I thought I’d take a moment to touch base with you. I do apologize for not doing any entries here on this blog in a while.
I’ve had the privilege of featuring seven guests on Conservative Talk Radio North since my last blog entry. One of the segments was an interview with Doctor Malthouse. That particular installment was removed by YouTube for violating the following rules: YouTube does not allow content that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts the World Health Organization (WHO) or local health authorities’ medical information about COVID-19, including on methods to prevent, treat, or diagnose COVID-19 and means of transmission of COVID-19. What happened to free speech? The video is still available on Bitchute and Rumble. Here is the Rumble link: https://rumble.com/vhrqj9-conservative-talk-radio-north-interviews-a-doctor-with-some-interesting-vie.html Let me ask you the listener and viewer. Was there any” medical misinformation” in that segment? Doctor Malthouse is a certified MD. He was merely offering a well thought out and researched medical opinion. And why is YouTube allowing the World Health Organization to dictate their content? These are the sorts of actions that give rise to conspiracy theories and as I’ve already said cause many to ask what happened to free speech. Speaking of free speech. On June 22, 2021, the Liberals pushed bill C10 into law with the help of the help of the NDP and BQ. Bill C10 updates the Broadcasting Act, which is designed to promote and develop Canadian producers and creators. The mainstream media is governed by the CRTC. However, when the Broadcasting Act was first created the internet and streaming services didn’t exist. The Liberals removed section 4.1, which provided an exclusion for user-generated content. Many critics of this bill and its amendments fear it could allow the CRTC to regulate Canadians’ social media content and threaten free speech. I have seen interviews with Heritage Minister Guilbeault. He doesn’t necessarily deny that user generated content or people’s social media content will be affected by bill C10. The way I see it this government is attempting control of the internet through these changes and needs to be held accountable in the next election. The federal Conservatives have promised to repeal Bill C10 if elected. However, given their anemic performance and the fractured state of this country’s conservative movement, don’t bet on the Conservatives getting elected. Enough said. Let’s back up a bit. On May 31 Newfoundland brought down the first budget of Mr. Fury’s administration. This was a tough austerity budget. There’s no other way of looking at it. The budget deficit for 2020-21 was at or around $1.6 billion. The deficit for 2021-22 projected to be $826M. Now how do they plan to cut the deficit in half? I’ll touch on a few areas that directly affect taxpayers. I’ll also add some comments of my own. Anyone making more than $136,000 will see income tax increases. Why such a low threshold? One hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars does not go as far as many anti-poverty activists would lead you to believe. Why strive to get ahead financially if the tax bracket is so low? Upper income earners are often job creators. Mr. fury’s administration seems to want to keep Newfoundland and its citizens in “have not” status. There will be increases in tobacco taxes. As usual. Here’s an interesting change. A 20-cent-per-litre sweetened beverage tax will come into effect in April 2022. This is the first government that I recall doing this and they definitely won’t be the last. Homeowners are also being offered a rebate of as much as $2,500 to help transition their homes from oil to electricity. Why would a government that’s fretted so much about the impact of low oil prices on its offshore oil industry and provincial coffers do this? Is this to appease the green activists? As usual you have a Liberal administration trying to be all things to all people. This as I’ve mentioned was an austerity budget by a Liberal government that has lived above its means. The chickens have come home to roost. Could it be that you’re seeing the start of a Greek style financial crisis that we saw in 2009? Could this spread to other provinces and possibly Ottawa? I think we’ll have that answer sooner than later. If you recall, on January 1, 2021, my guest was Scott Hennig from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. He warned of the need for governments to reign in their spending. (Please watch that segment if you haven’t already.) Moving on. The Liberals named Azam Ishmael as their campaign director on June 26. This is a clear indicator that the Liberal government is shifting to election mode. Another indicator is many Liberals are announcing future plans. On June 27 Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna announced that she will not seek re-election. This could create an opening for former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney in the Trudeau cabinet. There are well placed rumors that the Liberals are trying to recruit him. I’ll close with this. The Green Party is divided and almost dumped Annamie Paul earlier this month. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has all but disappeared since the last election and there are those in his party that didn’t like his caucus propping up the Liberal minority in parliament. The BQ could be looking at a different landscape in Quebec if the Patriot Party gets any traction there. As a result of all this the federal Liberals won’t be facing the sort of left-wing vote split, they did during the last election.Add to this a divided Conservative Party that seems anxious to stifle any true conservative elements in its ranks.In 1974, Pierre Trudeau was faced with a somewhat similar situation. He faced an angry public and a divided Conservative opposition. On July 8, 1974, he managed to win a majority. His son is looking at similar circumstances in 2021. You’ve heard me say this before and I’ll say it again. If the Conservative movement doesn’t unite and work together, we could very well be looking at a Liberal majority government before the end of 2021.
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