democracy canada

Democracy is run by people not by public servants. 🍁 A space for Canadians to speak up, question, and be heard. Your country. Your voice. Join in.

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

Democracy is run by people not by public servants. 🍁

We're ordinary Canadians. No party. No spin. Just receipts and questions that deserve answers.

So here's our first one, for you: if you could ask Ottawa ONE question this week, what would it be? 👇 #cdnpoli #canada

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

The students were never the problem. The planning was. Important contributors deserve a strategy, not a boom-bust cycle.

Where is it? 👇
#cdnpoli #canada #internationalstudents

[Juno News @junonewscom]

REPORTER: "[International] students from Alberta are protesting because they're getting mass rejections for post-graduation work permits. What is the government doing about it?

MINISTER DIAB: "So, international students add value to our economy. There's no doubt about it."

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

He IS a magician. Watch:
A "build faster" law — now you see it, 13 months unused.
Your grocery bill — the only thing he's made grow: 17 months above CPI.
A trade deadline — vanished, reappeared when tariffs hit.
The fastest thing on stage is the announcement. 🎩 #cdnpoli

[Allan Sorensen @AllanSorensen]

Have you ever experienced an object moving so fast that you didn't see it?
Or hear it.
Or feel it.

Magicians do it all the time.
Is Carney a magician?

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

Worth knowing the method: 2 Billion Trees fell behind → program wound down (Budget 2025, per NRCan itself). Target gone, problem "solved."
So about "30% of lands and waters by 2030": publish the annual milestones now, so this target can't quietly disappear the same way. #cdnpoli

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

The First thing Mark Carney did as PM is cut the 2 billion tree planting program.

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

Agreed, Minister so let's review the file: 1M+ students by 2024 (unmanaged, diploma mills included), then permits cut to 408K, then "contact the provinces" when institutions buckled. Important contributors deserve a strategy, not a boom-bust cycle. Where is it?

[wealthmoose @wealthmoose]

🇨🇦 According to Immigration Minister Diab, international students are an important contributor to the Canadian economy.

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

The streak nobody in Ottawa wants to talk about: 17 straight months of grocery inflation above overall inflation. (StatCan)

Drop the price that shocked you this week 👇 We're collecting the ground reality. #cdnpoli

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

17 months of grocery inflation above CPI. Youth unemployment at 12.7% vs 6.5% national. A "build faster" law unused for a year.

Canadians need the full scorecard. #cdnpoli

[Melissa 🇨🇦 @MelissaLMRogers]

ANOTHER Company shifting operations to America 🇨🇦 Canadian lumber giant Interfor Corp. plans to shift some operations from Burnaby BC to Georgia 🇺🇸

The CARNEY ‘no deal’ is working out well I see 😒

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

13 months of the "build faster" law: zero formal designations.
One pressure campaign from Washington: a bridge deal in weeks, internal trade barriers down in days.
Turns out the speed exists. It just answers to the wrong capital. #cdnpoli

[Bob Zimmer @bobzimmermp]

Mark Carney promised to build Canadian 🇨🇦 projects at record speed…

and Conservatives supported the legislation to make it happen.

The Alaska Highway: built in 9 months ✅

Carney after 16 months: still hasn’t designated a single major project of national interest ❌

Northerners are tired of the talk, Mark.

It’s time for action.

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

Fair questions, no invented stats needed:
How many times has the Brookfield/Stripe screen been triggered? (Not published.)
Should stock options ever qualify as "blind"?
Should PM asset values be public, as in other democracies?
Parliament could fix all three tomorrow.

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

I just spoke to a socialist boomer who was thrilled that Mark Carney won the last election.

I asked one question:

“If Canada is such a great investment, why is roughly 91% of Carney’s reported net worth tied to U.S. assets, while only about 0.5% is in Canada?

Shouldn’t someone who truly believes Canada be investing here?

He was stunned.

Most Canadians have no idea Mark Carney is ALL in on 🇺🇸

[John F Kennedy Jr @John_F_kJr]

🚨 Holy crap hahaha LEGEND😂😂

CBC invited a Canadian winery owner on to trash Trump

and he comes back with "Trump's 50% tariffs are still less than EVERY OTHER province in CANADA puts on us"

Provinces in Canada have mandatory markups (tariffs) of up to 70%

[Eva Chipiuk, BSc, LLB, LLM @echipiuk]

Provincial trade barriers are a bigger economic burden on Canadians than U.S. tariffs.

Tell me again how Canada isn’t broken.

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

To be fair, the credentials are impeccable: two G7 central banks, global crisis manager, "the man you call in an emergency."
The emergency: groceries above CPI 17 straight months, youth jobless at double the national rate.
Turns out the call connected. The delivery didn't.

[KerryDiotte @KerryDiotte]

I never thought Canada could have a prime minister weaker, more foolish and less qualified than Justin Trudeau. I was wrong. Enter Mark Carney.

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

15 months ago, Canadians extended their trust at the ballot box. Trust is a loan, not a gift repaid in results, not announcements. The results so far: grocery inflation Youth unemployment near double. So the question stands: where is the plan? With dates. Not rhetoric

[Shuv Majumdar @shuvmajumdar]

What’s the plan, Prime Minister?

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

The real question isn't the aid it's at home: why cut ~half the federal emergency coordination centre (per PSAC) in a record fire season?

[Roman Baber @Roman_Baber]

Canada per @AnitaAnandMP will give Pakistan $45 million dollars "to help improve climate resilience!" But the @MarkJCarney Government cut resources to fight forest fires.

Make it make sense!

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

@david_parker A country calling itself a G7 growth leader took 159 years and a Trump tariff threat to let a BC winery ship a bottle to Ontario. And last week's deal still excludes Quebec and keeps board fees.
Not broken. Just unaccountable. Fixable if we keep the pressure on. 🍁

[wealthmoose @wealthmoose]

Stephen LeDrew on Mark Carney:

“When it comes to getting serious work done, I think we have a Prime Minister who doesn’t understand politics, who thinks he’s running a bank, who has given benefits to certain friends. He doesn’t have the character necessary to successfully lead this country out of the malaise it’s been in since 2015.”🇨🇦👇

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

Work hard. Study hard. Get told there are no entry-level jobs for the 18th month in a row.
Youth unemployment: 12.7%. National rate: 6.5%. Nearly double. (StatCan, June)
Young Canadians what's your job hunt actually been like? Ottawa should hear it. 👇 #cdnpoli #canada

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

@MarkJCarney Fair question for the government: unions report ~50% of Government Operations Centre roles cut and NRCan wildfire-mapping staff getting notices in a summer scientists called a "litmus test" fire year.
What's the plan if they're right and the season gets worse?

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

@RodAVanier Statesmen take ownership. Politicians explain their explanations.
Canadians paid $6.4B for that bridge. They were told debt gets repaid first; the released text says 50% of net revenue from year one.
The gap deserves an answer, not a rewording.

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

@AnitaAnandMP That's a caption, not a plan.
What was promised last year → what was delivered → what's the target this year.
Three numbers. Any government proud of its record posts them without being asked. 🍁

[democracy canada @cademocracy]

@MarkJCarney Genuinely good to see new markets pursued. Now make it accountable:
What's the target export volume, jobs, by what date so Canadians can measure success in 2028 instead of taking it on faith in 2026?
Announcements are easy. Benchmarks are leadership. Publish both. 🍁