The Environment Minister seems to be engaging in the kind of ‘misinformation’ the government claims to oppose.
The Liberals have made no secret of the fact that they are concerned about ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation.’
Canada does indeed face a misinformation and disinformation threat from foreign regimes like China, Russia, and Iran.
Unfortunately, the Liberals lack credibility on the issue for three main reasons.
First, they appear far more focused on accusing their domestic political opponents of spreading ‘misinformation,’ even when that supposed ‘misinformation’ is normal political criticism.
Second, the Liberals appear quite uninterested in countering China’s interference in our democratic institutions, with Justin Trudeau in particular seeming eager for the issue to just ‘go away’ – likely because he wants his party to benefit from China’s interference.
Third, the Liberals lie constantly yet always seem to exempt themselves from the realm of those who are spreading disinformation and misinformation.
Lazy lies
As the political pressure has mounted, the Liberals lies have become more and more lazy.
They have repeatedly accused the Conservatives of lacking a ‘plan’ for key issues, only to copy Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s announcements almost verbatim a few days later.
They have lied brazenly about the Conservatives’ position on Ukraine, accusing the Conservative Party of ‘standing with Putin’ despite the Conservatives having pushed for more military support for Ukraine, and despite the Liberal/NDP energy policy being objectively pro-Russia in nature.
The Liberals aren’t even creative with their lies at this point. They just predetermine the narrative they want, and then try to lie their way to getting the public to accept that narrative.
It’s not working.
The Liberals continue to languish in the polls, with most Canadians having tuned them out at this point.
And when Canadians do tune in, they see things like this – Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault lying about his own public comments:
“Watch Guilbeault say “That’s not, that’s not what I said”
Reporter “Yes it is, I can read it back to you?””
https://twitter.com/cbcwatcher/status/1757830207413658094
Of course, Guilbeault’s initial remarks were very clear. There was no ambiguity. He stated that the government would not provide funding for new roads:
“Our government has made the decision to stop investing in new road infrastructure. Of course we will continue to be there for cities, provinces and territories to maintain the existing network, but there will be no more envelopes from the federal government to enlarge the road network. The analysis we have done is that the network is perfectly adequate to respond to the needs we have. And thanks to a mix of investment in active and public transit, and in territorial planning and densification, we can very well achieve our goals of economic, social and human development without more enlargement of the road network.”
What happened is that Guilbeault revealed his real beliefs and the ideological extremism that animates the Liberal government on the climate issue.
But most Canadians don’t share those beliefs.
Turns out, building more roads is a pretty middle of the road position (pardon the pun).
So, having revealed what he really thinks, Guilbealt is now reduced to desperate lying to try and talk his way out of it.
Unfortunately for Guilbeault, it’s too late for that.
Canadians are already feeling the consequences of extreme climate policies, policies which have contributed to our declining per capita GDP and declining standard of living.
Guilbeault can lie all he wants, but that won’t change the fact that his core beliefs are deeply out of step with most Canadians.
Spencer Fernando
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