Mcgyver
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@lored2
Retired Canadian Telecom Technician
All of the shade that’s been thrown on this man is nothing but fake outrage perpetrated by the Government and their paid media. Prove me wrong.
The Finance Minister claims he recused himself. But, the Ethics Commissioner seems to have no record of it. We need to get to the bottom of this.
François-Philippe Champagne @FP_Champagne “Mr Pocket Pool” is a vile, contemptible figure whose career in Canadian politics is a grotesque parade of corruption, ineptitude, and betrayal, a loser so steeped in failure that his very name evokes disgust. Begin with the Sustainable Development Technology Canada scandal, the Green Slush Fund, a rancid cesspool he lorded over as Innovation Minister. The Auditor General’s 2024 report ripped it open: 186 conflicts of interest, $390 million of taxpayer money sluiced into the slimy paws of Liberal cronies and sham projects, all while Champagne sat there, a spineless overseer too cowardly to stop the rot. Whistleblowers have sworn he doctored reports and lied to Parliament, a sniveling, deceitful act that lays bare his allegiance to corrupt insiders over the people he swore to serve. This is not some trifling error, it is a calculated stab in the back, a festering blight on Canada’s treasury inflicted by a man whose moral compass is broken beyond repair. Next, consider his nauseating Bank of China scandal, a stain so deep and dark it should have ended him years ago. In 2020, as Foreign Affairs Minister, this cretin owed $1.2 million to a state-owned Chinese bank, a glaring red flag of compromise flapping over Canada’s dealings with a predatory regime. Critics bellowed at the danger, but he sneered, tossing out Ethics Commissioner filings like a cheap alibi. Even after refinancing in June 2020, the filth stuck to him, his judgment laid bare as a reckless, traitorous mess. This is a man who dared to speak for Canada on the global stage while his leash was held by Beijing, a walking embarrassment whose presence in cabinet shames the nation to its core. His electric vehicle obsession is a towering testament to his idiocy, a financial catastrophe only a fool like Champagne could birth. Over $100 billion committed, $52.5 billion in public funds poured into a bottomless pit, and what does he have to show? A crumbling, laughable boondoggle, teetering as EV sales limp along. The Parliamentary Budget Officer’s figures damn him, yet he clings to this wreckage, a deluded gambler burning through taxpayer cash for a hollow fantasy of greatness. This is not vision, it is a brainless, ruinous folly, a burden he gleefully dumps on Canadians, proving his talent lies only in squandering wealth and trust with staggering arrogance. The grocery price debacle is another nail in his coffin of incompetence, a hollow man who struts and promises but collapses under scrutiny. In 2023, he vowed to curb soaring food costs, pressuring grocers and dangling the lure of competition. The result? Dead silence, as Global News noted in January 2025, while inflation ravages households. He is too weak to act, too craven to deliver, leaving Canadians to choke on his empty bluster. This is not leadership, it is a pitiful, gutless surrender, a minister so useless he cannot even pretend to fight for those he has abandoned. His political cowardice is the rancid capstone to this mountain of disgrace. In January 2025, he slithered away from the Liberal leadership race, bowing to Mark Carney like a groveling toady desperate for favor. He swore to run as an MP only if Carney won, a sniveling retreat from any shred of independence. Five cabinet roles in six years show not skill, but a shallow drifter leaving chaos in his wake. As Finance Minister since March 2025, he flounders, unable to explain a $62 billion deficit, muttering drivel as U.S. tariffs threaten. Champagne is a leech, a wretched, shameful blight whose every scandal and flop strangles Canada with humiliation and despair.
Liberal Finance Minister François Philippe Champagne @FP_Champagne in Conflict of Interest Over Partner’s Senior Job at 90 Billion Dollar Alto Rail Boondoggle thedaily.ca/liberal-financ… François Philippe Champagne, the finance minister under prime minister mark carney, released on 6 april 2026 a letter he wrote on 10 september 2025, in which he established a conflict of interest screen because his life partner anne marie gaudet had been hired in august 2025 as vice president of environment at alto, the federal crown corporation responsible for the proposed high speed rail project linking toronto, ottawa, montreal, and quebec city. This screen barred him from any participation in discussions, decisions, debates, or votes concerning alto, except for broad measures affecting many people generally. The letter detailing the screen was sent to prime minister carney and also covered a separate matter involving champagne father gilles champagne and his biotech firm bionest technologies, yet the alto related portion was never publicly posted on the ethics commissioners website until this recent release, which raised immediate questions about transparency and why it took so long to disclose. Anne marie gaudet assumed her role at alto in august 2025, where her duties include leading environmental strategy, regulatory approvals, impact assessments, and sustainability initiatives for the massive infrastructure endeavor. The project itself carries estimated costs reaching up to 90 billion dollars or more and involves a public private partnership with the cadence consortium that includes entities such as cd pq infra, atkins realis, keolis, sncf voyageurs, and air canada. In november 2025, champagne as finance minister tabled the federal budget that allocated 597 million dollars for the 2025 - 2026 fiscal year on pre construction activities and 3.9 billion dollars over six years for co development, along with additional funding supports. Bill c-15, the budget implementation act number one introduced by champagne and passed through parliament with royal assent on 26 march 2026, incorporated provisions to accelerate alto, including amendments to the canada transportation act and the expropriation act that facilitate faster land acquisition with reduced negotiation and hearing requirements. Critics, including conservative leader pierre poilievre and senator denise batters, have labeled the project a boondoggle that wastes taxpayer money, imposes heavy rural land disruption, and offers questionable value amid evolving transportation trends, while highlighting the apparent conflict arising from the ministers direct budgetary role advancing an initiative that employs his partner at a senior level. The timing has drawn particular scrutiny because gaudets hiring preceded the screen, which in turn preceded the budget and legislation that funneled public funds and expedited powers to the very crown corporation in question. Champagne has maintained that he fully respected the ethics screen and took no part in alto specific matters, yet the finance ministers overarching responsibility for the budget means his office still oversaw the allocation of billions in taxpayer resources to the project, creating perceptions of insufficient separation under the conflict of interest act. No formal finding of a breach has been issued by the ethics commissioner, and the government has defended the recusal as a proactive step while dismissing opposition attacks as politically motivated. Broader patterns in champagne portfolio add to the concerns, as his earlier tenure overseeing sustainable development technology canada revealed governance failures, ineligible funding, and numerous apparent conflicts of interest in cleantech grants that prompted audits, whistleblower complaints, and eventual restructuring of the agency with no criminal charges resulting but ongoing criticism of slow responses and favoritism toward connected entities. The alto initiative has faced additional backlash for its potential to exceed cost projections, low projected ridership in a changing transport landscape, and the use of extraordinary powers in bill c 15 that critics say limit proper consultation and environmental scrutiny, especially for affected rural, indigenous, and municipal communities. Private sector involvement through the cadence consortium opens avenues for significant future contracts in construction and operations, raising questions about value for money and indirect benefits to well connected firms, some of which have histories tied to past liberal government dealings. Overall the situation exemplifies recurring issues within the carney liberal government, including heavy reliance on ethics screens for high profile ministers with extensive private or family ties, limited public disclosure, and large scale spending projects advanced with reduced oversight that together erode public trust in the handling of taxpayer dollars without delivering proven accountability or fiscal prudence.
University—Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest, in one week, you have the opportunity to deny Mark Carney and the Liberals their unearned and costly majority. Toronto has suffered enough under the Liberals and deserves better. On April 13th, vote for change—vote Conservative.
The Carney government is trying to weaken transparency rules for political fundraisers, raising concerns about secret cash-for-access events: thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar
Premier Ford and I forged a new partnership to make housing more affordable — reducing taxes and fees for new homes in Ontario by up to $200,000.
This is a serious indictment and a national security crisis !
Since you are so interested in the company Danielle Smith keeps, here’s the company our prime minister keeps, hope you keep the same energy.
François-Philippe Champagne’s @FP_Champagne Brother Ran a Hells Angels Meth Lab While He Climbed to Finance Minister, and the Media Buried It All to Protect Liberal Elite Scum thedaily.ca/francois-phili… The brother of the finance minister, Francois-Philippe Champagne, owned a property that police raided in two thousand eight during project carapace, as part of the larger operation sharqc targeting hells angels organized crime networks in quebec. Officers discovered thirty four thousand methamphetamine tablets, along with chemicals capable of producing twenty thousand more doses, a pill press, thousands of grams of hashish and cannabis, a prohibited nine millimeter pistol, and approximately fifty thousand dollars in cash hidden at the site. Surveillance footage and observations confirmed that Guillaume Champagne visited the location at least six times over four months, while vehicles connected to the family business appeared there as well. The property served as a methamphetamine laboratory with direct links to known hells angels associates, including one member from trois rivieres and another close collaborator who frequented the house. Guillaume Champagne faced eleven serious charges, including production and possession of drugs for the benefit of a criminal organization, yet he maintained no prior record at the time. The case dragged on for years until two thousand thirteen, when crown prosecutors suddenly announced they had no further evidence to present, resulting in a complete acquittal without any preliminary inquiry or full trial ever taking place. The judge overseeing related proceedings noted contradictory elements in the police file, while the director of criminal and penal prosecutions refused to provide any detailed public explanation for dropping the matter. Court testimony from Guillaume Champagne lawyer revealed a deliberate strategy of delay and negotiation that positioned the accused as the last man standing after many co accused benefited from stays of proceedings amid widespread failures in the sharqc operation. This convenient resolution occurred precisely as Francois-Philippe Champagne prepared to launch his federal political career in the saint maurice champlain riding, raising serious questions about potential influence or special treatment for a prominent shawinigan family. The family business bionest technologies, with international ties and local prominence, appeared intertwined with the events through vehicle sightings and Guillaume Champagne role as vice president, adding to perceptions of protected insiders evading accountability. Mainstream english language media across canada has maintained near total silence on these facts for nearly a decade, allowing Francois-Philippe Champagne to ascend through multiple cabinet positions, including foreign affairs, innovation science industry, and now finance, without facing meaningful scrutiny over his brother Guillaume Champagne documented connections to a hells angels linked drug operation. Operation sharqc itself collapsed in spectacular fashion, with the majority of one hundred fifty six accused walking free or receiving reduced sentences due to prosecutorial delays, evidence withholding, and procedural disasters that wasted tens of millions in taxpayer dollars while empowering the very biker gang it aimed to dismantle. Francois-Philippe Champagne has never publicly addressed the scandal in any substantive way, leaving canadians to wonder why such a damaging family association receives protection from journalistic oversight that would never apply to opponents. This pattern of quiet resolution and media avoidance exposes deep rot in liberal circles, where connections appear to shield the powerful from consequences that ordinary citizens would suffer. The entire episode reeks of favoritism and elite impunity at the highest levels of government.
Champagne says he recused himself due to 'personal connection' to high-speed rail company nationalpost.com/news/canada/ch…
Champagne says he recused himself due to 'personal connection' to high-speed rail company nationalpost.com/news/canada/ch…
The conflicts with this government are blatantly obvious !
