CARNEY’S CANADA IN CRISIS: BILLIONS FLEE, HATE EXPLODES, CRIME IGNORED

This week’s edition of Inside Politics featured sharp debate and blunt truths as Kevin Klein was joined by Sun columnist and broadcaster Jeff Currier, political science professor and columnist Royce Koop, and new columnist Lawrence Pinsky, a King’s Counsel lawyer and former human rights adjudicator. Together, they tore into some of the most pressing issues facing Canadians: money fleeing the country, dangerous hate at Winnipeg’s Folklorama, and a justice system many believe no longer protects law-abiding citizens.

The show opened with Klein pointing to a staggering investment flight. “$8.3 billion left this country in June, and $14 billion in May. What does that say about Carney’s Canada?” he asked.

Pinsky didn’t mince words: “We have a bankrupt medical system. We have roads that don’t work, hospitals that don’t work, transportation systems, education that doesn’t work. People who have the ability to leave are leaving—and they’re taking their capital with them. There is a huge crisis and brain drain that is not being reported on. It’s really a disaster going on in Canada on many fronts, and we all need to wake up before it’s too late.”

Inside Politics: Billions Flee Canada, Hate on Our Streets, and Carney’s Canada

Currier drove the point home with a biting analogy. “In the old communist Soviet Union, people got to keep 50% of their income. Here in Canada, the wealthy are losing more than 50% in taxes. And what do we do? We resent them. It’s like the Canadian lobster story—every time one lobster tries to climb out of the barrel, the others pull it back down. That’s Canada today.”

But it wasn’t just economics on the table. The panel turned to shocking events at Winnipeg’s Folklorama, where the Israel Pavilion was targeted by protestors blasting gunshot sounds, screaming threats, and hurling slurs at children.

“It was unbelievable,” Pinsky said. “People were yelling sexualized slurs at little girls. Others shouted, ‘Hamas is coming for you.’ This wasn’t a protest—it was harassment, unlawful assembly, mischief, and a hate crime. And yet police stood by. If this had happened outside a mosque or the Rainbow Resource Centre, politicians and police would have acted immediately. Why is the standard different for Jews?”

Currier echoed the alarm. “We have a country, but do we still have a nation? What binds us together anymore? We’ve become so increasingly tribal that we no longer have a cultural mosaic—we have a fractured society.”

Klein was blunt on what he sees as political cowardice: “Mayor Gillingham won’t talk about it. Premier Kinew won’t talk about it. Politicians would rather stay quiet than take a stand. That silence is more dangerous than taking a side.”

The discussion then shifted to crime and self-defence after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made headlines with a viral line: “If you don’t want to get shot or beaten up, don’t break into people’s houses.”

“That’s the quote of the decade,” Klein said. “It’s common sense. Yet in Carney’s Canada, criminals are coddled while law-abiding Canadians lose faith in the justice system.”

Pinsky explained the legal complexity of self-defence cases but agreed that the law doesn’t reflect real life. Currier was more direct: “If somebody breaks into my house, one of us is going down. The word ‘proportional’ should be removed from the law. It’s theoretical nonsense. In the real world, you protect your family by any means.”

The show also touched on Mark Carney’s retreat on tariffs with the U.S., Air Canada’s strike fiasco, and what the panel described as a government addicted to self-inflicted wounds. Koop summed it up: “We’re 100 days into this government, and I can’t name one win. Carney ran as the adult in the room, the great negotiator. Instead, it’s been own-goal after own-goal.”

Klein closed the show with a stark warning: “There’s an existential crisis in Canada. On the economy, on immigration, on hate in our streets, on crime—the leadership failures are piling up. And Canadians are paying the price.”

This week’s Inside Politics isn’t just another panel discussion. It’s a wake-up call. Watch the full episode at winnipegsun.com to hear the sharpest political talk you won’t find anywhere else.