Rudderless CANADA - Heading Straight For The ROCKS
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Summary
Canadians are rudderless on this issue and on many things right now, and to their peril as well. Canada has no rudder, and that is a problem. Today's rant about Canada's lack of a rudder comes from a report from the Hill Times.
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I want to talk about Canada being a rudderless ship right now. That's what I was thinking when I got
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up this morning. You know, I think I could expand that out to the Western world as a rudderless ship
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right now, but I'll focus more on Canada, of course, because I live in this country.
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And I started thinking about this this morning when it came to a few things that have happened
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over the last couple of months, but one that's happened in the last couple of days.
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There's a saying, you've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything. And I
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don't think Canada really stands for anything anymore other than one thing. And I think that
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can be extended to the Western world. The one thing that Canada and the Western world stand for right
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now is everything against Donald Trump. And I think that's dangerous.
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The attack on Iran the other day was something I was fully in favor of. And most right-minded people,
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and I mean that from a standpoint of right and wrong and right-minded from the political spectrum
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definition of right, I think most right-minded people would think it was a good thing to get rid of
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a totalitarian, authoritarian country and state that subjugates women, that kills women for not
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covering their faces, that kills its citizens by the tens of thousands, and sponsors terror around
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the world. I think most right-minded people think that's a good thing, but that's not what has
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happened. And it's not happened when it comes to governments as well. Canada is rudderless on this
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issue and on many things right now to its peril, and to its citizens peril as well. I want to take
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you to this story from the Hill Times. Can Carney reconcile his Davos goals with complicity in the
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Iran war? Now when this attack happened the other day, Prime Minister Mark Carney came out in favor of
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this attack. And I thought, good, Mark Carney did something that was correct. He came out in favor of
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getting rid of the authoritarian, totalitarian regime, which I just described. But folks,
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things have changed because Canada has no rudder. You see, to the Liberals, polling and vote count is
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more important than Canadian sovereignty, integrity, and security. Here's a poll that has come out
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just recently, and this is Rick Bell in the Calgary Sun. From the Calgary Sun, Trump-obsessed
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liberal Canadians just hate U.S. taking on Iran. Angus Reid poll shows half of Canadians oppose the
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U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Iran. They hate President Trump. They hate the airstrikes. And this
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is amazing. Let's just read a bit of this story. Not a lot. Don't want to bore you to death. Get this,
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only 17% of liberal voters back the strikes against Iran, fewer than one in five. Two out of three
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conservative voters support the airstrikes. There is a glimpse of sanity. In every part of Canada,
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those who oppose the U.S.-Israel airstrikes outnumber those supporting them. In every part
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of Canada except one, in one part of this country, opinion is evenly split, and that is Alberta.
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God, I love Alberta. A little bit more. It should come as no surprise Prime Minister Mark Carney spent
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Tuesday making sure he was more aligned with his liberal team and his liberal base of voters.
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On the weekend, the Prime Minister wanted to be clear and offered quick support for the U.S.
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and Israeli strikes against Iran. On Tuesday, Carney said he supported the strikes with regret and added
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he feels the actions appear to be inconsistent with international law. Carney saw the polls. Canada is
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rudderless. The Prime Minister says he is being realistic. Canada would not have encouraged the
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U.S. and Israel to strike Iran, but Mark Carney is still backing those initial attacks. That is not
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a blank check. That is not us participating. That is not us asking for something in exchange for that.
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None of that's true. In fact, he says while Canada hasn't made a formal judgment,
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those initial strikes seem to violate global rules. It appears that these actions are inconsistent with
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international law. Carney's initial instinct on this attack the other day was right. We're getting
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rid of an authoritarian, totalitarian regime, probably saving tens of thousands of lives here,
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but the polling numbers came in. And he's got an election to be concerned about in the near future,
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perhaps. So he changed his mind. He's dithering. Canada is a rudderless ship heading for the rocks.
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But this isn't unusual for Western leaders. This story's popped up over the last couple of days.
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This is on the Telegraph. Why Keir Starmer could not afford to lose more Muslim voters.
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Just the first line of this story, Donald Trump has suggested Sir Keir Starmer's reluctance to
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support U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran is because of his fear of backlash from Muslims at the ballot box.
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His Labour Party is depending on Muslims in the UK, which they brought in by the tens of thousands,
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to support him in an upcoming election. Looking at the votes, looking at the polling numbers,
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and of course, it's Donald Trump as well. But this isn't unusual. Everything is rudderless right
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now with Canada. Where's Carney been? Well, he was just recently in India. I don't,
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I don't recall if this has all been resolved, but it wasn't very long ago
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that Justin Trudeau said this. Please forgive me for the clip.
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And the protection of our citizens is paramount. That's why when our law enforcement and intelligence
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officials began pursuing credible allegations that agents of the government of India were
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directly involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, on Canadian soil,
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we responded. As Prime Minister, it is my responsibility to provide reassurance
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to those who are feeling their safety has been compromised. But most importantly,
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it is my responsibility to take action. Has this issue been resolved? Does anybody know?
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Sorry about the Trudeau clip, but maybe he was right about this. But where was Carney this week?
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Because of Donald Trump, we got to make deals around the world. Let's head off to India.
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Here's a story that ran just before the election last year.
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Beijing has hit back at Canada, saying it's not interested in interfering in its affairs.
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It was after Ottawa warned that China and India could meddle in its election next month.
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And for Niha Pony joins us live from New Delhi. Niha, we've heard China's response. Of course,
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a list of four. There's China, India, Russia and Pakistan. How has New Delhi reacted?
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Well, we've not heard a comment from the Ministry of External Affairs on these latest allegations,
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despite reaching out to them. But they did point me towards a comment that they issued back in
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January when similar allegations were made, when India had rejected allegations of New Delhi trying
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to interfere in the internal processes of any country. That report is from less than a year ago,
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but we're assured that everything is just fine. Who is assuring us? The rudderless government.
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What I can tell you is that on the eve of the Prime Minister's visit, a Canadian official
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gave a briefing on background to reporters in which it was said that the Canadian government no
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longer believes that there is an active threat of foreign interference and repression in Canada by
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India. And that if those kinds of activities were continuing, the Canadian government wouldn't
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be taking this trip to begin with. The government assures us nothing to see here, folks. Well,
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I feel so much better. How about you? Do you trust the government on this? And the previous
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story talked about four countries that want to meddle in our elections and our politics here.
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I talked about Russia, Pakistan, India, and China. And Canada is steering its rudderless ship right
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towards Beijing right now. And Canada's rudderless when it comes to domestic policy as well.
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I mean, we're rudderless when it comes to making a trade deal with our biggest trading partner,
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rudderless on the economy. We're rudderless when it comes to debt and deficit, which are too high,
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rudderless on housing, food prices, cost of living, immigration, and climate alarmism. We know what we need to
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do to steer the ship in the right direction, but we're steering it right towards the rocks.
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And the problem is, just like that poll I showed you earlier about the conflict in Iran,
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too many Canadians are aboard the ship helping steer it rudderlessly right towards the rocks.
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You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything. Well, a precipitous fall is coming for
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Canada, folks, because we don't stand for anything anymore, except for orange man bad.
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