Canada’s decline: Intentional or due to incompetence?

Canada is losing investments it never built, stalling pipelines it promised, and writing surveillance laws that could turn every connected device in your home into a listening post. Jim Csek and Iain Burns cut through the noise today on The Really Big Show.From a $15 billion Honda plant going dark to a surveillance bill that could turn your smart fridge into a listening device, from Jasper's preventable inferno to a mental health system being asked to greenlight assisted dying, the stories today are not unrelated. They are a pattern. And Canadians are paying the price.Today's show covers:- Honda indefinitely suspends its $15B EV manufacturing plant in Ontario, with scrapping the project entirely still on the table, citing sluggish U.S. EV demand and stalled Canada-U.S. trade negotiations- Alberta-Ottawa pipeline talks remain stalled over the industrial carbon tax timeline and a $16.5B carbon capture requirement, while the IEA and Canada's own energy minister warn allies are weeks away from being forced to shut down operations-Stay Free Alberta submits 301,620 signatures, nearly double the threshold needed to trigger consideration of an independence referendum, as Carney questions whether it will proceed-Bill C-22 would require telecoms to build interception capabilities for law enforcement and CSIS, and could compel retention of every Canadian cell phone's location data for up to one year, with critics warning it creates a greater surveillance state than its predecessor- Canada's MAID eligibility is set to expand in March 2027 to include mental illness as a sole underlying condition, despite 10 provincial health ministers, the UN and Canada's own experts calling for an indefinite pause- Carney appoints former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour, 79, as Governor General, while neither the finance minister nor the Bank of Canada governor will say where the $25B Canada Strong Fund is coming from or what it will cost Canadians to borrow- Parks Canada left 577,431 acres of dead pine standing at Jasper National Park, cut its fire budget by 23%, turned away 50 firefighters and 20 firetrucks during the blaze, and senior officials had discussed cancelling prescribed burns for political reasons months before the fire-A coalition of 14 Alaskan Indigenous nations is using B.C.'s DRIPA legislation to challenge an approved B.C. mine, with legal experts warning the case could allow U.S.-based groups to assert standing in Canadian resource decisions- Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart says he was interviewed for four hours by federal lawyers about a sitting B.C. cabinet minister under RCMP investigation for allegedly collaborating with the Chinese government, with Premier Eby denying any knowledge- A federal judge approves an $8.7 million settlement after hackers accessed nearly 54,000 CRA and Service Canada accounts during the pandemic, stealing millions in benefits, with individual payouts ranging from $80 to $5,000Is this what a government that has lost the plot looks like, or is someone actually steering us here? Let us know what you think in the comments.The Really Big Show: The thinking Canadian's daily briefing, independent and informed.🔴 Live every weekday at 9AM PST 📍 Independent. Unapologetic. Canadian. 👉 Support the show: https://thereallybigshow.ca Subscribe | Share | Comment — help us grow independent Canadian media.License Details:Asset Title: Epic Cinematic TrailerAsset ID: #88511Licensee: jim csekYouTube Content ID Owner: Epic EliteDownload Code: 6672e6a932b35e075a59dd6b7d14cb6e4b7fdfad51c60cf2680961fa94c47cd5:88511-253313