The problem is never the solution
If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.
That quote is from Ronald Reagan, and it could not be truer, yet it is the most ignored piece of advice in Canada. Canadians believe that government is the answer to everything. I don’t know how many times I have been in conversation with one of my fellow countrymen when the phrase “the government ought to do something about that” comes up. When it did, I would stop the conversation and ask the speaker to name one thing the government does well. Invariably they could not cite a single example of government competence. So, my next question would be “then why do you want government involved in anything?”
I don’t do that anymore. Partially because as I have aged my circle of friends has become so small that it no longer includes people who can’t think. But mostly, I have just given up on trying to save Canadians from themselves. Canadians are a lost cause. When they go to a voting booth they vote for the government that promises to do the most when they really should vote for the people promising the least.
“Helpful” governments always make thing worst. Justin Trudeau promised to subsidize dental care. The media touted it as one of his great accomplishments. All that really happened is that a bunch of bureaucrats got hired and they burned through an incredible amount of cash without helping anyone.
Taxpayers have been billed almost $500 million just to run the Trudeau government’s Canada Dental Care Plan, with most of the money going to administration instead of patients.
Cabinet admitted in a Commons filing that as of March 31, 2025, the program’s overhead costs totaled $472.9 million, including payments to third-party administrators.
95% of the money was wasted. This, sadly, is par for the course. The only Canadians who benefit from this program are employees and friends of government. You would think by now Canadians could have figured this out but that would require more intellect than the average Canadian possesses. Canadians voted for Trudeau when he lied about making dental care affordable and then the Voted for Mark Carney when he lied about making housing affordable.
Mark Carney has promised to build, build, build, but so far all he has built are fake backdrops for press conferences. Canadians would do well to remember that the housing shortage was caused by governments in the first place. Since COVID the federal liberals flooded the country with migrants. This was not done to help Canadians or Canada. It was done solely to advance the liberals party’s own political agenda. This is disgusting but on its own it would not have caused the crisis. All we must do is build, build, build, right? The problem is that no matter how many times Carney promises that it is not possible in Canada. Municipal governments who have spent decades making it almost impossible to build anything in Canada
You cannot solve problems caused by too much government by applying more government. The result of Carney’s housing program is predictable. It will benefit only government and liberal party donors. The Government is not your friend. Government is a large and growing parasite that only cares for itself. Canadians need to stop being so damn Canadian.
