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[Matt R.]

This Pepsi thing could spur other wholesalers to follow suit, squeezing cash flow for small or new retailers in January and February.

If they can opt out, why can’t thrifty foods?

[Mike K.]

Remember when Harper muzzled scientists?

Those were great times, in retrospect. Maybe there is a correlation between muzzling scientists and the health of a nation.

[Barrister]

Oh crap, just checked the US/Can exchange rate. We are at .702 or basically we have hit a 70 cent dollar. About ten years ago we were at par with the US dollar. 

If you feel poorer it may be because you are.

[Mike K.]

Not just par, but the CAD was worth more than the USD when our scientists were muzzled.

[Bambam]

Should be interesting to see whether Freeland or Joly winds up replacing "Le Petit Roi" once he realizes he needs to step down in order to re-stock his colored sock drawer.....

[dasmo]

Freeland didn't work out. Too twitchy and freezing the bank accounts of protestors was a little too fascist. They are working on Joly now, which is why we know about her, but they need to get past the great looks and engineer some substance. Then again, Trudeau was won on good looks alone so maybe there is something there. 

[Barrister]

Why were the fall economic numbers all delayed till Monday, large corporations have no problem do quarterly reports so why not the Canadian government.

[Victoria Watcher]

Bad news better closer to Christmas. BC is doing the same.

[LJ]

Freeland didn't work out. Too twitchy and freezing the bank accounts of protestors was a little too fascist. They are working on Joly now, which is why we know about her, but they need to get past the great looks and engineer some substance. Then again, Trudeau was won on good looks alone so maybe there is something there. 

Freeland is quitting politics, Joly will run but soon prove as vacant of talent as she appears, appealing only to Trudeau acolytes.

[Victoria Watcher]

John Ivison: The expiry date on what’s left of Freeland’s credibility looks like next week

 

 

Worse is the impact another broken deficit promise will have on Canada’s fiscal reputation

 

https://nationalpost...content=comment

[LJ]

A little weekend reading for you...

 

All aboard Air Trudeau 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent more of your money on food during a four-day trip than what the average Canadian family spends on groceries over four years. 

And if you think that’s outrageous (and it is), wait till you hear the details. 

The taxpayer tab for Trudeau’s latest feast came to more than $71,000, including at least $43,000 spent on airplane food alone. 

That works out to more than $1,700 in food costs per person. For the sake of comparison, the average Canadian family of four spends about $1,400 on groceries per month, or about $16,000 a year. 

This summer, Trudeau flew to Italy and Switzerland, where he travelled with a 40-person entourage, including two digital content creators, a videographer and a photographer. 

The average price for every meal during the trip came to $145 per person. 

To put things in perspective, it would have cost less money for each passenger to go to the Keg for every meal and order up a 14 oz. prime rib steak, a Caesar salad, the baked garlic shrimp and wash it all down with a bottle of pinot noir (taxes included).  

All told, the entire trip cost you nearly $1 million. 

Prior to take-off, government bureaucrats purchased $812 worth of junk food, including Red Bulls, soda pops, Kit Kats, Reece’s Pieces, Swedish Berries and Fuzzy Peaches. 

Then bureaucrats swung by a record shop, where they dropped $102 on DVDs for the flight. 

Onboard Air Trudeau, the prime minister and minions dined on meals that would sound at home on the menu of a fine dining restaurant. 

Veal piccata Milanese with potato, buttered green peas and broccoli. 

Lamb ribs with whole grain mustard sauce, rice pilaf and sauteed spinach. 

Grilled chicken with lemon caper sauce, mashed potatoes and glazed carrots. 

Beef stroganoff with buttered noodles and snow peas. 

For dessert, raspberry cheesecake coulis and chocolate pistachio cake, as well as Swiss chocolate cake (apparently all those candy bars weren’t enough to satiate the prime minister’s sweet tooth). 

And to wash it all down, a selection of four wines: a 2021 Chardonnay, a 2015 Riesling, a 2018 Baco Noir and a 2021 Merlot. 

And remember all this was served up on the airplane. And you paid for it.

Here’s the thing: these types of outrageous in-flight catering bills should ENRAGE you. 

In March, more than two million Canadians lined up at food banks, a record high. And a major reason why is because Trudeau never passes up an opportunity to make your life more expensive with tax hikes. 

It is nothing short of rubbing salt in the wound to dine like Henry VIII on your taxpayer-funded jet, while the policies inflicted on Canadians back home force them to skip meals and tighten their belts. 


Inside Global Affairs Canada’s real estate spending spree

After the bruhaha over New York Consul General Tom Clark’s new $9-million condo, we got curious as to what else Global Affairs Canada was spending your money on. 

So we filed an access-to-information request and got our hands on Global Affairs Canada’s entire real estate portfolio. 

In the past decade, Global Affairs Canada dropped more than a $186 million of your money on fancy new digs around the world. 

Here’s a taste: 

• Property in Afghanistan purchased in late 2018 and 2019, which was abandoned to the Taliban in 2021: $41 million
• Vacant land in Senegal: $12.5 million
• An office building in Ukraine: $10.2 million
• Twenty-three different “staff quarters” in London: $58 million

 

VIDEO: Trudeau’s debt disaster

One billion dollars. 

That’s how much interest charges on the federal government’s debt are costing you every week. 

And now, you have a new billboard right in front of Parliament Hill and right beside the Prime

Minister’s Office giving marching orders to politicians and bureaucrats in Ottawa. 
Cut spending, balance the budget. 

Watch: https://www.youtube....h?v=LxjtMw1GcgU


The taxpayer reading list

If you’re looking for more reading on taxpayer issues, we’ve got you covered.

Freeland fails taxpayers on finances: https://www.westerns...-finances/60400

Canada's subsidized Tim Hortons lose another $500,000: https://nationalpost...-another-500000

Bonuses Aren’t MPs’ Business: https://www.blackloc...siness/#cdnpoli

The province is hiking taxes to pay for a ballooning bureaucracy: https://theprovince....ing-bureaucracy

Shameless partisan ads on the taxpayer dime must end: https://niagaraindep...-dime-must-end/

Sask. needs penalties to ensure public information access: https://thestarphoen...ormation-access

[Victoria Watcher]

Bell: Poilievre says Canada is in 'a very dangerous place' with Trudeau

 

 

'It's just another insane, divisive, asinine, costly idea,' says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government looking at taxing Canadian oil going to the U.S.

 

https://nationalpost...content=comment

 

 

 

 

Byelection tomrrow in LANGLEY CLOVERDALE.  

[Barrister]

Any polls on the by election?

[Victoria Watcher]

Any polls on the by election?

 

Conservative double the votes of the next (Liberal).

 

 

https://338canada.com/59006e.htm

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 December 2024 - 08:27 AM.

[Barrister]

That would not surprise me. But maybe the GST holiday will turn the vote around for Trudeau?

[Victoria Watcher]

lol.

[dasmo]

Anyone with any awareness of anything sees the “GST holiday” for what it is. BS. It’s not like it’s on any big ticket items that would make a difference, like cars, computers, houses…

I’m sure many will just be discovering this as they go shopping expecting a GST holiday….

[Blair M.]

Anyone with any awareness of anything sees the “GST holiday” for what it is. BS.

I wonder if most Canadians will save any more than $20.00 to $60.00 over the duration of the "holiday"?

 

I guess you could save a bit more if you went out and made some very specific and targeted purchases, or if you happen to eat out in restaurants 6 nights a week - but as dasmo notes above, there are zero big ticket items on the list, so potentially a wasted effort doing targeted shopping when you take into account your time costs, parking costs, gasoline costs, etc.

 

Saving a buck or two on a $35.00 book isn't really my idea of anything to write home about when I've got more money than that permanently rattling around under the seat of my truck.

[Victoria Watcher]

The budget office said the savings is likely $5 or so per person.

[dasmo]

Let them eat spare change….