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Mark Carney could become prime minister in the immediate future. This means that Carney would benefit from creating new rules forcing investment money to stay in the country in two ways: As a leading man at Brookfield, Carney and the firm stand to make tens of millions from the policy. Second, as a carbon tax enthusiast, once squarely in political office, Carney would benefit from masking the ill, underproductive effects of the radical green agenda and carbon taxes he supports.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is full of slogans about having your back, the future economy, the middle class, and delivering. None of that changes one fact: throughout human history, whenever a government makes itself the primary driver of an economy, hunger follows. https://lnkd.in/gqhXHZFG

Justin Trudeau is beholden to an inverted labour movement populated chiefly by government workers, woke artists and academics. https://lnkd.in/gN8AVcJ8

The Trudeaupian future has arrived: a garden shed for every Canadian to inhabit. https://lnkd.in/g2BcJVKG

Rex Murphy (1947-2024). I met Rex for the first time in Calgary in 2011. I used to read his columns to my older children when they were young for the sheer musicality of his prose (he sounded funny in a Spanish accent). We will miss his excellent wit. Rest in peace, good sir.

New Thought Farming podcast this week with Donna Laframboise. Check it out. It's also available on Spotify. https://lnkd.in/gjDSc2az

All terrible things must come to an end. "Scotland had pitched itself as a global climate leader by setting a goal of slashing carbon emissions by 75% by 2030, from 1990 levels — one of the most ambitious targets in the world. But Yousaf’s government was forced to admit earlier this month that the nation was off track in meeting the goal and scrapped the target outright." https://lnkd.in/gMC564ze