THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT I WILL BREAK MY PROMISE, GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, TO IGNORE CANADIAN POLITICS BECAUSE WITH THIS BLOG I AM WITHDRAWING MY PROMISE..
SO FROM HERE ON IN ...CANADIAN POLITICS...BRING IT ON !!
We here in Canada are governed by a Prime Minister who is very photogenic...nothing he likes better than having his picture taken. He is also a Progressive as sadly most Canadians are.
What drove me to write today's Blog though was this morning's newspaper which dealt with negotiations our country is currently engaged in with the United States to update our Free Trade Pact with the US and with Mexico. The morning's news sets-out in some detail the position our country is taking in regard to those talks.
And quite frankly I was shocked.
As was Andrew Coyne, our nation's best commentator when it comes to matters of the economy. Here is what Mr. Coyne had to say:
- I said we should be prepared to walk away from the negotiations, ...I didn't say we should deliberately sandbag them from the outset.
What Coyne is talking about and what I am in 'Shock' about is Canada's assertion that matters of gender, feminism and global warming should be part of the new deal. And naive me thought that Free Trade was about Freeing Up Trade and not throwing in all and sundry Politically Correctness.
I can just imagine how the Trump Administration will react and deal with this Progressive Nonsense.
This is our same Prime Minister who fervently supports the UN's Paris Climate Accord which costs us $$ Billions and gains little.
He is also our Prime Minister who tripled the amount of his election pledge to run a deficit during his administration from $10 Billion to $30 Billion per year.
But unlike you and I, 'Young' Justin Trudeau need not worry about the future economic welfare of his children since like him, they were born into vast inherited wealth.
But dear Reader, if our Federal Government under the Stewardship of Trudeau is bad...our Largest Provincial Government led by Premier Wynne is even worse.
Currently she is raising Ontario's Minimum Wage by 32% ...from $11.40 an hour to $15.00 per hour. An independent Blue Ribbon Panel estimates that 185,000 will be lost and upwards to 5,000 small businesses will fold as a result of this ill-advised initiative and if you can believe it, this lunacy is occurring without public consultation.
Again, I nearly choked when I read that Premier Wynne said her Minimum Wage fiasco was another step in her Government's ongoing efforts to build a strong vibrant Private Sector.
Give me a break.
One of the greatest costs for business is Energy and in that regard, Wynne and her Progressive Liberal Cronies have destroyed our Province's Energy Sector with their pig-headed move toward Green Energy ---you know, Wind Mills and Solar Panels which do not work when the wind does not blow or the sun does not shine. Despite spending multi billions $$ on these two Green Energy Sources they supply but a tiny fraction of our Province's energy needs...less than 5% on a good day.
We used to get the lion's share of our power needs from water power as clean an energy source as there is. We could still be doing that but for our Provincial Government's insanity.
We used to have the cheapest power costs in North America but now have the highest. Rates under this Liberal Government have tripled and businesses have fled to the northern United States.
So if you think you have things bad wherever you live...just realize it could be worse...Take Canada and Ontario For Instance ...Please.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
