Canada’s Anger Isn’t About Trump

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Thanksgiving And A National Funk

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Yeah. Hey everyone, David Solomon back here. Welcome back to the Rant Network. It's a Monday. And here on Monday, October the 12th, Canadian Thanksgiving. And the one thing about Canadian Thanksgiving, which is interesting, it's not like quite like US Thanksgiving. I mean, we don't have the big football games and we don't have the big celebrations. I mean, we get a day off, but a lot of people aren't, you know, here in Canada, we're not in a very celebratory mood. That's right. In fact, Canadians are down, sad, because things aren't going the way it should be. And last week and next week is an indication of why we're kind of in this, let's call it malaise. Last week here in my province of Quebec, the majority government of the CAQ, the Coalition Avenue de Quebec, the

Quebec Election Shockwaves

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former government, had a significant majority, beautiful majority in the House, and lost, lost the election in such a way that they were completely wiped off the map. They went from a really solid majority to zero seats. And what we got here in Quebec was a very fragmented result. On this side, about 28% of the population, more or less, voted for the PQ, a separatist government.

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The rest of the 72% went to the Liberal Party of Quebec, which has become a left-of-center party, the right of center conservative party of Quebec, which had never had its hazard.

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They got you know some votes as well as did the CAC. But the way the seating worked is the PQ got a minority government, 59 seats, 40 for the liberals, 19 for the conservatives, nine for the uh Quebec Solid, more or less. I might have gotten it off a little bit. But what it meant was that Quebecers are told, guess what? The PQ government wants to have a referendum right after Trump leaves office in 2029. Go figure they're gonna wait that long, but with a minority government, we might be in an election again. But again, this whole idea of Quebec separation re-emerged. Why? Yeah, it was a protest vote of the CAC. Sure, we saw the way the split went over five parties. But what was interesting is that again, one in five at best of Quebecers want to separate from Quebec, from Canada, sorry. It's it's not, it does, it's not gone away. And the anger towards Ottawa and the federal government, you know, while Kearney has spectacular popularity in outrageous popularity thanks to the media promoting him as a god, there's still this discomfort with Canada. And that was last week. Next week,

Alberta’s Secession Vote Looms

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one week from today, Albertans are going to the polls to vote whether or not Alberta should negotiate seceding from Canada. Now, there are other things on the ballot with regarding to immigration and energy policy and a whole bunch of other things, which people are saying, ah, don't bother, don't bother, don't bother listening to. But you should. Because Alberta, like Quebec, is fed up.

And that's why this referendum is movement, is gone on. Now, again, like in Quebec, it's about one in four, one in five is interested in separating from Canada. But what it's created is a conversation on both ends of the country about what's wrong with this country. You could call it cultural from Quebec and all that kind of stuff, but Alberta's really pissed off and has been the guiding light in this sense.

Even Saskatchewan is frustrated, Manitoba, that Ottawa has really taken advantage of its position and kind of ignored what's best for Canadians. And therein lies the anger. Now it's it's always fun to hear people in the East, the arrogant, so-called elitists here in Eastern Canada, claiming that you know those rednecks in Alberta, I love it, rednecks. Well, just put them in a category of dum-dums, that all they want is to separate Canada, that this, that, that.

They don't appreciate what we do in Canada. And the answer is of course not. Because Canadians are suffering and struggling, and the liberals continue to say, you're stupid, you're ignorant, you don't know what you're talking about. That's the offensive remark.

Now, you won't hear this on CBC, because they're there's funding the CBC to the nth degree. You're not gonna hear it on other media, Childs, because Carney has said, hey, I'm paying you. Shut up. Don't, don't, don't put me in a bad light.

But the odd media house that actually has any intestinal fortitude has gone after the Kearney government and said, What's going on here?

Media Narratives And Blaming Trump

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What's interesting is even when the conservatives, the federal conservatives, have challenged Carney, the media tries to find a way of how to paint this about Trump. It's all Trump's fault. All our problems in Canada are Trump's problems. Trump is Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump. Elon Musk piped up that Alberta should secede, and people tell Elon to stay quiet. But this is what the media is trying to do is like, let's get, let's show that this is not a Canadian problem, this is a US problem. That if only the US would be this way, it's okay. But people are not that stupid, okay? Canadians have figured out that there is a problem. We were told 18 months ago, almost two years ago, that it's time for change. And Trudeau stepped down in January of 2025, and in walked in like the great, you know, great king, Mark Carney, to take over as leader of the party. He was practically coordinated. A few like back in back then, no one had a chance against Carney. It the fix was in. He was going to be the leader, and everybody knew what that meant. And what he was gonna do is he took a whole bunch of conservative policies and he ran on that and said, I'm gonna do this. Meanwhile, Poliev is going, hey, those are my ideas. Hey, that's what we've said. But it doesn't matter. It doesn't seem to matter. All that matters is smoke and mirrors. Here's what Canadians have been hearing for the longest time affordability. Think about it, ladies and gentlemen. A house, a

Affordability And Fuel Tax Pressure

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home, cost of living, all that stuff. It's off the charts. It's ridiculously expensive today. But who are we blaming?

We're blaming Trump. His war in Iran is causing all these problems. That's why diesel prices have gone up through the roof. But, ladies and gentlemen, why is it that we are paying more per liter for diesel than most of the world, including our friends at South of the Border?

One reason: taxes. That's right, taxes. All this liberal government wants is to collect more money so that they can do stupid things with it, which I will address in just a moment. If you think about it, diesel has an impact because all the trucks and all the stuff that we deal with in this country, and it has an impact.

Diesel's gone up significantly over the last year. And again, the blame is on the war with Iran. But right now, Canadians pay 26 cents per liter more than the US. 23 cents per liter more than the world average.

It's all taxes, guys. It's all taxes. And when the conservatives came up and said, let's freeze the taxes, let's lower the taxes, whatever, your liberal party and oh, by the way, the Bloc Québécois said no. We need the money.

Unbloody real. How about the fact that you know, in the 11 years since Trudeau has taken over, Canadians are losing more and more money. They're they're the Canadian dollar in their pocket isn't worth as much. 44% of Canadians say that they're within $200 of insolvency or less.

They can't carry on more debt. It's too expensive. And yet the liberals are sitting here going, we're good. Canadians, Canadians can afford it.

Don't worry about it. But if you can't afford it, you got to blame Trump. Because this is Trump's fault. The fact that we, you know, you know, look at our labor force, 29-year low since 1997, that the participation is only at about 65%.

It's forget COVID for a second, because that was the operation. People are not getting jobs. Why? Why?

Because we're not creating them. We're not creating, we're not being productive. But here's the other reason why. And this is, and it comes down to these things.

How is it that the federal government announced that we're gonna have this massive buying by Canadian program? That when it comes up to these big contracts, it's gonna go to Canada. But in the last the last 10 biggest contracts, six went to the US worth 7.8 billion dollars. And what was the reaction, folks?

Simple. Nothing. The media didn't call them out. The media didn't say anything.

In the meantime, the jobs that should have gone to Canadians, the opportunity that should have gone to Canadians, went to the United States. Which leads and begs the question: what are we doing with the United States? Why haven't we resolved the trade dispute that Mr. Kearney promised us so many times that he would take care of?

Gotta blame Trump for that one. It's right. It's all Trumpy's fault. So, what's Mark Kearney's solution?

Trade Friction And The Europe Pivot

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Let's go to bed with the Europeans. Because the Europeans know what's right. An alliance of middle powers. Why not?

That's been his mindset. But Europe's a mess. Migration problems have caused unrest in Paris and other cities. You see what's going on over there with education, labor.

You see the racism that goes on that is off the charts. And Mark Kearney thinks this is the best for Canadians. Join the insane asylum. Be part like France and Belgium and the Netherlands and Spain, whose government is now going to an election at the end of November because that idiot Sanchez can't keep his government together because they screwed up.

Join the insane asylum. Stay away from the United States. That is his ideology of dealing with the U.S. trade dispute.

70% of what we make in this country goes south of the border. And Mr. Kearney's response is we don't need America. Let's go to Europe.

Mr. Kearney's excitement for Europe is we just can't figure it out why he wants to go and be part of something that is a failure right now. The European Union is struggling to be allies. You've got right and left pulling each other, snapping at the ends.

You have racist, racist, racist reactions from within the European Parliament, and that's okay. You had hundreds of delegates who were asked to vote the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, and you had an incredible amount of them who said, no, they're not Muslim Brotherhood is not a terrorist organization. I mean, this is now the mindset in the European Parliament. And Mr.

Kearney wants to be part of that because they have all the solutions. Ridiculous bureaucracy, an increasingly high labor cost, migration problems, and yet that's where he wants to go. But Mr. Kearney, I gotta ask you a question.

What is with your relationship with Brookfield? Why does it smell bad that all these deals and all these arrangements, somehow Brookfield is involved? Interesting, isn't it? That when he had his summit here in Canada, of course he invited Brookfield, a US-based organization that he is, let's see now, was chairman of.

And no one has called him out on that. They called Trump on all his holdings, but not Kearney. Why is Brookfield doing so well? Is this the Biden way of doing things, just like they did with Ukraine?

Canadians are fed up, really fed up. Money is leaving this country and no one's stopping it. No one is stopping it. In fact, there's pride, despite all the economic problems I just did listed here within Canada.

Canadians can't afford homes, struggling at the pump, dealing with raising costs. Mr. Kearney and his crazies of Anita Nanan and Melanie Jolie and all the rest of these crazies have committed billions of dollars

Brookfield Questions And Foreign Spending

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to foreign governments or foreign entities, Ukraine being one of them. How about the Palestinian cause, quote unquote, through UNRWA? And he would proudly announced in September at the United Nations $100 million that's going to go to the Palestinian aid. Mr.

Kearney declared that he was going to recognize a Palestinian state if the Palestinian Authority would call an election within 12 months. Well, Mahmoud Abbas just postponed his election to 2027, and still money and recognition is going to go that way. Your money, ladies and gentlemen, your leadership here in this country is more concerned about funding terrorists, not fighting racism in this country, not fighting the financial challenges that are facing us, and would rather line their pockets or rather help terrorists or join the European Union because they have it right. Why are we so ignorant of this?

Why do we keep giving into this? Where's the outcry? According to the media and especially the CBC, Mr. Kearney could do no wrong.

And that's what you keep hearing. The feeding. That when there is a problem, it's Trump's fault. Or if in case of the Middle East, it's got to be Netanyahu's fault.

Has Mr. Kearney condemned the Houthis yet for attacking Saudi Arabia? Of course not. Did he call out Israel when Israel had to defend herself?

Of course he did, because that's what Carney's all about. He's not about helping you people. He's about helping himself. And wherever his interests lie, that's where Canadian interests lie.

So while you go to the pump tomorrow morning or today and you look at diesel prices, somewhere around the $3 per liter range, the person you got to ask is why is Mr. Kearney letting the prices stay this high? Why are we paying 26 cents per liter more than our southern neighbors or 23 cents per liter on average with the rest of the world? Why?

It's not Trump's fault, people. Trump didn't put taxes on us in this country.

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Carney was proud to say that he wanted to freeze a 10 cent increase at the pump that you and I would have paid for. It was a conservative policy, by the way. Mr. Pollier pushed Carney to do it. And the obvious reaction was yes, look at why look what the Kearney did to save Canadians. Look at me, the glorious King Carney. Well, look again, ladies and gentlemen, diesel prices when you go fill up at the pump. How much are you paying? How much is this choking you? How hard are the decisions when you go to the grocery store to decide between a product A or a product B because costs are just through the roof? And look at your friends, your neighbors, or even family members while they're struggling to find jobs. Why they're not even attempting because of how hard it is. And why is our money leaving our country when we need it here to support Canadians? Why aren't Canadians getting breaks where they need to get the breaks? No, no, no. We're going to save the money for an election and send everybody a check as a bribery

A Message To Ottawa

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thing. Well, Trump did it, said that, and the people freaked out. But Trudeau did it as well. And Kearney will do it as well when the time will come. Alberta and Quebec is just the starting point. Alberta's probably going to vote no on the referendum as well. Quebec doesn't want to have, doesn't want to have this taste to separate from Canada. But it's a clear message that we as Canadians are unhappy and things need to change. And the Kearney government just wants us to keep the status quo. What we're doing is fine. Canadians will suffer and Mr. Kearney will prosper. It doesn't make sense, does it? So for Albertans, I would ask this question. It's not about, please don't look at it as, oh, we're going to separate from Canada. But let's send a message to Ottawa, just like we did in Quebec. We're unhappy. Things need to change. And unless you want us to vote you in down in 2029, which is when the next federal election will be, start doing things right, please, Mr. Kearney. Canadians can no longer suffer. That's it for me right now. Have yourself a really good Thanksgiving in Canada, and I'll see you guys on Wednesday.