Canada & Argentina, on two very different fiscal & economic paths

by Chris George

Contrasting the details of this week’s Canadian federal budget with last week’s results of Argentina’s midterm elections is a comparison that Canadians would be wise to take note of: Canada and Argentina are on two very different fiscal and economic paths. Those divergent paths have been intentionally chosen by the countries’ leaders – global banker […]

Canadians now “on the outside looking in” at the U.S. marketplace

by Chris George

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trade plan to pivot away from the U.S. has been on full display the past two weeks. There was the prime minister’s televised address to the nation where he repeated his dire analysis that the Canadian-American economic relationship is over, while stating his goal will be to double Canada’s non-U.S. […]

The costs of Mark Carney’s plan to pivot away from the U.S.

by Chris George

What are the costs of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan to pivot away from the U.S.? What might Canadians expect in the short term and what will it mean for the country’s future prosperity? These are big questions as the Carney government stumbles through trade talks and bouts of tariff announcements with Canada’s largest […]

Carney’s Liberals: build baby build bureaucracies

by Chris George

Throughout the federal election, and many, many times since, Prime Minister Mark Carney has told Canadians that the plan for growing the country’s economy is to “build baby build.” With the Carney Liberal’s stewardship, Canada is to be the strongest economy in the G-7 Nations. Today this forecast of a robust, dynamic economy is often […]

Combination of legislative bills strips away Canadians’ rights

by Chris George

The Orwellian hellscape described in the classic book 1984 is being put in place in Canada in the form of three pieces of legislation currently making their way through the House of Commons. There is far too little public attention being given to the federal government’s attempted power grab that will alter Canadians’ rights and […]

A few days at the U.N. and Carney’s agenda becomes clearer

by Chris George

From participation in the official addresses, session debates, side meetings, and media conferences at the United Nations General Assembly this week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed more of his policy priorities than he has shared publicly with Canadians to date. Carney’s comments and actions in New York leave little doubt about the path he […]

Four truths about the economic crisis Canada is now enduring

by Chris George

Canada’s federal and provincial governments are stumbling about in the current tough economic times – and Canadians are about to find out just how bad Ottawa’s fiscal situation is when the federal government delivers its first budget in more than 18 months. Prime Minister Mark Carney has provided the spoiler that the upcoming deficit would […]

Conservatives provide alternative policies for Canadians

by Chris George

Prime Minister Mark Carney repeatedly stated in the spring that Canada was facing “the biggest crisis of our lifetimes.”  Still, his government recessed the House of Commons after a short four week parliamentary session. Today, after a twelve week summer break, Canada is seized with mounting crises. Canadians are suffering 1) a housing shortage crisis […]

Brace yourself for the fiscal news from Ottawa this fall

by Chris George

Canadians have been put on notice that Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will deliver the 2025-26 federal budget during the fall session of Parliament, sometime in October. This budget will be the first statement on Ottawa’s books in well over 500 days, since April 16, 2024. Our elected parliamentarians will finally get a chance to see […]

More summertime news from Ottawa that you might have missed

by Chris George

The Labour Day weekend is upon us and Canadians get to enjoy a few more days of summertime reprieve. For your reading pleasure through the holiday weekend, here are a few important news items that have been underreported by legacy media, the government-subsidized newsrooms. From Canada’s seemingly unlimited financial support of the war in Ukraine […]