Economic Updates and Government Policies

Jobs are up, the economy is up, we're moving forward

The economy lost 68,000 jobs in the month of

September.

LNG Canada will be using fabricated steel from a

Chinese supplier for an expansion of its plant in British Columbia.

That's despite the federal government's ongoing push to buy Canadian.

Stellantis confirming three more weeks of shutdowns this fall.

The automaker says the plant will be down the weeks of October 19th, October

26th, and November 2nd.

The industry minister to write Stelco Tuesday, giving them five days to

reverse the layoffs or face consequences, including direct

incompliance, divestiture, or monetary penalties.

And I don't expect President Trump to be signing legislation that's gonna block him

from doing what he wants to do.

Canada would still need to make some major concessions, enough for President Trump

to be able to declare victory in order to break the impasse.

Since the government passed Bill C-3 last year, allowing those

with Canadian ancestors to be recognized as citizens, there's been a flood of

new applications. There are 136,000

applications waiting to be processed as of September.

Just over a year after he announced his own government's Buy

Canadian policy, we now learn that this government has spent

$7.8 billion enriching American

corporations.

We don't buy steak anymore.

Ground beef was averaging at 10.64 per kilogram.

In July 2026, it was at 16.49.

One third reported having wait lists for people who need support.

More than one third say they were forced to turn people away due to

limited

resources.

The prime minister announced a $2 billion heat pump rebate program

today. Let's play a game. Trane owned by Brookfield, who

finances and installs heat pumps.

Wow.

Enercare is owned by Brookfield.

Wow.

They finance and install heat pumps.

The conflict of interest is so blatantly obvious,

but what's surprising is the

prime minister's not even hiding it anymore.

How much does the prime minister and Brookfield stand to make off the backs

of

taxpayers?