The Real Cost of Trudeau–Carney–Liberal Party: Not Just Half a Trillion

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Pierre, you told Canadians we lost half a trillion dollars in investment. That’s true — and it’s devastating. But the real damage is even worse.

🔻 1. Loss of Investment in Energy and Resource Projects

Estimates show Canada has lost over $670 billion in cancelled or suspended energy and resource projects since 2015. This isn’t speculation — it’s documented in multiple sources:

Yes — over half a trillion dollars lost. And that’s just resource and energy projects.

🔻 2. Collapse in Private Business Investment

🔗 Title: “Foreign investors are still investing in Canada, but even more money is leaving.” (Business Council of Alberta) https://businesscouncilab.com/insights-category/economic-insights/foreign-investors-are-still-investing-in-canada-but-even-more-money-is-leaving/

Canada also lost out on private sector FDI. Confidence vanished under the Liberal government.

❌ No foreign direct investment in manufacturing, tech, agribusiness, or even real estate.

💼 International investors don’t base their decisions on who Boomers vote for — they look at policy execution, not sentiment or marketing of new candidate.

📉 The “Trudeau–Mark Carney Liberal Party” has become a red flag for serious capital.

The selection of Mark Carney didn’t reassure anyone — the investors don’t look at the PM candidate like Boomers do.

What investors care about is policy — the real, on-the-ground ability of a government to get resource and energy projects approved, built, and monetized through exports that generate national revenue.

🔻 3. Uncoupling from U.S. Stock Market = Missed Wealth for Millions

Even worse: Canada’s stock market flat-lined while U.S. markets soared.

📉 International investors pulled out after seeing $670B in energy investment vanish.

💡 They knew: no resource growth = no energy growth = no exports = no national wealth. So they left. And Canadian equities flat-lined as well.

🧓 Retirees and pensioners lost a decade of compound growth. Even tech companies suffered from poor market confidence, as there was no liquidity in their tech stock, to drive their business growth, and so they were not able to develop new products and services (Ex: Blockchain, & AI).

🏠 Boomers might think their house price went up. But it’s the same house.

📉 Their portfolios, however, are down hundreds of thousands in potential growth compared to U.S. counterparts, since the Canadian index flat-lined, as inflation soared, and did not keep up to massive US growth in equities (which would have protected the inflation properly).

💰 That’s real — and painful — wealth loss. Portfolio looks better than a decade ago, but Canadians are not wealthier people.

4.🔻The Dollar: Silent Killer of Canadian Prosperity 📉

Since Mark Carney took power, the Canadian dollar lost 26.6% of its purchasing power vs. the U.S. dollar throughout the Liberal Party term.

2013-01-04 = 1.01
2014-01-06 = 0.93
2015-01-05 = 0.85
2016-01-20 = 0.68
2017-01-05 = 0.76
2018-01-05 = 0.81
2019-01-04 = 0.75
2020-01-06 = 0.77
2021-01-05 = 0.79
2022-01-04 = 0.79
2023-01-05 = 0.74
2024-01-05 = 0.75
2024-11-14 = 0.71

CAD/USD Comparison:

Harper-era average (2006 – 2015): 1 CAD ≈ $0.95 USD
March 24, 2025: 1 CAD ≈ $0.6976 USD

📉 Depreciation =

(0.95−0.69760.95)×100 ≈ 26.6%

\left( \frac{0.95 – 0.6976}{0.95} \right) \times 100 ≈ 26.6\%

(0.950.95−0.6976)×100 ≈ 26.6%

✅ Result:

Canada’s international purchasing power — wages, savings, retirement funds — were quietly gutted.

If anyone sells their house now, or their investment portfolio, and tries to buy anything in Canada or in any country on Earth, they will buy very little.

📉 Seniors lost over a quarter of their portfolios’ real value just in the currency of it, let alone the massive losses since it decoupled from American equity growth.

💸 Workers’ wages were effectively slashed by inflation.

🧒 And worst of all? These losses are permanent — inflation doesn’t reverse. It locks in damage for generations.

🧾 This Wasn’t One Loss — It Was Three:

Direct investment flight — 💸 $500B to $670B gone.
Stock market stagnation — 📈 Missed gains, eroded pensions.
Currency devaluation — 💱 -26.6%, affecting every Canadian’s purchasing power.

🔻Result: No Real GDP Growth

Title: “When someone claims that “Canada’s National debt vs GDP is just as bad as the US,” they’re using a narrow accounting metric that doesn’t tell the whole story.” https://x.com/SkillsGapTrain/status/1891847552728813967

Cause(s): Real GDP flat-line (no growth), Military Decline Since 1990, Industrial/Export Decline Since 2015, International Investment Decline Since 2015, Import Supply Chain Dependence (China), Export Supply Chain Dependence (USA), Primary Resource/Energy/Wealth Zone in 21st Century (Canada)

Title: “The Strategic Importance of Canada in World War 3” https://skillsgaptrainer.com/strategic-importance-canada-ww3/

Effect/Result: Annexation, War, Hostile Political Takeover, Criminal/Cartel Takeover

Title: “The power disparity has grown dangerously wide. This isn’t just about Trump. He’s not the only one eyeing Canada’s strategic vulnerability. We’re seeing an alarming rise in foreign influence and hostile takeover attempts from foreign nations and supranational institutes — across multiple fronts.” https://x.com/SkillsGapTrain/status/1904161443970441375

🧨 Final Message:

So Pierre, it’s not just half a trillion. The Liberals cost Canada far more — in prosperity, in opportunity, in dignity and it’s future.

🇨🇦 Question: What Does Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Cover in Canada?

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) refers to long-term investments by foreign entities (companies, governments, or individuals) into Canadian businesses and assets. It can take different forms, including:

🛢️ 1. Resources & Energy Sector

✅ Yes —Included in FDI.

FDI into:

Oil sands
LNG projects
Pipelines
Mining operations
Exploration ventures

Foreign firms (like Petronas, Total, Shell, Chevron, CNOOC) have historically made major investments in Canadian energy — until regulatory risk and political interference pushed them out.

👉 Much of the $670B in cancelled projects would’ve had foreign capital behind it, making this a huge hit to FDI.

🏢 2. Private Businesses (Non-Resource Sectors)

✅ Yes — Also included in FDI.

Think:

Manufacturing
Real Estate Developments
Agribusiness
Retail Expansions
Tech and Fin-tech Ventures

Foreign corporations deciding not to set up factories, data centers, or branches in Canada — that’s also a FDI loss.

📈 3. Stock Market / Equities

❌ Technically not FDI — this is called Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI).

If a foreign investor buys stocks or bonds in Canada (like on the TSX), it counts as portfolio investment, not direct investment.
But FPI often follows FDI trends: If foreign firms are pulling out of real infrastructure and energy, stock investors follow. Stagnation in Canadian equities post-2015 is part of this broader capital flight trend.

✅ Summary:

Energy & Resource Projects

✅ Included in FDI ✅ Directly Responsible for Lost Growth
Private Sector Businesses

✅ Included in FDI ✅ Confidence Loss = Investment Loss
Stock Market / Equities

❌ Not FDI (classified as FPI instead) ✅ Still Eelevant — Flat Performance = Wealth Loss

The Real Cost of Trudeau–Carney–Liberal Party: Not Just Half a Trillion — But Canada’s Future