The world has always been a dangerous place and watching what’s going on in the Eastern Europe, the middle East and now even in the US is definitely depressing.  Our political leaders foment division between people in pursuit of personal political gains and it’s maddening.  It’s sad that people are so easily manipulated to “hate” the other side, something I always tell Brandon is to try and control his emotions, look at things rationally and remember that if someone uses anger & rage, that they’re trying to use you.

I don’t believe there’s a grand conspiracy to push us in a “preferred” direction but there certainly are corrupting influences, especially in American politics and that leaches into the rest of the world.  If you have a politician blaming one group for all of a problem that you know requires multifaceted solution, don’t fall for the bait and instead do your best to throw the bums out, they’re useless!

One more lane, one more ban or one more bomb, there are no easily solutions to life’s problems and our leaders act like a bunch of school yard children at the international level.  Don’t fall for it and demand better.

I mean this is just funny…  Mark Carney & the Liberals ran on being tough and willing to fight Trump and when I told people that Ian Bremmer who runs Eurasia Group that happens to be filled with Liberal insiders like Carney’s wife, Evan Solomon the new Minister for AI or Gerald Butts (former Trudeau friend and PMO staffer).

America’s largest trade partners, Mexico and Canada, are facing more significant trade pressures from the Trump administration, but the imbalance of power is such that they have no credible strategy to push back. Everyone understands they’ll have to accept Trump’s terms eventually; the only question is whether capitulation comes before or after a costly fight. Riding an 85% job approval, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has enough domestic political space to yield to Trump’s demands to keep Mexico in his good graces, as she is already doing. By contrast, Canadian leaders have a political incentive to put up a bigger fight because Trump’s threats toward Canada’s economy and sovereignty have sharply inflamed nationalist sentiment north of the border in the run-up to the April 28 elections. However, I expect Ottawa will quietly fold shortly after the vote to ensure that ongoing relations with the US remain functional.

Source: GZERO

Bold emphasis my own, anyway looks like Carney has done just that.

Canada has effectively suspended almost all of its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, tamping down inflation risks and improving its growth outlook, according to Oxford Economics.

Source: National Post

PM Carney told us during the election that Canada’s old relationship with America is over, Look I understand the need to be pragmatic, the US is next door and a huge market, they’ll always be our largest market and we’ll consume a lot of their goods but then say that.  It’s what I hate about politicians, saying one thing and doing the opposite…  For someone who loves to say they’re not a politician the PM certainly learns the bad political habits quickly.

My next question if we’re suspending our tariffs what are we getting in return?  Unfortunately the answer to that is nothing, exactly what Bremmer said but elbows up right…

The Toronto Star is not news, it’s the propaganda arm of the Liberal Party of Canada…  No immigration is not something that should be talked about after the election, this story should have been published before.

Experts said these are only symptoms of a slew of deeper problems within the immigration system.

“One of the critical challenges (for the system) is a loss of accountability and maybe even a loss of competence in the decision-making processes,” Hyndman said.

Source: The Star

An expert that they interviewed said there’s a loss of accountability and even a loss of competence but we can talk about it now after all the astroturfing the Star did to help the Liberals win.  If you believe the same group of people who surrounded Trudeau (politicians and insiders in the PMO) now surround Carney and he’ll do something different, well I guess you’re a boomer who voted for Trump’s preferred candidate.

10 years of shit governance at the federal level and now we have to watch this slow moving train wreck get worse…  Mark Carney is my PM and I hope to god he cleans house, get rid of all the Trudeau loyalists and cabinet members, none of them deserve to remain in power.  Only then do we have a chance of having a fresh start but I doubt it and when shit continues to deteriorate, I can’t wait to see how The Star astroturfs the Liberal record like they did when Trudeau was in power.

This is pretty funny, during an interview with Trump he was being truthful about preferring Carney so boomers & Liberals voted for Trump’s preferred candidate.

Skipped ahead in the video to where Trump talks and I also laughed when he mentioned the Conservative hated Trump more but that’s ok Liberals will justify this because they’re always right…  I do agree that no matter what happens, we need to have to deal with the US and they’ll always be our biggest trading partner but man it’s just funny how things work out.

Thanks boomers!