{"id":16074,"date":"1000-01-01T00:00:03","date_gmt":"1000-01-01T05:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=16074"},"modified":"2025-05-18T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:14:12","slug":"chris-george-in-the-niagara-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=16074","title":{"rendered":"In The Niagara Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since the spring of 2018, Chris George has written a weekly news column on Canadian politics for the Niagara Independent. Below you will find the full index of his work.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PH18-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16379\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PH18-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PH18-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PH18-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PH18-1536x1066.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PH18-2048x1421.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>News Commentary from 202<\/strong>5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/with-canadas-immigration-policy-expect-more-of-the-same-from-carney-liberals\/\">With Canada\u2019s immigration policy, expect more of the same from Carney Liberals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 16, 2025 &#8211; Since 2015, year over year, the Liberal government increased the number of people they ushered into Canada [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-economy-is-walking-on-a-tightrope\/\">Canada\u2019s economy is \u201cwalking on a tightrope\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 9, 2025 &#8211; A consensus can be drawn from recent economic data that the Canadian economy is in a precarious state. For a decade the Liberals\u2019 big spending, big government approach [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/what-to-expect-and-watch-out-for-from-the-carney-government\/\">What to expect and watch out for from the Carney government<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 2, 2025 &#8211; Now that the election is over, Canadians can expect to see a flurry of activity over the next eight weeks in Ottawa [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-choice-for-canadians-opposing-visions-for-the-nation\/\">The choice for Canadians: opposing visions for the nation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 25, 2025 &#8211; As it has evolved, this federal election is the most consequential vote for the country\u2019s future that Canadians have had to cast since the Canada-U.S. Free Trade election of 1988 [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-choice-for-canadians-the-contrasting-approaches-to-immigration\/\">The choice for Canadians: The contrasting approaches to immigration<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 18, 2025 &#8211; The country\u2019s immigration trends have been a growing concern for Canadians, yet during this federal election campaign immigration policy has been fully eclipsed [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-choice-for-canadians-developing-canadas-natural-resources\/\">The Choice for Canadians: developing Canada\u2019s natural resources<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 11, 2025 &#8211; There is perhaps no greater contrast that can be drawn between the Liberals and Conservatives than their respective approaches to developing Canada\u2019s natural resources [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-choice-for-canadians-canadas-relationship-with-trump\/\">The choice for Canadians: Canada\u2019s relationship with Trump<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 3, 2025 &#8211; The vote on April 28 for who will lead Canada is perhaps the most consequential vote Canadians will have had since the 1988 federal election [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/connecting-the-dots-in-mark-carneys-network\/\">Connecting the dots in Mark Carney\u2019s network<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 28, 2025 &#8211; For those who closely follow the political scene in Ottawa, what has been most striking with the Liberals\u2019 changing of the guard is how little things have actually changed [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-liberals-election-playbook\/\">The Liberals\u2019 election playbook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 21, 2025 &#8211; Exactly two weeks from his coronation at the Liberal convention, newly-crowned Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call the much-anticipated federal general election [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-pass-the-baton-for-the-election-race\/\">Liberals pass the baton for the election race<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 14, 2025 &#8211; In these past few days Canadians witnessed the Liberal Party of Canada passing the baton from the beleaguered Justin Trudeau to the unknown-yet-charmed Mark Carney [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-attempt-to-fashion-a-post-national-state-is-trudeaus-defining-legacy\/\"><strong>Liberals attempt to fashion a post-national state is Trudeau\u2019s defining legacy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 7, 2025 &#8211; On the eve of the Liberal Party convention that is to select a new leader \u2013 and Canada\u2019s next prime minister, it is an appropriate time to reflect on the 2015-25 chapter [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-decade-of-lost-opportunities-with-liberals-punishing-oil-and-gas-policies\/\"><strong>A decade of lost opportunities with Liberals\u2019 punishing oil and gas policies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 28, 2025 &#8211; Since 2015, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a cadre of environmental ideologs took office, the federal government has pursued a climate change agenda at the expense of [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-fiscal-and-economic-mismanagement-leaves-canadians-in-straitjacket\/\"><strong>Liberals\u2019 fiscal and economic mismanagement leaves Canadians in straitjacket<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 21, 2025 &#8211; Through the last 10 years, the Trudeau government\u2019s mismanagement of the fiscal budgets and national economy has done irreparable damage to the country\u2019s ability to grow and prosper [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-immigration-program-has-purposely-transformed-the-country\/\"><strong>Liberals\u2019 immigration program has purposely transformed the country<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 14, 2025 &#8211; Canada\u2019s history is one written largely by its industrious immigrants. Having said that, in this past decade, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberal-communist-party-ties-undermine-canadian-sovereignty\/\"><strong>Liberal \u2013 Communist Party ties undermine Canadian sovereignty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 7, 2025 &#8211; The ties that bind the federal Liberal Party and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have undermined Canadian sovereignty through the near decade [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/hogue-has-successfully-defended-justin-trudeau-again\/\">Hogue has successfully defended Justin Trudeau \u2013 again<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 31, 2025 &#8211; This week Justice Marie-Jos\u00e9e Hogue released the final report of Canada\u2019s Foreign Interference Commission [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-play-politics-with-trumps-tariff-threats-at-canadians-expense\/\">Liberals play politics with Trump\u2019s tariff threats at Canadians\u2019 expense<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 24, 2025 \u2013 The Trudeau Liberal government, particularly Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seems to be intentionally stoking division [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-liberals-not-trump-at-heart-of-canadas-existential\/\">Trudeau Liberals, not Trump, at heart of Canada\u2019s existential crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 17, 2025 &#8211; With the election of Donald Trump, the political sands have shifted on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border and [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justin-trudeau-escapes-his-impossible-situation-and-remains-prime-minister\/\">Justin Trudeau escapes his impossible situation and remains prime minister<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 10, 2025 &#8211; Monday\u2019s press conference staged on the landing in front of Rideau Cottage played out just like one of the fascinating, confusing scenes [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/2025-the-final-year-of-the-trudeau-liberals-and-canadas-lost-decade\/\">2025: The final year of the Trudeau Liberals and Canada\u2019s \u201cLost Decade\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 3, 2025 &nbsp;&#8211; The year 2025 will mark the final year of a ten-year reign with the Trudeau Liberals governing Canada according to [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PH_HillTower2-3-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16249\" style=\"width:270px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PH_HillTower2-3-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PH_HillTower2-3-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PH_HillTower2-3.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>News Commentary from 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-2024-canadian-politician-of-the-year-danielle-smith\/\">The 2024 Canadian Politician of the Year: Danielle Smith<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 27, 2024 &#8211; Throughout this past year as Canadians have suffered from the personal agendas and ineptitude of their politicians, one political figure has stood out [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/another-week-of-circus-acts-in-trudeaus-ottawa\/\">Another week of circus acts in Trudeau\u2019s Ottawa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 20, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211; News from Ottawa this week was filled with tired, worn-out analogies: rats leaving a sinking ship, shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic, a folding house of cards [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trump-speaks-trudeau-zooms-poilievre-and-premiers-step-up\/\"><strong>Trump speaks. Trudeau zooms. Poilievre and premiers step up.<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>November 29, 2024 &#8211; It has been a revealing week of leadership in Ottawa.&nbsp; Monday evening President-elect Donald Trump posted on social media that on his first day in office America would [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-liberals-out-of-touch-with-canadians-household-reality\/\"><strong>Trudeau Liberals out of touch with Canadians\u2019 household reality<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>November 22, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211; For many Canadian households, this Christmas season may be the toughest \u2013 economically speaking \u2013 that they have ever had [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/three-realities-of-canada-u-s-relations-that-signal-trouble\/\"><strong>Three realities of Canada-U.S. relations that signal trouble<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>November 15, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211; Reviewing the political rhetoric from Ottawa\u2019s governing Liberals and the national punditry in the wake of President-Elect Donald Trump\u2019s sensational electoral results south of the border [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-liberals-pollution-cap-on-countrys-oil-and-gas-sector-impacts-all\/\">Trudeau Liberals \u201cpollution cap\u201d on country\u2019s oil and gas sector impacts all<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 8, 2024 &#8212; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith baldly stated, \u201cI\u2019m pissed \u2013 I\u2019m absolutely angry\u201d responding to Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/bill-c-293-establishing-a-new-authority-in-canada-for-the-next-global-pandemic\/\">Bill C-293: Establishing a new authority in Canada for the next global pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 1, 2024 &#8212; Lost in the political mayhem on Parliament Hill, unbeknownst to Canadians, the Trudeau government has advanced a piece of legislation [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-paying-the-price-for-this-trudeau-government\/\">Canadians paying the price for this Trudeau government<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 25, 2024 &#8212; The international news organization The Economist rarely publishes Canadian news \u2013 a fact that needs to be fully appreciated in order to understand the magnitude of the following [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justin-trudeau-jumps-the-shark-again\/\">Justin Trudeau jumps the shark \u2013 again<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 18, 2024 &#8212; There was a tragicomical moment at the Justice Hogue inquiry on foreign interference this week when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jumped the shark [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/death-to-canada\/\"><strong>\u201cDeath to Canada\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 11, 2024&nbsp; \u2013&nbsp;At a pro-Palestinian protest on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Monday, a rallying cry rang out, \u201cDeath to Canada.\u201d&nbsp; In Vancouver: chants of \u201cWe are Hezbollah, [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/chorus-of-experienced-voices-tell-canadians-why-our-military-must-be-supported\/\">Chorus of experienced voices tell Canadians why our military must be supported<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 4, 2024&nbsp; &#8211; The state of the Canadian Forces has been in the headline news since July, when Canadian PM Justin Trudeau attended the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meetings and was embarrassed [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/few-factor-the-compound-effect-of-the-carbon-tax\/\">Few factor the compound effect of the carbon tax<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 27, 2024&nbsp; &#8211; A regular reader of the Niagara Independent who contacted me insisted that Canadians need to better understand how devastating the Liberals carbon tax is to our way of life [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/week-one-in-ottawa-more-of-the-same-except-worse-much-costlier-and-all-about-quebec\/\">Week one in Ottawa: more of the same, except worse, much costlier, and all about Quebec<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 20, 2024&nbsp; &#8211; This first week that MPs were back on Parliament Hill proved as volatile as pundits and politicos thought it would be. It began with surprising by-election results. The week included bombshell revelations [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/mps-return-to-ottawa-and-a-parliamentary-mosh-pit\/\">MPs return to Ottawa and a parliamentary mosh pit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 13, 2024&nbsp; &#8211; For Canadians not mesmerized by the ongoing political soap opera south of the border, this week proved very entertaining in Canada\u2019s national political theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-remains-silent-on-potentially-treasonous-parliamentarians\/\">Trudeau remains silent on potentially treasonous parliamentarians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 6, 2024&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; It was on Monday, June 3 that Canadians learned that their parliamentarians were colluding in quid pro quo relationships with foreign governments and [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-governments-policy-record-speaks-volumes-part-three\/\">Trudeau government\u2019s policy record speaks volumes (part three)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 30, 2024&nbsp; &#8211; Here is the current state of 11 Trudeau government programs that indicate nothing less than mismanagement, sheer incompetence, or calculated deceit \u2013 or a combination thereof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-governments-policy-record-speaks-volumes-part-two-2\/\">Trudeau government\u2019s policy record speaks volumes (part two)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 23, 2024&nbsp; &#8211; The greatest impact on the policies of the Trudeau government, unquestionably, has been the Liberals\u2019 personal and business relationships with [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-governments-policy-record-speaks-volumes-part-one\/\">Trudeau government\u2019s policy record speaks volumes (part one)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 16, 2024&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; Conventional wisdom suggests that governments defeat themselves. There is a shelf life of every administration because sooner or later [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-deserve-answers-regarding-threats-of-terrorism\/\">Canadians deserve answers regarding threats of terrorism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 9, 2024&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; It is unnerving to hear that two individuals were arrested this week for plotting a terrorist act in Toronto. This news comes as Canadians [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/this-ideological-liberal-government-is-failing-canadians\/\">This ideological Liberal government is failing Canadians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 2, 2024&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; Seymour Hersh, the American Pulitzer Prize investigative journalist, observed, \u201cIs there anything more dangerous than an ideologue who doesn\u2019t know [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-liberals-leave-canadians-to-drown-in-a-sea-of-red-ink\/\">Trudeau Liberals leave Canadians to drown in a sea of red ink<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 26, 2024&nbsp; &#8211; The Bank of Canada\u2019s announcement this week shaving a quarter per cent off the country\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/american-politics-has-changed-the-channel-from-canadas-crises\/\">American politics has changed the channel from Canada\u2019s crises<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 19, 2024&nbsp; &#8211; Treason. Immigration. Housing. These are real-time Canadian crises that we must not allow to be trumped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-schooled-on-commitment-at-nato-meetings\/\">Trudeau schooled on commitment at NATO meetings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 12, 2024&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; The 2024 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit this week was a serious and frank affair reflecting the world\u2019s mounting [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/another-scandal-as-trudeau-government-plays-politics-with-diaspora\/\">Another scandal as Trudeau government plays politics with diaspora<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 5, 2024&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; There has been another scandal in the nation\u2019s capital, this one involving Canada\u2019s defence minister and his orders to the Canadian Forces [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/westerners-efforts-bridging-the-east-west-divide-part-3-of-3\/\">Westerners\u2019 efforts bridging the east \u2013 west divide (Part 3 of 3)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 28, 2024  &#8211;  One of the last acts of the Trudeau government before recessing for the summer parliamentary break was to ensure [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/conservatives-efforts-bridging-the-east-west-divide-part-2-of-3\/\">Conservatives\u2019 efforts bridging the east \u2013 west divide (Part 2 of 3)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 21, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211; We R CONSERVATIVE (WRC) is a federal registered non-profit political advocacy organization whose mission is raising awareness of the misdeeds of the governing Liberals and [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/western-conservatives-efforts-bridging-the-east-west-divide-part-1\/\">Western conservatives\u2019 efforts bridging the east-west divide (Part 1)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 14, 2024 &#8211; As a progressive ideologue whose government is single-mindedly pursing a globalist\u2019s climate policy agenda [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/another-week-of-the-trudeau-governments-rot\/\">Another week of the Trudeau government\u2019s rot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 7, 2024 &#8211; There were reports released of parliamentarians that are knowingly collaborating with foreign governments, Liberal-friendly companies being routinely contracted hundreds of millions of [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-liberals-immigration-policies-purposefully-altering-canada\/\">Trudeau Liberals\u2019 immigration policies purposefully altering Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 31, 2024 &#8211; Canada\u2019s Immigration Minister, Marc Miller, has commanded center stage in Ottawa over the past few weeks making a rash of new policy announcements [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/will-canada-sign-the-who-pandemic-treaty-next-week\/\">Will Canada sign the WHO Pandemic Treaty next week?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 24, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp; Beginning Monday the international community gathers in Geneva, Switzerland at the 77th World Health Assembly, where [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/24-facts-for-2024-that-reflect-trudeaus-canada-part-two\/\">24 facts for 2024 that reflect Trudeau\u2019s Canada: Part Two<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 17, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211; Here are 24 facts for 2024 (part 2) that reflect the state of the country, that is Canada after eight-and-a-half years of Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/twenty-four-facts-for-2024-that-reflect-trudeaus-canada\/\">Twenty-four facts for 2024 that reflect Trudeau\u2019s Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 10, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211; Here are 24 facts for 2024 (part 1) that reflect the state of the country, that is Canada after eight-and-a-half years of Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-trudeau-liberals-circus-act-is-burying-serious-issues\/\">The Trudeau Liberals\u2019 circus act is burying serious issues<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 3, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211; Exchanges in Parliament\u2019s main theatre, the House of Commons, devolved this week into a mayhem more suited for under a circus big top [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-need-to-be-aware-of-the-who-pandemic-treaty\/\">Canadians need to be aware of the WHO Pandemic Treaty<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 26, 2024 &#8211; Canadians can be excused for not knowing about the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) Pandemic Treaty [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-trudeau-liberals-2024-scorched-earth-budget\/\">The Trudeau Liberals\u2019 2024 \u201cscorched earth\u201d budget<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 19, 2024 &#8211; A scorched earth approach refers to an intent to deliberately destroy everything as one retreats, so that your advancing opponent is [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/o-canada-we-do-not-stand-on-guard-for-thee\/\">O Canada, we (do not!) stand on guard for thee<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 12, 2024 &#8211; One of the most important duties of any federal government is to provide adequate national defence for the protection [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberal-and-ndp-mps-feathering-their-nests-before-facing-the-public\/\">Liberal and NDP MPs feathering their nests before facing the public<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 5, 2024 &#8211; The backbench MP now makes three-and-a-half times more than the average Canadian. Cabinet ministers make more than five times, and the Prime Minister eight times that of the average Canadian [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-economic-decline-is-about-to-get-serious-for-all-of-us\/\">Canada\u2019s economic decline is about to get serious for all of us<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 29, 2024 &#8211; Recently published economic statistics and analysis have disclosed that the country\u2019s current economy and the future prosperity of Canadians are not promising [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/political-rhetoric-aside-liberals-carbon-tax-is-just-another-tax\/\">Political rhetoric aside, Liberals\u2019 carbon tax is just another tax<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 22, 2024 &#8211; Canadians are mere weeks away from the federal government once again hiking the carbon tax on gas pump prices and home heating fuel <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-own-march-madness\/\">Canada\u2019s own \u201cMarch Madness\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 15, 2024 &#8211; This week, Canadians were treated to Canada\u2019s own version of \u201cMarch Madness,\u201d the political frenzy created when 39 federal cabinet ministers fan out over the country [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-on-going-cover-up-concerning-the-winnipeg-and-wuhan-labs\/\">The on-going cover-up concerning the Winnipeg and Wuhan labs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 8, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211; What was once only suspected and labeled as a racism-fueled conspiracy theory by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has now become \u201cmost probable\u201d given the facts [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/access-to-primary-care-is-a-priority-concern-for-canadians\/\">Access to primary care is a priority concern for Canadians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 1, 2024 &nbsp;&#8211; The federal government must step up to provide its fair share of money to resuscitate Canada\u2019s public health care system [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberal-ndp-electoral-reform-legislation-for-the-2025-election-watch-for-it\/\">Liberal-NDP electoral reform legislation for the 2025 election \u2013 watch for it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 23, 2024 &#8211; The political backrooms of the Liberals and NDPs are currently negotiating these measures behind closed doors. Their intent is to introduce electoral reform legislation [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PH06-2-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16023\" style=\"width:306px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PH06-2-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PH06-2-1024x605.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PH06-2-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PH06-2-1536x908.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PH06-2-2048x1211.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PH06-2-624x369.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>News commentary from February 16th onward also appears <\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>in the <\/em><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bygeorgejournal.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">By George Journal<\/a><em> substack platform.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/another-scandal-perhaps-the-last-nail-in-the-coffin\/\">Another scandal \u2013 perhaps \u201cthe last nail in the coffin\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 16, 2024 &#8211; Canadian historians often cite Sir John A. Macdonald\u2019s government as being the country\u2019s most scandalous administration [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-latest-political-numbers-out-of-ottawa\/\">The latest political numbers out of Ottawa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 9, 2024 &#8211; This scribe has long held that Justin Trudeau will take the opportunity of Feb. 29, 2024, to repeat his father\u2019s exit from the Prime Minister\u2019s Office [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-putting-lipstick-on-a-very-ugly-carbon-tax-pig\/\">Liberals putting lipstick on \u201ca very ugly carbon tax pig\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 2, 2024 &#8211; Still, the defiant way Trudeau and his ministers lashed out at the Conservatives this week suggests there is no moving the Liberals on providing carbon tax relief [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-wef-casts-a-long-shadow-across-canada\/\">The WEF casts a long shadow across Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 26, 2024 &#8211; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is regularly feted by the WEF as a vanguard global leader of progressive initiatives [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-governments-policies-exacerbating-canadians-affordability-crisis\/\">Trudeau government\u2019s policies exacerbating Canadians\u2019 affordability crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 19, 2024 &#8211; After eight years of the Trudeau Liberal government managing the Canadian economy, Canadians are in the throes of a cost-of-living crisis [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-number-one-issue-for-canadians-in-2024-the-unaffordable-cost-of-living\/\">The number one issue for Canadians in 2024: The unaffordable cost of living<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 12, 2024 &#8211; There is a pervasive worry about the unaffordable cost of living. The bromides offered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the governing Liberals provide no relief [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeaus-and-poilievres-mudslinging-to-be-caked-on-in-2024\/\">Trudeau\u2019s and Poilievre\u2019s mudslinging to be caked on in 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 5, 2024 &#8211; Through 2024 Canadians are sure to hear countless fighting words from both Poilievre and Trudeau in anticipation of their forthcoming election contest [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PH_hill-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16215\" style=\"width:306px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>News Commentary from 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/top-three-stories-of-2023-from-the-nations-capital\/\">Top Three Stories of 2023 from the Nation\u2019s Capital<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 29, 2023 &#8211; From concerns about Chinese Communist Party influence to record-breaking immigration numbers and Canadians\u2019 declining standard of living [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/this-nation-is-now-irrelevant-in-world-affairs-deconstructing-canada-part-6\/\">This nation is now \u201cirrelevant\u201d in world affairs: Deconstructing Canada (part 6)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 22, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; Canada has seemingly become a personification of its Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. It is insufferably egotistical [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/sabotaging-natural-resources-development-deconstructing-canada-part-5\/\">Sabotaging natural resources development: Deconstructing Canada (part 5)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 15, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; To understand the Trudeau government\u2019s natural resources development approach, one must first know that Justin Trudeau and a core group of his ministers and senior staff [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeaus-degradation-of-parliament-deconstructing-canada-part-4\/\">Trudeau\u2019s degradation of Parliament: Deconstructing Canada (part 4)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 8, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; An Angus Reid poll reveals growing disillusionment among Canadians towards parliamentary proceedings, with 54% viewing MPs\u2019 work as \u2018posturing\u2019 and 46% deeming it \u2018useless\u2019 [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeaus-perversion-of-justice-deconstructing-canada-part-3\/\">Trudeau\u2019s perversion of justice: Deconstructing Canada (part 3)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 5, 2023 &#8211; Justice in a post-national state is at the behest of the country\u2019s Leader. Not that the country\u2019s legal system has yet devolved into a totalitarian chokehold on justice, but [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/robbing-from-future-canadians-deconstructing-canada-part-2\/\">Robbing From Future Canadians: Deconstructing Canada (part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 24, 2023 &#8211; Perhaps there is no greater harm done by Justin Trudeau and his eight years as Prime Minister than robbing future generations of [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justin-trudeaus-eight-year-record-deconstructing-canada-part-1\/\">Justin Trudeau\u2019s eight-year record: Deconstructing Canada (part 1)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 17, 2023 &#8211; Canadian PM Justin Trudeau faces mounting public discontent as poll numbers plummet and international controversies escalate, triggering widespread calls for his resignation [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-carbon-tax-is-an-oppressive-ineffectual-tax\/\">Liberals\u2019 carbon tax is an oppressive, ineffectual tax<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 10, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; If anything, the events of the past two weeks have revealed the Liberals\u2019 carbon tax is a political ploy and not a tool to fight climate change as they claim it [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/theres-a-lot-to-unpack-with-the-liberals-immigration-plans\/\">There\u2019s a lot to unpack with the Liberals\u2019 immigration plans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 3, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; Immigration Minister Marc Miller was centre stage in Ottawa this week announcing the government\u2019s new immigration targets for the next three years [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/ccps-undue-influence-in-canada-remains-the-elephant-in-the-room\/\">CCP\u2019s undue influence in Canada remains the elephant in the room<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 27, 2023 &#8211; \u201cChina\u2019s goal is not to replicate the crude imperialism of the European, or even the American, type, but to create vassal states \u2014 subordinate countries that rule themselves but are expected to kowtow on command.\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-plea-to-a-debt-ladened-government-on-behalf-of-strained-canadians\/\">A plea to a debt ladened government on behalf of strained Canadians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 20, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211;  In an open letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland this week, the Business Council of Canada took the extraordinary step to make a public plea to the federal government to resist making any new spending promises [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/of-the-celebrations-for-hamas-in-canada\/\">Of the celebrations for Hamas in Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 13, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; This proved to be a week of many revelations for Canadians, prompting many to question the character of our country and its citizenry [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/talking-turkey-this-thanksgiving-weekend\/\">Talking turkey this Thanksgiving weekend<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 6, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; Top of mind for many Canadians this holiday weekend will certainly be the abysmal state of the economy and the soaring cost of living [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-labour-day-2023-snapshot-of-the-working-canadian\/\">A Labour Day 2023 snapshot of the working Canadian<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 1, 2023 &#8211; As Canadians enter the holiday weekend, many are financially stressed and worried about what the fall will bring for their household [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/pm-and-liberals-misinform-with-divisive-rhetoric-and-ingenuine-arguments\/\">PM and Liberals misinform with divisive rhetoric and ingenuine arguments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 25, 2023 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau (left) and former cabinet minister Catherine McKenna (right) were both out front of the Liberals\u2019 recent offensive using ingenuine arguments that were deliberately confusing the facts and misinforming Canadians [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/heres-the-canadian-news-you-have-likely-missed\/\">Here\u2019s the Canadian news you have likely missed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 18, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; Canadians can be forgiven if they missed the latest news about the country\u2019s state of economic and [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-midsummer-nights-nightmare-part-two\/\">Canadians\u2019 midsummer night\u2019s nightmare: part two<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 11, 2023 &#8211; Over the past several months, finance minister Chrystia Freeland\u2019s refrain in regard to the economy has been: \u201cThe reality is that Canada is a fantastic country and Canada is doing really well.\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-midsummer-nights-nightmare-part-one\/\">Canadians\u2019 midsummer night\u2019s nightmare: part one<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 4, 2023 &#8211; Thanks in no small part to the polices of the current government, led by PM Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, all is not well on Canada\u2019s economic front [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/about-cbc-and-justin-trudeau-and-students-and-transgenderism\/\">About CBC and Justin Trudeau, and students and transgenderism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 28, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; Somehow, someway in the past few years, the proper respect for individuals making personal choices about sex has become a debate about [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-responding-to-blockbuster-film-sound-of-freedom\/\">Canadians responding to blockbuster film \u2018Sound of Freedom\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 21, 2023 &#8211; It is a summer scorcher: Sound of Freedom. One doesn\u2019t have a pulse if unmoved by this \u201cmust-see\u201d film [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/wefs-intrusive-agenda-being-debated-in-many-countries-though-canada-remains-an-exception\/\">WEF\u2019s intrusive agenda being debated in many countries, though Canada remains an exception<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 14, 2023 &#8211; Although it is not openly explained to Canadians, the Trudeau government is diligently introducing policies and programs authored by the World Economic Forum [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-now-feeling-the-heat-from-the-trudeau-governments-fiscal-failings\/\">Canadians now feeling the heat from the Trudeau government\u2019s fiscal failings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 7, 2023 &#8211; With much of central Canada under a heat warning this week, many of us are now feeling the heat of the summer. However [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-erasing-canadian-history-to-achieve-his-post-national-vision\/\">Trudeau erasing Canadian history to achieve his post-national vision<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 30, 2023 &#8211; Since taking power in 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his allies have systematically sought to, at best, minimize and, at worst, expunge everything that makes Canada a unique and laudable nation [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-case-for-a-full-blown-investigation-of-the-trudeau-governments-relations-with-china-part-two\/\">The case for a full-blown investigation of the Trudeau government\u2019s relations with China: part two<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 23, 2023 &#8211; There are multiple ways the country\u2019s independence has been potentially compromised by Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) undue influence [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-case-for-a-full-blown-investigation-of-the-trudeau-governments-relations-with-china-part-one\/\">The case for a full-blown investigation of the Trudeau government\u2019s relations with China: part one<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 16, 2023 &#8211; Below is a countdown of five critical issues in a series of 10 which, taken together, establish a case for why Canadians must demand a thorough investigation of the relationship between the Trudeau government and the CCP [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-conservatives-china-policy-in-stark-contrast-to-the-liberals\/\">The Conservatives\u2019 China policy (in stark contrast to the Liberals\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 9, 2023  &#8211; When it comes to dealing with the issues of CCP influence in Canada, there is no ambiguity in the Conservatives policy approach. This is a marked difference to the political powerplays that the Liberals are currently orchestrating [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/singh-and-johnston-continue-to-provide-cover-for-trudeau-government\/\">Singh and Johnston continue to provide cover for Trudeau government<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 2, 2023 &#8211; Together, the NDP leader (pictured) and hand-picked special rapporteur continue to allow PM Trudeau to stay in power [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/david-johnston-kicks-the-can-a-little-further-down-the-road\/\">David Johnston kicks the can a little further down the road<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 26, 2023 &#8211; Earlier this week, Johnston, former Governor General, current family friend of the Trudeaus, released his preliminary rapporteur report on Beijing\u2019s interference into Canada\u2019s internal affairs [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/its-a-degenerative-progressivism-that-permeates-ottawa\/\">It\u2019s a degenerative progressivism that permeates Ottawa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 21, 2023 &#8211; This week 155,000 federal public servants went out on strike for unrealistic wage increases and to further feather their nest of entitlements [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-trudeau-government-and-ottawas-funny-pages\/\">The Trudeau government and Ottawa\u2019s funny pages<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 14, 2023 &#8211; From the PM telling struggling Canadians to rack up debt on their credit cards to Public Service Alliance of Canada union members demanding outrageous salary hikes [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-endless-laughter-in-the-prime-ministers-office\/\">The endless laughter in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 7, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; The extravagance, arrogance, and disregard for basic ethics among Trudeau and his inner circle seem to only strengthen with the passing of the seasons [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-governments-unbridled-spending-fails-canadians-today-and-indebts-our-children-and-grandchildren\/\">Trudeau government\u2019s unbridled spending fails Canadians today, and indebts our children and grandchildren<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 31, 2023 &#8211; Many of Canada\u2019s top economic experts and business leaders seem to agree: the 2023 budget might prove to be this government\u2019s worst attempt [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-2023-federal-budget-a-preview-and-checklist\/\">The 2023 federal budget \u2013 a preview and checklist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 24, 2023 &#8211; Next Tuesday, March 28, federal finance minister Chrystia Freeland will rise in the House of Commons to deliver the 2023 Federal Budget [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/world-health-organization-and-the-global-response-to-the-next-pandemic\/\">World Health Organization and the global response to the next pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 17, 2023 &#8211; Earlier this month, the WHO reaffirmed its schedule for securing a global agreement that would reconstitute the international body and give it considerably more power and authority [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/its-now-evident-this-national-scandal-is-more-than-election-interference-and-justin-trudeau-is-obviously-hiding-something\/\">It\u2019s now evident this national scandal is more than election interference \u2013 and Justin Trudeau is \u201cobviously hiding something\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 10, 2023 &#8211; \u201cThis is a full-blown national security crisis. The ruling Liberals want us to pretend it\u2019s not happening. The prime minister is obviously hiding something.\u201d \u2013 Terry Glavin [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-potential-quid-pro-quos-between-trudeau-liberals-and-the-chinese-communist-party-part-2\/\">The potential quid pro quos between Trudeau Liberals and the Chinese Communist Party (Part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 3, 2023 &nbsp;&#8211; To continue with the sordid details now becoming public about the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) ties with the Trudeau Liberals, this past week\u2019s revelations had their intrigue [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-chinese-communist-party-sponsored-trudeau-liberal-party-part-1\/\">The Chinese Communist Party-sponsored Trudeau Liberal Party (Part 1)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 24, 2023 &#8211; As recently released CSIS documents reveal, the CCP went to great lengths to influence the outcome of Canada\u2019s two latest federal elections [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-disconnect-between-canadians-and-the-trudeau-government\/\">The disconnect between Canadians and the Trudeau government<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 17, 2023 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau addresses nursing students at Algonquin College, Feb. 10, 2023. As evidenced by his answer to a student at the event, Trudeau simply doesn\u2019t appreciate [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/what-is-the-total-number-immigrating-to-canada\/\">What is the total number immigrating to Canada?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 10, 2023 &#8211; There\u2019s no question that more and more immigrants are entering Canada through varying streams and schemes, legal or not [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/questions-persist-about-justin-trudeau-and-his-next-act\/\">Questions persist about Justin Trudeau and his next act<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 3, 2023  &#8211; With Parliament returning Monday, the PM has resumed his role at centre stage. But what lies ahead for one of Canada\u2019s finest political performers remains an enigma [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/its-been-one-thing-after-another-over-the-past-six-weeks\/\">It\u2019s been one thing after another over the past six weeks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 27, 2023 &#8211; With MPs set to return to work Monday, the following piece offers an overview of recent news on the federal front vacationing parliamentarians \u2013 and indeed some Canadians \u2013 may have missed [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/repeated-questions-about-the-wef-go-unanswered\/\">Repeated questions about the WEF go unanswered<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 20, 2023 &#8211; The World Economic Forum (WEF) held its 2023 general meeting this past week. Several of Canada\u2019s most influential public officials and corporate actors were in Davos [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-plays-politics-in-advance-of-alberta-election\/\">Trudeau plays politics in advance of Alberta election<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 13, 2023 &#8211; It is becoming increasingly evident that PM Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals have initiated a political powerplay to impact Alberta\u2019s spring election [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-bang-on-clarions-or-out-of-touch-contrarians\/\">Canada\u2019s \u2018bang on\u2019 clarions or \u2018out of touch\u2019 contrarians?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 6, 2023 &#8211; A handful of media personalities and public figures like Rex Murphy (left) and Jordan Peterson (right) swim upstream from the country\u2019s current leadership and subsidized talking heads [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PH2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16211\" style=\"width:308px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PH2-2.jpg 418w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PH2-2-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>News Commentary from 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/three-significant-federal-government-issues-to-track-in-2023\/\">Three significant federal government issues to track in 2023<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 30, 2022 &#8211; With New Year\u2019s Eve upon us, let\u2019s consider three significant federal government issues that should be of utmost concern to Canadians in 2023 [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/johnny-canucks-requests-of-santa-claus\/\">Johnny Canuck\u2019s requests of Santa Claus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 23, 2022 &#8211; Johnny Canuck climbed up onto the knee of Santa Claus to ask him for a few Christmas wishes for the Canuck family [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-forsaken-promise-of-canadas-oil-and-gas-industry-part-two\/\">The forsaken promise of Canada\u2019s oil and gas industry (part two)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 16, 2022 &#8211; This is the second half of a two-part series on the country\u2019s oil and gas sector [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-forsaken-promise-of-canadas-oil-and-gas-industry-part-one\/\">The forsaken promise of Canada\u2019s oil and gas industry (part one)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 9, 2022 &#8211; The world is currently in desperate need of the kind of clean, ethical oil and gas Canada is more than capable of supplying in abundance [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-governments-fiscal-approach-is-failing-canadians\/\">Trudeau government\u2019s fiscal approach is failing Canadians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 2, 2022 &#8211; The enabling legislation for the government\u2019s Fall Economic Statement was before the House of Commons Finance Committee this week [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/g20-nations-canada-included-are-advancing-vaccine-passports-and-a-global-digital-health-id-program\/\">G20 nations (Canada included) are advancing vaccine passports and a global digital health ID program<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 25, 2022 &#8211; Last week in Bali the G20 nations agreed to continue establishing vaccine passports and introducing a global digital health ID [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-trudeau-xi-exchange-what-was-said-and-why\/\">The Trudeau\u2014Xi exchange: what was said and why<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 18, 2022 &#8211; The exchange between Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Chinese President Xi Jinping that was recorded Wednesday by the media pool at the G20 summit in Bali has [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/again-trudeau-government-refuses-to-pay-a-fair-share-for-health-care\/\">Again, Trudeau government refuses to pay \u201ca fair share\u201d for health care<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 11, 2022 &#8211; With the health ministers\u2019 meetings in Vancouver this week, Canadians were once again treated to the gag made familiar by Charles Schulz\u2019s beloved Peanuts [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-foreign-affairs-policies-shifting-to-reassure-americans\/\">Canada\u2019s foreign affairs policies shifting to reassure Americans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 4, 2022 &#8211; The Trudeau government appears to be finally, just maybe getting the memo: the U.S. is Canada\u2019s greatest ally [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/ottawa-nonsensical-hypocritical-disrespectful-cynical\/\">Ottawa: Nonsensical. Hypocritical. Disrespectful. Cynical.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 28, 2022 &#8211; &nbsp;From a near-$400,000 hotel bill, to menstrual products in men\u2019s washrooms, to the PM\u2019s assertion that the Ukraine conflict is \u201cabsolutely accelerating\u201d Canada\u2019s energy transition, things in our Nation\u2019s Capital continue to get beyond silly [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/other-disconcerting-news-from-ottawa-on-drugs-assisted-suicide-and-asylum-seekers\/\">Other disconcerting news from Ottawa: on drugs, assisted suicide, and asylum seekers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 21, 2022 &#8211; The Nation\u2019s Capital is the scene of an unprecedented public inquiry into the Trudeau government\u2019s invocation of the Emergency Act [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/greater-transparency-needed-with-federal-government-spending\/\">Greater transparency needed with federal government spending<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 14, 2022 &#8211; Three recent stories out of Ottawa, including the revelation that ArriveCan cost Canadians over $54 million, underscore an imperative for greater transparency [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-subsidized-mainstream-media-is-not-trusted\/\">Canada\u2019s subsidized mainstream media is not trusted<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 7, 2022 &#8211; Canada\u2019s mainstream media (a.k.a. legacy media) outlets are floundering with an existential question of journalistic independence [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/ottawas-sport-has-become-a-lot-more-entertaining\/\">Ottawa\u2019s \u2018sport\u2019 has become a lot more entertaining<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 30, 2022 &#8211; With Pierre Poilievre now firmly in the Conservative saddle, the race for Canada\u2019s next prime minister has become considerably more spectator-friendly [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-government-vs-canadas-financial-experts\/\">Trudeau government vs. Canada\u2019s financial experts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 24, 2022 &#8211; There is a consensus view from a chorus of financial experts that unbridled government spending will, despite the prime minister\u2019s assurances, only stoke the inflationary flame [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/three-international-issues-that-deserve-full-parliamentary-attention\/\">Three international issues that deserve full parliamentary attention<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 16, 2022 &#8211; While issues related to Canada\u2019s economy will almost certainly take centre stage when parliamentarians return to Ottawa next week, it\u2019s vital MPs pursue the facts pertaining to [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-government-to-focus-on-the-economy\/\">Trudeau government to focus on the economy?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 9, 2022 &nbsp;&#8211; Don\u2019t believe the hype. Nothing coming out of the federal government\u2019s cabinet retreat in B.C. will actually address the myriad economic issues [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-last-of-the-summer-snippets\/\">The last of the summer snippets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 2, 2022 &nbsp;&#8211; From Omar Alghabra to Melanie Joly, Trudeau\u2019s incompetent cabinet should have Canadians seriously worried about the country\u2019s future [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/more-summertime-snippets\/\">More summertime snippets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 26, 2022 &#8211; Herein are more \u201csummertime snippets,\u201d presented with the requisite warning to read no further if you wish to [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/summertime-snippets-icymi-news\/\">Summertime snippets: ICYMI news<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 19, 2022 &#8211; In case you missed it, the federal government under Justin Trudeau continues to blow through your tax dollars to enlarge bureaucracy, fund foreign entities, and [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-governments-green-plan-is-hurting-canadians-and-failing-the-global-community\/\">Trudeau government\u2019s green plan is hurting Canadians and failing the global community<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 12, 2022 &#8211; The irony was not lost to many Canadians (and even mainstream media) that PM Justin Trudeau was jetting across the country to deliver his dire warnings about climate change  [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-public-health-care-system-is-canadas-gordian-knot\/\">The public health care system is Canada\u2019s Gordian Knot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 5, 2022 &#8211; On July 15, a B.C. Court of Appeal delivered a decision that tightens the country\u2019s Gordian Knot: our revered public health care system [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-fitting-proverb-a-fish-rots-from-the-head-down\/\">A fitting proverb: a fish rots from the head down<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 29, 2022 &#8211; With a growing number of inconveniences and increased financial stresses in daily living, there are more Canadians realizing our federal government\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeaus-and-freelands-fiscal-management-is-no-laughing-matter\/\">Trudeau\u2019s and Freeland\u2019s fiscal management is no laughing matter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 22, 2022 &#8211; &nbsp; There is a political meme circulating these days of PM Justin Trudeau and Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/woke-activists-are-intently-purposefully-rewriting-canadian-history\/\">Woke activists are intently, purposefully rewriting Canadian history<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 15, 2022 &#8211; When reflecting on Canadian history these days it seems to be, at best, an exercise of self-flagellation and, at worst, the expunging [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-woke-the-trudeau-liberals-and-canadian-politics\/\">The \u2018Woke\u2019, the Trudeau Liberals, and Canadian politics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 8, 2022 &#8211; At every opportunity, the Trudeau Liberals are enabling the woke to further divide Canadians and create an unbridgeable chasm [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/lament-for-our-post-national-state\/\">Lament for our post-national state<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 1, 2022 &#8211; From his earliest revelations about wanting to transform this country into a post-national state, PM Justin Trudeau and his enablers have been on a mission [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/bad-government-begets-bad-public-policy\/\">Bad government begets bad public policy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 24, 2022 &#8211; From online censorship, to expansion of assisted suicide, to the prolonged abandonment of our Afghan allies, the Trudeau Liberals \u2013 in partnership with the NDP [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-cost-of-the-trudeau-governments-green-agenda\/\">The cost of the Trudeau government\u2019s green agenda<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 18, 2022 &#8211; There is a growing number of experts and financial analysts who are summarizing that the Trudeau government\u2019s green agenda is costing Canadians dearly [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/our-canadian-emperor-is-exposed-in-europe\/\">Our Canadian emperor is exposed in Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 11, 2022 &#8211; There is a Hans Christian Andersen folktale entitled The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes about a foolhardy leader who parades through town to everyone\u2019s embarrassment [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-wef-and-the-liberals-agenda-for-canada\/\">The WEF and the Liberals\u2019 agenda for Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 4, 2022 &#8211; The two appear to be in lockstep, and it\u2019s no wonder. According to the World Economic Forum\u2019s founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-roller-coaster-ride-with-the-countrys-financial-institutions\/\">Canadians\u2019 roller coaster ride with the country\u2019s financial institutions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 25, 2022 &#8211; The most troubling aspect of the Trudeau government\u2019s unprecedented action to invoke the Emergencies Act [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/its-all-ugly-and-the-pm-has-made-it-worse\/\">It\u2019s all ugly, and the PM has made it worse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 18, 2022 &#8211; Hardly bringing the trucker protest to a swift and peaceful conclusion, Trudeau\u2019s recent invocation of the Emergencies Act has only created more cause for concern [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-unaccountable-federal-government\/\">Canada\u2019s unaccountable federal government<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 11, 2022 &#8211; It has become all too commonplace in Ottawa for governing politicians and federal bureaucrats to purposefully obfuscate and prolong public disclosure of government expenditures [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-fast-and-furious-week-in-ottawa-politics\/\">A fast and furious week in Ottawa politics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 4, 2022 &#8211; It was a fast and furious week in our nation\u2019s capital. With Parliament Hill besieged by the Freedom Convoy protest [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-liberals-sow-seeds-of-division-in-denigrating-freedom-convoy\/\">Trudeau Liberals sow seeds of division in denigrating Freedom Convoy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 28, 2022 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau, in responding to this outpouring of support for the truckers, was quick to dismiss the truckers and their supporters as \u201csmall fringe minority\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/inconvenient-facts-of-the-trudeau-governments-green-agenda\/\">Inconvenient facts of the Trudeau government\u2019s green agenda<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 21, 2022 &#8211; 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 \u201cnet-zero emissions economy\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/an-anxiousness-concerning-pm-justin-trudeau-and-his-divisiveness\/\">An anxiousness concerning PM Justin Trudeau and his divisiveness<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 14, 2022 &#8211; In a <em>Hill Times <\/em>front page story this week EKOS Research pollster Frank Graves mused that Canadians\u2019 view of their prospects entering a new year was \u201cunsurprisingly quite dark\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/time-for-the-federal-government-to-address-canadas-health-care-crisis\/\">Time for the federal government to address Canada\u2019s health care crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 7, 2022 &#8211; The COVID pandemic has exposed a growing crisis in Canada\u2019s public health care system. Although the delivery of health services is a provincial responsibility [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/Parliament_building.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16210\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/Parliament_building.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/Parliament_building-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>News Commentary from 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/three-federal-news-stories-from-the-year-that-was-and-three-predictions-for-the-year-yet-to-be\/\">Three federal news stories from the year that was, and three predictions for the year yet to be<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 31, 2021 &#8211; Michael Kovrig embraces his wife Vina Nadjibulla after arriving at Pearson International Airport in September. The release of Kovrig and Michael Spavor [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/with-its-holiday-deceptions-trudeau-government-is-canadas-grinch\/\">With its holiday deceptions, Trudeau government is Canada\u2019s \u2018Grinch\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 24, 2021 &#8211; We all know the holiday classic \u201cThe Grinch Who Stole Christmas\u201d. The conniving malcontent creature muses in the opening scene [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/minister-freeland-fueling-an-inflation-fire-in-a-house-that-is-burning-down\/\">Minister Freeland fueling an inflation fire in a house that is burning down<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 17, 2021 &#8211; The Trudeau government\u2019s lack of fiscal discipline, spurred on in no small part by Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justinflation-and-chrystia-freelands-wef-agenda-suggest-hard-times-ahead\/\">\u2018Justinflation\u2019 and Chrystia Freeland\u2019s WEF agenda suggest hard times ahead<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 10, 2021 &#8211; Recently released data informs Canadians that \u201cJustinflation\u201d is here for a while \u2013 and a new report this week reveals just how much more financial pain will be [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justinflation-and-its-impact-on-canadians\/\">\u2018Justinflation\u2019 and its impact on Canadians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 3, 2021 &#8211; &nbsp; Recall PM Justin Trudeau\u2019s candid admission on the election campaign hustings, \u201cWhen I think about the biggest, most important economic policy that this government [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-dysfunctional-parliamentary-circus-is-back-at-it\/\">Canada\u2019s dysfunctional parliamentary circus is back at it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 26, 2021 &#8211; Liberal MP Anthony Rota is ceremonially escorted by PM Justin Trudeau and Conservative leader Erin O\u2019Toole to the speaker\u2019s chair after being elected Speaker [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-incredible-costs-of-trudeaus-carbon-taxes\/\">The incredible costs of Trudeau\u2019s carbon taxes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 19, 2021 &#8211;&nbsp;PM Justin Trudeau used his two minutes on the world stage at the United Nations Climate Change Summit (COP26) to urge [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-cost-of-canadas-promises-made-at-the-u-n-climate-change-summit\/\">The cost of Canada\u2019s promises made at the U.N. Climate Change Summit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 12, 2021 &#8211; For two weeks the world has been absorbed with the rhetoric and grand announcements from the planeloads of global elites and environmental experts [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/environment-minister-steven-canadians-must-go-faster-guilbeault\/\">Environment Minister Steven \u201cCanadians must go faster\u201d Guilbeault<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 5, 2021 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau\u2019s selection of Steven Guilbeault as Minister of Environment and Climate Change has sent a clear signal [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-dirty-secrets-of-canadas-green-agenda-that-the-government-would-rather-not-talk-about\/\">The dirty secrets of Canada\u2019s \u2018green\u2019 agenda \u2013 that the government would rather not talk about<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 29, 2021 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau and his Canadian delegation are currently on route to participate in the summit and tout Canada\u2019s many alleged environment achievements [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-relations-with-communist-china-hurt-our-international-reputation\/\">Canada\u2019s relations with Communist China hurt our international reputation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 22, 2021 &#8211; In the past month there have been headlines in Europe about the Communist China government\u2019s extensive, undue influence on Canada [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/ottawa-has-become-a-theatre-of-the-absurd\/\">Ottawa has become a theatre of the absurd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 19, 2021 &#8211; There is really no other way to describe Ottawa these days but as a theatre of the absurd. At centre-stage we have our dramatic PM Justin Trudeau [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-aukus-announcement-and-canada\/\">The \u2018AUKUS\u2019 announcement and Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 15, 2021 &#8211;&nbsp; A significant new global alliance \u2013 involving our country\u2019s traditionally closest allies was announced [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-government-moving-quickly-to-regulate-the-internet\/\">Trudeau government moving quickly to regulate the internet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 8, 2021 &#8211; The Liberal campaign platform contained pledges to act within 100 days of the election [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-things-we-learn-after-the-vote\/\">The things we learn \u2013 after the vote<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 1, 2021 &#8211; It was just days after Canadians voted and, remarkably, three news stories surfaced that shone new light on past clandestine activities of the Trudeau government [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-44th-federal-election-by-the-numbers\/\">Canada\u2019s 44th federal election \u2013 by the numbers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 24, 2021 &#8211; Political pundits referenced titles of popular movies and TV shows in an attempt to make sense of [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/three-factors-to-watch-for-on-election-night\/\">Three factors to watch for on election night<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 17, 2021 &#8211; Justin Trudeau\u2019s \u201cvanity election\u201d is coming to an end. [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeaus-unscripted-responses-reveal-what-to-expect-with-a-renewed-mandate\/\">Trudeau\u2019s unscripted responses reveal what to expect with a renewed mandate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 10, 2021 &#8211; Like all politicians, Justin Trudeau reveals more about what he is thinking when he breaks away from his prepared notes and teleprompter [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-have-been-ill-served-by-justin-trudeaus-pandemic-politics\/\">Canadians have been ill-served by Justin Trudeau\u2019s pandemic politics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 20, 2021 &#8211; In a gushing self-congratulatory press statement released the last week of July, PM Justin Trudeau exclaimed that the federal government\u2019s hard work [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/stephen-harper-reappears-in-cbc-headlines-the-election-is-near\/\">Stephen Harper reappears in CBC headlines \u2013 the election is near<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 6, 2021 &#8211; Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper made CBC headline news regarding a wide-ranging podcast interview he did earlier in July in Texas for an American production [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-is-systematically-dismembering-canada-part-five\/\">Trudeau is systematically dismembering Canada: part five<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 30, 2021 &#8211; In PM Justin Trudeau\u2019s first appearance on the international stage, he blurted out, \u201cWe\u2019re back.\u201d This exclamation was to suggest Canada was [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justin-trudeau-is-systematically-dismembering-canada-part-four\/\">Justin Trudeau is systematically dismembering Canada: part four<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 23, 2021 &#8211; The globalists and environmental activists in the government of Justin Trudeau have been methodically deconstructing Canada\u2019s natural resources sector and [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justin-trudeau-is-systematically-dismembering-canada-part-three\/\">Justin Trudeau is systematically dismembering Canada: part three<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 16, 2021 &#8211; Justin Trudeau\u2019s flagrant disrespect for Parliament and Canada\u2019s parliamentary traditions is purposefully creating a constitutional fog in the country [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justin-trudeau-is-systematically-dismembering-canada-part-two\/\">Justin Trudeau is systematically dismembering Canada: part two<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 9, 2021 &#8211; The Trudeau government\u2019s scandalous record with respect to our country\u2019s courts and rule of law has greatly undermined both the independence and impartiality of the Canadian judiciary [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justin-trudeau-is-systematically-dismembering-canada-part-one\/\">Justin Trudeau is systematically dismembering Canada: part one<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 2, 2021 &#8211; From day one, Justin Trudeau has had designs to evolve Canada into a post-national state. On November 10, 2015, when Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/there-are-no-proud-canadians-in-justin-trudeaus-post-national-state\/\">There are no proud Canadians in Justin Trudeau\u2019s post-national state<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 25, 2021 &#8211; Oh Canada, is there anything left of our country and its history for us to celebrate? Does it not seem that, in reading news headlines, Canadians\u2019 new national sport is self-flagellation? [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/justin-trudeaus-communist-china-gambit\/\">Justin Trudeau\u2019s Communist China gambit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 18, 2021 &#8211; It is increasingly evident that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s Communist China gambit has Canadians paying dearly for his naivety [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-importance-of-canadas-oil-and-gas-industry-part-two\/\">The importance of Canada\u2019s oil and gas industry: part two<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 11, 2021 &#8211; Calgary-based TC Energy Corp announced this week that it is terminating the Keystone XL pipeline project. Gone is the promise of the daily export of 830,000 barrels of Canadian crude [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-importance-of-canadas-oil-and-gas-industry-part-one\/\">The importance of Canada\u2019s oil and gas industry: part one<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 4, 2021 &#8211; This week Statistics Canada reported that the country registered its first quarterly surplus in 13 years as a direct result of surging commodity exports [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-2021-federal-budget-set-to-impact-canadians-for-decades\/\">The 2021 federal budget set to impact Canadians for decades<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 28, 2021 &#8211; In the House of Commons this week MPs debated second reading of Bill C-30, the legislation that will enact the Trudeau government\u2019s 2021 federal budget [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/quebecs-nationalistic-interests-the-tail-wagging-the-dog\/\">Quebec\u2019s nationalistic interests \u2013 the tail wagging the dog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 21, 2021 &#8211; The Province of Quebec\u2019s expressions of self-interests have once again exploded onto the federal political scene. Premier Francois Legault pronounced his intention to rewrite [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-government-is-adrift-and-rudderless\/\">Trudeau government is adrift \u2013 and rudderless<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 14, 2021 &#8211; One cannot look at the news from Ottawa these days without wondering whether our Canadian ship of state is adrift \u2013 and rudderless [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/forget-we-snc-lavalin-and-blackface-trudeaus-most-serious-scandal-to-date\/\">Forget WE, SNC-Lavalin, and Blackface: Trudeau\u2019s most serious scandal to date<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 30, 2021 &#8211; Diane Francis, opinion columnist for the Financial Post, pulled no punches this week when she stated the \u201cpandemic failure is Trudeau\u2019s biggest scandal yet\u201d [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/no-new-funds-for-health-care-amid-health-crisis\/\">No new funds for health care amid health crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 23, 2021 &#8211;&nbsp;This week\u2019s federal budget has been characterized as \u201cthe calling card for \u201cspendoholics\u201d \u2013 a political document that has money for everybody and everything \u2013 except for [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/three-strikes-against-liberals-new-green-plan\/\">Three strikes against Liberals\u2019 new green plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 16, 2021 &#8211; If this were a game of baseball, PM Justin Trudeau would not get to first base with his government\u2019s approach to establishing a responsible \u2013 and sustainable \u2013 environment policy [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-will-get-to-vote-on-the-carbon-tax-part-2\/\">Canadians will get to vote on the carbon tax \u2013 Part 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 9, 2021 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau explains the carbon tax thus: \u201cThe principle is straightforward: a carbon price establishes how much businesses and households need to pay for their pollution [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-will-get-to-vote-on-the-carbon-tax-part-1\/\">Canadians will get to vote on the carbon tax \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 2, 2021 &#8211; The federal government once again hiked the carbon tax on April 1st as per its publicized schedule of annual tax increases. Recall this time last year during the height of the pandemic crisis [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-few-questions-on-transparency-in-advance-of-the-federal-budget\/\">A few questions on transparency in advance of the federal budget<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 26, 2021 &#8211; What caused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do such an abrupt about-face? One week he was stating repeatedly that the government would not deliver a budget in March or April and then [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/its-time-to-discuss-canadas-arctic-policy\/\">It\u2019s time to discuss Canada\u2019s Arctic policy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 19, 2021 &#8211; Decisions about the federal government\u2019s Arctic policy are long overdue. With recent activities in the Arctic by Russia and China, it has become critical that [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-failed-federal-covid-response\/\">The failed federal COVID response<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 12, 2021 &#8211; Canadians commemorated the one year anniversary of the global coronavirus pandemic this week. Monday marked a year since [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/is-the-trudeau-government-the-worst-canadian-government-ever\/\">Is the Trudeau Government \u201cthe worst Canadian government ever?\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 5, 2021 &#8211; To Canadians, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not want an election, yet to his Liberal campaign team he confides \u201cit looks like\u201d there will be a Spring vote [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/mp-baldinelli-liberals-playing-politics-with-gun-legislation\/\">MP Baldinelli: Liberals playing politics with gun legislation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 26, 2021 &#8211; \u201cThe Government\u2019s gun legislation will not reduce gun crimes,\u201d states MP Tony Baldinelli. The Niagara Falls MP is not alone in this frank assessment [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-ties-that-bind-the-trudeau-liberals-to-communist-china\/\">The Ties that Bind the Trudeau Liberals to Communist China<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 19, 2021 &#8211; Canada-China relations dominated the news in the Nation\u2019s Capital this week \u2013 more accurately, Canada\u2019s many questionable dealings with the Chinese Communist Party [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/where-is-chrystia-freelands-priority\/\">Where is Chrystia Freeland\u2019s priority?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 12, 2021 &#8211; In Ottawa she is referred to as the \u201cMinister of Everything.\u201d As Deputy PM, Chrystia Freeland is at the very centre of all policy decisions in the Trudeau Government [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/chrystia-freeland-we-have-a-mandate-to-tax-carbon\/\">Chrystia Freeland: We have a mandate to tax carbon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 5, 2021 &#8211; \u201cOur government has put a price on pollution across the country, a carbon price. We fought the 2019 election on that decision, and we were re-elected [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/mps-trying-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-why-canada-has-no-vaccines\/\">MPs trying to get to the bottom of why Canada has no vaccines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 29, 2021 &#8211; This week marked the one year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case diagnosed in Canada. Through the year, Canada recorded more than 750,000 cases [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/lets-stick-to-the-facts-canada-has-no-vaccines\/\">\u201cLet\u2019s stick to the facts\u2026 Canada has NO vaccines.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 22, 2021 &#8211; Heather Forsyth, former provincial minister in Alberta, summed up the country\u2019s current dire predicament: \u201cLet\u2019s stick to the facts. We are in the middle of a global pandemic [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-immigration-about-to-increase-to-record-level\/\">Canada\u2019s immigration about to increase to record level<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 15, 2021 &#8211; Canada will welcome a record number of immigrants in 2021 \u2013 perhaps the largest number in our country\u2019s history [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/federal-government-proving-to-be-very-taxing\/\">Federal government proving to be very taxing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 8, 2021 &#8211; The Trudeau Liberals\u2019 \u201cbudgets balance themselves\u201d approach to government equates to increased taxes for Canadians. Since first elected in 2015 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-preview-of-pm-trudeaus-2021-federal-election\/\">A preview of PM Trudeau\u2019s 2021 federal election<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 1, 2021 &#8211; In his year-end messages, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau coyly suggested on a number of occasions, \u201cWe might have an election.\u201d Then he quickly adds [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PH_TulipfestParliamentHill01Tower.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16209\" style=\"width:312px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PH_TulipfestParliamentHill01Tower.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PH_TulipfestParliamentHill01Tower-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>News Commentary from 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-canadian-christmas-carol\/\">A Canadian Christmas Carol<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 25, 2020 &#8211; With apologies to Charles Dickins 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 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeaus-zealous-pursuits-deny-canadians-better-health-care\/\">Trudeau\u2019s zealous pursuits deny Canadians better health care<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 22, 2020 &#8211; It is a fact that the Canadian government is the only government in the world to raise taxes during the pandemic. On April 1, as Canadians were coping with [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/2020s-top-ten-news-stories-in-federal-politics-part-2\/\">2020\u2019s Top Ten news stories in federal politics (Part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 18, 2020 &#8211; In no particular order, here are the remaining \u201cTop Ten\u201d federal political stories that mattered the most to Canadians in 2020 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-trudeau-government-and-its-u-n-green-agenda\/\">The Trudeau Government and its (U.N.) green agenda<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 15, 2020 &#8211; At an Ottawa press conference on Friday, PM Justin Trudeau unveiled more of the government\u2019s green agenda by providing details of a schedule of carbon tax hikes [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/2020s-top-ten-news-stories-in-federal-politics-part-1\/\">2020\u2019s top ten news stories in federal politics \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 11, 2020 &#8211; The House of Commons will rise this week for the MPs\u2019 holiday recess. This is an appropriate time to look back at what was an extraordinary year [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-trudeau-governments-extraordinary-christmas-present\/\">The Trudeau Government\u2019s extraordinary Christmas present<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 4, 2020 &#8211; On Monday, Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented Canadians with a Christmas present, the Government\u2019s economic statement [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeaus-environmental-agenda-repeated-promises-and-plans-of-plans\/\">Trudeau\u2019s Environmental Agenda: repeated promises and plans of plans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 27, 2020 &#8211; This week it was reported that PM Justin Trudeau was fooled by a prank caller pretending to be Greta Thunberg [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/pm-trudeau-implementing-the-great-reset-in-canada\/\">PM Trudeau Implementing \u201cThe Great Reset\u201d In Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 20, 2020 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau has now openly referred to his federal government\u2019s post-COVID-19 economic policies as complying with \u201cThe Great Reset\u201d [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadian-pm-and-u-s-president-elect-ready-to-build-back-better-together\/\">Canadian PM and U.S. president-elect ready to \u201cbuild back better\u201d together<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 13, 2020 &#8211; The final votes in the U.S. election have yet to be re-counted and a globalists\u2019 green agenda has been vaulted to priority status by president-elect Joe Biden [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/pm-trudeau-has-us-questioning-what-constitutes-free-speech\/\">PM Trudeau has us questioning what constitutes \u201cfree speech\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 10, 2020 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau\u2019s recent garble on the issue of free speech would have gone unnoticed had it not been for his public shaming by Quebec Premier Francois Legault [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/marvel-and-shock\/\">Marvel and shock<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 6, 2020 &#8211; For months Canadians have had an insatiable fascination with the United States election. Canucks have been mesmerized by the political slugfest and media circus [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/revealing-national-covid-19-statistics\/\">Revealing national COVID-19 statistics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 30, 2020 &#8211; Canada\u2019s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam released the annual report of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) this week providing statistics on fatalities [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/it-is-time-for-canadians-to-take-stock-of-the-countrys-fiscal-mess\/\">It is time for Canadians to take stock of the country\u2019s fiscal mess<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 23, 2020 &#8211; Though no date has been announced, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is to provide Canadians with a fall economic update in the coming weeks [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/pm-trudeau-continues-to-dodge-the-we-scandal-but-for-how-long\/\">PM Trudeau continues to dodge the WE scandal \u2013 but for how long?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 16, 2020 &#8211; In the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie Catch Me If You Can, the lead character Frank, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, successfully performs a string of cons worth millions of dollars [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/federal-government-will-need-to-introduce-a-list-of-new-tax-measures\/\">Federal Government will need to introduce a list of new tax measures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 9, 2020 &#8211; Next week the Trudeau Government will set a record for having gone the longest in Canadian Parliamentary history without presenting a federal budget [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadian-prairie-provinces-future-prosperity-put-on-track-with-a2a-rail\/\">Canadian prairie provinces\u2019 future prosperity put on track with A2A rail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 2, 2020 &#8211; One week after the Trudeau Government\u2019s Throne Speech ignored the economic distress of the oil and gas (and agriculture) industries of western Canada [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-is-prepared-to-give-everything-to-everyone-except-the-dollars-needed-for-health-care\/\">Trudeau is prepared to give everything to everyone (except the dollars needed for health care)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 25, 2020 &#8211; Wednesday, with pomp and ceremony, Governor General Julie Payette presented the Trudeau Government\u2019s Speech from the Throne. The GG took 55 minutes to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-primer-on-the-trudeau-liberals-green-energy-plan\/\">A primer on the Trudeau Liberals\u2019 Green Energy Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 18, 2020 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau and a cadre of his senior ministers have not missed an opportunity in the past three months to forecast the launch of the Liberals\u2019 Green Energy Plan [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/what-is-to-become-of-the-unanswered-questions\/\">What is to become of the unanswered questions?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 11, 2020 &#8211; Proroguing Parliament was a diversionary political tactic to turn the page on a scandal-laden script that had Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government on the defense [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-consequential-fiscal-facts-on-canadas-economy\/\">The consequential fiscal facts on Canada\u2019s economy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 4, 2020 &#8211; In a CBC interview this week, PM Justin Trudeau said, \u201cWe are asking Canadians to embark on an entirely different direction as a government [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-and-freeland-moving-canada-towards-full-blown-socialism\/\">Trudeau and Freeland \u201cMoving Canada towards full-blown Socialism\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 28, 2020 &#8211; PM Justin Trudeau has revealed to Canadians that when the shuttered Parliament reopens on September 23 his government will deliver a Throne Speech [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-pivotal-week-for-the-trudeau-liberals-green-agenda\/\">A Pivotal Week for the Trudeau Liberals\u2019 Green Agenda<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 21, 2020 &#8211; Canada\u2019s drama-teacher-turned-Prime-Minister provided plenty of theatrics this week by first switching Finance Ministers and then bringing the curtain down on Parliament [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-trudeau-governments-horrible-week-of-scandalous-stories\/\">The Trudeau Government\u2019s horrible week of scandalous stories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 14, 2020 &#8211; Though he was hiding away at an undisclosed summer holiday rental on Georgian Bay, this week proved particularly bad for PM Justin Trudeau as a steady stream of stories emerged [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/morneau-will-leave-an-unenviable-record-as-finance-minister\/\">Morneau will leave an unenviable record as Finance Minister<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 7, 2020 &#8211; If rumours come to be true, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau will soon fall on his sword as the fall-guy for the Prime Minister and his Liberal insiders [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/george-soros-casts-a-long-shadow-across-canada-part-4\/\">George Soros casts a long shadow across Canada (Part 4)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 31, 2020 &#8211; You could be a roughneck 100 kms outside of Fort McMurray, a Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Nation member employed by Coastal GasLink, or even a backbench Liberal MP [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/george-soros-and-his-canadian-chess-game-part-3\/\">George Soros and his Canadian Chess Game (Part 3)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 24, 2020 &#8211; The United Nations (U.N.) representative of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea made news headlines last August when he critically assessed the actions of George Soros [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-core-beliefs-and-aspirations-of-george-soros-part-2\/\">The core beliefs and aspirations of George Soros (Part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 17, 2020 &#8211; What are George Soros\u2019 core philosophical beliefs; what are the man\u2019s mental constructs that motivate and drive him? What is Soros\u2019 view of the world and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/introducing-george-soros-part-1\/\">Introducing George Soros (Part 1)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 10, 2020 &#8211; Who exactly is George Soros? Is he a billionaire investor and philanthropist or a Machiavellian globalist bent on creating discord? [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-staggering-costs-of-the-governments-response-to-the-pandemic\/\">The staggering costs of the Government\u2019s response to the pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 3, 2020 &#8211; It has been referred to as Canadians\u2019 \u201csecond war\u201d \u2013 what will be our collective efforts to survive the ensuing national economic crisis brought about by government\u2019s response [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/lament-for-what-once-was-a-nation\/\">Lament for (what once was) a Nation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 26, 2020 &#8211; Back in October 2015, the newly-elected Justin Trudeau\u2019s seemingly obtuse comments on the country he was about to lead are now understood as a foreshadowing of his debasement [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadas-shuttered-parliament-and-the-challenge-to-our-democracy\/\">Canada\u2019s Shuttered Parliament and the Challenge to Our Democracy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 19, 2020 &#8211; Canada\u2019s federal Parliament has sat for a mere 40 days in almost 12 months. This week MPs suspended the House of Commons and they will not be back in Ottawa [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/foreign-investments-prompt-concerns-for-national-security\/\">Foreign investments prompt concerns for national security<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 12, 2020 &#8211; In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and as Canadians brace for the impending economic crisis, concerns about Canadian companies being sold to foreign investors [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeaus-coveted-united-nations-security-council-seat\/\">Trudeau\u2019s Coveted United Nations Security Council Seat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 5, 2020 &#8211; On June 21st we will know whether \u201cCanada is back\u201d sitting in one of the two available seats at the United Nations Security Council table [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/butts-is-back-to-have-canada-build-back-better-part-2\/\">Butts is Back to Have Canada \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d (Part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 29, 2020 &#8211; Gerald Butts has resurfaced in Ottawa as a member of the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery. This is a group that has tasked itself to review the Resilient Recovery Framework document [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/butts-is-back-to-help-shape-the-liberal-governments-green-policies-part-1\/\">Butts is Back to Help Shape the Liberal Government\u2019s Green Policies (Part 1)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 22, 2020 &#8211; The understated announcement of the \u201cTask Force for a Resilient Recovery\u201d went largely undetected by national media and political pundits [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/optimistically-canadians-will-have-a-252-billion-deficit-this-year-and-more-than-1-trillion-debt\/\">Optimistically Canadians will have a $252 Billion deficit this year and more Than $1 Trillion debt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 15, 2020 &#8211; A budget deficit of $252 billion this year and a national debt of more than $1 trillion? But then, who is counting? [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-spotlight-on-canada-china-relations-part-3\/\">A Spotlight on Canada-China Relations (Part 3)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 8, 2020 &#8211; In responding to the unfolding crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the glare of the spotlight on Canada-China relations has illuminated the Liberal Party\u2019s affairs [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-spotlight-on-canada-china-relations-part-2\/\">A Spotlight on Canada-China Relations (Part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 1, 2020 &#8211; The last column explored three current irritants in Canada-China diplomacy: the prolonged captivity of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-spotlight-on-canada-china-relations-part-1\/\">A Spotlight on Canada-China Relations (Part 1)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 24, 2020 &#8211; First came the open letter to the world signed by more than one hundred senior political figures and China experts describing the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) subversive role [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/mounting-condemnation-for-ccp-misleading-the-world-on-coronavirus\/\">Mounting Condemnation for CCP Misleading the World on Coronavirus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 17, 2020 &#8211; Canadian lawyer Irwin Cotler was at the centre of this week\u2019s international media maelstrom that openly criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-will-need-to-brace-for-the-second-war\/\">Canadians Will Need to Brace for the \u201cSecond War\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 10, 2020 &#8211; In one of his daily addresses to the Nation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to questions about the country\u2019s economic well being by stating that his government had [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/in-the-middle-of-canadas-coronavirus-crisis-a-carbon-tax-hike\/\">In the middle of Canada\u2019s coronavirus crisis \u2013 a carbon tax hike?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 3, 2020 &#8211; This week the federal government raised its carbon tax 50 percent on gas prices and home fuel. Imposing this tax increase at a time when Canadians are facing [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-machiavellian-power-grab-defeated\/\">Liberal\u2019s Machiavellian Power Grab \u201cDefeated\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 27, 2020 &#8211; Partisan politics at any time is ugly, but during a national crisis partisan politics can be detestable. With the Liberal Government\u2019s attempted end-run around Parliament this week [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/kudos-for-the-federal-governments-87-billion-relief-package\/\">Kudos for the Federal Government\u2019s $87 Billion Relief Package<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 20, 2020 &#8211; Canadians had been hearing for days from their political leaders, \u201cwe have your back,\u201d \u201cwe\u2019re all in this together,\u201d and \u201cnobody will be left behind.\u201d Then on Wednesday [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/213-billion-of-canadian-resource-projects-lost\/\">$213 Billion of Canadian Resource Projects Lost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 12, 2020 &#8211; Our history documents that Canada was founded on the development of its natural resources. Canadians today enjoy their standard of living as a direct result of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/father-and-son-trudeau-and-canada-then-and-now\/\">Father and Son Trudeau, and Canada Then and Now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 6, 2020 &nbsp;&#8211; Former Timiskaming MP John MacDougall remembers the overwhelming feeling of relief on February 29, 1984, the day when PM Trudeau took his walk in the snow [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/whither-canada-a-true-north-strong-and-free\/\">Whither Canada, a True North Strong and Free?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 28, 2020 &#8211; &nbsp;\u201cThis is a serious existential crisis for this country.\u201d Harrie Vredenburg, Professor of Global Energy at the University of Calgary\u2019s School of Business, assesses [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeau-liberals-undermine-canadas-independent-judiciary-again\/\">Trudeau Liberals Undermine Canada\u2019s Independent Judiciary (Again)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 21, 2020 &#8211; St Catharines MP Chris Bittle was one of a handful of Liberal backbenchers caught feeding names into the Justice Minister\u2019s office [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/trudeaus-cabinet-is-dancing-around-approval-of-albertas-teck-frontier-project\/\">Trudeau\u2019s cabinet is dancing around approval of Alberta\u2019s Teck Frontier project<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 14, 2020 &#8211; In the last few weeks the federal government has stepped into a lively tango with Albertans over the fate of the natural resource development project Teck Frontier [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/federal-government-continues-corporate-welfare-spending-spree\/\">Federal Government continues corporate welfare spending spree<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 7, 2020 &#8211; Many Canadians feel the federal government should not be in the business of doling out corporate welfare cheques. From an economic standpoint, it is most often money down the drain [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/why-obfuscate-the-facts-about-the-wuhan-coronavirus\/\">Why obfuscate the facts about the Wuhan Coronavirus?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 31, 2020 &#8211; During Parliament\u2019s first week back to business, Canadian news media were not focused on the MPs\u2019 theatre, but rather on the breaking international story of a spreading [\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-sinking-in-a-quagmire-of-debt\/\">Canadians Sinking In a Quagmire of Debt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 24, 2020 &#8211; Delivering continuous deficit budgets is like spinning your wheels in mud; it\u2019s inevitable that you will eventually get stuck [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/brace-yourself-its-going-to-be-a-very-taxing-winter\/\">Brace yourself. It\u2019s Going to Be a Very Taxing Winter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 17, 2020 &#8211; Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau forewarned Canadians this week about the Liberals\u2019 first budget of this minority Parliament. 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Canada\u2019s 43rd general election results have not disappointed [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/progressives-vs-traditionalists-checklist-on-economic-issues\/\">Progressives vs. Traditionalists Checklist on Economic Issues<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 18, 2019 &#8211; As Canadians brace themselves for Monday\u2019s vote results, we have learned a great deal about ourselves through this federal election campaign [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/what-of-canadas-economic-future\/\">What of Canada\u2019s Economic Future?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 11, 2019 &#8211; It remains to be seen whether the country\u2019s economy and pocketbook issues will be the determining ballot box question this election. Judging from the little attention [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/nonsense-in-our-politics-of-climate-change\/\">Nonsense in Our Politics of Climate Change<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 4, 2019 &#8211; Climate change (a.k.a. global warming) is one of the key issues on the federal campaign trail \u2014 and three of the major parties are posturing to frame it as the 2019 ballot box question [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-election-topic-no-leader-wants-to-discuss\/\">The election topic no Leader wants to discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 27, 2019 &#8211; Can any discussion about immigration and refugees take place in Canada today without the person who raises the topic being labelled a racist, bigoted, white-privileged, or [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-embarrassment-that-is-justin-trudeau-the-2019-liberals-who-offer-excuses-and-canadas-biased-media\/\">The Embarrassment that is Justin Trudeau, the 2019 Liberals Who Offer Excuses, and Canada\u2019s Biased Media<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 20, 2019 &#8211;  American publication Time Magazine first broke the story with a shocking photo of Justin Trudeau in blackface wearing a turban, with one of his hands placed across a woman\u2019s chest [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/are-justin-trudeau-and-his-pmo-insiders-above-the-law\/\">Are Justin Trudeau and His PMO Insiders Above the Law?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 13, 2019 &#8211; The dark clouds of the SNC-Lavalin scandal rolled in once again, the day the Prime Minister officially called the federal election [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/a-labour-day-election-campaign-snapshot\/\">A Labour Day Election Campaign Snapshot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 6, 2019 &#8211; On the eve of the call of the Canadian federal election, here is a snapshot of polling numbers and trends on voter intention [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-campaigning-without-mention-of-pm-justin-trudeau\/\">Liberals campaigning without mention of PM Justin Trudeau<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 30, 2019 &nbsp;&#8211; In 2015 the Liberals successful election campaign was energized with the images of Justin Trudeau. Indeed, many unknown Liberal candidates rode the Leaders\u2019 popularity [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/theres-much-to-be-concerned-about-with-canadian-media\/\">There\u2019s Much to be Concerned About with Canadian Media<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 23, 2019 &#8211; Can Canadians trust their media regarding its coverage of national politics? Based on a string of events over the past few months this is a legitimate and worrying question [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/prime-minister-attempting-to-defuse-ethic-commissioners-findings\/\">Prime Minister Attempting to Defuse Ethic Commissioner\u2019s Findings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 16, 2019 &#8211; It was an explosive spectacle this week when Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion made public his findings on the conduct of the Prime Minister and his Office [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/will-the-increased-tax-burden-become-a-ballot-box-question\/\">Will the Increased Tax Burden Become A Ballot Box Question?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 9, 2019 &#8211;&nbsp;The Fraser Institute published its annual tax study recently and it shows the tax burden on Canadians has risen again through the past year [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-return-of-gerald-butts-and-the-question-for-canadian-voters\/\">The return of Gerald Butts and the question for Canadian voters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 2, 2019 &#8211; As surmised in the February 22, 2019 Niagara Independent column, \u201cThere\u2019s much more to this Gerald Butts story.\u201d And it now appears [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/liberals-casting-the-conservative-voters-as-the-uneducated\/\">Liberals Casting the Conservative Voters as \u201cthe Uneducated\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 12, 2019 &#8211; Perhaps this news item did not register beyond Ottawa\u2019s political corridors and the national press corps, but to those in the epicenter of national politics [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/election-campaign-snapshot\/\">Election Campaign Snapshot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 5, 2019 &#8211; Over the next three and a half months leading up to the election, this column will periodically review the polling numbers and voter intention trends by way of a snapshot [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/closing-down-canadas-oil-and-gas-industries-part-2-of-2\/\">Closing Down Canada\u2019s Oil and Gas Industries (Part 2 of 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 28, 2019 &#8211; The Liberal Government has passed Bill C-69, which revamps the federal environmental assessment process for major resource projects, and Bill C-48, which places a moratorium [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/closing-down-canadas-oil-and-gas-industries-part-1-of-2\/\">Closing Down Canada\u2019s Oil and Gas Industries (Part 1 of 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 25, 2019 &#8211; In the dying days of this 42nd Parliament of Canada, the Trudeau Government has passed two major pieces of legislation that could possibly sound the death knell for [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/parting-comments-from-mp-rob-nicholson-part-2\/\">Parting Comments from MP Rob Nicholson (Part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 21, 2019 &#8211; Niagara Falls MP Rob Nicholson will not seek reelection in October.&nbsp; Having recently announced he will not seek re-election this October [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/parting-comments-from-mp-rob-nicholson\/\">Parting Comments from MP Rob Nicholson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 14, 2019 &#8211; Rob Nicholson is the longest serving MP in the Conservative caucus, having first been elected 35 years ago in the 1984 federal election [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-mmiwg-final-report-and-the-impact-of-the-g-word\/\">The MMIWG Final Report and the Impact of the \u201cG\u201d Word<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 7, 2019 &#8211; The final report of the National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) was made public this week [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-mckenna-twitter-moment\/\">The McKenna Twitter Moment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 31, 2019  &#8211; Catherine McKenna, Canada\u2019s Environment and Climate Change Minister, had a Twitter moment this week. She tweeted out a candid video of herself \u2013 then deleted it [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/funding-news-agencies-censoring-social-media-and-re-electing-the-trudeau-government\/\">Funding news agencies, censoring social media and re-electing the Trudeau Government<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 24, 2019 &#8211; What will \u201cfreedom of the press\u201d mean in his country if two media-related initiatives recently announcement by the Trudeau government be implemented? [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/what-the-norman-scandal-means-for-canadas-justice-system\/\">What the Norman Scandal Means for Canada\u2019s Justice System<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 17, 2019 &#8211; Now what? For years Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was stuck in a legal quagmire that sullied his reputation, dishonouring his career and character [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/normans-trial-now-shifts-to-court-of-public-opinion\/\">Norman\u2019s Trial Now Shifts to Court of Public Opinion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 10, 2019 &nbsp;&#8211; The headlines were damaging to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Government: \u201cNorman case collapses\u201d and \u201cMark Norman\u2019s Vindication\u201d [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-possible-greening-of-canada\/\">The Possible Greening of Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 3, 2019 &#8211; Having just walked down the aisle a week prior, newlywed Elizabeth May reentered the House of Commons this week with a new spring in her step [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/whither-the-canadian-middle-class\/\">Whither the Canadian Middle Class?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 26, 2019 &#8211; It is a group that politicians like to promote as the focus of their attention, the targeted benefactors of their support initiatives. 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This tax is scheduled to increase [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-other-woman-jane-philpott\/\">The Other Woman \u2013 Jane Philpott<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 5, 2019 &#8211; She was argumentatively the most able of all Trudeau cabinet ministers. Yet the remarkable drama that unfolded between the Prime Minister and his former Attorney General [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-tale-of-two-regions-our-canadian-paradox\/\">The Tale of Two Regions \u2013 Our Canadian Paradox<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 29, 2019 &#8211; Last week, the Government of Quebec heralded a budget with a $2.5 billion surplus and featuring increased spending in health care and education. 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For Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) staff this past week probably felt like an eternity [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/on-working-canadians-and-their-taxes\/\">On Working Canadians and Their Taxes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 8, 2019 &#8211; Here is an excerpt from Ottawa\u2019s Hansard, an official verbatim record of what was said in the House of Commons on Tuesday, February 5th. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/opening-salvos-of-the-leaders-campaign-rhetoric\/\">Opening Salvos of the Leaders\u2019 Campaign Rhetoric<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 1, 2019 &#8211; This week MPs returned to Ottawa and to the last Parliamentary Session before the fall federal election. 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(Part 1 of 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 7, 2018 &#8211; The longer title to the \u201cUN Global Compact\u201d document is the United Nations Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-fall-economic-statement-an-inadequate-response\/\">The Fall Economic Statement: \u201cAn Inadequate Response\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 30, 2018 &#8211; For months leading up to the Liberals\u2019 fall economic statement, Finance Minister Bill Morneau indicated his statement would respond to the recent U.S. corporate tax cuts [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-fall-economic-statement-increased-spending-deficits-mounting-debt\/\">The Fall Economic Statement: Increased Spending. Deficits. Mounting Debt.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 23, 2018 &#8211; In his fall economic statement, federal finance minister Bill Morneau mused: \u201cWe could have ignored the concerns of business leaders [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/deja-vu-in-ottawa-is-pm-trudeaus-bill-c-69-his-fathers-nep\/\">Deja Vu in Ottawa: Is PM Trudeau\u2019s Bill C-69 His Father\u2019s NEP?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 16, 2018 &#8211; Parliament Hill is seized with pipeline politics. Our country\u2019s oil and gas sector is pitted against Ottawa\u2019s bureaucracy [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadians-are-adrift-on-a-sea-of-debt-part-2-of-2\/\">Canadians are Adrift on a Sea of Debt (Part 2 of 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 9, 2018 &#8211; Recent government announcements and news reports have provided Canadians with an accounting of how much our Canadian governments are in debt [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/serious-challenges-as-canadians-are-adrift-on-a-sea-of-debt-part-1-of-2\/\">Serious Challenges as Canadians are Adrift on a Sea of Debt (Part 1 of 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 2, 2018 &#8211; Interest rates are rising and many Canadians will begin to feel the pain. Last week the Bank of Canada hiked its key lending rate and major lending institutions followed suit [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/legalization-of-marijuana-leaves-canadians-in-a-haze\/\">Legalization of Marijuana Leaves Canadians in a Haze<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 19, 2018 &#8211; As of Wednesday this week, Canadians can possess and share up to 30&nbsp;grams of legal cannabis. We can legally buy it and we can grow up to four pot plants [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-trade-deal-from-americas-perspective-is-a-win\/\">The Trade Deal from America\u2019s Perspective is: \u201cA Win\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 5, 2018 &#8211; Tuesday morning the CBC ran a headline story: \u201c\u2019Yay!\u2019: How the Canadians won the argument that opened the door to a NAFTA deal\u201d [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/canadian-government-must-address-impact-of-u-s-tax-cuts\/\">Canadian Government Must Address Impact of U.S. Tax Cuts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 28, 2018 &#8211; In December, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a tax plan that effectively cuts America\u2019s top corporate tax rate from 35 per cent to 20 per cent and [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/the-startling-opening-day-of-the-fall-session-of-parliament\/\">The Startling Opening Day of the Fall Session of Parliament<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 21, 2018  &#8211; Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill MP Leona Alleslev surprised everyone on the first day of the Fall Session of Parliament [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/2019-election-rhetoric-from-this-weeks-national-caucus-meetings\/\">2019 Election Rhetoric from this week\u2019s National Caucus Meetings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 14, 2018 &nbsp;&#8211; This week, the Liberal Caucus met in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan while the NDP Caucus hunkered down in Surrey BC. 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Members of Parliament were shocked. [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/thursdays-vote-was-an-affront-to-canadian-parliamentary-tradition\/\">Thursday\u2019s vote was an affront to Canadian parliamentary tradition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 15, 2018&nbsp; &#8211; The rights of parliamentarians to oversee government spending dates back to 1215 and the signing of the Magna Carta. Since that agreement [&#8230;] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/for-mps-the-steady-march-to-the-2019-federal-election-begins-this-summer\/\">For MPs, the Steady March to the 2019 Federal Election Begins this Summer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 8, 2018&nbsp; &#8211; There are only two weeks left in the House of Commons calendar before Members of Parliament break for their summer recess [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PARL_building-54872_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16204\" style=\"width:296px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PARL_building-54872_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PARL_building-54872_960_720-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000\/01\/PARL_building-54872_960_720-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>SOURCE:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Niagara Independent<\/em><\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/author\/chris-georgeni18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris George Index Page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the spring of 2018, Chris George has written a weekly news column on Canadian politics for the Niagara Independent. 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