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Chrystia Freeland made the right decision.

In addition to leaving her position as Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland confirmed her disagreement with Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau over the election gifts of the two-month GST holiday and the $250 cheque to Canadians, even the wealthiest.

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For those who still doubted it, the current Liberal government no longer has any credibility or legitimacy to govern our country.

As more and more ministers leave the sinking ship, two other shock waves have hit this moribund and incompetent government that is clinging to power thanks to the opportunism and cynicism of the New Democratic Party.

A government without legitimacy or credibility

trudeau titre en For those who still doubted it, the current Liberal government no longer has any credibility or legitimacy to govern our country.

As more and more ministers leave the sinking ship, two other shock waves have hit this moribund and incompetent government that is clinging to power thanks to the opportunism and cynicism of the New Democratic Party.

First, the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is returning to her seat as a simple MP while denouncing the fiscal irresponsibility of her leader Justin Trudeau.

Then the announcement of the disastrous financial results. The deficit for the year that ended March 31 is $61.9 billion; that is $22 billion more than expected. And the deficit forecast for the current year, initially estimated at $39 billion, will instead be $48.3 billion. But the fiscal year is far from over.

Instead of providing financial leeway to deal with the grey clouds looming on the horizon, namely the threat of American tariffs, the need for investments in the country’s defence and border protection, and the danger of a recession, this government and its leader want to add $6.3 billion to the credit card.

What for? Solely to give election gifts that will do nothing to help the Canadian economy and that, as everyone has understood, are nothing more than a desperate attempt to buy votes during the next election campaign.

According to the First Vice-President of the Business Council of Canada, Mr. Robert Asselin, the government has lost control of public finances. We have known that for a while.

With each passing day, with this government, the country is sinking deeper and deeper into a vicious and uncontrolled spiral of budget deficits and debt.

Are there other ministers responsible enough, in this government in disarray, to make the same decision as Ms. Freeland?

Continuing to support their leader in this irresponsible and illegitimate adventure becomes a lack of loyalty to all Canadians.

The appointment of Dominic LeBlanc to Finance is also worrisome. He is recognized as a loyal friend of Justin Trudeau..

We would rather need a minister offering his loyalty to the taxpayers of the country.

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A long "unsaid" no to the sixth bridge!

In politics, to say no is to commit suicide. So we avoid saying it. Instead, it's "unsaid".
Political skating, in the jargon of the milieu.

Yesterday, Gatineau mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette skated a beat in her comments on the federal government's announcement of a sixth bridge in eastern Gatineau. MP Steven MacKinnon's bridge.

Rarely have we heard such a long "unsaid", worthy of a quadruple axel in figure skating.
What exactly did she say? I quote from Le Droit.

"The City will have the opportunity to take part in future public consultations (...) to see how the project would fit into the neighbourhoods, but it's not a municipal project (...) it's really a federal project (...) Now we'll see what the studies say (...) We'll let them do their studies, their planning phases (...) We know that when you add roads, you add vehicles, so you don't solve the congestion problem".

Action Gatineau, the mayor municipal party, has never been in favor of the sixth bridge.
And neither the mayors of Gatineau nor Ottawa were in favor of the project when Mr. MacKinnon put it forward.

The project would cost over $2 billion, and most transportation experts agree that this type of infrastructure cannot solve traffic congestion problems.