Michelle Rickard

Award-winning comms practitioner. Former journalist. Mom to 2 beautiful girls. Proud #firewife to @CityofCambridge firefighter. Sens fan! Opinions my own.

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

So let me get this straight...

Canada is in a recession—the only G7 country currently in one. Unemployment is up. Inflation is rising. Food insecurity is at a record high.

Yet the highest proportion of Canadians since 2017 now say the country is on the right track.

That's either a remarkable display of optimism—or a sign that many Canadians aren't getting the full economic story from the news they consume.

[CP24 @CP24]

#NEW: Canada slips into technical recession as economy stalls in Q1: StatCan
https://t.co/xr0fmAQle1

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

14 year old Esther is missing and was last seen Friday night in the Earl Bales Park area near Sheppard and Bathurst in North York.

Anyone with information should contact @TorontoPolice immediately at 1-416-808-2222 or @CanStopCrime at 1-800-222-8477.

Please share this widely. Let’s help find Esther and get her home.

[CTV News @CTVNews]

EXCLUSIVE: Innocent Canadians are being detained after their bag tags are switched in a drug smuggling scheme. This may just be the tip of the iceberg. https://t.co/GytJSEyyHk

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

The average Canadian household is now spending roughly $1,000-$1,500 more per year on gasoline compared to early March trends alone.

That money has to come from somewhere. For many families, it means:

➡️Less restaurant spending.
➡️More pressure at the grocery store.
➡️More debt.
➡️More trading down to discount brands.

More money at the pump, less money to spend on food.

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

For media stories on food inflation tomorrow, expect the usual suspects — Liberal-leaning, and often publicly funded academics and experts (rarely disclosed) — to once again argue that rising food prices have little to do with Ottawa’s policies. Ironically, many of them neither conduct research on food pricing nor forecast food inflation.

Instead, expect the usual explanations: Trump, climate change, consumer demand, or vague accusations of “profiteering,” while avoiding more difficult conversations about taxes, regulation, counter-tariffs, recycling fees, and policy decisions affecting Canada’s food supply chain.

Canadians deserve a fuller picture of what’s actually driving food costs.

This pattern has become more noticeable as many media organizations themselves have grown increasingly dependent on federal funding to survive.

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

HOLY COW.

Same oil price.
Totally different reality.
2014: $100 oil → $1.30/L gas
Today: $100 oil → $1.85/L gas

That’s a 50¢ jump with NO change in global price.

What changed?
Higher taxes
More debt
Weaker dollar

They didn’t fix affordability. They BROKE IT

[Dan McTeague @GasPriceWizard]

Look to steep price increases before the May 24 weekend and then, possibly, moves by governments to restrict use as a 1.2 billion (and growing) oil supply deficit won’t be fixed for several months

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

"To hear our Prime Minister, Mark Carney, describe our relationship with the United States as a weakness is deeply concerning. It's simply a poor choice of words.

The largest economy in the history of the world sits just south of us—it cannot be ignored. I’m at a major food innovation show here in Montreal, and Americans are here to do business in Canada, just as Canadian companies are eager to do the same, despite the senseless political rhetoric."

[JayGen 𝕏 er🇨🇦 @JayGenXer]

Conservative MP Kelly DeRidder just stood up in the House of Commons and called it exactly what it is.

The Carney Liberals aren’t just changing the Standing Orders to stack committees and kill debate — they’re actively approaching and trying to recruit Conservative MPs to cross the floor and prop up their stolen majority.

Democracy is DYING in Canada.

They couldn’t win the seats at the ballot box, so now they’re trying to BUY or STEAL them behind closed doors.

Kelly DeRidder isn’t playing their game. She’s exposing the whole corrupt playbook.

This is what a real MP looks like.

Stand strong, Kelly. Canada is watching. 🔥🇨🇦

#KellyDeRidder #CDNPoli #PowerGrab #FloorCrossing #DemocracyIsDying

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

HE SHOWED UP

Mark Carney actually showed up in the House of Commons. He probably regrets that decision.

Pierre Poilievre obliterate Mark Carney

Caucus members are scrambling to pick up all the pieces

Even Mark Carney‘s comebacks were weak.

[Kat Kanada 🏴 @KatKanada_TM]

POILIEVRE: Carney, you doubled the deficit.

CARNEY: I reduced the deficit.

How is increasing the deficit from $31 BILLION to $65 BILLION reducing it?

What kind of Liberal math is that??? 🤔

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

I have an idea...

[Andrew Scheer @AndrewScheer]

OUTRAGEOUS!!!

Immediately after giving themselves a majority on committee and DESPITE promising they wouldn’t shut down investigations, what was the very first thing they did?

Shut down an investigation into a $300 million scandal.

Shameful.

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

The Liberals and CBC do not want you to see this video. It will be TAKEN DOWN

We are UNITED 🇨🇦🇺🇸 🔥❤️

America 🇺🇸 is NOT an ENEMY

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

NO SHOW CARNEY strikes again.

While Pierre Poilievre delivered a MASTER CLASS in the House today, Squeaky & Steven MacKinnon got MOPPED UP.

Carney dodges Question Period like it's his full-time job. Canadians deserve a PM who shows up not one who hides. Poilievre is ready to lead.

[Mario Zelaya @mario4thenorth]

BREAKING

@KellyDeRidderMP outlines how the Liberals have been actively trying to recruit her, to cross the floor.

She outlines how they do it.

How they engage in the conversations.

And what they offered her.

THIS IS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DEMOCRACY.

It’s all about power

[DR @Media371]

An #OPP officer has died following a motorcycle crash on Highway 401 eastbound near County Road 18 in #Cobourg. The male officer was pronounced dead on scene. Three other officers were transported to hospital with minor injuries after they crashed while responding to the scene. Both directions closed for @OPP_CR investigation. @OPPCommissioner

[Josh Ryan 🍁 @joshryanjames]

A civil lawsuit against floor crosser Marilyn Gladu is being organized by the constituents of the Sarnia - Lambton - Bkejwanong riding, for breach of fiduciary duty stating she ran on Conservative promises, took Conservative donations and votes then crossed the floor to Liberals

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

We are learning that the Liberal government, now holding the slimmest of majorities in the House of Commons, intends to assert control over all parliamentary committees—over votes, witness selection, points of order, agendas, and more.

Committee work is among the most important responsibilities of Parliamentarians, full stop. It is where legislation is thoroughly examined to ensure that decisions made by government serve the best interests of all Canadians.

While the Liberals are entitled to seek greater control, what I witnessed firsthand in Ottawa last week was troubling: a tone of arrogance, along with the mistreatment of some witnesses who expressed views not aligned with the party in power.

This is what is unfolding, and Canadians should be aware. Parliament will look very different over the next three years—even with only a razor-thin majority.