If you’ve been following the show, you know what I’ve been saying from the jump: the “manufactured majority” we’re living under was brought together with duct tape and bubble gum, and this week, we finally saw those seams start to pop. For those of you who couldn’t catch the livestream on Friday, I wanted to pull together this summary to keep you locked in on how fast the situation in Ottawa is deteriorating.
The Mutiny Within: 14 MPs and the Pipeline Problem
The big story that broke Friday morning is that the “honeymoon” for Mark Carney is officially over. We found out that 14 Liberal MPs have penned a formal letter to the Prime Minister, and they are not happy. They’re raising hell over the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Carney signed with the Alberta government regarding pipeline development.
They’re calling it an “environmental backslide,” but let’s call it what it really is: it’s the radical wing of the caucus realizing that Carney isn’t the “Net Zero” savior his books promised he’d be. What’s most fascinating to me is the timeline. It took Justin Trudeau nearly a decade to see this kind of coordinated, written dissent from his own people. Mark Carney has managed to lose his grip in just 13 months. This tells me the “Carney Miracle” was a fugazi from day one—a temporary coalition of people just trying to save their own jobs, not a group with a shared vision for the country.
CBC and the “Anonymous” Shield
There’s a piece of this story that I find peculiar, and it’s how the media is handling it. Radio-Canada got the letter, but they’ve chosen to keep the names of these 14 MPs anonymous.
I have to ask: Why is the CBC protecting them? These people signed their names to a document intended for the Prime Minister. If they’re bold enough to threaten the stability of the government over a pipeline, Canadians have a right to know who they are. As I discussed on the show, I agree with Ben Maloney’s take here: by shielding these names, the CBC is carrying the water for the Prime Minister. They’re keeping the public from seeing exactly where the fractures are. It’s not “constructive” to hide; it’s cowardly. If you want to take a stand, stand in the light.
Alberta: Democracy vs. “Madness”
We also took a long look at the situation in Alberta. Premier Danielle Smith is moving forward with a fall referendum to see if Albertans even want a vote on separation. Now, she was very clear: she’s a federalist. She wants the country to stay together. She’s just asking the people what they think.
But if you watch the CBC from Ottawa, you’d think she was starting a revolution. I played a clip of Robert Fife calling the move “total madness.” He dismissed 20% of the population as “MAGA separatists” and wondered why the Premier was “aiding and abetting” them.
This is exactly why Alberta is where it’s at! For decades, people like Fife and the Ottawa establishment have laughed in Albertans’ faces and squelched their voices. Now they’re shocked that people are angry? It’s not “madness” to ask for a vote; it’s democracy. If you’re so sure it’s only a small minority, then have the vote and put it to bed. But they won’t, because they’re terrified that the frustration is actually the majority.
Carney’s “Sophie’s Choice”
The bottom line of the week is that Mark Carney is trapped in a corner of his own making. He’s facing a binary choice that could end his majority:
Placate the 14 MPs: He can kill the pipeline MOU to keep the “Green” wing of his party from jumping ship. The Result? He might save his caucus for a few months, but he will effectively lose Alberta forever and push them toward the exit.
Stick with the Pipeline: He can do the right thing for the economy and Western unity. The Result? Those 14 MPs could cause some chaos for him over time.
Carney thought he could be all things to all people—the international banker, the environmentalist, and the pipeline pragmatist. But you can’t ride two horses with one backside, folks. The seams are fraying, the duct tape is peeling, and we have a front row seat to all of it.