-- "Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne yesterday would not answer the Commons finance committee when asked if he would cap spending on cabinet’s regional high speed rail venture at $90 billion. The Budget Office has predicted costs are already 26 percent over budget: 'Are you uneasy with this?'" --
-- "In a statement, a spokesperson on behalf of BHM Financial, said 'repossession is considered only as a measure of last resort after all reasonable efforts to engage with the customer have been exhausted and an account remains in sustained default without a satisfactory resolution.'" --Is it just a slow news day, or is CP24 advocating tearing down capitalism?
-- "Sixteen months after Ontario pulled nearly $80 million worth of American alcohol from Liquor Control Board of Ontario shelves in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, the province still won't say what it plans to do with it." --
-- "Concern is mounting that taxpayers could be left holding the bag if the Obama Presidential Center runs into financial trouble, as the foundation behind it has yet to establish a promised $470 million safety net to guard against a public bailout. Reports that contractors and subcontractors remain locked in payment disputes make the largely unfunded reserve even more problematic." --
-- "Cabinet will not disclose the budget for the June 8 swearing-in of the new Governor General. The ceremony is the first of its kind since Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to 'cut spending and make tough choices.'" --And the CBC continues to run interference for Carney...
-- "The federal government says it's looking for ways to make an expense program for former governors general more transparent after almost 50 years of secrecy." --Gotta love that prepaid 'professional' journalism.
-- "'Today, I’m letting Torontonians know I’ve registered to keep serving our city in the future,' Chow said in a press release. She did not immediately release any details around her re-election platform. The election will be held on Oct. 26." --Funny how folks have such short memories...
-- "House of Commons records for 2009 state that Chow and Layton charged Canadian taxpayers over a million dollars. Chow's expenses tallied $530,304.73 and Layton's was $628,913.68. 'Jack and Olivia had to get up mighty early in the morning every to spend over $3000 every single day of the year!'" --You can tell who someone is, by the folks they pal around with.
-- "Right now, there is a coordinated wave of new tax proposals sweeping California, New York, Washington state, Massachusetts, Michigan and Connecticut. The common thread? They all believe the solution to self-inflicted budget crises is to reach deeper into the pockets of their most productive residents." --
REMEMBER CANADA... YOU VOTED FOR THIS...
-- "Compelled speech requires people to use certain words or phrases, or to partake in upholding certain ideological beliefs. It is just as dangerous to free expression as overt censorship." --
-- "Ottawa Police Officer Goran Beric who was found guilty for assault and assault with a weapon after stepping on a man’s neck and striking him with a baton made Ontario’s Sunshine List this past year even after being suspended since 2023." --Special rules for special people...
-- "'It remains unclear why the SO did not take notice of a stopped vehicle in his lane of traffic with its emergency flashers activated,' Martino wrote in his report." --
-- "Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who first won election to Congress in 2021, is accused of stealing more than $5 million in disaster relief funds that were improperly paid to her family’s healthcare company, among other criminal allegations. If convicted in federal court, Cherfilus-McCormick, 47, faces up to 53 years in prison." --
-- "The Department of Environment spent more than 10 years and $1.4 million building a 'net zero' garage in Whitehorse that it neither needed nor finished, say auditors. The project was commissioned by then-Environment Minister Catherine McKenna as proof her department could “lead by example.'" --
-- "Tides could have hired an actual actor, like maybe Lorne Cardinal, who played the Aboriginal policeman in the comedy series Corner Gas. But they didn’t hire an actor. They hired an elected public official. That’s the problem." --If the Liberals can buy them... why not Soros?
-- "Democrat Mayor Daniel Lurie signed an ordinance that creates a 'Reparations Fund' that could one day grant each of San Francisco's Black residents up to $5 million in reparations for alleged historic discrimination and displacement." --I sure hope this oppressed young man hears about it and heads for the left coast.
-- "The budget shortfall could balloon to over $13 billion by 2029 due to underbudgeting of costs and sluggish economic growth, according to the report from outgoing comptroller Brad Lander." --And what's the deal with Maine?
-- "'Today the Liberals are giving themselves a blank cheque for a taxpayer-backed rail line with no price tag that will only benefit Liberal insiders.' The CTF also pointed out how VIA Rail, the railway company owned by the federal government, has required $1.9 billion in taxpayer funding to cover its operating losses." --
-- "Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says a $75 MILLION DOLLAR anti-tariff ad featuring Ronald Reagan that was blasted at U.S. audiences and which incurred the wrath of President Donald Trump was worthwhile. In response, Trump said Saturday he would ADD AN ADDITIONAL 10 PERCENT TARIFF on Canadian goods." --IT GETS BETTER...
-- "Ottawa and Washington were close to a deal when U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly cut off trade talks last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday." --
-- "Ontario and the federal government are spending a collective $3 billion to build Canada’s first small modular reactors, a new nuclear energy technology to be built next door to the Darlington power plant." --
Please don't prop up the failing healthcare system... we sure wouldn't want that!
And in virtually the same breath...
-- "Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians should be ready for some 'challenges and sacrifices' in a speech outlining some of his government’s priorities for the upcoming federal budget." --
-- "Since 2003, Canada has provided $645 million in aid to China, with $108.9 million since 2015. Conservative MPs advocate ending all foreign aid to China, citing its human rights abuses, suppression of freedoms, and aggressive foreign policy." --
-- "In a stunning moment of honesty before Parliament, Canada’s own budget watchdog just confirmed what every sane person already suspected: the federal government under Justin Trudeau and now Mark Carney has never even bothered to ask what this out-of-control immigration surge is actually costing the country." --
-- "Durham police say Shane O’Driscoll, 24, from Ireland and James O’Driscoll, 28, from Great Britain are being charged with fraud in connection to a roofing scam in Ajax. The company ran by the suspects, ‘Toronto’s Choice Home Improvement’ is not legitimate." --
