Western Standard – Linda Slobodian
Canadian taxpayers can’t afford to keep funneling billions of dollars into Ukraine as war with Russia rages on, said Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of (PPC) Canada.
And he warned that continued support to Ukraine without adequate “checks and balances” on $22 billion pledged — with more promised — will increase the death toll. It’s estimated to stand at 1.5 million Ukrainian and Russian soldiers and civilians.
“The more dollars they’re giving to Ukraine the war will go on and on,” Bernier told the Western Standard.
And “tens of thousands more” will be slaughtered in this “pointless war.”
Bernier was triggered by Prime Minister Mark Carney recently “bragging” that Canada contributed $22 billion to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.
Bernier pointed to inflation, Canada teetering on a recession, and the Canadian Armed Forces so depleted it couldn’t defend home turf and would have to “rely on the US.”
“If you’re leader of the opposition or prime minister your first job is to work for your people. They’re working for foreigners, they’re working for the corrupt Ukraine government, not for Canadians by sending all that money to Ukraine,” said Bernier.
“It’s immoral to do that. We don’t have that money.”
It was a glorious day August 24, 1991, when Ukraine’s independence from the crushing former USSR was declared. Ukraine since descended into cesspool of corruption. It’s a hub of international human trafficking and biolabs handling dangerous pathogens. Billionaire oligarchs rob it blind while children and impoverished babas do without.
“We should focus on our own problems. That’s about $1,000 each Canadian taxpayer had to give up for Ukraine. Canadians can use that money to pay their groceries right now. It’s crazy. With $22 billion, I don’t know how many hospitals you can build. Or help our seniors. We could lower taxes for everybody.”
“The federal government is telling us that there’s only two percent inflation. It’s not true. Real inflation is about five or six percent.”
“We are in a recession in this country, maybe not officially but it’s coming.”
On Friday, Statistics Canada revealed Canada’s GDP is worse than expected. The country is in “recession territory,” Pedro Antunes, the Conference Board of Canada’s chief economist, told CTV News.
Carney visited Ukraine August 24 to celebrate Independence Day and announced details of a $2-billion aid — drones, armoured vehicles, explosives and other munitions — package he pledged at the June G7 summit in Alberta.
Bernier said months ago that “standing with Ukraine actually means standing for the destruction of Ukraine and the extermination of a whole generation of Ukrainian men.”
“We (PPC) said since the beginning of the war that Canada must not be part of it because that war does not concern us. Russia isn’t our enemy. Russia is our neighbor,” said Bernier.
