On Parliament Hill

Talking about government debt can be difficult to understand. Terms like debt, deficit, GDP, debt to GDP ratio, gross debt vs interest-bearing debt all intermingled with numbers in the hundreds of billions of dollars can make even the most avid financial wonk go cross-eyed.

Debt is a moral issue. Something is owed by one to another, with the understanding that what is owed must be paid back. This is a basic principle and one almost universally understood within the contexts of business, finance and even personal relationships.

Justin Trudeau’s handpicked Governor General has resigned in disgrace. Julie Payette stepped down, last week, amid what sources describe as a “scathing” report into allegations of bullying and “toxic” workplace behaviour at Rideau Hall.

U.S. President Joe Biden intends to deliver a deathblow to Canada’s, already reeling, energy sector, and Justin Trudeau is nowhere to be found.

To anyone who has been watching closely, it has been clear for months that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is itching for an election. He just doesn’t want to be the one to call it.

In the midst of fumbling a national crisis, inundated with scandal and responsible for the downward trajectory of Canada’s economy, the Trudeau Liberals are falling back on what they do best: raising your taxes.

It’s been quite a year in Ottawa. Obviously, COVID-19 was the big story of the year, but there were other things happening in 2020 as well.

2020 has been quite a year. A year unlike any in recent memory. COVID-19 has touched all of us in one way or another. Some have lost family members. Others have lost jobs or businesses. All have lost the sense of peace and security that comes from the normalcy of everyday life.

Last week marked a grim anniversary. It was two years ago that Chinese authorities arbitrarily detained two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Micheal Kovrig, in retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou.

Recently, I cosigned a letter with other concerned MP’s (from all parties) and Senators calling on the Liberal Government to take action against Pornhub (owned by Mindgeek), the world’s largest website creating and distributing pornography.