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The Niagara Independent, January 21, 2022 – The federal government has Canada (a.k.a. the Great White North) in fervid pursuit to meet international climate change commitments and to achieve a “net-zero emissions economy” by 2050. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made it his singular mission to implement a “bold” green agenda that will position Canada…
The Niagara Independent, March 11, 2022 – There is a Hans Christian Andersen folktale entitled The Emperor’s New Clothes about a foolhardy leader who parades through town to everyone’s embarrassment. Much like the Canadian Prime Minister’s public relations tour through Europe this week, Justin Trudeau’s exposure revealed naked truths about his government and its commitment…
The Niagara Independent, March 4, 2022 – MP Colin Carrie rose in the House of Commons to enter into the debate on the use of the Emergency Act, and began posing a question to the government benches, “Klaus Schwab is the head of the World Economic Forum, and he bragged how his subversive WEF has…
The Niagara Independent, February 25, 2022 – The most troubling aspect of the Trudeau government’s unprecedented action to invoke the Emergencies Act was not the suspension of civil liberties or the assault on Canadians’ trust in its institutions of government, justice, and media, albeit these matters have given all Canadians reason to pause. The most…
The Niagara Independent, February 18, 2022 – A week ago, Canadian career diplomat and former Ambassador to the U.S. Derek Burney stated, “The political paralysis in Ottawa is mind-boggling. Protesting truckers deserve a hearing, not pompous stonewalling by timid politicians.” His National Post editorial argued that the protesters and the Canadians who support them deserve…
The Niagara Independent, February 11, 2022 – It has become all too commonplace in Ottawa for governing politicians and federal bureaucrats to purposefully obfuscate and prolong public disclosure of government expenditures on programs and contracts. With the return of MPs to parliament, Canada’s leading parliamentary watchdogs have sounded alarm bells about the government’s lack of…
The Niagara Independent, February 4, 2022 – It was a fast and furious week in our nation’s capital. With Parliament Hill besieged by the Freedom Convoy protest, the actions of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Official Opposition in the past few days are sure to colour political debates for months to come….
The Niagara Independent, January 28, 2022 – “A propogandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” – Aldous Huxley The eyes of the world are now watching Canada’s Freedom Convoy. It is a full-blown international story. Canadian truckers have set a new Guinness World Record…
The Niagara Independent, January 14, 2022 – In a Hill Times front page story this week EKOS Research pollster Frank Graves mused that Canadians’ view of their prospects entering a new year was “unsurprisingly quite dark.” He observed that Canadians are feeling high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. This appraisal of Canadians’ negativism is…
The Niagara Independent, January 7, 2022 – The COVID pandemic has exposed a growing crisis in Canada’s public health care system. Although the delivery of health services is a provincial responsibility, the country’s public health model was designed to be jointly funded by federal and provincial dollars. After years of underfunding by successive federal governments, the…
The Niagara Independent, December 31, 2021 – With the country’s mounting health and economic challenges brought about by the seemingly never-ending COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians are likely to remember 2021 as another annus horribilis. Today, as we brace for the full impact of the Omicron wave and debate booster rollouts and vaccine passports, there are few…
The Niagara Independent, December 24, 2021 – We all know the holiday classic “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”. The conniving malcontent creature muses in the opening scene: “I must stop Christmas from coming… but how? I mean – in what way?” Then the Grinch devises a dastardly plan and heads out to ruin the Yule for…
The Niagara Independent, December 25, 2020 – With apologies to Charles Dickens and the wondrous legacy of The Christmas Carol, here is a modern day story of the spirit Jacob Marley, who last evening visited a weary Canadian — a cynical soul who has lost all hope for his nation and its promise. As Marley successfully illuminated the crevices of Ebenezer Scrooge’s heart of stone, he appears this Christmas Eve to forewarn our Canadian (let’s call him Canuck) that there needs to be a spiritual reawakening to appreciate and ensure all that…
The Niagara Independent, December 17, 2021 – This week, Canadians got a glimpse of the Trudeau government plan to guide the country through our pandemic recovery period. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland provided a fiscal update that emphasized the government is prepared to spend however much it needs to meet short term COVID related issues. Freeland…
The Niagara Independent, December 3, 2021 – Recall Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s candid admission on the election campaign hustings, “When I think about the biggest, most important economic policy that this government, if re-elected, would move forward, you’ll forgive me if I don’t think about monetary policy.” The PM has no mind for fiscal and economic…
The Niagara Independent, November 26, 2021 – Parliament Hill is abuzz this week with the sights and sounds of Members of Parliament returning to Ottawa to take up their legislative work in governing the country. It has been over 153 days since the lights were last on in the House of Commons chamber. MPs all…
The Niagara Independent, November 19, 2021 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his two minutes on the world stage at the United Nations Climate Change Summit (COP26) to urge other countries to follow Canada’s example and impose an escalating carbon tax on their citizens and businesses. Trudeau called for other countries to join together and…
The George Soros 4-part series by Chris George in the Niagara Independent reviews Soros’ life and achievements, beliefs and goals, and his ties and influence in Canada. Introducing George Soros The core beliefs and aspirations of George Soros George Soros and his Canadian Chess Game George Soros casts a long shadow across Canada For…
The Niagara Independent, November 12, 2021 – For two weeks the world has been absorbed with the rhetoric and grand announcements from the planeloads of global elites and environmental experts all conferring at the United Nations Climate Change Summit (COP26) in Glasgow, U.K. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his newly ensconced Minister of Environment…
The Niagara Independent, November 5, 2021 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s selection of Steven Guilbeault as Minister of Environment and Climate Change has sent a clear signal that his government holds environmental objectives above all else. Guilbeault, the self-proclaimed “climate activist,” is now holding all the cards in the high stakes game involving our country’s…