Canadians go to bed hungry while our leaders fatten their bellies

Liberals are polling at 50% while Canada sits in recession, Signal is threatening to abandon the country over Bill C-22, and a Crown corporation with no train has handed out $2.7 million in bonuses while the Finance Minister's partner sits on its board. South Korea just signed a 30-year LNG commitment with Canada. One of these things suggests a country with a future. The others suggest a government getting in the way of it.  Criticizing this record is not running down Canada. It is demanding better for it. The Conservative motion before Parliament today puts the numbers on the table: the only G7 economy to contract for 2 consecutive quarters, business investment down for a 5th straight quarter, 112,000 jobs lost, insolvency volumes at their highest since 2009, and 1.5 million Canadians missing a debt payment in the first quarter alone. The Liberals' answer is to blame immigration cuts they introduced themselves.Today on The Really Big Show:►Conservatives tabled a motion demanding Carney present a plan to reverse the recession, citing Canada as the only G7 economy to contract for 2 consecutive quarters, with business investment down for a 5th straight quarter, 112,000 jobs lost in the first 4 months of 2026, insolvency volumes at their highest since 2009, and 1.5 million Canadians missing a debt payment in Q1►Carney blamed lower immigration targets for Canada's economic weakness in his first comments since the recession was confirmed, while the Bank of Canada confirms immigration-driven labour competition is simultaneously suppressing entry-level hiring for 442,000 unemployed Canadian youth►Leger poll finds Liberals at 50% support, their highest level since Trudeau's 2015 peak, with 54% of Canadians satisfied with the government and 56% approving of Carney personally, as Canada sits in recession►South Korea will more than triple Canadian crude oil imports to 16 million barrels this year, becoming Canada's 3rd largest oil customer, with 3.4 million tonnes of Canadian LNG annually for a 30-year commitment and a joint critical minerals stockpiling plan due by end of 2026►The government awarded $2.7 million in bonuses to Alto, the Crown corporation building Canada's proposed $90 billion high-speed rail network, despite no train having been built and the project still in the consultation phase, as Finance Minister Champagne's partner serves as the Crown corporation's vice-president of environment and Liberals blocked a 12-hour ethics committee filibuster to prevent Champagne from being questioned about the conflict►Signal VP Udbhav Tiwari told a parliamentary committee the app will exit Canada entirely before complying with Bill C-22's surveillance requirements, saying "if we are ever forced to choose between betraying the people who rely on us and leaving a market, we will leave"►The U.S. Trade Representative has released a report warning it may impose a minimum 10% tariff on dozens of countries including Canada over failures to prevent the importation of goods made with forced labour, as Canada faces potential tariffs partly over its decision to allow Chinese EVs built with components linked to Uyghur forced labour camps in Xinjiang►The federal government's own research finds 42% of Canadians say purchasing an EV is "very unlikely" or flatly rejected, with only 33% expressing interest almost exclusively among university-educated households earning over $150,000, while 49% oppose a zero emission sales mandate by 2035►Liberals quietly shelved a 2015 campaign promise to create a Seniors Price Index after an internal memo found it would cost $308 million annually while delivering just $25 a year in extra benefits per senior, as Old Age Security hits $89.3 billion annually projected to exceed $108.5 billion by 2030►NDP MP Don Davies has tabled a bill requiring floor-crossing MPs to face immediate byelections, saying the Liberals' 5 defectors who delivered their parliamentary majority represent "the balance of power being changed not by voters but by political operatives in back rooms," with 110,561 Canadians having signed a petition demanding the same►B.C. Premier David Eby says new Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is applying to be "MAGA regional manager, not premier of British Columbia," as Findlay promises to repeal DRIPA, remove gender identity resources from schools and compensate workers fired over COVID vaccine mandates, with BC Conservatives leading the NDP by 10 points in the latest Angus Reid pollCanada is the only G7 economy in recession and the Liberals are polling at 50%. At what point do poll numbers and economic reality have to reconcile?Let us know what you think in the comments.The Really Big Show: The thinking Canadian's daily briefing, independent and informed.#canadiannews #canadapolitics