The B.C. government has pivoted and is now supporting doubling the amount of oil that goes through the Trans Mountain pipeline. Canada s top bureaucrat, the Clerk of the Privy Council, says he has sold off all his Brookfield shares, but cannot explain why Mark Carney hasn t done so. And once again proving that Ottawa is where your taxpayer money goes to die, the Feds recently hosted two Montreal conferences at a cost of nearly $1 million.
00:00:00.000From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.280I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.380The B.C. government has pivoted and is now supporting doubling the amount of oil that goes through the Trans Mountain pipeline.
00:00:21.840Canada's top bureaucrat, the Clerk of the Privy Council, says he has sold off all his Brookfield shares, but cannot explain why Mark Carney hasn't done so.
00:00:33.460The Prime Minister, of course, used to be the head of Brookfield.
00:00:37.300It's elbows down in Ontario, where the Ford government has hired U.S. lawyers to the tune of $1 million a month to help them navigate trade issues.
00:00:47.580The Liberals are dropping mandatory medical exams for refugees.
00:00:55.340And once again proving that Ottawa is where your taxpayer money goes to die, the Feds recently hosted two Montreal conferences at a cost of nearly $1 million.
00:01:07.380The conferences included musical spoons, circus acts, and gourmet meals.