Canada Budget 2025

 

Canada Budget November 2025

Based on the rhetoric, the Carney government's first budget was a "transformative" new plan that would overcome the "generational" challenges facing Canada.  In reality, this budget is nothing new and represents the same Liberal economic ideology that has been tried and failed for the last decade.

The budget speech was delivered with verbose claims.  Experts are now analyzing to understand that the delivered sandwich was not a satisfying meal.  The "nothing burger," with lots of word salad and no meat, had some hot sauce pushing the credit card over the limit, but little to relieve the hungry millions lined up at food banks.

Sadly, every trip to the grocery store costs more, because of hidden taxes that remain in the budget.  The industrial carbon tax on farmers, truckers, and supply chains, makes food production and distribution more expensive.  The needless plastics ban increases packaging costs and generates more food waste.  The inflation tax from runaway deficits raises the cost of everything.  Canadians shouldn’t be forced to pick between eating or heating this winter.

Carney’s plan is similar to that of his failed predecessor.  The document titled “Canada Strong” plans to spend more, borrow more, and accumulate more debt than the Trudeau government envisioned.  However, we recall that the Trudeau government’s track record was one of reckless spending, harmful borrowing, and excessive debt accumulation.

This budget contains a deficit nearly twice the size forecast by the Liberals a year ago.  The budget projects a $ 78.3 billion total deficit — the amount of spending exceeding revenues.  The economic statement tabled last year had projected a hurtful deficit of $42.2 billion for this fiscal year, but the spendaholics outdid themselves.

The Liberals tried to use amplified rhetoric and a new accounting framework to obscure the bad numbers.  They falsely claim that Canada has the lowest net debt-to-GDP ratio among the G7 and that its strong fiscal position allows the government to run larger deficits.  Carney the banker has a serious spending problem, not a revenue problem.

There are two contrasting pathways to economic growth.  The first is to create the best possible economic environment for entrepreneurs, business owners, and investors by ensuring that the government only does what is necessary, maintains predictable and competitive taxes, and adheres to reasonable regulations.  It doesn’t try to pick winners and losers, but instead introduces policies to create a favourable climate for all businesses to succeed.  It gets out of the way wherever possible, and facilitates instead of operates.

The alternative is for the government to take an active controlling role in picking winners and losers through taxes, spending incentives, and regulations.  The idea is that a government can promote certain companies and industries as part of a comprehensive industrial policy, rather than allowing the market — comprising individual entrepreneurs, businesses, and investors — to make economic decisions.  The historical evidence is obvious.  Option one has always delivered the best results, and option two usually lags behind its potential, and sometimes brings utter misery.

Under Liberal ideology, every person has been given a pay cut or financial reduction, regardless of the source of income.  It is called “inflation” and is the dream killer of a nation.  Inflation always follows excessive repetitive government deficit spending.

Voters need to truly understand the dangerous magnitude of the cost of Canada’s indebtedness created by annual deficits.  Canadians must pay interest on federal debt.  The threat is that growing federal debt will reach an expected $2.9 trillion in 2029/30.  For perspective, federal debt stood at $1.0 trillion when the Trudeau Liberals took office in 2015.  Interest costs on that debt will rise from $53.4 billion last year to an expected $76.1 billion by 2029/30.  Interest payments are dead money that could have been spent on healthcare or public safety.

Over the last decade, Canada's total debt burden has grown faster than that of any other G7 country, increasing by 25 percentage points.  Next closest, France, grew by 17 percentage points.  A closer examination of Canada's total debt burden reveals a significantly weaker position than the government claims, and one that will deteriorate under the Carney ideology.  The government fiddles with the numbers by presenting "net debt" supported by non-liquid assets—a misleading presentation.  The cumulative evidence is that the Liberal Cabinet is not financially competent to govern.

To clarify, actual interest costs as a share of revenues must be counted - measure what comes in compared to what must be paid out.  When voters made their big mistake in the 2015 election, interest costs consumed 7.5 per cent of revenues.  This means taxpayers were losing 7.5 per cent of the resources they sent to Ottawa for spending on actual programs, because this money had to go to service the debt accumulated from previous overspending.

The horror is that under the new budget plan, the gap between what the government collects and what is spent will rise to 13.0 percent by 2029/30.  Slightly more than one in every eight dollars sent to Ottawa will be used to pay interest on debt for past spending.  This is how countries can get into serious financial trouble by continually losing revenues to interest payments, just to keep the doors open.  Interest payments build nothing and relieve nothing, especially when they are spent on operations instead of creating projects of lasting value that yield an enduring return, such as hydroelectric dams, pipelines, roads, bridges, waste treatment systems, and public transit.

Another instance of budget misrepresentation is the Build Canada Homes and Build Communities Strong Fund.  It claims to increase the number of new homes built annually and provide funding to provincial governments and municipalities for infrastructure spending.  However, it is highly questionable whether these programs will actually result in the construction of new homes.  As in the past, federal incentives will replace or crowd out existing private sector spending.  The homebuilding push by Ottawa will likely result in fewer homes being built than if the government just stayed out of the way of entrepreneurs and ended the economic and bureaucratic barriers for builders.

The measures raise serious concerns about the government's transparency and the actual impact of its budget.  After a decade of Liberal mismanagement, the government's Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation forecasts a decrease in the overall number of housing starts every year for the next three years.  The more Liberals entangle themselves in housing, the housing start numbers actually decrease.  The plan is a clear indication of the government's failure to regulate effectively, opting for the unsuccessful 'option two' where they wrongly try to operate instead of beneficially regulate.

The CMHC predicts that housing starts will decline, with 40,000 fewer units started in 2025 compared to 2024.  It’s unclear whether infrastructure spending — providing funds to provinces and municipalities — results in an actual increase in total infrastructure projects.  There are historical examples, including reports by the auditor general, that describe how infrastructure initiatives are often plagued by mismanagement.  Often, the Provinces reduce their own infrastructure spending to save money, so the actual incremental increase in overall infrastructure is negligible, and not much new is built.

In reality, the budget deepens the deterioration of finances.  The plan will not deliver anything close to what the government boasts.  It is merely "sound and fury” to cover what Canadians should understand about the risks and challenges of these initiatives.  Along with the accumulated debt, minimal real-world benefits will follow.

The numbers themselves have no politics or favourites.  The bottom line of red ink is the predictable consequence of wrong beliefs and false claims.  There is a remedy available, but the headstrong and the prejudiced will have to change their ways at the ballot box.

Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5

There would have been a time for such a word.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

To the last syllable of recorded time,

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death.  Out, out, brief candle!

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more: it is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.

No one is above the criminal law.

 

Any reasonable person looking at the news could conclude that Justin Trudeau broke the law regarding the unethical, expensive gift from the Aga Khan, and he also broke the law and all ethics in the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

Recall that Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould refused, on legal and ethical grounds, to go along with Trudeau’s scam.  She refused to offer a ‘deferred prosecution agreement’ to SNC-Lavalin after being wrongly pressured to do so by Trudeau.  She was then demoted to Minister of Veterans Affairs in 2019, before resigning from Cabinet and being removed from the Liberal caucus amid the ongoing SNC-Lavalin scandal.

Since no one is above the criminal law, it has been an open question bubbling in public discussion for a long time.  Why was Trudeau not charged, and have the Courts test the allegations?  The Liberal establishment thought they had buried these transgressions with the passage of time and the election of a new government.  However, there is no statute of limitations on these kinds of serious offences. 

Consequently, in view of the lengthy and tireless efforts of the organization ‘Democracy Watch' to pursue a private prosecution, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said the RCMP apparently covered up scandals involving Justin Trudeau, which would typically lead to criminal charges.  Now the 'Liberal mafia' is after Poilievre with every smear conceivable.  How dare he bring up matters which they had hoped the public had forgotten and no longer cared about?

In a recent interview with the YouTube channel ‘Northern Perspective’, Poilievre said the RCMP's leadership appeared despicable and added that many of the scandals of the Trudeau era should have resulted in jail time.  Poilievre said the former prime minister likely violated the Criminal Code during the SNC-Lavalin affair.  “These would normally have led to criminal charges, but of course the RCMP covered it all up,” he said.

Democracy Watch said, “Crown prosecutors stopping this prosecution for a legally incorrect reason, just like the RCMP did in addition to suppressing key evidence, amount to a smelly cover-up that shows clearly that Canada does not have independent, effective anti-corruption law enforcement and, as a result, corruption in the highest public offices across the country is effectively legal,” said Duff Conacher, PhD (Law) and Co-founder of Democracy Watch.  “This means Canada does not have a rule of law, a rule that violations of the law will be prosecuted no matter who the violator is, which is considered worldwide to be a fundamental requirement for a country to actually be a democracy.”

They went further to say,  “The RCMP lacks independence from the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers who handpick the RCMP Commissioner and deputy commissioners and division heads through a secretive process, and they all serve at the ‘pleasure of the Cabinet’, so they are vulnerable to political interference, which is likely part of the reason the RCMP rolled over and let Trudeau off, and the pressuring of the former Attorney General to stop a prosecution shows that prosecutors are also vulnerable to political interference,” said Conacher. 

"To ensure integrity and impartiality in anti-corruption and foreign interference cases, key changes that many experts have called for are needed to make the RCMP more independent, effective, and publicly accountable, or even better, Parliament should establish a new fully independent anti-corruption police force, including fully independent prosecutors like Quebec has had since 2011."

So, we observe the talking heads and the legacy media going berserk, not against the Liberals, but against Poilievre for speaking up.  Instead of demanding accountability, transparency, and the rule of law, they have started an anti-Poilievre campaign.  This defensive condescending reaction from the elites, makes the point again about how badly Canada is in desperate need of an election as soon as possible, to hopefully send these Liberal miscreants packing.

Help Us ! Deliver us from carnage Carney

 

Help Us !  Deliver us from carnage Carney

When the Government of Canada finally delivers a financial statement (Budget) on Nov. 4, Prime Minister Mark Carney will reveal his priorities and decide his destiny.  The Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer, Jason Jacques, has announced an expected $68 billion deficit for fiscal year 2025, up from $51 billion in 2024.  The Liberals would like to blame U.S. President Donald Trump for these horrific numbers, but the previous government racked up these deficits before Trump regained the presidency.

Tariffs, shifting trade rules, and economic uncertainty don’t help, but as Ted Morton pointed out in the National Post (September 25, 2025 – First Six Months of Disappointment), “Let’s start with the big numbers. Unemployment sits at 7.1 percent, with 66,000 jobs lost in August and 41,000 jobs lost in July.  Grimmer still, youth unemployment is off the charts, hovering around 14 per cent.  After a decade with almost no economic growth, 2025 has seen the economy actually start to shrink.” These numbers demand bold steps and immediate action.  Instead, Carney is approaching the problems facing Canada’s economy with timidity.

Carney finds the Trudeau numbers revolting, but he can change them.  He does not have to add to the mess.  At one point, Carney stated that immigration had occurred too quickly, resulting in spending that increased at a nine per cent annual rate.  As he has transitioned from banker to politician, he sounds vague, less determined, and uncertain about what to do.  Liberals brought Canada the worst economic growth since the Great Depression, and Carney should know that growing deficits and a contracting economy are bad news for individual investors, workers, and the country at large.  Still, it’s rare to find a cabinet minister who admits their ministry needs to rein in spending.

Debt servicing costs are now $53 billion, and the growing deficit will add to it.  Fiscal anchors appear to have vanished.  Carney’s transition to a politician has blinded him to fiscal realities.  His party, after a fourth straight election victory, continues to grow fatter and more complacent.  

A nation cannot welcome immigrants at a pace faster than the economy can grow. Overall budget numbers tell the same story.  Under Trudeau, costs rose at nine per cent per year, and Carney has done nothing to address the problem.  Carney lacks the stomach for a bloody budget battle with his caucus or the party insiders.  He would rather try to use smoke and mirrors, hiding expenses, playing shell games with the numbers, and prescribing short-term solutions that avoid tough choices. 

Will the media make the Conservatives’ reality checks enduring? If Carney gets a pass from the House, once Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has taken them to task, and the media continue to cheerlead because Carney stands against Trump, where will that leave Canada fiscally?  

The country still needs to beef up its defence spending after making pledges earlier this year. That will not happen if the public service cuts wait on attrition.  Nor will a gun buy-back program work.  It will be costly and unhelpful, another dizzy progressive scheme to feel good while accomplishing nothing.  

Definitive and extraordinary steps need to be taken to get Canada’s financial house in order.  If Carney continues to vacillate about developing the resource economy in Canada, he will jeopardize Canada’s future.  He will abandon Canadians’ need for strong leadership and betray his promise to renew our national vision.

The natural resources sector faces declining growth.  In the second quarter of 2025, forestry dipped by almost five percent and energy by over two.  These are not good numbers.  Job creation faces challenges, and the prime minister’s actions have not matched his words.

Carney has promised coherence and clarity in the economy.  So far, he sounds muddled and acts tentatively.  Canadians expected more when they gambled on the Liberals and their new leader in the spring.  Carney has a lot riding on the budget he presents in the House next month.  

Read the full original article “A lot riding on Carney’s budget - by Dave Redekop” at

https://niagaraindependent.ca/a-lot-riding-on-carneys-budget/

Charles James Kirk Memorial

The memorial service for Charles James Kirk (October 14, 1993 – September 10, 2025) was a powerful testament to the unity and strength of the conservative community. Held on Sunday, September 21, in Glendale, Arizona, at the State Farm Stadium and overflow arena outside Phoenix, the event drew an overflow crowd of 100,000, with millions more tuning in from around the world. Charlie Kirk's memorial was a unique blend of religious gathering and political rally; a reflection of the massive influence he had on conservative America and his ability to mobilize young people.

Charlie was an American conservative political influencer and media personality. He sought to challenge the secular culture, and became noted for his Christian testimony as he went centre stage on many university campuses with his dialogue of ‘question and answer’ sessions under the banner 'Prove Me Wrong', where he invited students to challenge his conservative views.

In addition to espousing typical conservative political views, Charlie said he wanted to reach the lost boys of the west -the young men who felt they had no direction, purpose, without faith, were wasting their lives on distractions, living with resentment, anger, and hate. Charlie wanted to uplift them, and he offered a social home with his organization 'Turning Point USA', a platform that provided mentorship, resources, and a sense of community to these young men.  

Widow Erika Lane Kirk (36 yrs) said:  “My husband Charlie wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life. That young man. That young man on the cross.  Our Savior said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."  That man; that young man. I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did in his. What Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love -love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us. The world needs ‘Turning Point USA’. It needs a group that will point young people away from the path of misery and sin. It needs something that will lead people away from hell in this world and in the next. It needs young people pointed in the direction of truth and beauty. And so, I promise you today, every part of our work will become greater.” 

The five-hour program included Christian music from Lee Greenwood, Steve Amerson, Chris Tomlin, Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham, Kari Jobe Carnes, and Cody Carnes.

Some of the speakers were Rev. Rob McCoy, Sergio Gor, Stephen Miller, Tucker Carlson, Dr. Ben Carson, Jack Posobiec, Donald Trump Jr., Dir. Tulsi Gabbard, Sec. Pete Hegseth, Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sec. Marco Rubio, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Vice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump, Erika Kirk (widow)

The memorial was a historical Christian spectacle that will be remembered and analyzed for years to come.  Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, paid tribute by citing the gospel message of the resurrection of Jesus.  Stephen Miller, a deputy White House chief of staff, envisioned a spiritual uprising in Mr. Kirk's wake. This movement would continue to inspire and mobilize young people towards conservative values. Vice President JD Vance said Mr. Kirk’s influence had reshaped the balance of political talk, alluding to Charlie’s faith. Because of it, he said that he had talked more about Jesus Christ in the past two weeks in the public forum than in his time in public office.

In the packed football stadium, the highest levels of U.S. government and evangelical Christian expression came together for a few hours. The commemorative event reflected the degree to which conservative Christianity has melded with Republican politics in the Trump era.

The theme that Mr. Kirk is a modern-day Christian martyr was noted throughout the service. Vice President Vance said, “We must remember that he is a hero to the United States of America. And he is a martyr for the Christian faith.” Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, shared the Christian message of washing away sins. “We always did need less government. But what Charlie infused into his movement is that we also needed a lot more God.”

Near the close of the event, President Trump called Mr. Kirk a martyr, but described him not as a Christian martyr but an American one. “Our greatest evangelist for American liberty became immortal. He’s a martyr now for American freedom.”

Charlie Kirk's ambition extended beyond seeking a position within the Trump administration. In the last year, it became clear that he aimed for something larger: reshaping the Republican Party, American politics, and society itself. He envisioned transforming the culture through his organization, a testament to his vision and commitment.

Mr. Kirk was only 18 when he founded Turning Point USA in 2012, as a conservative response to liberal organizing platforms and groups. By the start of the first Trump administration in 2017, Mr. Kirk was already in regular rotation on the conservative TV pundit circuit and an in-demand speaker among conservative organizations. He proved to be a captivating speaker and a skillful debater, with a gift for bringing clarity to President Trump’s sometimes elliptical statements.

He became somewhat influential within the administration and was said to have visited the White House many times during Trump’s first term. He focused his activism on what he characterized as rampant Marxism and gender ideology on college campuses. He encouraged students to call out professors who embraced such ideas, and he did the same in appealing to parents and grade school students.

Under Charlie Kirk's leadership, ‘Turning Point USA’ experienced significant growth. The organization added dozens of campus chapters each year, effectively displacing older conservative youth organizations. Kirk's commitment to bringing high-profile conservative speakers to colleges, providing training, networking, and organizing, created a united group of engaged young people and future politicos, a testament to his enduring influence.

Undaunted, Mr. Kirk was among the first to rally around Mr. Trump once he left office, traveling to the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida to strategize a comeback. Mr. Kirk sensed that the country was not done with Trump, and that the new Biden administration was seriously flawed.

Mr. Kirk also created a separate group, ‘Turning Point Faith’, to amplify the role of Christian testimony in the public square coming from the church community. He doubled down on his social critiques of the left, which he said had taken over campuses, corporate America, and government.

Charlie Kirk was not initially a Trump supporter. During the 2016 Republican primaries, he first supported Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and then Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. But he was won over to the Trump campaign after a meeting with Donald Jr., who hired him as a social media coordinator.

Although he rarely touched on religion during his early years, Mr. Kirk increasingly embraced evangelical Christianity following the COVID pandemic. He grew more critical of gay rights radicalism and the notion of separation of church and state, and began to cite the Bible for support for his critiques. He spoke frequently of an American Renaissance.

Kirk continued to build support among young voters with his ‘American Comeback’ tour, which brought him to Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. About 3,000 onlookers cheered as he took the stage in the university courtyard. He spoke briefly, then came the sound of a gunshot, and American social culture changed.

The passage of time gives perspective. For example, the international shock and grief at the passing of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997, faded into our culture. The horror of airplanes flying into buildings on September 11, 2001, is remembered respectfully. The 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King is commemorated in the USA on the third Monday of January each year, and was first observed in 1986.  The full impact of Charlie Kirk’s example will surely unfold. 

President Trump said he will award Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, at a ceremony in the days ahead. We in Canada can only hope that powerful and credible conservative voices emerge to push back against the hurt in Canadian culture.  

In the study “The Politics of the Culture Wars in Contemporary Canada," the McDonald-Laurer Institute report says there is an untapped market for strongly vocalized traditional conservative values. It shows that Canadian attitudes lean about 2 to 1 against the cultural socialist position of the left-wing voices, and that Canadian opinion data is somewhat similar to that in the United States and Britain. For example,

• Respondents oppose teaching children that “There is no such thing as biological sex, only gender preference” by 85 to 15;

• Canadians oppose gender reassignment surgery for under-16s by 4 to 1;

• By a 78 to 22 margin, Canadians agree that “political correctness has gone too far”;

• By a 70 to 30 margin, Canadians oppose the idea that Canada is a racist country, and a similar share do not want this taught at school;

• By 70 to 30, people prefer a colour blind rather than colour-conscious approach to issues in society;

• Canadians oppose removing statues of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald by a 2 to 1 ratio;

• By a 2 to 1 margin, people said we talk too much about race in Canada;

• Respondents, by a 2 to 1 ratio, want parents informed when children under age 16 change pronouns at school;

• Respondents, by a 2 to 1 ratio, do not want transgender individuals to enter women’s sports competitions;

• More Canadians disapprove than approve of people displaying their preferred pronouns;

• Younger Canadians are substantially less likely than younger Britons or Americans to describe their country as racist;

• Those who have taken diversity training (indoctrination) are significantly more fearful of losing their job or reputation for what they say than those who have not;

• Those who have taken diversity training are significantly more ‘woke’ than those who have not;

• Francophone attitudes are generally very similar to Anglophone attitudes on culture war questions;

• Survey results suggest that conservative parties can gain electoral support by defending historical figures and symbols and resisting trans-activist policies.  Parties on the left are advised to deflect or avoid such issues as they are electorally costly.

• Results indicate that diversity training (DEI) needs to be reformed or abolished in organizations as it heightens employee anxiety, advances contentious beliefs, and produces social division.

The task of Canadian conservative political and cultural leadership is to use facts and evidence to deconstruct the myths encoded in the progressive narrative, which underpins the ‘woke’ cultural movement that has recently dominated the official elite institutional agenda.

Canadians recoil when they learn that the cultural Marxism of ‘Diversity-Equity-Inclusion’ programs have been extensively used since 2016 in corporate employee training, union education programs, public sector employee indoctrination, and at the federal level, over one billion has been spent by the government in 29 departments for this ideology, instead of transferring these tax dollars to Provinces for Healthcare.

Canada needs a cultural renewal. We hope that the grassroots movement represented by Charlie Kirk and many others in America will find fertile ground in Canada to lift us out of our dark malaise. We must discover the Canadian way into a truth-based society of personal responsibility, rule of law, science, and responsible journalism, allowing for maximum human flourishing and peace.

Charles James Kirk (Oct. 14, 1993 – Sept. 10, 2025)

As a Conservative, I cannot let pass without comment, the death of Charlie Kirk. It was a most tragic and horrendous murder, seen before a crowd of three thousand and recorded on video. My shock and dismay were similar to when we heard that Princess Diana died in a car accident, or the horror of watching the Islamist airplane attack in New York.

Charles James Kirk (Oct 14, 1993 – Sept 10, 2025 – 31yrs) was an American conservative political influencer, author, and media personality. On Wednesday, Charlie was assassinated during his speaking event at Utah Valley University. He was speaking outdoors for his American Comeback Tour, when he was shot in the neck by the assailant from the roof of a building about 200 yards away. Kirk is survived by his wife and two children, who are both under the age of 3.

Kirk co-founded the student organization ‘Turning Point USA’ in 2012 and was its executive director. He was the chief executive officer of ‘Turning Point Action’ and a member of the Council for National Policy. In recent years, he was a prominent voice on university campuses for the political MAGA movement of the Republican Party. He was a critic of legacy mainstream media and participated in the USA culture battles over race, gender, immigration, and social values. 

Those are the traditional credentials ascribed by the media, but increasingly he developed into a Christian apologist and persuader in his public appearances. He was a bold and deliberately provocative populist social commentator. He made declarations, that when reported out of context, enraged the political left. He once said he wanted to transform the culture.

Although he did not claim academic credentials, in debate, he often embarrassed those who presented themselves as such when verbally challenging him. He would respond with real data, which discredited his challengers, while he posed irreconcilable questions to his verbal opponents. 

Charlie has been called derogatory names by left-wing community leaders. The vilification of Charlie and his national youth movement has become the norm in so-called progressive social circles. These voices of evil have no bounds. They couldn't abide his boldness in asserting the value of traditional Biblical social standards. The alternative media have also been documenting the evidence of prominent people who have stated that Charlie Kirk got what he deserved and was the author of his own demise.

In contrast, the 2,460 seats in the Kennedy Center were full to honour Charlie Kirk on Sunday evening, Sept 14. Attendees packed the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, to pay tribute. Remarks from several speakers, including HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, drew a warm response from the audience.

Hundreds of people outside of Sunday's event streamed the prayer vigil on their phones, as they were unable to get into the venue, which was packed to capacity. The event both started and concluded with a worship service, a testament to Kirk's Christian faith.

US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was the first speaker. Johnson said that Kirk loved a vigorous debate, but he loved people more. Charlie was never motivated by hate, Johnson noted.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, following Johnson, recounted her time as a congressional candidate in New Hampshire in 2022. At the age of 25, she recalled the help Kirk offered her as a young female candidate. She said that when Washington Super PACs poured money into the opponent's campaign, Charlie and his team encouraged me to finish the campaign.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaking after Leavitt, said that Charlie lived by the principle that no matter how horrible a person's speech may be, their ideas must be defeated only by better ideas.

One of the most vocal responses from the crowd came as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. talked about Kirk's impact on a member of his family, his niece, who packed a bible in her suitcase while heading off to college in Europe so that she could 'live like Charlie Kirk.' Over 85 members of Congress were in attendance at the vigil.

One of the young attendees, James, 22 of Great Falls, Virginia, told the Daily Mail at the Kennedy Center that one thing he learned from Charlie Kirk was that 'he wanted a very civil country where we could all voice our opinions, regardless of what side we are on.'  Another Virginian, Andrew, 24, shared a similar sentiment with the Daily Mail, adding that a lasting element of Kirk’s legacy is that he was willing to talk to anyone, regardless of party or ideology.

There will be a large memorial gathering on Sunday, Sept 21, at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, attended by the President and national leaders.

Charlie Kirk’s Christian theology was traditional American evangelical. Kirk’s pastor, Rob McCoy of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park California said, “My friend Charlie Kirk was murdered today by a coward.”  “Charlie’s life will be remembered for many wonderful things.”  "This truth allowed Charlie to face every threat with courage because he didn't fear death," McCoy added. "All evil knows is death, and they derive power from death. “Charlie lived for life and will be remembered for this.” “My heart is broken for his family; his wife Erika and his two precious children.” "Evil has not prevailed, and it will not win," concluded McCoy.

Charles Kirk built an organization and movement, all with the power of the spoken word. He never alluded to violence against his harsh critics, even though he was threatened every day with violence by those who couldn’t contend with logic and truth. His enemies have done what evil always does; it takes away life.

Despite his evangelical Christian leanings, Charlie Kirk retained a sympathy with Catholicism. He participated in discussions about Catholic theology, though he expressed reservations about some Church doctrines. He was generally uncomfortable with denominational distinctives. He reflected a common evangelical perspective that prioritizes individual spiritual relationship with Jesus, over institutional and denominational authority.

Kirk’s work through ‘Turning Point Faith’ brought him into contact with varied religious communities. That organization collaborated with more than 3,700 congregations to encourage what it termed “biblical citizenship.” He had a rather ecumenical and non-denominational approach to conservative politics.

Charlie Kirk’s religious views evolved over time. In his earlier years, he advocated for the separation of church and state, but his rhetoric increasingly embraced religious themes as his career progressed. He came to describe political contests as "spiritual battles" and elections as "civilization-defining" events. This framing reflected his growing conviction that cultural and political transformation required a spiritual foundation. He understood that it takes more than politics to build a great society.

‘Turning Point Faith’, which he founded in 2021, was dedicated to recruiting pastors and church leaders to be active in local and national political issues. Kirk’s religious perspective ultimately prioritized cultural influence over theological precision. His approach could be described as 'theistic nationalism'—a belief that America's identity is inherently tied to Judeo-Christian values that need protection from secular forces. He viewed different Christian traditions primarily through their utility in advancing conservative political goals rather than their theological distinctions. This pragmatic approach allowed him to work across denominational lines while maintaining his own private theological identity. Through ‘Turning Point Faith’, Kirk aimed to mobilize the religious community to engage in political issues, promoting what he termed 'biblical citizenship'.

In May 2021, Kirk married Erika Kirk (née Frantzve), a businesswoman and podcaster who won the Miss Arizona USA pageant competition in 2012. The couple's first child, a daughter, was born in 2022. Their second child, a son, was born in May 2024. We grieve for the family, as he was a son, a husband, a father, and a defender of the traditional family and its values.

Erika comforted her husband's thousands of followers with a courageous talk on national television. She pledged that Charlie’s work would carry on, perhaps even in greater form.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/who-erika-kirk-what-know-about-late-charlie-kirks-widow-from-love-story-his-legacy

Meanwhile, authorities are piecing together the culture affiliated with the shooter, as he did not act in isolation. The climate of conspiracy and the broader circles of condonation are being revealed.

The media and cultural world have said Charlie Kirk was a political assassination victim. My perspective is that, in view of his work in the last year, he was a religious martyr in the sense that he was killed not for who he was, but for what he proclaimed. It is similar to the historical concept of religious martyrdom, where individuals are persecuted and killed for their religious beliefs.

The early persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire left a lasting impact. It fostered a culture of martyrdom, with many Christians choosing to die for their faith rather than renounce it. It also helped establish Christianity as a counter-cultural movement that challenged the established order, and that legacy continues.

The public horror for Charlie reminds us of the sacrifice and courage of those who went before us, and inspires us to uphold the values of truth, righteousness, and religious freedom today. It is our responsibility to carry on his legacy and ensure that his values continue to guide our actions.

Proverbs 14:34  KJV  Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

God-devotion makes a country strong; God-avoidance leaves people weak.

Living according to God’s instructions makes a nation great, but sin colours those who commit it with disgrace.

Tariffs with no plan

August 3^rd, 2025

It is Sunday, and Canada now has debilitating tariffs with no escape plan.  It was the worst week for Canada since the October 19, 2015 election.  The Canadian negotiating team has retuned home from Washington DC empty handed.  The evidence is stark.  Carney and company were the wrong political choice to advance Canada’s general prosperity, public safety, and social cohesion. 

Mark Carney and company have failed in the Canada-US trade negotiations, resulting in steep tariffs, internal economic damage, and completely stalled talks with the USA. Liberal philosophy and trade policies, including the ‘elbows-up’ retaliation, made Canada’s plight worse.  Trade talks with Donald Trump have collapsed, and the Liberals have no answer for the tariffs, or the domestic situation.  Canada’s negotiators blew the trade deal, and Mark Carney's leadership is making it worse.

Trump refused to take Carney’s calls, in view of the 35% tariffs on non-USMCA goods.  The last pipeline company is moving to the U.S.  Canada has dug itself deep into the economic hole.  Liberal policies of the retaliatory tariffs, the digital services tax, and the ‘Palestinian debacle’ made the situation worse.

Trade negotiations have completely stalled and Canadian industry leaders are perplexed.  Premier Doug Ford wants to further retaliate, while Premier Scott Moe is calling for cooperative maneuvering.  However, Carney seems immobilized as the Liberals have nothing to offer.

Canada now has a 35% tariff on electric vehicles and other goods, hurting our economy.  That is the whole point of tariffs −economic advantage.  The Carney team had a chance to renegotiate, but instead they doubled down on ‘elbows up’ and ‘Palestine’.

The cancelling of the digital services tax gained nothing in return.  The US call, is to drop the $30 billion in counter-tariffs.  Canada’s bargaining leverage has evaporated and there is no alternative planned.

The pipeline industry is leaving as the ‘all talk no action’ on pipelines caused Enbridge to move south.  While Trudeau and Carney have scolded about climate goals and ‘green technology’, Canada hemorrhages economic activity and international credibility.  The Liberals talk about progress, but instead the evidence is steep decline.

The situation is more than trade policy; it’s about whether Canada is taken seriously in the global market.  The US made the hurdles clear −retaliate against the US and Canada pays.

Mark Carney has been shut out diplomatically.  Additionally, we have internal issues of housing, inflation, and the collapse of confidence in our Justice System.  The Liberal ideology has failed at home and abroad.

There’s still time to change course.  But it won’t happen unless Canadians speak up and demand that Opposition Parties band together just one time for a single accountability vote to pull Canada back from the brink.  That is, to vote ‘non-confidence’ at the first opportunity to trigger an election.

Carney has played into Trump’s passive aggressive recalcitrance, instead of moving forward with collaborative objective building.  Carney and his cohorts have an ethereal leftie ideology that is useless to respond to the ‘no-holds-barred’ aggressive Trumpism.  Average Canadians are now paying the penalty from their wrong choice of the last election.

Charter Right Violated

Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law: Fundamental freedoms

2 Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and (d) freedom of association.

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Sheila Gunn Reid   |   July 28, 2025   |   News Analysis   |  Rebel News

The war on Christian worship is being led by Canada's Liberal elites

This week, we got a crystal-clear look at who’s really driving the assault on public worship in this country—and surprise, surprise: it’s not fringe activists. It’s Trudeau-appointed senators and elected Liberal MPs.

The war on Christian worship is being led by Canada's Liberal elites

This week, we got a crystal-clear look at who’s really driving the assault on public worship in this country—and surprise, surprise: it’s not fringe activists. It’s Trudeau-appointed senators and elected Liberal MPs.

It’s official. In Canada, drag shows for kids are “inclusivity,” pornographic material in schools is “education,” and overt anti-Christian bigotry? Well, that earns you a Senate appointment.

This week, we got a crystal-clear look at who’s really driving the assault on freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and public worship in this country — and surprise, surprise: it’s not fringe activists. It’s Trudeau-appointed senators and elected Liberal MPs.

Let me introduce you to Dr. Kristopher Wells, Justin Trudeau’s newest pick to represent Alberta in the Senate. A so-called diversity and inclusion expert who’s made a career out of smearing Christians as dangerous bigots.

This is the same man who posted a cartoon comparing Christians to Nazis — literally showing religious figures forcing a rainbow-clad individual to his knees at gunpoint, with the Christian cross taking the place of a swastika.

An act that would get you disqualified from any sane political party gets you rewarded with a lifetime seat in Trudeau’s Liberal Circus of the Absurd.

But it gets worse.

Last week, Dr. Wells tweeted this:

This ‘concert’ should not be allowed to be held at any publicly owned facility, let alone the Alberta Legislature. Pull the permit like other cities have done. There should be no space for hate on any public property.

Who was he talking about? Sean Feucht. An American Christian worship leader on tour in Canada.

Not a political operative, not a hate preacher. A man whose crime is singing worship music in public — like he’s done peacefully in cities across North America, including in Canada in past years without incident. He's had 6 venues cancel on him, and Antifa mobs throw smoke bombs into worship services.

Now, with Mark Carney warming the prime minister’s chair, worship music is “hate.” Got that?

Let’s contrast this with what Dr. Wells does promote:

Drag shows like The Pansy Cabaret, where adult men in sequins and women’s underwear perform in public venues.

LGBTQ+ erotica in schools and libraries, including material that parents across the country have flagged as sexually explicit.

He tweeted: “Learning about 2SLGBTQ+ issues in libraries or classrooms is not pornographic. That’s an old homophobic trope... These are Canadian values.”

So let’s sum that up:

✅ Drag queens in schools = Canadian values.

✅ Graphic sexual content for kids = Canadian values.

🛑 Christian worship in a public park = “Hate” that must be banned.

This isn’t about tolerance. It’s about state-sanctioned discrimination against Christians — and it’s not just coming from Trudeau’s unelected Senate picks.

Here’s what Carney's elected Liberal MPs are saying:

Liberal MP Shannon Miedema:

I have the utmost respect for the value of free speech; but I do not believe this event aligns with Parks Canada’s core values of respect for people, equity, diversity and inclusion, or integrity.

MP Sean Casey from PEI chimed in with this Orwellian gem:

While I fully respect the right to freedom of expression, I do not believe this event reflects the values of inclusivity and respect that define the City of Charlottetown or the Government of Canada.

Let me translate that for you: “We totally respect free speech — as long as you say what we like.” That’s not liberal democracy. That’s soft totalitarianism.

These same MPs had no issue with venues for pro-Hamas Irish rappers, Kneecap, or sexually explicit drag shows, or public nudity at Pride parades. But Sean Feucht singing “Amazing Grace” with a guitar? That’s suddenly too radical for taxpayer-owned land.

We are living in a Canada where the government doesn’t just tolerate anti-Christian bias — it promotes it, funds it, and now, soft legislates it.

If you care about freedom of religion, if you care about your Charter rights, and if you think public parks should remain public spaces for everyone, it’s time to stand up.

The government doesn't get to decide who gets to worship in public. Not in a free country. Not in Canada.

Christian worship leader Sean Feucht is being shut down in Canada — six peaceful worship events cancelled simply for praising God in public. While pro-Hamas mobs are welcomed, public Christian faith is under attack. Stand with Sean to defend freedom of worship, expression, and assembly for all Canadians.

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In our democratic country, we address differences in life outlook through discourse, argument, avoidance, ignoring, protest, and education.  We don't deal with it through silencing people, censoring them through obstruction, threats, and intimidation.

Because of radical activism masquerading as journalism, bureaucrats used their powers to revoke outdoor concert permits.  Feucht’s cross-country tour has been met with manufactured resistance, including cancelled outdoor events in Halifax, Charlottetown, Moncton, Gatineau, Quebec City, and Vaughan.

However in Montreal, Canada’s discriminatory attitudes were fully revealed.  The local police warned of the city’s “anti-Christian bigotry.”  Right on cue, a CBC reporter – parroting government talking points – tells Feucht that he’s being shut down because “he doesn’t have a permit.”  In response, Feucht said, “I don’t think you need a permit to worship in a church.”

While biased local officials tried to shut down the service over a “lack of a permit”, radical Antifa activists became threatening.  In the middle of the church service, an agitator threw two smoke-bombs into the church.  This is a clear violation of the Criminal Code and of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  And what has become too common in Canada, the police stood down and there were no arrests and no charges laid.  Society will get more of what we tolerate in criminal activity.

If this was happening to any other faith group in Canada, this would be a most important story.  However, woke politicians continue to fear-monger and tell Canadians that Christians are dangerous and their views are not welcome in Canada.  Alberta NDP politicians are now urging the United Conservative (UCP) Government to shut down the upcoming concert in Edmonton.

Those who are against religious freedom for Christians reveal their evil heart.

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber

 

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber

Given what I know, I have an opinion.   The prosecutor said on Wednesday that she is seeking stiff sentences for "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber due to the broad community harm caused by the three-week 2022 protest in Ottawa's downtown core.  Oh really?

Lich and Barber were both convicted of mischief in April for their role in the convoy protest, which occupied downtown Ottawa for three weeks beginning in late January 2022.  The protest arose in reaction to the vaccine mandates.  The mandates were later deemed very unwise and counterproductive.  Other related government scandals emerged.

The Crown prosecutor is seeking a prison sentence of seven years for Lich and eight years for Barber, who was also convicted of counselling others to disobey a court order.  The Crown’s statement is disproportional and outrageous.

The Ottawa convoy protest ended after the government invoked the Emergencies Act, and the convoy left Ottawa's downtown core.  A later examination of the facts clarified that the use of the Emergencies Act was an abuse of process and unnecessary to achieve reasonable objectives.

In this case, the Crown is asking for a longer sentence for Barber because he was also convicted of counselling others to disobey a court order related to an injunction against protesters honking truck horns.

Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said in her April decision that she found Lich and Barber guilty of mischief because they routinely encouraged people to join or remain at the protest, despite knowing the adverse effects it was having on downtown residents and businesses.  However, that is the purpose of the Charter Right to protest.  She did not comment on the extreme government provocations that created the community reaction, or the ongoing government behaviour that exacerbated tensions in the street.

Crown prosecutor Siobhan Wetscher said she is seeking these sentences because of what Lich and Barber did, not because of their political beliefs.  That is false.  The two are the specific objects of political government focus.  There should never have been charges in the first place.  The public knows.  The whole show-trial farce is evident to anyone who gives this drama some attention.

Wetscher said that while Lich and Barber may have come to Ottawa with noble intentions, they continued to encourage people to take part in the protests even when it became impossible for them to ignore the effect it was having on downtown residents and businesses.  However, that is the point of a Union Strike or other type of protest.  The dynamic is to create inconvenience to magnify the point of the argument.  Protests are constitutionally protected if they do not break the law.  No comment was made about government behaviour, which deliberately lengthened the protest, and how the government's strategy was calculated to provoke and enflame, to give an excuse for the imposition of force.

Both Lich and Barber were found not guilty on charges of intimidation, counselling to commit intimidation, obstructing police, and counselling others to obstruct police.

In January and February 2022, thousands of Canadians travelled from all corners of the country to the nation's capital to protest mandatory vaccination policies, which turned millions of Canadians into second-class citizens if they did not get injected with the COVID-19 vaccine.  Consequently, families became divided and conflicted.

In British Columbia, dissenting healthcare workers and firefighters were fired.  In Nova Scotia, judges were pressured into getting injected and threatened with consequences for choosing not to do so.  In Quebec, government officials threatened a tax on the unvaccinated.  Across Canada, conscientious objectors were fired from their jobs, suspended from their university programs, and prevented from travelling.  Cross-border COVID-19 vaccine mandates particularly affected Canadian truckers. 

Canadian truckers were particularly provoked by the government.  The pressures being applied by governments across Canada to get citizens to bend to their will, resulted in what became nationally known as the Freedom Convoy protest.  Truckers across the country drove to Ottawa to try to meet with federal politicians and air their grievance.  

In the bazar turning of this particular case, Lich spent many weeks in jail.  The financial cost of the legal defense of the two accused is in the many thousands, which in effect is a monstrous fine.

The bottom line is clear to the public.  The government is embarrassed at many levels, for the unwise COVID mandates, the provocations to Canadians across the country, their manipulation of news, and the blunder of the Emergencies Act.  Instead of accepting responsibility and negotiating reconciliation, the government wants a scapegoat, just like dictatorships from history.

The practical effect has brought the whole Justice System into disrepute.  Throughout the Court proceedings, which should never have happened, the Crown has behaved unprofessionally and with malice.

Public confidence in our Justice System is at the bottom.  It is obvious that system operations have completely gone political, and have nothing to do with community peace, order, and good government.

To minimize the possibility of another even deeper reactive protest, the Judge needs to “read the room” (Canada itself). An absolute discharge sentence has to be the course to save Canada.

 

Carney in crisis

 

The ugly reality is revealed.  Prime Minister Carney must abstain from dealings with hundreds of companies in a tangled government-managed conflict of interest screen.

The unseemly situation means that Carney cannot be involved in any government matter that could further his personal interests.  It is an impossible standard to hold, given the extent of his holdings, and the tasks of government in the next two years.

He will have to recuse himself from any discussions involving Brookfield Asset Management, payment processing giant Stripe, and dozens of companies owned or controlled by them as part of an extensive conflict-of-interest screen.

The overdue disclosure posted on the Ethics Commissioner's website said Carney had agreed to set up a conflict-of-interest screen between himself and Brookfield and hundreds of other companies owned or controlled by them.

Carney was formerly chairman of Brookfield Asset Management, which has $1 trillion in assets under management, and also helped lead efforts to raise capital for two major Brookfield clean energy funds. He was also on Stripe’s board of directors.

Carney claims the artificial screen will prevent him from giving preferential treatment to any of the Companies while he exercises his leadership of government. My reasonable conclusion is that it is not a trustworthy statement.

It is a huge ethical dilemma.  The public knew it from the beginning, but the actual details and extent were hidden during the election.  The ethical screen will be administered by Carney’s chief of staff, Marc-André Blanchard, and Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Sabia, who also have ethical conflicts.

It is said that If Carney is made aware that a matter being discussed involves his ethics screen, he must remove himself from the room and make a public declaration of recusal.  Interestingly that would involve nearly everything the government may decide upon.  To make it work while remaining credible, and properly determining the threshold of disproportionate interest, which is all done in secret, will be a confidence problem that the public will never fully accept.

The ethics screen risk poses a huge challenge, because of the vast scope of the Prime Minister’s role, set against the innumerable list of companies. The Prime Minister’s hand touches nearly all facets of government.  It will be impossible to stay ethical.

It means there would have to be extensive self-policing from Carney himself regarding the ethical conflicts.  In view of how many times he has lied since assuming office, the public will not accept the daily favourable spin the government will provide about significant national files.

There are secrecy laws governing Cabinet business.  A known liar is not likely to be ethical in secret.  Carney’s ethical problems were raised soon after he was first elected Liberal leader.  In the beginning, he was dismissive of the serious problem, but eventually had to admit after being educated, that he required an ethics screen to remain credible.  He did not grasp the standards required for a Prime Minister or a Minister of the Crown, compared to private sector executive management where labyrinths of undeclared alliances and holdings are just a normal part of competitive business.

His ethics disclosure contains an extensive list of companies running sixteen pages, of shares and share options that Carney owns.  In his blind trust, Carney put shares of North of 60 Advisors, Stripe, Partners Value Investments L.P., Cultivo Land PBC, Watershed Technology, and options and deferred share units of the Brookfield Corporation and Brookfield Asset Management.

The assets held by an investment account managed by a third party include shares from AirBnb, Amazon, American Express, Apple, Blackrock, Coca-Cola, Costco, DoorDash, Lockheed Martin, Lululemon, Moderna, Netflix, Palantir Technologies, Pfizer, and Uber.

Just how serious are the problems, one has to carefully digest the implications of the YouTube Videos on the topic published by 'Moose on the Loose'.  View them.  They are astounding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r2tansdGAE

Poilievre says Carney lied about conflicts, given the disclosures that were finally revealed.  We recall when Carney claimed on national TV, he had only cash and real estate holdings, and it turns out he held hundreds of stocks, stock options, and deferred profits from Brookfield.

Along the way, Mark Carney has made numerous falsehoods about his financial portfolio. Speaking at a press conference in Ottawa, opposition leader Pierre Poilievre also accused Carney of using his political pull to personally profit by advancing programs or offering endorsements that would benefit companies in his portfolio.

Before entering politics, Carney was chairman of Brookfield Asset Management, where he led efforts to raise capital for two major clean energy funds.  He was also on Stripe’s board of directors.  So, when any government minister talks about so-called "green" issues, there is a conflict for Carney.

Poilievre said the Liberal leader deceived voters during the federal election campaign when he boasted about his effort to avoid financial ethical conflicts.  “Mr. Carney was not upfront or honest with Canadians,” said Poilievre.

Carney also said then he no longer had any financial connection to Brookfield Asset Management and that he didn’t know what was in his blind trust, both of which Poilievre said aren’t true.

Poilievre said Carney hasn’t gone far enough because Canadians have never before had a Prime Minister with such an extent of conflicts.  Carney has said that he's gone beyond what is necessary or conventional to separate his new job from his personal finances.

However, Poilievre said if Carney doesn’t instead sell all of his corporate assets, the Prime Minister may need to recuse himself multiple times per cabinet meeting to avoid conflicts.  His blind trust isn’t blind in reality, because he knows what stocks he put in it.

In summary, we have a known liar who is a ‘spending Liberal’ and in charge of the nation’s assets, whom we must trust, that what he does in secret will always remain ethical and in the best interests of the country rather than in the interests of a few.

Poilievre says PM lied about conflicts after disclosure of portfolio | National Post