Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Dominic Cardy, leader of the Canadian Future Party In Davos, we witnessed a moment that tells us as much about our global predicament as about the profound choices facing Canada and the free world.  Prime Minister Carney’s address to the World Economic Forum was remarkable, chiefly because he did what too many leaders refuse to do. He acknowledged bluntly that the old world order is gone. As he put it, we are living through “a rupture, not a transition” in international politics, an era where the rules that once constrained great powers no longer hold, and a harsher geopolitical reality is upon us. This observation is obvious to anyone paying attention.  The certainties of the last 75 years are dissolving under the weight of rising autocracies, shifting alliances, and economic coercion practiced as statecraft. Where Carney was incisive, and where many of his predecessors were timid, was in naming the problem. The rules-based system of the post-Cold War era is eroding, leaving ...

The US president has once again referenced Canada becoming the 51st American state ... as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos. "You can always become a state," he said of Canada. "And if you're a state, we won't have a deficit, we won't have to tariff you." It's more evidence of Trump treating his northern neighbour less as an ally, and more as a foe. His threat of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, which could take effect as early as February 1, has sparked a debate over whether the best response is to fight back with dollar-for-dollar tariffs on US goods, or extend an olive branch to Canada's longtime ally ... CLICK HERE for the full story

This morning in my political email Inbox, came another in what has been hundreds of emails from all of the candidates seeking to become the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, and from that, the opportunity to become Prime Minister after the next federal election. This morning’s email was from Leslyn Lewis, who is taking a second shot at it.   In it, she made what I consider to be some pretty wild statements and accusations – including her beginning statement that: ... The United Nations is fuelling a misinformation campaign that they cleverly disguise as a war on conspiracy theories She then continued ... The UN has put out a framework for people to assess and ultimately undermine the legitimate questions that people are asking of their governments by labelling these questions as “conspiracy theories” ... it is a clear agenda to control thought by pitting citizens against each other and to police the thoughts of their neighbours . ... It is textbook gaslighting – a ...