Have you ever played Jenga? You start with a tower and brick by brick you remove parts of the tower until it falls. Initially, the tower feels strong in spite of the bricks you remove but, brick by brick, the tower weakens and, eventually, it falls. It has to fall; it’s teetering because there is no foundation.
Unbelievably, the cost of avoiding a mere 2°C global temperature rise by 2050 will be $61 trillion. The effect of spending this $61 trillion is hundreds of millions of deaths by starvation.
The “open border” policies of the Trudeau Liberals since 2015—along with their other destructive and foolish policies—are damaging the economy and destroying the moral foundations of Canada’s institutions of justice and democracy.
“All innocent life is equal in worth,” our Prime Minister told the world. He did add: “Israeli and Palestinian.” But he said, “innocent life.” I heard him . . .
As we enter a season of gift-giving and exchanges of cards and greetings, of family visits and sharings of food, fellowship and general celebration, it may be good to think for a minute about gifts, their importance and proper place in our social interactions.
If we needed a wake-up about how news is reported, last Wednesday’s explosion at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the US and Canada should be a perfect example.
Why is it that so many of the decisions, being made by the Government (that is the 158 Liberal MPs and their 25 sycophantic supporters in the NDP) are so widely despised by a majority of Canadians today? Why are Canadians not rejoicing over the brutal clampdowns on public discourse or the economy-destroying initiatives of our elected elite?
Once upon a time, Canada looked to its immigrants, as well as to native-born Canadians, to help shape its future. Those immigrants came from many places in the world, but primarily from Europe or from Europe’s world-wide empires.
Canadians were shocked in late September when it was announced that our military funding was being cut by $1,000,000,000. Can you imagine a military that operates on a shoe string budget having their budget cut?