Week in Review

September 28 2025

As I drove home one day this week, I noticed the Canadian flag torn after a wild windstorm the previous night. It struck me as a poignant symbol—of a nation fraying at the edges under the weight of heavy-handed policies and mounting fiscal strain.

The red maple leaf, once a proud emblem around the world, now fluttered ragged against the sky. And just this week, the headlines piled on, each one a fresh rip in the canvas.

Take the chaos at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., where the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, backed by a small army of RCMP officers—your tax dollars at work, roughly 100 strong—descended on the property to enforce a cull of nearly 400 healthy ostriches.

These birds, part of a flock that survived an avian flu outbreak back in December 2024, were ordered slaughtered not out of immediate necessity, but to comply with rigid “stamping out” protocols from the World Organization for Animal Health.

Meanwhile, on the fiscal front, Jason Jacques, Canada’s Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer dropped a bombshell report that’s nothing short of a national wake-up call. In no uncertain terms, he warned that without drastic reforms to spending and debt trajectories, “if you don’t change this, this is done”—the economy teeters on the brink of collapse, with deficits ballooning unchecked and public services buckling under the load. He didn’t mince words, calling the situation “stupefying and shocking.”

And as if that weren’t enough to fray nerves, the gun buyback program stumbled into its “active” phase this week—a policy I view as deeply flawed. Rather than curbing crime, this initiative targets law-abiding citizens, stripping them of their firearms while leaving the root causes of violence untouched. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree was caught on tape admitting “I would do it differently if I had the chance,” a confession that reeks of Liberal doublespeak. The program will no doubt press on. It’s another example of a government prioritizing optics over solutions, ignoring the very people it claims to protect.

That torn flag on my drive home? It wasn’t just weather-beaten. It was waving a warning. Logic tells me to brace for more rips.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS - Cornerstone Forum returns to Calgary, AB on March 28th, 2026. More details to come.

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Mark your calendars for December 20th! The SNP annual Christmas show returns, and by popular demand, we’re bringing back the all request Grand Dueling Piano Show out of Edmonton. Limited tables remain—for more information text 587-217-8500.

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