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Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's Republican voting systems manager, pleads with Trump and other Republicans to show a little leadership and stop the dangerous nonsense about there being a rigged election. He continued: "This is elections, this is the backbone of democracy, and all of you who have not said a damn word are complicit in this. It's too much. Yes, fight for every legal vote, go for your due process, we encourage it, use your First Amendment right. Death threats, physical threats, intimidation, it's too much. It's not right. They have lost the moral high ground to claim that it is." Sterling described a young voting systems technician, a contractor with the state's vendor for election technology, Dominion Voting Systems, facing threats as "the straw that broke the camel's back." "I talked to Dominion today, and they said he's one of the better ones they've got. His family's getting harassed. There's a noose out there with his name on it. It's just not right," Sterling said. "I've got police protection outside my house. I took a higher-profile job, I get it. The Secretary ran for office, he and his wife knew that too. This kid took a job. He just took a job. And it's wrong. I can't begin to explain the level of anger I have right now." https://ca.news.yahoo.com/gone-too-far-georgia-voting-224739659.html

I would have started before the crisis, reducing the debt in times of prosperity like former Prime Ministers did. I would have supported Canadian businesses, instead of encouraging my premiers to criminalize their operation. If my finance minister was Bill Morneau, whose background was executive chairman of Morneau Shepel a company trusted by several major pension funds to manage their portfolios, I would have listened when he told me that spending was wildly out of control. I would not refuse to take his phone calls, making his position untenable and forcing his resignation. I certainly in a time of crisis would not replace him with former journalist Christina Freespend (sorry that should read Freeland), who would support my every move without question. I would not take money from one of the taxpayers pockets, put in another pocket, and tell them that I was Santa Claus.

John Robson expresses his indignation with the 'fiscal update' and its fuzziness about facts and plans - or lack thereof. Staring in disbelief works better onscreen than in print. So while I gather my thoughts on this “federal fiscal update,” I’ll pass the keyboard to the late Rudyard Kipling: “But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: ‘If you don’t work you die.’ ” It’s a reality thing. Unlike the update. It offers much to dislike, not on substance but on lack of same. Especially the absolute, wilful disregard of the fact that wealth cannot be redistributed, even to the very worthy, if it is not first created. The update is no longer on the treacherous ground of ignoring or concealing this point. It is in the void of not understanding it. People excoriated U.S. President Donald Trump’s disconnection from reality. But what has this update to do with anything? OK, it clarifies that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was a trendy intellectual due to trendiness not intellectuality. She is as clueless as her boss, let alone their dizzy colleagues for whom $400 billion could be umpteen trillion and they’d smile that same smarmy smile and say, “See, we’re helping people. There is no debt in Ba Sing Se.” https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-robson-fiscal-update-shows-a-government-totally-divorced-from-reality

It's like with 911 Trutherism or Flat Earthers. The more people that don't come to the same crazy conclusions, the more people that are in on it. Barr is clearly a deep statist

And note that once inside the court the Republicans didn't even say there was fraud! They instead pointed to little irregularities in this or that county, the type of thing that happens during every election. But none of it amounted to a hill of beans, which is why every court has tossed them out with snide remarks about lack of evidence and 'stitched together' narratives. But it doesn't seem to make any difference to the cultists. The Trump appointed FBI director says there was no fraud. The Trump loyalist AG says there was no evidence. The Trump supporting Republican governor and secretary of state of Georgia says there was nothing. But their great, fat, bloated moron god has spoken so the cultists continue to scream and rant.

Indians protesting against a new law - in India - which affects agricultural workers - in India - block traffic in Toronto to protest. This is what happens when you bring floods of people across with almost no standards, no interviews, no assessment of what kind of people they are, and bring them over in such huge numbers they can't assimilate. They simply retain their old culture and their old values and their old loyalties to the old country. Some will say immigrants always did this, to an extent, but there's a vast difference in today vs yesterday. Yesterday people took an immensely long journey to come here, and had no choice but to leave the old country behind. Today, immigrants fly back and forth between all the time, have instantaneous communications, phones, internet, TV, and other news and entertainment media with their 'homeland'. Every day, they watch TV from home, read newspapers from home, communicate over social media in their homeland, text and talk to people from home. They're not assimilating anywhere near like they once were. And it's getting worse as the numbers ramp up. https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/12/protesters-cars-block-traffic-downtown-toronto-rush-hour/

I tend to agree with this, when you take into consideration the systemic fraud built into the Dem voting organizations in Detroit, Pennsylvania, and the rest of the swing states that stopped counting the night of the election. Mail in ballots with no creases(hadn't been mailed in envelopes), invalid addresses, massive numbers of dead people voting, no signatures. Voter turn out numbers higher than 100% of registered voters. Counting late ballots. On and on it goes, and that's without the Dominion tampering. BTW, Dominion quickly closed their offices in North America(Toronto and Colorado) and wiped the internet of some of their employees. What's notable about the Trump results is, he got 11 million more votes this time out than last time. That's the third highest increase of an incumbent in American history. And it's the dirtiest US election in history.

What's also funny is the pile-on to those who dare and question the massive mail-in ballot which the system was not set up to handle. But let's face it, there was no way Trump was going to be allowed to win, at all costs! "Most fair election ever in history!"

Infidel Dog is a moron and traintor! Expel him! Expel!

All fair questions. Let's just leave it at the point of where the tax man and I know each other too well - in several countries. Consequences in Canada? Simple: I must pay for the massive cost of uncontrolled immigration. Not only the tax side, but in business, the influx of totally unqualified people (most of whom CLAIMED to be qualified or capable when they sent the documentation the "immigration consultant" wrote for them and provided the references for) take up employment and simply don't perform or communicate at the level that I expect and need to conduct business effectively and profitably in Canada. To give you an example let's just look at one country: in engineering jobs in Western Canada (mostly resource sector) employers tend to hire a disproportionate number of "engineers" from India. Since most have an education and come from a culture that has zero respect for integrity, they are a total disaster on the job and one simply dismisses 99% of what they say or do because it is totally incompetent. The second bit of suffering from that is some percentage (maybe 1% to 3% actually ARE good engineers) and their work and credibility is destroyed by their compatriates' ineptitude. A senior engineer that does a lot of work for me in BC resource sector related how as a large company employer, "inclusiveness" at HR results in hiring a large number of low cost engineers who are Indian immigrants. The reality of the Peter Principle is that a department gets stuck with one or more, and to get rid of them, recommend them for promotion. End result after a few years is the salaries offered in engineering overall have been whored into the basement. Union tradesmen with OT are earning far more that the senior engineers who designed and supervise the work they are doing. Obvious one of the largest offenders is the LPCs own good buddies at SNC. Remember the blowup when they got caught with their extremely criminal involvement with Libya? When the heads rolled, I watched a very senior (and very capable, very honest and very WASP) engineer get tossed out of the door as a sacrificial lamb. It happened because a few junior engineers under his watch (let's be more specific, a few INDIAN immigrant junior engineers) had been bribing officials in Bangladesh for projects. The damage done to the reputation, trustworthiness and technical quality of engineering in Canada has been destroyed by careless immigration of people CULTURALLY UNSUITED to do business to the professional standards we have come to expect form our traditional immigrant makeup. Let's go on to trucking: in your position, you SHOULD be aware that Sikhs have literally taken over the trucking business in Canada. The dead bodies along the way should tell you a bit about their cultural and professional fit into the Canadian transportation industry. Many of the drivers are illegal immigrants working within criminal organizations. I had a unit on a long assignment in ON a few years ago. It's safety inspection ran out while I was nearby, so I took it to a repair shop (owned and operated by one of the "old school" immigrant families that have been here 30+ years and fit VERY WELL into this country). He squeezed my equipment into a long lineup of gravel trucks from the GTA needing safety inspections. When I came on Saturday to collect the equipment, I sat down with the owner. He said: "look at this - 50 different trucks, 50 different drivers but only ONE DRIVING LICENSE" (said with heavy Eastern European accent). As you might be able to guess - another Sikh trucking company. I suffer because my business, my family, my workers must share the roadways with "immigrants" who come from a culture where the truth is a commodity for sale and crime is in the eye of the beholder. I and anyone else in business could go on for weeks without stopping with examples of where extremely careless immigration is causing HUGE damage to Canadian culture, safety, economy, etc. Bear in mind, I live and work with immigrants from several countries and in several countries. Most of those in Canada came in under immigration programmes that require investment to get on the "fast track" to landed immigrant/resident status. THOSE immigrants contribute significantly to Canada and their second generation usually contributes far above some average. I can tell you with absolute certainty: immigrants who went through the trouble of bringing investment to Canada are disgusted by the "economic refugees" who pour over the border at government's invitation only and take up residence with little hope of ever working productively. The roving gangs of drug gangs in GTA, Vancouver, etc. are a great example of immigration gone horribly wrong. The current policies and practices of the Liberal government (and not JUST the Liberals) are setting up for a second wave.

Our governments have spent hundreds of millions of dollars responding to the covid19 crisis. They have done this while preventing no deaths. The idea of the lock downs was always to flatten the curve, which means that the same number of infections over a longer period of time, basically letting some people getting ill later instead of too many all at once. News people it is now later, and those delayed illnesses are happening now. Flattening the curve means lower initial infections than would occur under what could be called an unrestricted wave. Under the unrestricted wave though the number of infections reduces faster. The reason for this is that there will be an increasing number of people who have developed immunity. This should eventually result in herd immunity. Many people try to discredit the idea of herd immunity, but at the same time they believe that a vaccine will save us by achieving herd immunity. At some point in time there will be fewer infections under the unrestricted wave than the flattened wave. After 10 months it is difficult to tell if we have arrived at that point yet. It is possible that we now have more current infections than if restrictions had never been put in place. All of this does not mean that there are the same number of deaths with or without lock downs. There is of course collateral damage resulting from the lock downs. Border closures have caused an increase of deadly drugs circulating among our opiod dependent population. Many of these people became dependent after being prescribed opiods by doctors or dentists, and now face an increased prospect of an early death. Another case of collateral damage is people who are on waiting lists for procedures tat are necessary to battle cancer, heart disease etc.. In the spring our hospitals were shut down, delaying these time sensitive procedures. Many other people were not even able to be assessed for these ailments meaning that they could not even have treatment scheduled. We can only assume that there were several deaths among these people. The effects of isolation has also had a negative on the physical and mental health of people in general, but even more so on our seniors. Many feeling lonely or even abandoned, resulting in increasing mortality from cancer, heart disease, Alzheimers and a host of other ailments. Other collateral damage came from the closure of our schools for 3 months, resuting in the loss of nearly one third f the school year. Many students kept up by working online, but with several parents lacking computer skills, meant children under joint custody with parents not able to cooperate that an estimated 0ne third of students did not keep up with on line studies. The lock downs also resulted in unprecedented business failures, while government expenditures were skyrocketing. This is resulting in government debt that was unimagable less than a year ago. There is also the loss of community. People are now seen as a threat , instead of friends and neighbours. The loss of sporting events, live music, family gatherings etc. Has left many thinking that many of the things that enrich their lives has been taken from them. As for the hospitals being overwhelmed by covid cases, there is still on average less than 2 patients per hospital in Canada. Hospital closures, and impending health care cuts necessitated by debt repayments taking an ever larger portion of government expenditures will put serious stress on our health care system, and almost certainly be overwhelming.

Yes it was nice of them to give us a update, and I'm glad you recognize the enormous size of this years spending, and our total deficit, The highest in all Canadian history , breaking records for spending 7 times more than any other Canadian Government, and almost doubling our national debt which has taken over 125 years to accumulate. And your right our well being and health should be priorities, but we went well beyond that, imagine tax payers saved a whooping 10 % more this year over last... John Ivison: After hitting us with $100B in targeted stimulus, will Freeland put us out of our misery? | National Post Actually, accorded to the national post Canada has placed last tied with Japan in regards to the most spending on Covid-19 within the G-7. It leaves me with doubts as to just how wonderful they are doing managing our money, one could say we overpaid CERB by over 100%. One questions what else did we over pay for... and it only gets better, now we are boosting that to 75 % of your last waged earned... boosting our bank accounts by 10% were not enough what is going to be the cost of all of that...

I believe that we are experiencing fiscal irresponsibility that is unprecedented, if that brings a smile to your face, go with it. I believe that someone should be held accountable, hope that doesn't spoil your glass half full point of view. I believe that it is time to demand change, but you are welcome to burry your head in the sand and wait for the sun to shine. I believe that if you are on a raft about to go over a waterfall it is time to get off, but if splashing in the pretty white water is more to your liking, I hope that turns out well for you.

The taxes will be coming, along with program cuts, but not until AFTER the next election. The Liberals are spending a lot of money buying votes and want to hang onto them.

A lot of negativity in your post. These are unprecedented times the country and the whole world never seen before in 100 years. Canada is much better off compared to other countries, Add a little bit of positive facts to your post. like a close to 9% growth in GDP in third quarter released by StatCan today instead of what happened 6 months ago due to pandemic. Yes Justin has done much better than many other governments during pandemic by keeping Canadians from sinking.

If you think that Justin is our guy to pull us out of debt, read this. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/trudeau-sets-another-record-and-not-in-a-good-way Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set another record—increasing the federal debt (per person) more than any other prime minister (not facing a world war or recession) since 1870. He earlier set a spending record, as the Trudeau government has spent more money (per person) than any other prime minister in Canadian history. Rapid debt accumulation, accompanied by unprecedented levels of spending is simply not sustainable—and Canadians will be left to deal with the consequences. Let’s take a closer look at some of Justin Trudeau’s historic achievements. As noted in a new Fraser Institute study, Justin Trudeau has overseen the largest increase in federal debt (per person) of any prime minister who did not face a world war or recession during his or her tenure. Federal government debt has grown 5.6 per cent ($1,723 per person) over the last four years under the Trudeau government. And Ottawa’s total debt (technically referred to as gross debt) is expected to reach $1.2 trillion in 2019. For comparison, consider that since the 19th century, every former Liberal prime minister who, like Justin Trudeau, did not experience world war of recession, reduced the federal per-person debt. Indeed, Lester B. Pearson reduced per-person debt by 6.7 per cent. So did Paul Martin (by 7.6 per cent) and Jean Chrétien (by a striking 13.3 per cent). Clearly, Justin Trudeau is an outlier by choosing to increase the debt during relatively good economic times. In fact, some prime ministers including Arthur Meighen and Mackenzie King even reduced per-person debt despite experiencing an economic downturn. Justin increased our public debt during times of relative prosperity, now you are counting on him to reduce it during these trying times. He obviously has no appetite for fiscal responsibility. Taking on debt to cover your spending is referred to as spending by borrowing. This seems to be Justin’s mantra. https://globalnews.ca/news/7303230/canada-gdp-q2-2020/ The Canadian economy suffered its worst three-month stretch on record in the second quarter as the economy came to a near halt in April before starting to recover in May and June. Statistics Canada said Friday real gross domestic product contracted at an annualized rate of 38.7 per cent for the quarter, the worst posting for the economy dating back to when comparable data was first recorded in 1961. Trudeau says that his stimulus spending is only 3% of gdp (gross domestic product), this is pre crisis gdp of course. This becomes 4.89% of current gdp. This is clearly unsustainable. https://financialpost.com/opinion/jack-m-mintz-canadas-debt-load-is-even-worse-than-you-think Jack M. Mintz: Canada's debt load is even worse than you think Add it all up and Canada’s debt burden is $3.2 trillion. That’s 166 per cent of GDP — fully four times the IMF forecast for 2020 Jack M. Mintz Keep in mind that when Justin is giving us money, it is not his money, it is our money. If you think that you can get out of debt by borrowing, think again.

I am no economist but basically a lot of ONE TIME expenses like hundreds of billions of dollars that Trudeau government is undertaking this year (like cerb or rental subsidies, etc.) to keep Canadians from sinking, losing their homes and bring food to their tables till this damn pandemic is over (likely by June or September) will disappear next fiscal year. Also the rapidly growing economy next year and years after (post-pandemic recovery as businesses open up and start paying taxes again and so will back to payroll employees) will bring back lost revenues which were lost this year due to massive business closures and lockdowns and generates new revenues. A combination of two will likely explains why the deficits drop so fast in just 2-3 years.

Great fiscal update by Trudeau government. Yes the size of deficit is large this year and next but much better than almost all other Western democracies and also well being and economic survival of nation is much more important than anything else right now. Canadians can remain confident that Trudeau government will have their safety and well being in mind when making decisions as compared to cut and burn policies of Conservatives.

That's over the line. Paid content must be identified or there's no integrity. It figures that someone squealed to Canadaland. That's why I support them financially.