact let car parts cross the border without tariffs resulting in a lot of assembly plants in Ontario. The essentials of the Auto Pact have been continued in CUSMA which Trump appears to have honoured. It looks to me that Canada is in a position that is not much different than it was before 2002.
Obviously, both the unions and management got in front of Trump and explained their case. I would expect both to be relatively happy with the deal but it does not solve the US trade imbalance with the rest of the world. Like all trade negotiations, everything starts out with a principal that is eroded by special interest groups and horse trading.
Not just on recorded podcast, a recorded one that got blasted on Facebook while he was running for councillor 2 years ago lmao. And everyone in town knew about them.
A lot of this would have been fixed, just by having a nomination meeting before vetting candidates.