Carney is off on another World Tour

Mark Carney is consistent in one regard. Previously as a bureaucrat we couldn't keep him in Canada. And now as Prime Minister, nothing has changed.

Carney after touring China and Qatar, after the WEF in Switzerland, is now off again on a world tour.

The problem is that Canada's issues (and their solutions) are primarily here at home. Therefore, Carney running away from the issues starts to look a lot like escapism.

What are the issues in Canada?

For one, the Liberals have paralyzed national infrastructure projects with the Impact Assessment Act, Large Tanker Ban, Emissions Cap, UNDRIP, DRIPA, etc.

Second, the Liberals have created a structural imbalance in the economy due to growing the federal government and attendant bureaucracy out of control.

Third, business investment in Canada has fallen off a cliff, and the Liberal government has made a series of huge missteps when it comes to management of federal finance and expenditures.

The combination of these issues are compounding into an affordability crisis, rising inflation, weak job market, growing deficit, cratering private sector investment, and pessimistic business environment.

After watching the Liberals waste the money, I had the epiphany that I knew more than these people.

And by these people, I mean: Trudeau, Carney, Joly, Champagne, Anand, and Leblanc. The Liberal party brain trust, who have through their policies over the past 10 years caused Canada's current predicament to materialize.

Unlike Poilievre, I don't want to just criticize what Mark Carney is doing but propose workable alternatives.

My agenda is defined by the following key initiatives:

1. Infrastructure Highway. Get product to and from ports with high efficiency and low cost with Special Economic Zones and collapsed regulators.

2. High speed transit in GTHA and Greater Vancouver Area.

3. Middle class affordability. Cut taxes, bureaucracy, and tariffs, while bringing inflation under control.

4. Business lending. Spur private sector job creation while downsizing the federal government.

5. Tech boom. Reinvigorate Canadian commercialization of research, products, and ideas.

6. Civil defence, drones, satellites, surveillance, and cost effective power projection.

7. Tax reform and deregulation.

8. Durable and diversified trade partnerships.

9. Trade and security interests define foreign policy as opposed to ideological activism.

10. Restrictive immigration policies. The strongest immigration controls since the post-war era.

Furthermore, my agenda would be primarily focused at home in Canada. Before trade, Canada's infrastructure must operate at the volumes and with the efficiency necessary to give outstanding market reach and competitive advantage to Canadian exports.

This agenda that I have outlined is from a governance stand point likely to yield maximum long term value for Canada's national interest.

What is the source of resistance ? First, we have a lot of misinformation that more government is better.

Lot of people in Canada have been brainwashed into believing the government is the solution.

They distrust the private sector. However, if there is anything the private sector does wrong, it's because the politicians didn't do their job and sold out.

Take a look at the 407 in Ontario. The Ontario Tories - who are politicians - sold out Ontario ratepayers by selling off the 407 at firesale prices.

Since then, the tolls of the 407 have become the highest in North America.

Who did this? Politicians.

You say, the Conservatives. NO.

I am a Conservative and would not do that to ordinary Canadians, stick middle class folks with massive price rise or cost increases.

To me the Liberals are doing exactly the same with this Alto Train system but in a different way.

They are wasting $100 billion on corporate welfare to their friends and sticking middle class Canadians with inflation and price rise in the process.

By wasting tax dollars, be it the Alto Train, be it the TMX pipeline, Phoenix Payroll, EVs, Ventilators, ArriveCan, or the litany of scandals, the Liberals are hurting ordinary Canadians.

I am against this.

The problem in politics is that the middle class has never known which side their bread is buttered.

Organized special interests gain outsized leverage because they know what is their interest and promote it aggressively. Middle class Canadians are unsure of their interest and there is weaker advocacy.

This sets up the classic power dynamics that the interest of the many is supplanted by the interests of the few.

And politicians have learned not to trust the middle class.

And frankly, I don't trust the middle class. The opinions of the middle class are fickle, as is public sentiment.

Therefore every politician needs a support base.

Which industries and demographics would be my support base?

1. Oil and gas. My policies would obviously benefit the conventional energy sector.

2. Solar installers. I am a big advocate of roof top solar and grid resilience.

3. Manufacturing and Tech. Both these industries will do very well through our research, innovation, supply chain, market access, and investment agenda.

4. Forestry, fisheries, and agriculture. We are promoting value addition to reduce waste and increase useful production in these sectors.

5. Retail. Our tariff reduction, deregulation, and simplified customs bureaucracy (as well as strong dollar) benefits importers.

6. Real Estate. Vancouver and GTHA real estate will make major gains due to transit investments creating powerful incentives for property owners, employers, and the job market.

7. First Nations. On the surface, my policies against UNDRIP and DRIPA appear to be against FNs. However, we actually benefit FNs by moving volume and making them economic stakeholders without cluttering the regulatory environment. First Nations will actually do really well.

8. Young people. Our policies will massively boost youth employment and training. Housing and basic necessities will become more affordable.

9. Seniors. Better health care and affordability, lower inflation will support seniors on fixed income.

10. Hospitality. Stronger dollar and lowering lease fees on airports will reduce costs of Canadian air travel opening up Canada as a travel destination, acting as a structural stimulus to the hospitality sector.

11. Investors. TSX will outperform other markets in the OECD. Lower taxes and significantly less compliance costs will spur investor confidence. We can expect strong market performance from utilities, infrastructure, resources, energy, manufacturing, tech, real estate, and service industries on the TSX.