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NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, likes to tell Canadians that the rising costs at the grocery store are all due to corporate greed. No mention of the carbon taxes that he’s helped push on Canadians . . . carbon taxes that have automatically raised the cost of everything.

A year ago, Canadians discovered that if we disagree politically with our government and have the gall to speak out about it, the bank can freeze the funds in our accounts, preventing us from eating, heating our homes, paying our rent, etc. We also discovered that the government had been tracking our locations during the lockdowns.

Canadians are being told—over and over—to trust the “institutions of democracy:” the unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act, orders-in-council that circumvent the parliamentary process, government self-investigations (like the recent Public Order Emergency Commission) and—most notably—the integrity of Canadian elections.

In times like these, it’s tempting to want the government to step in and subsidize the cost of living. Be careful what you wish for.

Canada has been victim to a series of trojan horses that have almost conquered our freedoms. It seems, we haven’t learned the lessons of our own history.

On Jan 26, Prime Minister Trudeau announced that Amira Elghawaby has been appointed as the new advisor to the federal government, Canada’s first “special representative on combating Islamophobia.” What about “Christophobia,” a fear and hatred of Christians?

Inflation is a wonderful thing when pumping up a bicycle tire; it’s terrible when it means that you can no longer afford a bicycle tire. Canadians are rightly concerned about the wild inflation we are experiencing today.

Divisions between political parties, lobbyists, special interest groups, and the sometimes competing interests of voters and taxpayers (though they’re often the same people) have been the meat and potatoes of political analysis for a very long time. The changes taking place in Canada today, however, signal a new degree, if not a whole new kind, of fragmentation.

We’ve been hearing a lot of talk about an election this spring. One of the flaws of our First-Past-The-Post electoral system is that politicians are not forced by the electorate to cooperate and get the job of governing done.

As 2022 disappears in the rearview mirror, we who are committed to a biblical worldview and policies supportive of life, family and freedom are all too aware that our ability to speak boldly about these issues—to have open and frank discussions about them—has been . . . and remains . . . under attack.

News that China is operating five (and maybe more) illegal “police stations” in Canada—and scores, maybe hundreds world-wide—raises several very important questions.

Over the years, many folks have promised themselves that they would “turn over a new leaf” on New Years Day.