I was at the grocery store yesterday parked beside a van with a F••• Trudeau and. f***Carney stickers on it. I almost waited around to ask them what the problem was but I figured I would end up listening to the Alberta Sovereignty speech by obviously uneducated idiots. Canada is tied into the global economy. Our wonderful Prime Minister is working to widen the scope of the Canadian economy world wide, not tied exclusively to the US. He is doing a great job in my opinion. Think some people just don’t understand.
"If you have to ignore the data to make your argument… you don’t have an argument" Full Stop End of Sentence for those yelling from the Cheap Seats (which aren't cheap...Canadians pay for you to sit those seats so sit down in them and STFU PP & Co.)
Many of the negative comments we see on social media are ridiculous and lack any truth. I always attribute them to redneck idiots or to victim thinkers or perpetual whiners or bots...but then I hear Pierre saying the same things and wonder if all this is not venting but a power play. I sure hope he's not travelling on our dime to badmouth our government.
I was at the grocery store yesterday parked beside a van with a F••• Trudeau and. f***Carney stickers on it. I almost waited around to ask them what the problem was but I figured I would end up listening to the Alberta Sovereignty speech by obviously uneducated idiots. Canada is tied into the global economy. Our wonderful Prime Minister is working to widen the scope of the Canadian economy world wide, not tied exclusively to the US. He is doing a great job in my opinion. Think some people just don’t understand.
Shelagh... I get the frustration.
That kind of messaging doesn’t exactly invite thoughtful conversation.
But honestly… it’s not really about understanding policy anymore.
It’s about identity.
For a lot of people, those slogans aren’t arguments... they’re badges.
Same way jerseys work in sports.
The problem is, once politics turns into team sport… discussion goes out the window and volume takes over.
And you’re right on one thing that gets missed a lot...
Canada isn’t operating in a vacuum.
We’re tied into a global system whether people like it or not.
You can disagree with leaders... that’s fair game.
But reducing everything to bumper-sticker rage?
That just shuts down the very conversations people say they want.
"If you have to ignore the data to make your argument… you don’t have an argument" Full Stop End of Sentence for those yelling from the Cheap Seats (which aren't cheap...Canadians pay for you to sit those seats so sit down in them and STFU PP & Co.)
SouthRockOcean... that line pretty much nails it.
When the data doesn’t fit the narrative… the narrative gets louder.
But volume isn’t evidence.
We’re all paying the price for decisions in this country... so the least we can do is argue from facts, not slogans.
Disagree all you want… just don’t rewrite reality to do it.
This read was absolutely delightful Fred!!! No doom & gloom, just all intelligent explanations of everything :) Thank you!
Patsy... I really appreciate that… thank you.
There’s enough doom & gloom floating around already, so I figured I’d try something radical… just show the numbers and let them speak.
Doesn’t mean everything’s perfect... far from it.
But it does mean we don’t have to pretend everything’s broken either.
Glad it landed the way it did.
Many of the negative comments we see on social media are ridiculous and lack any truth. I always attribute them to redneck idiots or to victim thinkers or perpetual whiners or bots...but then I hear Pierre saying the same things and wonder if all this is not venting but a power play. I sure hope he's not travelling on our dime to badmouth our government.
Jim... I hear you.
What you’re describing feels less like random noise… and more like message alignment.
When the same talking points show up everywhere... comments, posts, speeches... it usually isn’t accidental.
It’s repetition by design.
That doesn’t mean every person repeating it is in on anything… but it does mean the message is being fed into the system somewhere.
And once it’s out there, it spreads fast... especially if it taps into frustration or fear.
Healthy criticism is one thing.
But when it turns into “everything is broken all the time,” regardless of the data…
that starts to look less like debate and more like strategy.
February’s numbers mean little right now. Gas has gone from 1.30 to 1.61 this month, and continues to climb. Diesel is worse and affects everything.
Dave... fair point on what you’re seeing at the pump right now.
But that’s exactly the trap with inflation conversations… we mix real-time price swings with lagging data.
February’s numbers are a snapshot of what already happened.
What you’re seeing at $1.61 is what shows up in the next report.
Diesel especially... you nailed it... that’s the domino fuel.
When diesel rises, everything that moves gets more expensive.
So yes… short term, we’re likely heading into a bump.
But zoom out for a second...
The trend was cooling... that’s what the 1.8% tells us.
Now we’re watching the next wave form.
The real question isn’t “are prices up this week?”
It’s... are we dealing with a spike… or a system that’s spiraling?
Right now, Canada still looks like a spike.
The U.S.?
That’s starting to look systemic.
Let’s see what the next report says... that’s where your pump price shows up.