Chrystia Freeland
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I’m no fan of Justin Trudeau. Just thought I’d get that out so as not to confuse anybody…but I’m also no fan of Chrystia Freeland. She hitched her wagon to Justin Trudeau, as the good little shrewish henchmen/person/gnome she is.
Yes, she did finally resign, & did it in a dramatically understated/over the top timed manner…three days after, for all intents and purposes, Trudeau fired her, ‘cuz it’s 2015-ish & ultimately to a feminist like Trudeau, women are disposable when they’ve served their usefulness.
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I’ve mentioned it elsewhere on the forum within the last day or so that, I will not forget and neither should anyone else that can legally vote in Canada….Freeland having the distinction of being the first politician cited by Twitter or X or whatever it’s called now….For manipulated media. She broke the glass ceiling on that one.
Nor should anybody forget the utter glee (I would almost say bordering on orgasmic) from Freeland during the Ottawa parking crisis, when she was able to announce the use of FINTRAC & the freezing of people‘s bank accounts, because they didn’t tow the Trudeau line.
Only a week ago she was walking the walk & talking the talk, willing to throw the entire nation of Canada under the bus….”Mister Speeeeeaker….let me be peeerfecty clear…” & then out would come condescending bullshit…& this 60.9 BILLION Dollar deficit didn’t happen this week….It’s LAST YEARS deficit, & she knew all about it. It happened under her watch & she said nothing.
Friday Trudeau threw her under the bus, as he does, & only after that did Freeland find the courage and morality to distance herself from Trudeau screwing us all? That doesn’t make her a hero in my books.
EVERY Liberal, & for the last couple of years EVERY NDP MP is complicit in keeping Trudeau in power, & I won’t forget that regardless of who runs each party in the future. Every last current MP from the Liberal/NDP’s & the NDP/Liberal’s are just as guilty as any other in this fiasco.
Yes, she did finally resign, & did it in a dramatically understated/over the top timed manner…three days after, for all intents and purposes, Trudeau fired her, ‘cuz it’s 2015-ish & ultimately to a feminist like Trudeau, women are disposable when they’ve served their usefulness.
John Robson: Stop congratulating Freeland for being fired — National Post
Read harder. She didn't jump, she was pushed
I’ve mentioned it elsewhere on the forum within the last day or so that, I will not forget and neither should anyone else that can legally vote in Canada….Freeland having the distinction of being the first politician cited by Twitter or X or whatever it’s called now….For manipulated media. She broke the glass ceiling on that one.
Nor should anybody forget the utter glee (I would almost say bordering on orgasmic) from Freeland during the Ottawa parking crisis, when she was able to announce the use of FINTRAC & the freezing of people‘s bank accounts, because they didn’t tow the Trudeau line.
Only a week ago she was walking the walk & talking the talk, willing to throw the entire nation of Canada under the bus….”Mister Speeeeeaker….let me be peeerfecty clear…” & then out would come condescending bullshit…& this 60.9 BILLION Dollar deficit didn’t happen this week….It’s LAST YEARS deficit, & she knew all about it. It happened under her watch & she said nothing.
Friday Trudeau threw her under the bus, as he does, & only after that did Freeland find the courage and morality to distance herself from Trudeau screwing us all? That doesn’t make her a hero in my books.
EVERY Liberal, & for the last couple of years EVERY NDP MP is complicit in keeping Trudeau in power, & I won’t forget that regardless of who runs each party in the future. Every last current MP from the Liberal/NDP’s & the NDP/Liberal’s are just as guilty as any other in this fiasco.
Chrystia Freeland opens her Liberal leadership push
There can be no other rational explanation for why the former finance minister is sticking around. None.
Author of the article:Warren Kinsella
Published Dec 16, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Chrystia Freeland, Liberal leadership candidate.
There can be no other rational explanation for why the former finance minister is sticking around. None. Having fired a rocket directly at Justin Trudeau first thing Monday morning, she has now cleared the way for a run at the Liberal Party leadership.
And, make no mistake, she fired that rocket right at Trudeau’s credibility, and left his claims to be a “feminist” and a prudent administrator in tatters.
Wrote Freeland: “Our country today faces a grave challenge. The incoming administration in the United States is pursuing a policy of aggressive economic nationalism, including a threat of 25 per cent tariffs. We need to take that threat extremely seriously.
“That means keeping our fiscal powder dry today, so we have the reserves we may need for a coming tariff war. That means eschewing costly political gimmicks, which we can ill-afford and which make Canadians doubt that we recognize the gravity of the moment …That means working in good faith and humility with the Premiers of the provinces and territories of our great and diverse country, and building a true Team Canada response.”
“Costly political gimmicks!” Them’s fighting’ words, folks.
Freeland hit a bullseye, too. The markets dropped after her announcement — and, more critically, her planned lockup for reporters to go through the Fall Economic Statement was delayed, likely permanently.
Now, if Mark Carney joins Trudeau’s cabinet, it will be analogous not just to jumping on the deck of the Titanic — it will be like jumping onto a Titanic whose deck is ablaze, and which has a bubonic plague outbreak, too.
In official Ottawa, the most important part of any letter is the second-to-last line. Here’s what it is in Freeland’s declaration of war on Trudeau and his cabal: “I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues as a Liberal Member of Parliament, and I am committed to running again for my seat in Toronto in the next federal election.”
When Finance Minister John Turner broke with Pierre Trudeau, he left Ottawa and returned to a top-rung Bay Street law firm (where I was, full disclosure, a partner). He returned to run for the Liberal leadership in 1984, but his days away had made him rusty. He was prime minister for just 79 days.
So, when Paul Martin left, he stuck around, as Freeland plans to do — and plotted more or less openly against Jean Chretien. He won the leadership and became prime minister for the next three years.
Freeland is a woman and a Westerner. She is bilingual. She has been a journalist, and has held every major position in the federal government. While she will be tagged with many of the Trudeau government’s least-popular policies, she will also be campaigning more or less from the outside, now with some credibility. And, in the House of Commons, she will every day be a painful visual reminder of the failure of Trudeau’s government — and his “feminism.”
In the past week, Chrystia Freeland had been meeting with very senior Liberals to discuss her options. The advice, overwhelmingly, was to push back. Stop letting Trudeau humiliate you in public, they said. Quit. She has now done just that.
This is a government falling apart before our eyes, folks. If he had any sense, any self-awareness, Justin Trudeau would know that he has to go, too.
Somewhere, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are smiling. And nodding their heads.
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There can be no other rational explanation for why the former finance minister is sticking around. None.
Author of the article:Warren Kinsella
Published Dec 16, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Chrystia Freeland, Liberal leadership candidate.
There can be no other rational explanation for why the former finance minister is sticking around. None. Having fired a rocket directly at Justin Trudeau first thing Monday morning, she has now cleared the way for a run at the Liberal Party leadership.
And, make no mistake, she fired that rocket right at Trudeau’s credibility, and left his claims to be a “feminist” and a prudent administrator in tatters.
Wrote Freeland: “Our country today faces a grave challenge. The incoming administration in the United States is pursuing a policy of aggressive economic nationalism, including a threat of 25 per cent tariffs. We need to take that threat extremely seriously.
“That means keeping our fiscal powder dry today, so we have the reserves we may need for a coming tariff war. That means eschewing costly political gimmicks, which we can ill-afford and which make Canadians doubt that we recognize the gravity of the moment …That means working in good faith and humility with the Premiers of the provinces and territories of our great and diverse country, and building a true Team Canada response.”
“Costly political gimmicks!” Them’s fighting’ words, folks.
Freeland hit a bullseye, too. The markets dropped after her announcement — and, more critically, her planned lockup for reporters to go through the Fall Economic Statement was delayed, likely permanently.
Now, if Mark Carney joins Trudeau’s cabinet, it will be analogous not just to jumping on the deck of the Titanic — it will be like jumping onto a Titanic whose deck is ablaze, and which has a bubonic plague outbreak, too.
In official Ottawa, the most important part of any letter is the second-to-last line. Here’s what it is in Freeland’s declaration of war on Trudeau and his cabal: “I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues as a Liberal Member of Parliament, and I am committed to running again for my seat in Toronto in the next federal election.”
When Finance Minister John Turner broke with Pierre Trudeau, he left Ottawa and returned to a top-rung Bay Street law firm (where I was, full disclosure, a partner). He returned to run for the Liberal leadership in 1984, but his days away had made him rusty. He was prime minister for just 79 days.
So, when Paul Martin left, he stuck around, as Freeland plans to do — and plotted more or less openly against Jean Chretien. He won the leadership and became prime minister for the next three years.
Freeland is a woman and a Westerner. She is bilingual. She has been a journalist, and has held every major position in the federal government. While she will be tagged with many of the Trudeau government’s least-popular policies, she will also be campaigning more or less from the outside, now with some credibility. And, in the House of Commons, she will every day be a painful visual reminder of the failure of Trudeau’s government — and his “feminism.”
In the past week, Chrystia Freeland had been meeting with very senior Liberals to discuss her options. The advice, overwhelmingly, was to push back. Stop letting Trudeau humiliate you in public, they said. Quit. She has now done just that.
This is a government falling apart before our eyes, folks. If he had any sense, any self-awareness, Justin Trudeau would know that he has to go, too.
Somewhere, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are smiling. And nodding their heads.
KINSELLA: Chrystia Freeland opens her Liberal leadership push
Having fired a rocket directly at Justin Trudeau first thing Monday, she has now cleared the way for a run at the Liberal Party leadership.
I have to laugh at the news commentators acting surprised about this. They've been musing about the friction and her being replaced for at least a few weeks.
At Trudeau’s situation perhaps, but not in solidarity with Freeland, who isn’t in the same league as either women. Freeland will carry the Trudeau stank with her forever, & intends to stick around, as she confirmed in her letter she would be staying in the Liberal caucus and seek re-election.
Jamie Sarkonak: Chrystia Freeland is no martyr for women — National Post
The same goes for Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould
'She is an intellectual heavyweight': Liberal MP calls for Chrystia Freeland to run for party leadership — National Post
P.E.I. MP Sean Casey reiterated his call for Trudeau to step down as Liberal leader and praised Freeland, who was deputy PM and finance minister until she quit this week
Anyone associated with Trudeau — including Freeland, who until Monday was widely perceived as Trudeau’s second-in-command — has been tainted by their association with the prime minister.
EDITORIAL: No Liberal saviour in the wings — Toronto Sun
Liberal cabinet ministers and MPs have yet to accept the inescapable reality that no one is coming to save them. Even if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decides to resign, there is no Liberal saviour waiting in the wings to revive their political fortunes. A Nanos Research/CTV News poll of 1,010...
John Robson: Stop congratulating Freeland for being fired — National Post
Read harder. She didn't jump, she was pushed
Freeland has been at odds with Trudeau for weeks….not months or years….she is no hero or saviour, & is the same as Trudeau.
Then, from the outside looking in at our homegrown clown show.
So are you saying people can't be different than their grandparents, or great grandparents, etc?
"Don Jr is as evil as Fred Trump". She'd agree to that in a heartbeat.
While Freeland rightly left cabinet due to the disloyalty shown to her by Trudeau, it does not absolve her poor record as finance minister.
Had Freeland actually delivered the fall economic statement (FES) to the House of Commons, she would have been forced to present a deficit just short of $62 billion.
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If and when the Conservatives form a majority government, they will be faced with the Herculean challenge of shoring up the budget, and this will be no easy task. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar is slipping below 70 cents U.S. Good times
Steady growth from Canada’s economic backbone of natural resources might have helped. The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion contributes more quarterly national economic growth than the entire province of British Columbia.
Unfortunately, a maze of regulations and uncertainty forced the federal government to step in and buy the pipeline outright after its initial investors pulled out in 2018. While this ensured the project got completed, taxpayers have been left with the bill, and it remains the only major oil and gas project to have been completed under the Trudeau government.
Oil and gas make up the largest share of Canadian exports and sustains thousands of jobs, all of which generate tax revenue.
Regarding other resources, the aquaculture sector on the B.C. coast is being shut down by the federal government on the basis of unsettled marine science, despite evidence to the contrary put forward by First Nations aquaculture operators.
The estimated cost to taxpayers of shutting down the open-net fish farm industry could be as high as $9 billion, according to a recent report. When it comes to natural resources, the treasury has spent far more than it should, and gained far less than it might have — and this is true of other industries, as well.
In their bid to entice electric vehicle manufacturers to Canada, the Trudeau government has sunk an estimated $43.6 billion into subsidizing EV battery manufacturers like Northvolt to set up or expand operations in Canada.
Northvolt is now bankrupt, and demand for EVs is falling in Europe, Canada and the United States. Trump himself is promising to end EV subsidies, which would drastically reduce demand for the vehicles themselves.
Furthermore, Trump has repeatedly demanded that members of the NATO alliance meet their defence spending obligation of two per cent of GDP. If Canada is racking up $62 billion worth of deficits, the money should at least be spent on meeting that target.
Yet instead of investing in new military equipment and recruiting new soldiers, pilots and sailors, the Trudeau government has ballooned the number of bureaucrats in the public service by 43 per cent. From 2019 to 2023, hiring in the public sector was 3.6 times higher than the private sector.
The public sector has become a massive welfare program to make up for the fact that the Liberals have failed to foster a vibrant private-sector economy, resulting in the recycling of wealth, rather than wealth creation, which Canada needs now more than ever.
This historically unpopular Liberal government has had no foresight, caution or prudence when it comes to spending, only ambition, recklessness and inefficiency. For this much money, Canadians should expect far more than a plummeting standard of living, a peso-like dollar and an under-defended country.
Had Freeland actually delivered the fall economic statement (FES) to the House of Commons, she would have been forced to present a deficit just short of $62 billion.
Geoff Russ: Trudeau gifting Poilievre with an epic mess to clean up — National Post
This Liberal government has had no foresight, caution or prudence when it comes to spending
Steady growth from Canada’s economic backbone of natural resources might have helped. The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion contributes more quarterly national economic growth than the entire province of British Columbia.
Unfortunately, a maze of regulations and uncertainty forced the federal government to step in and buy the pipeline outright after its initial investors pulled out in 2018. While this ensured the project got completed, taxpayers have been left with the bill, and it remains the only major oil and gas project to have been completed under the Trudeau government.
Oil and gas make up the largest share of Canadian exports and sustains thousands of jobs, all of which generate tax revenue.
Regarding other resources, the aquaculture sector on the B.C. coast is being shut down by the federal government on the basis of unsettled marine science, despite evidence to the contrary put forward by First Nations aquaculture operators.
The estimated cost to taxpayers of shutting down the open-net fish farm industry could be as high as $9 billion, according to a recent report. When it comes to natural resources, the treasury has spent far more than it should, and gained far less than it might have — and this is true of other industries, as well.
In their bid to entice electric vehicle manufacturers to Canada, the Trudeau government has sunk an estimated $43.6 billion into subsidizing EV battery manufacturers like Northvolt to set up or expand operations in Canada.
Northvolt is now bankrupt, and demand for EVs is falling in Europe, Canada and the United States. Trump himself is promising to end EV subsidies, which would drastically reduce demand for the vehicles themselves.
Furthermore, Trump has repeatedly demanded that members of the NATO alliance meet their defence spending obligation of two per cent of GDP. If Canada is racking up $62 billion worth of deficits, the money should at least be spent on meeting that target.
Yet instead of investing in new military equipment and recruiting new soldiers, pilots and sailors, the Trudeau government has ballooned the number of bureaucrats in the public service by 43 per cent. From 2019 to 2023, hiring in the public sector was 3.6 times higher than the private sector.
The public sector has become a massive welfare program to make up for the fact that the Liberals have failed to foster a vibrant private-sector economy, resulting in the recycling of wealth, rather than wealth creation, which Canada needs now more than ever.
This historically unpopular Liberal government has had no foresight, caution or prudence when it comes to spending, only ambition, recklessness and inefficiency. For this much money, Canadians should expect far more than a plummeting standard of living, a peso-like dollar and an under-defended country.
I read what happened is that Just-in wanted her to deliver the fall update, then give her a new cabinet post, but having her take the heat for excessive spending. I suggest what has been suggested is that Just-in wants to be the total ruler of the country, with the ministers taking the flack. He has not been given this thought by sleeping with Donald H. Trump, has he?
Trudeau appointed an equally qualified finance minister. New one, some as the old one, ‘cuz 2015-ish.
LeBlanc’s relationship with Trudeau, and their mutual relationships to Ottawa’s corridors of power, are generational.
When Dominic LeBlanc was born in 1967, his father, Roméo LeBlanc, was press secretary to then-prime minister Lester B. Pearson. Roméo LeBlanc, went on to become fisheries minister under Trudeau’s father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, when he was prime minister.
Their families have been close for decades, and the current iteration of the Trudeau-LeBlanc bloc particularly so.
LeBlanc, four years older than the prime minister, even babysat Justin Trudeau and his siblings in their youth….& now he’s a Trudeau finance minister.
LeBlanc’s relationship with Trudeau, and their mutual relationships to Ottawa’s corridors of power, are generational.
When Dominic LeBlanc was born in 1967, his father, Roméo LeBlanc, was press secretary to then-prime minister Lester B. Pearson. Roméo LeBlanc, went on to become fisheries minister under Trudeau’s father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, when he was prime minister.
Their families have been close for decades, and the current iteration of the Trudeau-LeBlanc bloc particularly so.
LeBlanc, four years older than the prime minister, even babysat Justin Trudeau and his siblings in their youth….& now he’s a Trudeau finance minister.
For what she's done, who the hell would vote for her?Chrystia Freeland opens her Liberal leadership push
There can be no other rational explanation for why the former finance minister is sticking around. None.
Author of the article:Warren Kinsella
Published Dec 16, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Chrystia Freeland, Liberal leadership candidate.
There can be no other rational explanation for why the former finance minister is sticking around. None. Having fired a rocket directly at Justin Trudeau first thing Monday morning, she has now cleared the way for a run at the Liberal Party leadership.
And, make no mistake, she fired that rocket right at Trudeau’s credibility, and left his claims to be a “feminist” and a prudent administrator in tatters.
Wrote Freeland: “Our country today faces a grave challenge. The incoming administration in the United States is pursuing a policy of aggressive economic nationalism, including a threat of 25 per cent tariffs. We need to take that threat extremely seriously.
“That means keeping our fiscal powder dry today, so we have the reserves we may need for a coming tariff war. That means eschewing costly political gimmicks, which we can ill-afford and which make Canadians doubt that we recognize the gravity of the moment …That means working in good faith and humility with the Premiers of the provinces and territories of our great and diverse country, and building a true Team Canada response.”
“Costly political gimmicks!” Them’s fighting’ words, folks.
Freeland hit a bullseye, too. The markets dropped after her announcement — and, more critically, her planned lockup for reporters to go through the Fall Economic Statement was delayed, likely permanently.
Now, if Mark Carney joins Trudeau’s cabinet, it will be analogous not just to jumping on the deck of the Titanic — it will be like jumping onto a Titanic whose deck is ablaze, and which has a bubonic plague outbreak, too.
In official Ottawa, the most important part of any letter is the second-to-last line. Here’s what it is in Freeland’s declaration of war on Trudeau and his cabal: “I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues as a Liberal Member of Parliament, and I am committed to running again for my seat in Toronto in the next federal election.”
When Finance Minister John Turner broke with Pierre Trudeau, he left Ottawa and returned to a top-rung Bay Street law firm (where I was, full disclosure, a partner). He returned to run for the Liberal leadership in 1984, but his days away had made him rusty. He was prime minister for just 79 days.
So, when Paul Martin left, he stuck around, as Freeland plans to do — and plotted more or less openly against Jean Chretien. He won the leadership and became prime minister for the next three years.
Freeland is a woman and a Westerner. She is bilingual. She has been a journalist, and has held every major position in the federal government. While she will be tagged with many of the Trudeau government’s least-popular policies, she will also be campaigning more or less from the outside, now with some credibility. And, in the House of Commons, she will every day be a painful visual reminder of the failure of Trudeau’s government — and his “feminism.”
In the past week, Chrystia Freeland had been meeting with very senior Liberals to discuss her options. The advice, overwhelmingly, was to push back. Stop letting Trudeau humiliate you in public, they said. Quit. She has now done just that.
This is a government falling apart before our eyes, folks. If he had any sense, any self-awareness, Justin Trudeau would know that he has to go, too.
Somewhere, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are smiling. And nodding their heads.
KINSELLA: Chrystia Freeland opens her Liberal leadership push
Having fired a rocket directly at Justin Trudeau first thing Monday, she has now cleared the way for a run at the Liberal Party leadership.