Research shows that only those born 45 years after a carbon tax is implemented will see the benefits that outweigh higher energy prices

#LSN_Opinion  Fraser Institute

Toronto, Ontario   -  August 8, 2019  (LSN)  I work on environmental and energy economics in both Canada and the United States. I’ve noticed that U.S. debates tend to focus on abstract principles – “capitalism versus socialism,” for example – whereas Canadians tend to put aside ideology and inquire about the empirical details. In this context, and as Canada’s political parties rollout their climate plans for the federal election in October, I’m here to report to Canadians that many of the extreme policy ideas you’re hearing will do more harm than the climate change they are meant to prevent.

The average Canadian family paid $39,299 in taxes last year—more than housing, food and clothing combined

#LSN_Opinion  Fraser Institute

Toronto, Ontario   -  August 4, 2019  (LSN)  The average Canadian family spent more than 44 per cent of its income on taxes in 2018, more than housing, food and clothing costs combined, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

“Taxes—not life’s basic necessities—remain the largest household expense for families across the country,” said Finn Poschmann, resident scholar at the Fraser Institute, citing the Canadian Consumer Tax Index, which tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2018.

 Doug Ford Slams Liberal Government As They Try Falsely Blaming Him For Bombardier Layoffs

#LSN_Opinion   #LSN_TBay Spencer Fernando 

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  July 10, 2019   (LSN) Liberal government is “sitting on their hands” says Ontario Premier.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is fighting back after the federal Liberals try to blame him for the layoffs announced by Bombardier.

Liberal Labour Minister Patty Hajdu tried to blame Ford in earlier comments, despite the fact that the Liberals have repeatedly bailed out Bombardier without securing any protections whatsoever for Canadian workers.

At a press conference, Ford fired back against the false Liberal claims:
“They’ve been sitting on their hands. My message to the federal government is: ‘We put our money where our mouth is. Where is their money?'” said Ford.

Climate change could bring huge payoff to Canada

#LSN_Opinion  Frontier Centre  TroyMedia

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA  -  July 10, 2019  (LSN)  As sea ice recedes in the Northwest Passage, new shipping lanes could open that change the world economy

It’s not hard to find opinions on climate change. But however it unfolds, it may yet pay dividends.

Radio, television, print media and the Internet provide almost nonstop information on the subject. In Canada, almost all of the information consists of warnings about the harm climate change is expected to cause.

REALITY: Doug Ford Is Far More Popular Than Justin Trudeau

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando 

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  June 9, 2019   (LSN) Far different from what elitist establishment wants people to think..

We’ve heard a ton of stories in the establishment press about how ‘unpopular’ Doug Ford is.
There’s no coincidence that the stories are all happening as Doug Ford makes tough decisions that bother entrenched interest groups.

As Backlash Grows, Group May Quit Trudeau’s Corrupt Media Bailout Panel

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando 

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  May 24, 2019   (LSN) Canadian Association of Journalists says “We had a sense a lot of decisions had already been made.”

With the backlash growing towards Trudeau’s clearly biased panel for the corrupt media bailout, one group is already considering quitting the panel.
The Canadian Association of Journalists was announced as one of the eight panelists who would help pick who got the bailout money.

Mayor Mauro’s performance in his first town hall

#LSN_Opinion  Dease Pool 1920

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO  -  May 23, 2019  (LSN)  Mayor Mauro’s performance in his first town hall did not reflect a city positioning itself for the 21^st century.  Everything was wrong with Mauro’s dogmatic address to the community in his spirited public engagement.

Revealing were Mauro’s words to councilors, which he says he offered before they were sworn in, of the ability to say “no”. Revealing also was his scuttling of the formality to recognize that the proceedings were held on traditional First Nations’ lands. These would define the theme of the evening.

To the supporters of Dease pool - the closure of which was ramrodded in a hasty seven days just a week before Christmas - Mauro laboured on the process and how near impossible it would be to reconsider the decision. No mention why the process that allowed for council to defer the decision to give citizens an opportunity to meaningfully explain their concern over something so impactful, was denied them.

Elizabeth May Raises Possibility Of Far-Left Liberal-Green-NDP COALITION

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando Elizabeth May

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  May 20, 2019   (LSN)  Increasingly, it seems that a Conservative majority is the only way to stop the anti-Canadian effort to destroy our energy industry. With the Green Party rising in the polls, Elizabeth May has been given a tremendous opportunity to reshape the political spectrum.

The collapse of Thunder Bay’s industrial tax base and its effects on taxes

#LSN_Opinion  Shane Judgel

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO  -  May 12, 2019  (LSN) The collapse of Thunder Bay’s industrial tax base and city council’s failure to reduce the costs of running the city accordingly came home to roost in dramatic fashion last month.

            City hall staff told the politicians that city homeowners could expect to see a surprise increase in their tax bills this year of .5 per cent. That’s on top of the 2.30 per cent increase approved at budget time.

            The news came in a report from the corporate services department on a proposed new long-term tax strategy. It was presented to councillors at their meeting on April 29th

Government ‘Consultation’ Backfires , As Overwhelming Majority Of Respondents Oppose Gun Ban

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando Bill Blair

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  April 14, 2019   (LSN)   The Trudeau government and the corrupt anti-freedom elites didn’t get exactly what they expected from a consultation on the idea of a wide-ranging gun ban.

The Liberals have been laying the rhetorical groundwork for a ban on handguns and so-called ‘assault-weapons’ (a category always kept purposely vague by the elites), and introduced a ‘consultation’ to see what people think.

And according to a new report, that response was strongly against a gun ban.

Carbon tax will drive up grocery prices

#LSN_Opinion  Atlantic Institute for Market Studies  TroyMedia

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA  -  April 5, 2019  (LSN) The carbon tax is now a reality for all Canadians – and that means food prices will be impacted.

The federal carbon pricing scheme took effect in Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Manitoba on April 1. These provinces had previously chosen not to comply with the new federal law through their own initiatives. Pricing will begin in Nunavut and Yukon on July 1.

Save Dease Pool: An Open Letter to City Council

#LSN_Opinion  Save Dease Pool

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO  -  March 26, 2019  (LSN) In view of the recent article in the Globe and Mail decrying racism and hate in our community, and the certainty that many more such articles are forthcoming, the reputation of the city is in tatters.  

Do not look for the broad solution to solve serious social problems. Building community through resilient neighbourhoods in the myriad of incremental decisions we make every day is the more constructive approach.

Suing oil companies over climate change will only hurt taxpayers

#LSN_Opinion  Frontier Centre  TroyMedia

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA  -  March 12, 2019  (LSN) Precious little good will can come from Victoria city council's campaign, but it will certainly cost a great deal of money

The City of Victoria wants to round up municipalities to sue oil companies for damages from climate change. Not only is such a case virtually impossible to prove, it’s also full of rich ironies.

Weather-related damages, termed “perils” in Canadian insurance plans, are more commonly called acts of God. How ironic that environmentalists envision the power to place oil companies on the divine throne, then sue them for damages.

Yet, Victoria city council, inspired by a United Nations mandate, wants to do just that – and get Vancouver and other cities to follow.

Maxime Bernier hires former anti-oil sands activist

#LSN_Opinion  The Rebel 

TORONTO, ONTARIO  -  March 10, 2019  (LSN)  Peoples Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier has hired a fossil fuel divestor as an Electoral District Association (EDA) coordinator in his national party office. 

At a time when oil companies are fleeing Alberta, like the US-based Devon Energy, companies like BP own three oil sands assets in the Athabasca basin – Maxime Bernier has a staffer working for him that wanted companies operating in the oil sands to tank.

Jane Philpott Resigns From Cabinet Saying “I Must Abide By My Core Values”

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando Butts and Trudeau 

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  February 18, 2019   (LSN)   President of the Treasury Board and former Health and Indigenous Services Jane Philpott, one of the most highly-respect members of the federal cabinet, has resigned.

Philpott had been expressing support for her former cabinet colleague Jody Wilson-Raybould, and her resignation has thrown the Trudeau cabinet into total chaos.

In Shocking Development, Gerald Butts Resigns From PMO

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando Butts and Trudeau 

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  February 18, 2019   (LSN)   In a bombshell development, Trudeau’s Principal Advisor, long-time friend, and most powerful political staff member has announced that he’s leaving the PMO as the SNC-Lavalin scandal continues to surge out of control.

Trudeau’s long-time friend and most powerful advisor is out as the PMO scandal continues to escalate.

New technology will make carbon tax obsolete

#LSN_Opinion  Frontier Centre  TroyMedia

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA  -  February 18, 2019  (LSN) The free-market system, human ingenuity and investors and entrepreneurs seeking profits brought these ideas forth 

The Canadian political scene has been riven and toxified by Ottawa’s plans to impose a tax on greenhouse gas emissions on all provinces lacking such a levy.

Canada’s Federal Ethics Commissioner –
is launching an investigation into the Trudeau PMO

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  February 11, 2019   (LSN)   Mario Dion – Canada’s Federal Ethics Commissioner – is launching an investigation into the Trudeau PMO.

The request for an Ethics Commissioner Investigation was made by NDP MP’s Charlie Angus and Nathan Cullen, who wrote a letter to Dion requesting that he formally look into it.

FACT CHECK: Justin Trudeau’s Claim That Low-Income Families “Don’t Pay Taxes” VERDICT: FALSE

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  February 7, 2019   (LSN)   Justin Trudeau has made the following claim:

“Low income families don’t benefit from tax breaks because they don’t pay taxes.” Here are the facts: Everyone who earns 11,809 or more pays federal income tax. That means a large portion of low-income families are paying federal income tax.

“CORRUPTION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT”

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  February 7, 2019   (LSN)   This is a potentially massive scandal. A bombshell report in the Globe & Mail alleges that the Trudeau PMO tried pressuring Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the corruption and fraud case against SNC-Lavalin. SNC-Lavalin is a powerful construction company based in Montreal.

Jody Wilson-Raybould refused, and was later removed from the justice minister post by Trudeau:
As noted by the Sun, “A week ago, former SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime pleaded guilty to what the Canadian Press described as “a charge of helping a public servant commit breach of trust for his role in a bribery scandal around the construction of a $1.3-billion Montreal hospital.”
Here’s an excerpt of the Globe & Mail article:

Trudeau also announced $53 million for non-citizens while the needs of Canadians go unmet?

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  January 21, 2019  (LSN)   How can the government keep finding all this money for non-citizens while the needs of Canadians go unmet?

The Trudeau government is giving more taxpayer dollars away to foreign countries and non citizens.

According to the CP, “Trudeau also announced $53 million worth of humanitarian assistance

Opposing “World Hijab Day” isn’t as simple as telling Muslim women to “take it off”

#LSN_Opinion  The Rebel 

TORONTO, ONTARIO  -  February 3, 2019  (LSN) On Friday’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Yasmine Mohammed, author of Confessions of an Ex-Muslim, joined me to talk about what World Hijab Day is really about, and why opposing the protest that tells women to put on a hijab, isn’t as simple as telling women to instead, take it off.

Watch as Yasmine explains why sometimes, even this isn’t enough to free women from this oppressive clothing.

TVO Original series Political Blind Date returns Valentine’s Day

#LSN_Opinion   TVO

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  February 1, 2019  (LSN)   Political Blind Date, the TVO Original documentary series that was the talk of Canada’s political world last year, returns for a fresh second season February 14 at 9 pm ET on TVO

Each weekly half-hour installment of the series explores a different issue by first inviting two politicians to plan a platonic date for one another

Overly Simplistic Report on Thunder Bay Police Treatment of Indigenous People

Prime Minister Trudeau now owns the two highest-spending years in Canadian history

#LSN_Opinion   Fraser Institute

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO  -  January 27, 2019  (LSN)  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has now recorded two of the three years with the highest levels of per person government spending in Canadian history, which includes times of war and recession, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

Journalism takes another hit in wake of Mueller, Covington fiascos

#LSN_Opinion    TroyMedia  Peter Menzies

CALGARY, ALBERTA  - January 27, 2019   (LSN)  Last week’s sickening media meltdown means it is back-to-basics time for journalism on this continent.

The need for reportorial rehab began when major news outlets repeated a BuzzFeed report – based on unnamed sources – that the Robert Mueller investigation had been told by Michael Cohen that U.S. President Donald Trump directed him to lie to the U.S. Congress.

San Francisco-Based Group Linked To “Land-Lock” Canadian Oil & Influence Our Elections

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  January 27, 2019  (LSN)   This is an outrageous level of foreign interference in our country.

There is more clear evidence that so-called ‘activism’ against Canada’s oil sands is being directed by billionaires and elites in the U.S.

Recent reports on a group called CorpEthics exposed how the San Francisco-based organization is fighting against Canada’s energy industry.

Thunder Bay – Council Delays Decision On Police Budget. Needs to Get Money From Ottawa. They Have Millions For An Art Gallery.

#LSN_Opinion THE OPINIONATED BASTARD

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO January 21, 2019  (LSN)  Only a million dollars to rid the City of Thunder Bay,  the Thunder Bay Police Service, the Police Services Board and the Thunder Bay Public Library of racism?  Its cheap at twice the price.  One million dollars and our city will be cured of that social cancer?  Why are we even arguing.

Premier Doug Ford Warns Of Trudeau Government-Caused “CARBON TAX RECESSION”

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  January 21, 2019  (LSN)   “A carbon tax will be a total economic disaster,” said Ford.

With fears of economic damage from the carbon tax spreading throughout the country, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is warning that the Trudeau government could be pushing Canada towards a recession.

The Rebel Needs Your Help

#LSN_Opinion  The Rebel 

TORONTO, ONTARIO  -  January 18, 2019  (LSN)  Rachel Notley and the NDP government of Alberta have finally made their move against The Rebel. They are prosecuting us for what we have said about them.

Trudeau's carbon tax scam

#LSN_Opinion  Ross Ayotte

SMITH FALLS, ONTARIO January 16, 2019  (LSN)  The Carbon Tax Scam Trudeau states we will receive more money back than we paid into the carbon tax how is this possible when I had phoned up Ultramar I ask a few questions like how many litres of oil it takes to fill up a 910 litre oil tank the lady stated 800 hundred litre's or a shade more. 

“You can legalize marijuana, but we can’t twin a pipeline – an existing pipeline – to the coast?”

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  December 22 2018  (LSN)   At one of his recent town halls, Justin Trudeau’s failed record was slammed by a Canadian who spent three minutes discussing how Trudeau has managed to anger so many people in our country.

81 per cent of middle-class families Pay Higher Taxes

#LSN_Opinion   Fraser Institute

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO  -  January 9, 2019  (LSN)  To hear many Canadian politicians tell it, everything in Canada is rosy. Take for example recent comments by federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau as he delivered his government’s Fall Economic Statement: “Canada's economy is strong and growing… our plan to grow the economy is working.” While the Finance Minister is certainly entitled to his own opinion, what about the facts? As 2019 begins, here are 10 year-end facts Canadians should understand and consider.

Scheer Slams Trudeau For Demonizing Canadians Worried About Illegal Border Crossing Crisis

#LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  December 22 2018  (LSN)  “I actually think Justin Trudeau’s approach to label people who have legitimate concerns with his issues as being un-Canadian and intolerant, that is very dangerous,” says Scheer.

Andrew Scheer ripped Justin Trudeau for his attacks on Canadians concerned about the illegal border crossers.

In a year-end interview, Scheer said Trudeau is the most divisive PM in Canada’s history, adding:

Putin orders KGB to Capture Santa Claus
Apparent Attempt to Disrupt Christmas

#LSN_Opinion

Father Frost to make appearance as Kremlin’s “alternative” Santa Clause

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - December 21, 2018  (LSN) In breaking news, mainstream media is quoting anonymous sources reporting Vladimir Putin has ordered a commando operation at the North Pole. The jolly old elf is being held in an unknown location. Christmas Town, now annexed by Russia, is under the administration of Father Frost for a year, or three months whichever comes first in the Orthodox Calendar.

Trudeau gives $50K per family to migrants

Canada’s free ride on U.S. drug development may end soon

#LSN_Opinion   Fraser Institute

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO  -  December 9, 2018  (LSN)  In October, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump outlined a plan that, if implemented, would substantially lower the amount the U.S. government will pay drug-makers for certain pharmaceuticals covered by its Medicare plan.

Though limited in scope, Trump’s changes are a clear step toward controlling domestic drug prices while taking a swipe at what he calls “foreign freeloaders”

 Trudeau Government Giving More Taxpayer Money
To Anti-Oil Sands Tides Canada

LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  December 2 2018  (LSN)  The Trudeau government is doing the dirty work for foreign billionaires trying to take down the Canadian oil industry. In an act of total disloyalty, the Trudeau government is giving more money to the anti-oil sands Tides Canada, even as the Canadian oil industry faces a devastating crisis.

Unifor  Representing Thousands Of Canadian Journalists
Calls Themselves ‘Resistance’ Against Scheer

LSN_Opinion   Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -  November 18, 2018  (LSN)  How can Canadians trust the media if tons of media employees are represented by a group pledging to defeat the Conservatives? Jerry Dias – the head of the massive Unifor Union which represents over 10,000 Canadian journalists – is calling himself part of ‘the resistance’ to Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. Here’s what Unifor tweeted: “Unifor’s National Executive Board started planning for the federal election today @AndrewScheer #canlab #canpoli”

Toronto On Pace For Most Murders In History

#LSN_Opinion  Spencer Fernando

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,  September 17, 2018  (LSN)   There have been 89 homicides so far in Toronto in 2018. Toronto is on pace for the most murders in the history of the city, following the death of 22-year-old Yohannes Brhanu a few days ago.

The 89th homicide matches the number of murders in 1991.

Dazed and confused: legalizing cannabis offers no payoff

#LSN_Opinion  Frontier Centre  TroyMedia

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA  -  November 12, 2018  (LSN)  Provinces and municipalities face a bevy of expenses and a web of regulations. And the tax benefits at all levels are questionable

You might wonder how legislators could lose money by legalizing and taxing an addictive substance. Behold, Canadian officials have outdone themselves with the rollout of recreational cannabis.

$25,000  INDOOR TURF FACILITY Report

#LSN_Opinion  TOURISM, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, AND FUNDRAISING STRATEGY FOR AN INDOOR TURF FACILITY
 

THUNDER BAY, ONTAIRO  November 6, 2018  (LSN)  Included in this post is the cover photo from the $25,000 report taxpayers paid to a consortium of local consultants. This report was never made public. It took a Freedom of Information request to pry it from city hall.

Having read it, I know why administration didn’t want it to become part of the public record. There is in fact no concrete case to be made that an indoor turf facility will be a tourism success.

How “Legalization” Cost Canadian Taxpayers

#LSN_Opinion  Frontier Centre  

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA  -  November 5, 2018  (LSN)  You might wonder how legislators could possibly lose money by legalizing and taxing an addictive substance. Behold, Canadian officials have outdone themselves with the rollout of recreational cannabis.

Reason for Optimisn

#LSN_Opinion

As of Election Day the community of Thunder Bay has just received a massive infusion of new energy and new thinking. This is enough to give pause and recognize that the voters were selective and focused in their choices for their City Council.

Nude photo shoot tells women  Grab them by the Ballot

#LSN_Opinion  The Rebel 

TORONTO, ONTARIO  - November 3, 2018 (LSN)  Martina Markota of The Rebel reports on a bizarre left-wing campaign called "Grab them by the Ballot" that's using nude photos to encourage women to vote Democrat.

I’ve been following this Grab Them By the Ballot campaign, and it really is stupid. They have no talking points for this election, other than "let’s get naked and virtue signal", and "we are diverse women!"

Social media is fully weaponized, open discourse be damned

#LSN_Opinion    TroyMedia  Peter Menzies

CALGARY, ALBERTA  - September 27, 2018  (LSN)  The Internet may very well be the innovation that liberated access to ideas, but the social media it spawned is swiftly evolving into the jackboot that suppresses them.

To put what’s happening today to an increasing number of editors into perspective – Ian Buruma of the New York Review of Books is just the latest victim – one has to go back to the pre-Internet days, when those of us within newsrooms were pretty much the only ones who knew what was and wasn’t in the paper or on the TV.

Donald Trump Says He Rejected Meeting With Trudeau, Doesn’t Like Canada’s Trade Representative, Threatens 25% Auto Tariffs

#LSN_Opinion   #LSN_Econ  Relations between Trudeau government & Trump administration hit new low.

WASHINGTON, DC  - September 26, 2018  (LSN) During a free-wheeling press conference, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he rejected a meeting with Justin Trudeau at the UN in New York.

Trump also said he didn’t like the Canadian trade representative (Chrystia Freeland).

Additionally, Trump once again brought up the possibility of 25% tariffs against the Canadian auto sector if a NAFTA deal isn’t reached,

Creating Policy Calling Cards to Create Jobs to Ontario

#LSN_Opinion   Fraser Institute

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO  -  September 22, 2018  (LSN)  On the campaign trail and since taking office as Premier, Doug Ford has spoken often about the need to make Ontario an attractive business investment destination. Specifically, Mr. Ford has repeatedly talked about the need to declare the province "open for business."

Mr. Ford’s focus on restoring competitiveness and attracting business investment is appropriate.

Proportional representation breeds unstable governments