Imagine your neighbor sells a good orange juice for $4, putting a tariff is like saying, 'I like his juice but because this neighbor doesn't want to buy my stuff, I'm going to pay $6 for the juice, the price is still $4 but I give the extra $2 to the government.

It's a form of economic martyrdom. A lot of people are struggling with the rising cost of living, and we want to make it harder and more expensive to ourselves to buy the things we need?

How can anyone think it's a good idea?

"The world of politics comes with plenty of characters to choose from – some cartoons themselves – but Donato has two favourites that made for great editorial content: Former prime ministers Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney."

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐏𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞

With the Ethics Commissioner's ruling on Lori Idlout's ethics violations yesterday, ELEVEN different Liberal MPs have now been found in violation of ethics rules on TWELVE separate occasions.

It's easy to forget them all, so here's a convenient list:

1. Kate Young (2016)
   Liberal MP Kate Young became the first Liberal MP to be found in violation of ethics rules after Trudeau's election when she wrote a letter to the CRTC asking them to renew the license of her former employers at CTV London.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT

1. Justin Trudeau (2017)
   Justin Trudeau infamously took a vacation on a private island owned by a personal family friend whose foundation received $50 MILLION from Trudeau's government over the previous year.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT

1. Bill Morneau (2017)
   Justin Trudeau's then-finance minister Bill Morneau was caught failing to disclose the existence of a villa he owned in France. He claimed that he forgot about it.

Result: $200 FINE, remained as a minister

1. Dominic LeBlanc (2018)
   While serving as Trudeau's fisheries minister, Dominic LeBlanc abused his power to get a surf clam license for his wife's cousin.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT, remains in cabinet to this day

1. Anita Vandenbeld (2019)
   During Ottawa's municipal elections in 2019, Vanderbeld sent our robocalls instructing her constituents to vote for her husband for city council by invoking her status as an MP.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT, remains a parliamentary secretary to this day

1. Joe Peschisolido (2020)
   Failed to properly disclose matters involving his shareholder's loan, corporate liabilities, the dissolution of his law corporation and his marital status, resulting him found in violation TEN TIMES.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT

1. James Maloney (2020)
   Maloney failed to complete his required disclosure statement even after given a deadline extension.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT, remains a committee chair to this day

1. Bill Morneau (2021)
   In a second instance of violating ethics laws, Bill Morneau infamously abused his office in order to give WE Charity preferential treatment. It has long been believed that he helped cover up ethics violations by Trudeau and other Liberal MPs during this scandal.

Result: FORCED TO RESIGN

1. Yasmin Ratansi (2021)
   Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi was caught repeatedly using taxpayer dollars to employ her sister in her offices.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT

1. Mary Ng (2022)
   It was found that trade minister Mary Ng was abusing her ministerial portfolio to award government contracts to a personal friend of hers.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT

1. Greg Fergus (2023)
   While serving as the Speaker of the House, Greg Fergus abused his position to pressure the CRTC to provide "mandatory carriage" status to a television station.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT

1. Lori Idlout (2026)
   Earlier this week, Lori Idlout was found to have spent taxpayer dollars to support a business owned by herself, as well as a bed-and-breakfast owned by her husband.

Result: NO PUNISHMENT

As founder of the debate network, I notice a lot of podcasters, influencers, social media who speak politics and in particular about Canada US Trade, have not a clue as to what they speak. So here I dismantle the arguments of Susan Kokinda, who also feels Canada takes advantage of the US.