They call it the Freedom Convoy.
But it has nothing to do with vaccine mandates.
It has nothing to do with masks.
It has everything to do with the overthrow of the Government of Canada, by people pissed off with Justin Trudeau and the establishment.
This is not going to end well...

 

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My personal experience dealing with my own mental illness.
What I didn't think were problems, because of self-medication, addictions, routines, and obsessions.
Welcome to my world of nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol.

 

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Our Prime Minister in Canada has a secret.
But he promises not to tell.
He can't even tell the Senate.
The Senate, that must ratify the use of the Emergency Act.
So what is the big secret?

 

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We almost had our Government of Canada overthrown by an insurrection.
So why did it happen?
Did we deal with the symptoms, but NOT the problem?
So what's the problem?
And how do we deal with it?

 

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Let me lay out the plot to overthrow the Government of Canada.
One day, they'll make it into a movie.
Because this whole series of staged events called the "Freedom Convoy" is about overthrowing the Government of Canada.
Don't believe me? Think I'm turning into a conspiracy theorist?

 

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Can you feel it? There’s a rebellion starting. There’s a lot of unhappy, angry people out there. 

Because of Covid. Lost jobs. High prices. Interest rates going up soon. Wages not keeping up with inflation. That middle class dream getting farther and farther away.

Some people are feeling desperate. They are losing trust in the government. 

They’re forming some type of resistance. Some joined the so-called “freedom fighters’ that were part of the Freedom Convoy of truck drivers in Ottawa that’s going into week 2.

The problem in Canada is that the three major political parties were all moving towards the centre…leaving the right side of the political spectrum wide open. 

Tap into that groundswell of mistrust and disillusionment…and look out. Hell…it worked for Trump…why not in Canada?

 

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Now before anybody gets their knickers in a knot about the title to this episode….remember that I used to be a florist. A prick is that painful hole you get in your finger when you get stabbed with the thorn of a rose. Get your mind out of the gutter.

And a bouquet…well a bouquet is just a bunch of flowers. So in other words, on this episode I’m handing out pricks…those painful little holes… to those that I think are hurting the middle class …and bouquets to those I think are helping the middle class succeed.

 

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I’m really sad, because the singer known as Meat Loaf died this week. 
I’m sad because I used to be middle class. 
Now I’m working class. 
I have this simmering anger that’s just under the surface. I’ve been like this for over 40 years. Meat Loaf put a voice to my anger…to my disillusionment…to my fears.

 

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Corporate welfare in Canada. 
Have you ever played soccer, when one side had a regular size goal and the other side a hockey goal? Speaking of hockey, what if one side had 5 skaters on the ice and the other side 3…for the whole game? How about baseball, if one team had to hit a softball and the other side a baseball?

It wouldn’t be fair, now would it?

Speaking of fair…let’s take two businesses. One business gets an interest-free loan or even a non-repayable grant from the government. The other business gets nothing. Zilch…nada…zeeero.

Yet that’s what our Canadian government does…time after time after time. Corporate welfare. All to help the middle class. It’s killing the middle class!

Prop up those businesses instead of letting them die a natural death.

 

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Evan Siddall is the former CEO of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Siddall says it’s time Canadians have the debate on whether to implement capital gains tax on primary residences, which he says could help minimize the housing inequality gap.

“One of the things that's really driving people apart in terms of inequality in our country is the amount of money people are making off houses who own them versus the amount of money people aren't making on their homes that rent them. It’s a real problem,” he said.

“Why don’t we tax gains on houses but we tax gains on other investments? It’s a serious, non-progressive situation in our tax code.”

He acknowledged that it’s an idea not on the minds of policy makers, as it would lead to “political suicide.”

“Politicians just aren't allowed to have this conversation because the opposition, and it's any colour, will skewer them for it. And so we don't have the debate we have to have.”

 

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