Alberta child-care centres say they were coerced into joining the $10-a-day daycare program. Tactics included tying existing subsidies to program participation and inadequate time for contract review.

An incredibly important story by Hadassah Alencar
canadianaffairs.news/2024/04/27/alb…

More horrible news. A stringer for Reuters in Moscow has been arrested (for some alleged other/prior work) according to the court.

Konstantin Gabov, a journalist and video producer, will now face trial and jail in Russia. Local staff always at highest risk

NP View: Loblaw is a true Canadian success story — no wonder Trudeau wants to destroy it nationalpost.com/opinion/np-vie…

Peaceful protests don’t include calls for support of Hamas. Peaceful protests don’t include calls for a repeat of the Oct 7 massacre. Peaceful protests don’t include calls for Jews to go back to Poland. Peaceful protests don’t include calls for Israel to be wiped off the map.

Update on Canada's government takeover of child care:

It's a 'horrible experience' & 'It is impossible to cover the expenses of running a child-care centre' due to gov't price controls, Alberta daycare operators tell Hadassah Alencar

canadianaffairs.news/2024/04/27/alb… via Canadian Affairs

The bill would name the street in front of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Washington DC “Jimmy Lai Way” and designate the current address of the facility as “1 Jimmy Lai Way Northwest.”

nationalreview.com/corner/house-l… via National Review

About $5 million per job. Note: these are not jobs created, but jobs *transferred* from other firms and industries (see: opportunity costs). So we’re paying $5 million per just to shift jobs from one sector to another.

GDP per capita is now 7% LOWER than it should be, meaning Canadians are poorer by $4,200 per person.

But don't worry — Trudeau says the economy isn't about numbers.

Remember that next time you see the skyrocketing prices at the grocery till or gas pump.

Update on Canada's government takeover of childcare:

Global News reports parents 'left in limbo' e.g., an Ontario mom on 4 waitlists whose best chance at a daycare spot is in Sept 2025, as supply has not kept up with govt-inflated demand

youtube.com/watch?v=3uPhuO… via Globalnews.ca

Why are union members leaving the NDP in droves and turning to Poilievre and the Conservatives? Asinine hateful gimmicks like this from CUPE National and CUPE Ontario are why.

Oh my God, Pt. II.

I could write a whole other column about this. But I won't. I'll just say this.

1. Saying we'll just bring in more foreign doctors if tax changes drive out ones we already have is not a good answer on its own merits. You're admitting it's a problem.

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The Conservative Party is so 'extreme' that 40%+ of people would vote for them

Update on Canada's government takeover of child care:

In Sault Ste. Marie, 2,275 children waitlisted for daycare - & likely to get worse as YMCA (~540 daycare spots) set to close

sootoday.com/local-news/wha…

Via economics team at RBC: 'Since 2019, Canadian GDP per capita has declined 2.8% versus a 7% increase in the U.S. That marks the largest underperformance of the Canadian economy versus the U.S. over a comparable period since at least 1965.'

Matthew Lau: When government pays for things, their cost usually goes up, not down financialpost.com/opinion/govern…

Matthew Lau: When government pays for things, their cost usually goes up, not down financialpost.com/opinion/govern… via FP Comment

Matthew Lau: When government pays for things, their cost usually goes up, not down financialpost.com/opinion/govern…

How's this for a letter to the editor in The Globe and Mail this morning: 'I was astounded to learn that, according to Chrystia Freeland, I am now considered one of Canada’s wealthiest 40,000 citizens.'

“We are making life cost less,” Chrystia Freeland said in her budget speech

She must've misspoken: the expense table in the budget shows expenses going up to $537.6B this year from $505.1B last year. A $32.5B cost increase is not 'making life cost less'

financialpost.com/opinion/govern…

Update on Canada's government takeover of child care:

With gov't price controls starving daycares of revenue, Kanata operator asks 'how do you expect me to survive?'

cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…