Last Week Today Episode 189 Show Notes for Monday, March 17th, 2025
Reactions to Canada’s New Globalist PM, the Expected Upcoming Canadian Election, Carney Invites Zelenskyy to G7, Trump Declares Biden "Autopen" Pardons “Void,” & the Storm is Upon Us.
Reactions to Canada’s New Globalist PM
Canada Is now In the hands of arch-technocrat and trilateralist Mark Carney, at least according to the March 10th, 2025 Technocracy post, “Canada Is Now In The Hands Of Arch-Technocrat And Trilateralist Mark Carney.”
Others agree, including BC based Dan Dix in the March 11th, 2024 Press for Truth post, “Wake Up Canada! THE (S)ELECTION OF MARK CARNEY PROVES That DEMOCRACY IS AN ILLUSION!!!”
The Press for Truth post notes that:
Prime Minister-Designate Mark Carney is a central banker, a WEF (World Economic Forum) puppet, a Bilderberg steering committee member, he holds no seat in the legislature and he has never held an elected public role, yet he will soon become the next Prime Minister of Canada.
Here’s the March 11th, 2025 Blendr News on TikTok post, “Mark Carney will be Canada's unelected Prime Minister,” with Blendr’s version of what’s going on.
As if to prove the naysayers correct, Carney’s first act once obtaining the Liberal leadership was to cancel the carbon tax through a widely reviled Kabuki theater presentation.
Here’s the March 16th, 2025 Official Mario Zelaya on TikTok post, “I fact Checked the CBC,” with an overview of at least some of what happened.
Since pretending to sign an order in council to remove the carbon tax, Carney has promised to do the following:
‘Reconsider’ Canada’s order to replace the current CF-18 fighter jets with F-35s as per the March 14th, 2025 CBC News post, “Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister.”
‘Visit” the UK and France immediately in an attempt to build ‘reliable’ trade, and security partnership as a counterweight to US influence according to the March 15th, 2025 Global News post, “Carney to visit U.K., France to build ‘reliable’ trade, security partnership.”
“Beg” for France and England to become a counterweight to US influence. While in Europe. The March 17th, 2025 National Post story, “Mark Carney calls Canada 'the most European of non-European countries' while in France,” Carney’s general sucking up to European leaders was the most notable accomplishment on his first international trip as PM.
‘Renounce’ both his Irish and U.K. passports. As outlined in the March 15th, 2025 CBC News post, “Why Mark Carney is dropping both his Irish and U.K. passports,” if only because “dual, never mind triple, citizenship can make life complicated for a prime minister.” After all, nothing says “globalist” quite as effectively as possessing citizenship in multiple countries simultaneously.
‘Announce’ his new cabinet, a little smaller than the last guy’s but recognizably chosen from the same Liberal party caucus. The March 14th, 2025 CBC News post, “Mark Carney's cabinet unveiled: Which Quebecers are in and who's out?,” notes that even former deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has returned as Transport Minister.
It’s obvious that Carney is mostly putting on a show to build up his public persona as a preliminary to the expected meeting with US President Donald Trump, hopefully sometime in the near future.
But to be fair to the Canadian political process, prime minister designates aren’t really supposed to be showing off their power and prestige until they’ve shown they hold the confidence of the House of Commons and are able to pass fiscal legislation.
That’s not going to happen until Parliament reconvenes next week and it might not happen then, in which case Parliament will dissolve after one of the shortest sittings ever and an election will be called.
But that’s another story.
Also in the News this Week
The Expected Upcoming Canadian Election
In other news this week, rumors abound that opposition parties will almost immediately vote a motion of non-confidence when parliament reconvenes on March 24th.
The Conservatives announced their intention to do so back in December 2024, but weren’t able to follow through when, as outlined in the December 27th, 2024 CBC News post, “Conservatives to move non-confidence motion against Liberal government in the new year,” the Trudeau government prorogued all parliamentary activities and shut down Parliament until March 24th, 2025.
The January 20th, 2025 CTV News post, “Singh says NDP still plan to vote to topple Liberals ‘at the earliest opportunity,’ regardless of leader,” notes the likely hood, although not the certainty, that the NDP would support a conservative non-confidence motion.
The March 17th, 2025 Wealth Professional post, “Mark Carney dismantles carbon tax on day one, hints at early election amid US trade tensions,” notes that an upcoming election would be fought on public concerns over trade and taxes.
As noted in the March 16th, 2025 The Hill Times post, “Who has the best economic plan to build a prosperous and sovereign Canada: Carney or Poilievre?’” Liberal strategists are hoping to build their campaign around Carney’s business and banking expertise.
Liberals are also hoping to use Canadian dissatisfaction over recent US trade and tariffs announcements, to cash in with recent categorizations of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as being a “Trump Light,” incapable of negotiating effectively with the US based original.
It’s worth noting the general consensus of the new media, as outlined in the March 12th, 2025 Alt Market post, “Trade War: Tariffs Are Needed To Defeat Globalism But They Come With A Cost,” which is that all tools, even tools related to trade, come with consequences.
A hammer used to make furniture, might accidently also bend a few Canadian manufactured nails.
The March 14th, 2025 Zero Hedge post, “How Trump Can Take the Chaos Out Of Tariffs,” suggests that the US president understands the problem but views the current Canadian government as globalist enemies, a viewpoint this publication has more than a little sympathy for.
Carney Invites Zelenskyy to G7
Also in the news tonight, Canada’s incoming PM Mark Carney, on top of all the other things he’s done over the last week or so, has extended an invitation to Ukrainian President/strongman Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend the G7 summit in Alberta, scheduled for June 2025.
As outlined in the March 17th, 2025 Calgary Herald post, “Prime Minister Carney invites Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to G7 summit in Kananaskis,” the invitation was extended last Sunday when Carney spoke to Zelenskyy over a call, just days before Carney was sworn in as prime minister.
The March 2nd, 2025 The Guardian post, “Can Europe secure peace in Ukraine without the US?,” suggests the invitation was likely one of the conditions imposed on Carney by EU leaders as a preliminary to supporting his initiative to combat US trade tariffs.
As noted in posts such as the March 15th, 2025 The Aviationist post, “Canada Reconsidering $13.2 Billion F-35 Purchase Amid Growing Tensions With The US,” military contracts with the US are also on the table.
The EU would prefer that Canada purchase from European suppliers as part of any commitment to closer ties with Canada.
But there’s also the strong possibility that Carney will lose the election expected to be called over the next ten days.
Zelenskyy might then end up being uninvited from the conference.
Stay tuned.
Trump Declares Biden “Autopen“ Pardons “Void.”
As outlined in the March 17th, 2025 Zero Hedge post, “Trump Declares Biden’s Autopen-Signed Pardons ‘Void’,” the sitting US president considers the pardons issued by his predecessor, former US president Joe Biden, to be “void, vacant and of no further force,” because they weren’t signed by the sitting president.
According to Zero Hedge:
“…ten days or so after the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project disclosed that nearly every document bearing former President Biden’s signature during his first term had been signed by an autopen” US president Donald Trump has “declared that the 11th hour pardons, including those given to members of Congress who investigated the January 6th insurrection,” were “void, vacant, and of no further force,” because of the fact that they were done by autopen.
The post went on to note that:
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One late last night: “It’s not my decision — that’ll be up to a court — but I would say that they’re null and void, because I’m sure Biden didn’t have any idea that it was taking place, and somebody was using an auto pen to sign off and to give pardons.”
Trump originally broached the topic on a March 17th,2025 Truth Social post.
Legacy media has had a field day contesting the claim that the pardons, announced by outgoing US President Joe Biden in the final days of his administration, could be invalid because they weren’t actually signed by the sitting president.
But lets be fair. Biden was accused multiple times of being too old and feeble to properly discharge the responsibilities of his office and was dropped from consideration by the Democratic party in 2024 in favor of Kamala Harris for this reason.
Since no one but a sitting US president is authorized to issue pardons, the pardons authorized by the Biden administration and signed via autopen may not even have been considered by Biden, or anyone close to him and should reasonably be tested in a court of law.
The Storm is Upon Us
Finally tonight, we have the March 8th, 2025 Mongo Minds on Bitchute post, “The Storm’ Is Upon Us.”
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