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The Niagara Independent, September 10, 2021 \u2013<\/em> Like all politicians, Justin Trudeau reveals more about what he is thinking when he breaks away from his prepared notes and teleprompter and speaks directly to a reporter\u2019s question or citizen\u2019s concern. It is in his unscripted moments that Canadians get a glimpse of his intent in governing the country. There have been two such candid moments on the campaign hustings that provide a window into what a majority Trudeau mandate would mean for Canadians.<\/p>\n The first such moment came as an off-the-cuff admission. At a BC campaign stop, Trudeau entertained reporters\u2019 questions in a scheduled scrum. A question was asked: \u201cYou mentioned the Bank of Canada\u2019s mandate. That mandate is actually expiring at the end of this year. If re-elected, it\u2019s probably the review or the extension of the mandate that is probably the first big economic policy decision you\u2019d make after the election. Do you have a position on the mandate? Would you support a slightly higher tolerance for inflation?\u201d<\/p>\n Justin Trudeau responded: \u201cI don\u2019t know. When I think about the biggest, most important economic policy of this government, if re-elected, would move forward. You\u2019ll forgive me if I don\u2019t think about monetary policy.\u201d<\/p>\n No doubt this was an honest reply by Trudeau, who has never shown an aptitude for fiscal issues. However, is it an adequate retort for a leader of a nation that is currently seized with unprecedented economic uncertainties? Statistics Canada had just reported Canada\u2019s economy had contracted in the second quarter this year \u2013 a surprise for all financial analysts. It also reported the country\u2019s inflation was 3.7 per cent \u2013 the highest it has been in two decades.<\/p>\n With the anxiousness over the oncoming fourth wave and whether it forebodes further shutdowns and disruption of the economy, is it not reasonable to think our prime minister would have given the country\u2019s fiscal health a passing thought?<\/p>\n David Dodge thinks so. In an interview with BNN Bloomberg, the former governor of the Bank of Canada stated Trudeau must be more attentive to the country\u2019s finances. Dodge said, \u201cI think he should take it back\u2026Neither Trudeau One nor Trudeau Two have been terribly interested in monetary policy, very unfortunately. In any event, he\u2019s wrong. The new government has a very important set of decisions to make coming up on monetary policy and in terms of the renewal of the agreement with the Bank of Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n The Bank of Canada\u2019s mandate is reviewed and set every five years. One of the central responsibilities of the Bank is to manage the country\u2019s inflation targets. The rising inflation pressures will have a profound impact on individual\u2019s finances \u2013 and yet, evidently, Trudeau does not consider this.<\/p>\n Justin Trudeau\u2019s nonchalant attitude about Canada\u2019s monetary policies is not surprising. He has led a government that has had no concern for budgets, deficits or national debt. The 2021 budget document announced $135.2 billion of new expenditures in the next five years that will result in the country\u2019s federal debt exceeding $1.4 trillion. To put this into perspective, the Trudeau Government has spent more money in six years than all past federal governments in the history of our country combined,<\/i> and it has done so more than doubling the nation\u2019s debt.<\/p>\n With Trudeau\u2019s gross spending sprees, there appears no regard for fiscal sustainability. In July, prior to the election call, the Trudeau government spewed billions of dollars: $1.3 billion to BC\u2019s SkyTrain, $1.4 billion to climate change, and $5.2 billion to bailout Newfoundland\u2019s Muskrat Falls hydro project. The Liberal election platform contains an additional $78 billion in new spending.<\/p>\n The Liberals\u2019 spending is endless; it is as if the public purse is bottomless. This much we can expect from a renewed Liberal mandate \u2013 and Trudeau will not give monetary policy a thought.<\/p>\n The second candid moment for Justin Trudeau comes from a stump speech and follow-up interview alongside deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland. At this campaign stop in London, Ontario, Trudeau and Freeland both expressly linked the government\u2019s pandemic response to their future implementation of the Liberals green agenda. Trudeau stated that what they had learned from managing the pandemic they would use in the fight against climate change.<\/p>\n What exactly should we take from Trudeau and Freeland referencing pandemic emergency measures as a means to achieve their green policy objectives?<\/p>\n Earlier this year Trudeau was a central figure in a United Nations conference that urged all governments to declare a state of \u201cglobal climate emergency\u201d until the world has reached net zero CO2 emissions. The same conference urged governments to leverage the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.N. message to its member states was clear:\u00a0 governments \u201chave a major role in setting the conditions under which lifestyle changes can occur, through shaping policy, regulations and infrastructure investments\u2026COVID-19 has provided insight into how rapid lifestyle changes can be brought about by governments\u2026The lockdown period in many countries may be long enough to establish new, lasting routines if supported by longer term measures. In planning the recovery from COVID-19, governments have an opportunity to catalyse low-carbon lifestyle changes by disrupting entrenched practices.\u201d<\/p>\n In other words, the pandemic is the opportunity to implement the U.N.\u2019s \u201cThe Great Reset.\u201d Both Trudeau and Freeland know what is in play here. In the past two years, Trudeau has increasingly championed the U.N.\u2019s globalist agenda. Canada\u2019s finance minister Freeland is a board member of the World Economic Forum, a body intent on advancing \u201cThe Great Reset\u201d and the objective of resetting capitalism.<\/p>\n When considering what a renewed Trudeau mandate will mean for Canada, is Financial Post<\/i> columnist Terence Corcoran fearmongering in suggesting Canadians might expect personal carbon passports and travel restrictions tied to decreasing fossil fuel use? Corcoran\u2019s recent column is as disturbing as it is plausible given Trudeau\u2019s and Freeland\u2019s allegiances to the U.N. and W.E.F.<\/p>\n Following this thread, the economic policies that Canadians can expect to see introduced \u201cto fight climate change\u201d are laid out in detail in W.E.F. documents and presentations:<\/p>\n Given that all these policies have been openly floated by Liberal MPs in this past year, it is reasonable to think that they will be core policies for a future Liberal government.<\/p>\n In the cited examples, Justin Trudeau\u2019s unscripted comments reflect the Liberals\u2019 approach to governing since they assumed power in 2015. Should Trudeau receive his coveted majority mandate we can expect more of the same: four more years of big(ger) government, unbridled in its spending and unabashed in pursuing its set agenda.<\/p>\n Chris George<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is an Ottawa-based government affairs advisor and wordsmith, president of\u00a0CG&A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>. Contact:\u00a0ChrisG.George@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n