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No Ministers, No Progress, Opposition Corners the Liberals in Ottawa
Conservatives and the Bloc demand cabinet face the hot seat before C-4 moves forward and open an investigation into offshore billions
Here’s the story. The Liberals jammed through their so-called affordability bill, C-4. And they didn’t wait for debate. Instead, they used a procedural shortcut called a Ways and Means motion. What does that mean? In Ottawa, a Ways and Means motion is the tool the government uses to make tax changes legally binding the moment the motion passes in the House of Commons even before the bill has gone through committee hearings or votes in Parliament.
So right now, the tax hikes, credits, and changes in C-4 are already in effect. Canadians are paying under these rules today. Yes, MPs on the Finance Committee are “studying” the bill, they’ll hold hearings, hear witnesses, and go through it line by line in what’s called clause-by-clause review. That’s normally the stage where MPs can debate and amend legislation. But with C-4, it’s happening after the fact.
Think about that. Implementation first, scrutiny later.
But this week, the opposition finally said: enough. Conservatives and the Bloc forced a new rule: no clause-by-clause until the ministers show up. Finance, Housing, Environment. One hour each. Separate panels. No ministers? No progress.
Why did they have to do this? Because the government has been stalling for months, refusing to commit to dates. Instead of ministers showing up in person, Liberals kept offering up everyone but the actual decision-makers, deputy ministers, senior bureaucrats, even departmental staff. The excuse? The ministers were “busy” all summer on so-called budget consultations which mostly looked like taxpayer-funded travel and photo-ops. Bloc MPs literally laughed when Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull tried to pass that off as a defense. And they were right to laugh.
For once, bureaucrats don’t get to hide behind their bosses’ schedules. The ministers themselves now have to sit in the hot seat, face MPs directly, and explain their decisions.
And it gets better. The committee also voted to launch a probe into offshore tax havens, the globalist money-laundering operations where billions vanish every year while small businesses get crushed by CRA audits. Remember the Panama Papers? The Paradise Papers? We learned then that Canada’s so-called revenue agency cut sweetheart deals with the rich, let corporate giants off the hook for billions, while squeezing ordinary taxpayers for every penny. Well, now Parliament is going to drag this into the light. Six meetings minimum. Finance officials. CRA brass. The Parliamentary Budget Officer. Even law-enforcement experts in financial crime. Imagine that… accountability.
And of course, the Liberals tried to stall it. They buried language in the motion that said the tax-haven probe could only begin “after the conclusion” of the affordability study, code for months of delay while ministers played hide-and-seek with their schedules. Why would they want that? Think about it: this is the same government hinting at cuts, floating austerity, telling Canadian public sector to brace for restraint. Yet at the same time, they show zero urgency in chasing down up to approx. $50 billion a year leaking into offshore tax shelters. Why on earth wouldn’t they want to plug that hole before they slash programs or raise taxes? But the opposition caught it, ripped it out, and forced a rewrite: the tax-haven study runs at the same time as C-4. No more excuses.
So what does this tell you? It tells you two things. First, the Liberals will rig process any way they can to avoid scrutiny, implement first, answer questions never. And second, when opposition MPs actually use the tools at their disposal, the swamp can be forced to act. Billions are at stake. Billions that should be lowering your taxes, funding real infrastructure, protecting Canadians instead of vanishing into shell companies in Barbados.
So the question is simple: will this committee have the courage to follow through? Or will the Liberals and their media allies smother it in delay and jargon until the public forgets?
One thing’s for sure: the smell of panic is back in Ottawa. And for taxpayers who’ve been bled dry while watching global elites hide their fortunes offshore, that’s very good news.
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From the Daily Caller News Foundation
You’ve probably heard by now the blockbuster news that Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the richest people to ever walk the planet, has had a change of heart on climate change.
For several decades Gates poured billions of dollars into the climate industrial complex.
Some conservatives have sniffed that Bill Gates has shifted his position on climate change because he and Microsoft have invested heavily in energy intensive data centers.
AI and robotics will triple our electric power needs over the next 15 years. And you can’t get that from windmills.
What Bill Gates has done is courageous and praiseworthy. It’s not many people of his stature that will admit that they were wrong. Al Gore certainly hasn’t. My wife says I never do.
Although I’ve only once met Bill Gates, I’ve read his latest statements on global warming. He still endorses the need for communal action (which won’t work), but he has sensibly disassociated himself from the increasingly radical and economically destructive dictates from the green movement. For that, the left has tossed him out of their tent as a “traitor.”
I wish to highlight several critical insights that should be the starting point for constructive debate that every clear-minded thinker on either side of the issue should embrace.
(1) It’s time to put human welfare at the center of our climate policies. This includes improving agriculture and health in poor countries.
(2) Countries should be encouraged to grow their economies even if that means a reliance on fossil fuels like natural gas. Economic growth is essential to human progress.
(3) Although climate change will hurt poor people, for the vast majority of them it will not be the only or even the biggest threat to their lives and welfare. The biggest problems are poverty and disease.
I would add to these wise declarations two inconvenient truths: First: the solution to changing temperatures and weather patterns is technological progress. A far fewer percentage of people die of severe weather events today than 50 or 100 or 1,000 years ago.
Second, energy is the master resource and to deny people reliable and affordable energy is to keep them poor and vulnerable – and this is inhumane.
If Bill Gates were to start directing even a small fraction of his foundation funds to ensuring everyone on the planet has access to electric power and safe drinking water, it would do more for humanity than all of the hundreds of billions that governments and foundations have devoted to climate programs that have failed to change the globe’s temperature.
Stephen Moore is a co-founder of Unleash Prosperity and a former Trump senior economic advisor.
From the Daily Caller News Foundation
At Tesla’s Austin headquarters, investors backed Musk’s 12-step plan that ties his potential trillion-dollar payout to a series of aggressive financial and operational milestones, including raising the company’s valuation from roughly $1.4 trillion to $8.5 trillion and selling one million humanoid robots within a decade. Musk hailed the outcome as a turning point for Tesla’s future.
“What we’re about to embark upon is not merely a new chapter of the future of Tesla but a whole new book,” Musk said, as The New York Times reported.
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The decision cements investor confidence in Musk’s “moonshot” management style and reinforces the belief that Tesla’s success depends heavily on its founder and his leadership.
Tesla Annual meeting starting now
https://t.co/j1KHf3k6ch— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2025
“Those who claim the plan is ‘too large’ ignore the scale of ambition that has historically defined Tesla’s trajectory,” the Florida State Board of Administration said in a securities filing describing why it voted for Mr. Musk’s pay plan. “A company that went from near bankruptcy to global leadership in E.V.s and clean energy under similar frameworks has earned the right to use incentive models that reward moonshot performance.”
Investors like Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood defended Tesla’s decision, saying the plan aligns shareholder rewards with company performance.
“I do not understand why investors are voting against Elon’s pay package when they and their clients would benefit enormously if he and his incredible team meet such high goals,” Wood wrote on X.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Norges Bank Investment Management — one of Tesla’s largest shareholders — broke ranks, however, and voted against the pay plan, saying that the package was excessive.
“While we appreciate the significant value created under Mr. Musk’s visionary role, we are concerned about the total size of the award, dilution, and lack of mitigation of key person risk,” the firm said.
The vote comes months after Musk wrapped up his short-lived government role under President Donald Trump. In February, Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team sparked a firestorm when they announced plans to eliminate the U.S. Agency for International Development, drawing backlash from Democrats and prompting protests targeting Musk and his companies, including Tesla.
Back in May, Musk announced that his “scheduled time” leading DOGE had ended.
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