TORONTO – Ordinary Canadians struggle to make ends meet, amid skyrocketing prices, impossible rents, inflation and interest rates at the highest levels. And what does the Prime Minister do? “Set an example”, spending about 160,000 public dollars – between security and costs of personnel who have to move in the event of a trip by a PM – for a week-long family vacation in Jamaica during the winter, in a luxurious estate (“Prospect Villas”) belonging to a wealthy family friend, Peter Green, who two years ago also made a substantial donation to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. →
TORONTO – Getting around by car, even to go to work, will be a luxury soon. The overwhelming majority of Canadian in fact are “worried” that they will not be able to afford the cost of filling up at the pumps this summer as fuel prices – already record – claim to rise. →
In just a few hours, the new federal budget will be presented for the first time in two years. →