Thoughts on BC Politics and More

  That’s the transformation that takes place in politics, if you overstay your welcome. And it happens pretty fast, too. That’s why they say a week is a long time in politics. Because it is. One day you’re on the cover of Rolling Stone , being touted as the literal personification of wokefulness — and the next day you’re miserable and cooling your heels in India, because your plane broke down and no one wants to shake your hand anymore. Boom. From hero to zero, just like that. Politics is weird in that way, and unforgiving ... CLICK HERE for the full commentary

TORONTO —Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has increased per-person federal government debt more than any other prime minister who didn’t face a world war or recession, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “ This federal government’s legacy will now include record high levels of debt accumulation, due to spending increases that continue to outpace revenue ,” said Finn Poschmann, resident scholar at the Fraser Institute. The study, Examining Federal Debt in Canada by Prime Minister Since Confederation , tracks the debt records of every prime minister since Confederation—how much they increased or decreased the federal debt, after accounting for inflation and population changes. Between his first year in office (2015) and the end of his first term later this year, Prime Minister Trudeau is expected to increase federal debt (per person) by 5.6 per cent—the largest increase of an...