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[Dennis Kalma @DennisKalma]

Who ever said that the country would run on tithes and resource taxes? That is something from the convoluted crevices of your mind.

We have postulated significant reductions in income taxes on individuals and corporations with a zero income tax regime only possible if we significantly increase production - as royalties begin to approach the cost of operation of the government.

Poor? In a job-rich, low income tax regime would there not be very high level of employment, with relatively few poor as a result of that?

As for disabled people, compassion is the order of the day for every independence minded person I know....we all want to keep those who need help well cared for and supported.

Your attempts at smearing us are just plain foolish....and more indicative of your own beliefs than this silly attempt at "making a point"

[Lorrie Goldstein @sunlorrie]

COLUMN: Flawed & costly vision of Canada's Liberal anointed
3 decades ago, the great American conservative thinker Thomas Sowell explained why the doomed-to-fail strategies of liberal elites inevitably end in dysfunction & financial disaster for taxpayers
https://t.co/u9gD8GXj88

[Mateo @mateo_bd]

@linadreaamy 98

[JayGen 𝕏 er🇨🇦 @JayGenXer]

Trudeau and Carney didn’t need a plan.

They needed a scapegoat.

Just like Napoleon in Animal Farm, they realized the easiest way to control a tired, frustrated population wasn’t to deliver results — it was to give them someone to hate.

Enter: Trump.

Every collapse, every broken promise, every time another sector of the economy got gutted, it was always “Trump’s fault” or “the big threat from the south.” They spent millions of our tax dollars on ads, propaganda, and fear campaigns to keep that ghost alive and breathing.

Why?

Because if Canadians are busy fearing the shadow they pointed at, they never turn around and look at the actual leader holding the whip.

Classic Orwell. Classic Liberal strategy.

They didn’t fix Canada.

They just made sure you stayed scared of the guy who wasn’t even in charge here.

Wake up.

[WexitPepe @WexitPepe]

The Vancouver Condo Shell Game: Why Taxpayers Are Sick of Being Played

So, the feds and the BC government want to play heroes by using Build Canada Homes and BC Housing to "acquire" over 2,200 vacant condos and flip them into affordable housing. Sounds like a masterstroke, right? Except it reeks of a corporate bailout dressed up as a public service.

When they dropped this grand announcement on June 18, they conveniently "forgot" to mention a few minor details. Like who the developers are. How much they’re getting paid. What the discounts look like. Or the actual price tag to taxpayers. Their excuse? "We'll tell you later." Translation: Shut up and hand over your wallets.

Then there’s the Brookfield elephant in the room. Just 15 days before this housing announcement, a Brookfield affiliate quietly slid into a $1-billion joint venture with Vancouver’s Concert Properties. Now, the powers-that-be are frantically claiming this JV is only for industrial properties, not the condos in question. But the timing is so hilariously convenient it practically screams "inside baseball."

Why is everyone side-eyeing Brookfield? Oh, right. Because our Prime Minister, Mark Carney, used to run the place. He still has his cash tangled up in a Brookfield "blind trust"—a supposed conflict-of-interest screen that Liberal lackeys are desperately waving around like a magic shield. The Conservatives on the ethics committee are calling bullshit on how tight these safeguards actually are, and honestly, who can blame them?

But the real kicker is the sheer, insulting arrogance of the secrecy. Without independent valuations, developer names, and proof of actual below-market discounts, taxpayers are left to draw the obvious conclusion: Is the government securing cheap homes for Canadians, or are they just wiping the asses of developers who couldn't offload their overpriced, empty concrete boxes?

Look, until the receipts drop, we can’t legally call this a proven Brookfield bailout. But demanding the government rip the lid off this shady backroom deal isn't just justified—it's mandatory. Stop treating the public like a bunch of marks. Show the books or kill the deal.

[Mateo @mateo_bd]

@JeromyYYC It is Federal policies and regulations that are killing the energy industry and chasing away investment Jeromy. That’s never going to change if you keep accepting it.

[Mateo @mateo_bd]

@Alberta_UCP Taxpayer funded pipelines and carbon capture schemes are not a win for Alberta. It’s time for a new leader that will follow the Alberta First mandate.

[Keith Wilson @ikwilson]

Thomas Lukaszuk and Forever Canadian have publicly announced a province-wide campaign to persuade Albertans to vote to remain in Canada on October 19.

If pro-independence organizations must register, report donations, and comply with Alberta's referendum financing rules, the same rules should apply to the pro-Canada campaign.

The issue is fairness. @ElectionsAB should review the public evidence and ensure the law is applied equally to everyone.

[Keith Wilson @ikwilson]

One of the best lines in this article is that the pipeline deal turns market access into a “hostage negotiation.”

Alberta may get access to tidewater, but only if it accepts Ottawa’s carbon agenda, Pathways costs, B.C. concessions, and years of political uncertainty.

That is not a good deal. Alberta can do better.

https://t.co/YIbAG1soXp

[Mateo @mateo_bd]

@ABDanielleSmith The only reason we have an AI investor is because the liberals didn’t set up roadblocks for them….yet.
The oil and gas industry are still dealing with over regulation and costly net zero policies. And you continue to go along with it. Time for a leadership vote.

[Mateo @mateo_bd]

@Alberta_UCP Eligibility should not be immediate…..but you already know that.

[Concerned Canadian @Concern70732755]

Who agrees with this assessment?

[Michael Harris 🇨🇦 🗽 @MH_For_MP]

Supply management is one of the biggest scams in Canadian politics. It protects insiders, drives up food prices, blocks competition, and makes it harder for small farmers to survive. If Ottawa cared about affordability, it would stop defending a system that makes milk, eggs, poultry, butter, and cheese more expensive while pretending it is helping ordinary families.

Farmer's are forced to dump millions of litres of perfectly good milk down the drain because supply management makes it illegal for them to sell or consume it.

[WexitPepe @WexitPepe]

This is a $3,269 check Alaska mailed to every man, woman, and child in the state. Not a tax refund. A dividend. From THEIR resource fund, protected in THEIR constitution — which they wrote, own, and can amend.

Alberta ships out a trillion in resources and gets a bill from Ottawa.

Alaskans voted for this. What are you waiting for Alberta? 🛢️ Oct 19th - Vote YES!! Start the process to Independence.

@TruthSeek01011 @ikwilson

[Mateo @mateo_bd]

@ExnerPirot Funding for pipelines should come out of federal employee pockets only. Maybe that will wake a few people up on who they should be voting for in the next federal election.

[Mateo @mateo_bd]

@sunlorrie 60% of Canadians are not paying attention.

[Mateo @mateo_bd]

@peteremcc Carney is actually worse now that he gained a majority through backdoor dealings.

[CW 4 an Alberta First Renewal and an Alberta4All @alberta_cw]

Anything paid from pipelines to BC or Manitoba is equivalent to equalization 2.0

The Smith -Carney socialist oil industry delivers no value to make Albertans better off.

The value goes to everyone else while adding massive government debt.

Her plans are not common sense culture of Albertans. They are plans for her to keep her job.

Only an Alberta First vision delivers a citizen resource dividend first before government receives a dime.

Only a leadership review gives Smith a mandate to go forward with her socialist Smith-Carney plans.

https://t.co/jT4rLoGDD7

[Mateo @mateo_bd]

@ABDanielleSmith @RealTalkRJ Not with your agreement to carbon taxes, carbon capture and taxpayer funded pipelines and Pathway schemes. Time for a leadership review.

[MikesMoneyTalks.ca @moneytalkstweet]

Cost/Benefit analysis of Pathways carbon capture a disaster

Facts Matter: Canada emits only 1.3% of global greenhouse gases.
Oil sands account for 0.16% global emissions.
Phase one of Pathways would reduce oil sands emissions by less than 0.02%, at estimated cost between $16B-$20B -taxpayer and industry funds (via tax credits/cash) - with no revenue generation.
- Martha Hall Findlay, director U of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, former Liberal MP