Merry Christmas! I hope you and your family are having a wonderful Christmas Day today, despite the lockdown measures in place in so much of our country. It's just after noon on Christmas Day on a glorious but overcast day on the mountain and I just want to say thank you for being a part of my liberty-loving efforts to change the world. I'm so grateful you choose to … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2020
Government Power Always Comes From the Barrel of a Gun
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” It’s said that Mao Zedong, the most famous of Justin Trudeau’s dictatorial Chinese idols, first uttered this maxim on August 7, 1927. I think it was Naheed Nenshi, Calgary’s Masked Mayor, on December 18, 2020. For the sake of today’s political commentary, I’m going to attribute this quote to Calgary Mayor … [Read more...]
Are Your Ready for a Pandemic Spring Election?
I've said for a while that Justin Trudeau wants a spring election. A Friday afternoon funding announcement is one more indicator that The Shiny Pony does indeed intend to send Canadians to the polls for a pandemic election. How he will engineer the fall of his own government remains to be seen. On December 11th, the Trudeau government quietly rolled out their latest climate … [Read more...]
Trudeau’s Virtue-Signaling Vaccine Giveaway
I literally laughed out loud when this headline scrolled through my Twitter feed: Canada will donate excess COVID-19 vaccine to poorer countries Excess? We're at least six months away from knowing if we have enough to meet demand from Canadians, yet we can commit to giving the vaccine away to other countries? Obviously, it's never too early for another virtue-signalling … [Read more...]
Josh Benoit-Wilson: 48 Counts of Violating Firearm Prohibition Order
Josh Benoit-Wilson is one of those delightfully violent young men who Bill Blair, our Minister of Public Safety, loves to ignore while he focuses on confiscating guns from licensed firearm owners. The 26-year-old's latest (and lengthy) list of charges include 48 counts of violating his Firearm Prohibition Order. As I note almost daily when I update the list of people … [Read more...]
Bonnie Henry’s ‘not-a-lockdown’ Christmas Lockdown
On December 7, 2020, Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC's High Priestess of COVID, was asked whether she thought British Columbians "will be on board with basically being locked down for Christmas?” “This is not a lockdown, clearly,” Bonnie Henry replied, a smirk on her face. Then she described a key element of a lockdown. “But yes, these are the restrictions that we’ve had in place. … [Read more...]
Jealous Rage Leads to Claresholm, AB, Highway Massacre
This is part of my ongoing series on Canadian Mass Murders. Jealousy is one of humanity’s ugliest emotions. It renders its owner incapable of responding rationally to any situation involving the object of their jealousy. When a rational person sees their former romantic partner enjoying themselves in the company of another, they may feel anything from … [Read more...]
Undercover RCMP Refused Entry to Fraser Valley Churches
I never believed I would live long enough to see religious freedom under blatant attack in Canada. I was wrong. On Sunday, December 6th, a pair of undercover RCMP officers attempted to attend worship services at three Lower Mainland churches. Their crime? Holding regular Sunday worship services in defiance of Dr. Bonnie Henry's order banning all worship … [Read more...]
COVID: It’s not about health, it’s about keeping those ants in line
“You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up! Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one and if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life! It’s not about food. It’s about keeping those ants in line.” – Hopper, A Bug’s Life Preamble I never intended to get involved in the COVID debate. My preference was to simply to watch it … [Read more...]
All Hail the High Priestess of COVID – Dr. Bonnie Henry
If COVID is the new god then Bonnie Henry is its High Priestess. On Tuesday, December 8th, the High Priestess of COVID published the latest version of her bastardized commandments. If the restrictions that follow make no sense to you, don’t worry your pretty little head over them. This doesn’t have to make sense. It’s government policy. All Hail the High Priestess of … [Read more...]
Liberal Firearm Confiscation Scheme Proves Deadly for Temp Agency
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair keeps stepping in steaming piles of dog poo with his proposed Firearm Confiscation Compensation Scheme. Minister Blair is 0-3 at finding a scapegoat for seizing and destroying legal firearms from licensed, RCMP-vetted firearm owners. Conversely, Minister Blair is 3-0 at leaving illegal guns in the hands of drug dealers, gangs and other … [Read more...]
Is Canada’s Democracy Doomed?
Democracy is doomed globally but that’s an issue for another day. Today I’m only concerned with waking my fellow mere citizens in the Great White North from their slumber. “I’m from the Government and I’m here to help.” Those nine words doom Canadians because whenever government decides to "help us" the loss of individual freedom and prosperity is never far … [Read more...]
National Letter Writing Day
Some enterprising individual made December 7th Letter Writing Day to help combat the loss of letter writing skills due to the rise of texting, social media and the horde of instant messaging apps. Writing a letter can take so many forms, but because I'm a political commentator I'll use this unofficial day primarily to encourage you to write to the politician of your choice, … [Read more...]
Darius Sam’s 100 Mile Run Against Addiction Starts Now
If you're reading this on December 5th, 2020, Merritt's Darius Sam is somewhere on Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge, British Columbia, running to raise awareness of addiction and mental health challenges. Darius Sam's 100 mile ultra-marathon is to raise awareness of addiction and raise $50,000 for men's mental health counseling at Nicola Family Therapy. Nicola … [Read more...]
Virtue Signalling vs Action: Another Liberal Failure, Another National Disgrace
If Justin Trudeau is faced with a choice between solving a problem or talking about solving the problem, Justin Trudeau will opt for useless chatter and virtue-signalling every time. On December 3rd, 2020, that pattern continued when the Trudeau government tabled Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, into the House … [Read more...]
Nine Attempts to Quash Section 74 Reference Hearings Destroyed by Alberta Judge
On November 30th, 2020, Judge Allan A. Fradsham dismissed the Attorney General's attempt to have nine Section 74 reference hearings tossed out of court. On November 30th, 2020, Judge Allan A. Fradsham became Canadian firearm owners' best friend, for not only did he dismiss the Attorney General's motions, he did so in a way that appears bulletproof to appeal. The Short … [Read more...]
Justin Trudeau: All I want for Christmas is a Pandemic Election
December 2, 2020, 16:00 hrs | Updated final analysis at the bottom of the page. Justin Trudeau will use his government’s December 1st fiscal update to force opposition parties to either lick his boots or send Canadians to the polls. This comes with some sharp unknowns for all sides, but the chips appear to be stacked in favour of the … [Read more...]
Giving Tuesday: Please Support Darius Sam’s Run to Fight Mental Health and Addiction
Giving Tuesday, the first Tuesday after American Thanksgiving, is “a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.” One young man working hard to transform his community into a healthier version of itself is Merritt’s Darius Sam. This Giving Tuesday, please support Darius Sam’s Run Against … [Read more...]