01/09/2026
Inflation is often treated like an accident, something that just happens.
But inflation is the result of choices made in Ottawa.
When governments spend far beyond their means, they borrow and create money. That doesn’t create real wealth. It quietly reduces the value of every dollar Canadians have already earned. As Thomas Sowell warned, inflation becomes a hidden tax—one that hits the most vulnerable first.
In Northern Ontario, inflation hurts more and lasts longer.
We drive farther for work, groceries, and medical care. Fuel costs ripple through everything from food prices to home heating. When inflation rises, there is no “urban alternative” here. You can’t just take transit instead of driving, or shop around at ten different stores. Costs go up, and people are forced to absorb them.
Seniors feel this immediately. Fixed incomes don’t rise with inflation, but groceries, prescriptions, and utilities do. A lifetime of savings is quietly eroded, month after month, through no fault of their own.
Those who truly need help, including Canadians relying on disability support services, are hit even harder. Benefits are slow to adjust; if they adjust at all. Real-world costs rise quickly. Inflation doesn’t just strain budgets; it strips dignity from people who are already navigating serious challenges. This is why seniors are choosing between rent and food, why food banks (which still have to pay HST on all their purchases) are waiting lists longer than exclusive restaurants.
This is the painful irony:
Big government spending, sold as “compassion,” often ends up harming the very people it claims to protect. How many times have we been told we to help others, it’s the Canadian way; yet helping Canadians seems to never be a priority.
A smaller, more focused government helps prevent inflation by living within its means. When government concentrates on core services—basic infrastructure, courts, and essential public needs; reduces debt, limits money creation, and protects the purchasing power of every Canadian dollar.
Real compassion isn’t endless spending.
Real compassion is stability, honesty, and respect for the value of people’s work and savings. Real compassion will flow from the people helping each other when they too are able keep their heads above water.
In Sudbury East – Manitoulin – Nickel Belt, we don’t need bigger promises. We need responsible governance that understands the country and the unique challenges we face in the North and doesn’t gamble with our future.
The start of the solution isn’t Red or Blue, it’s not orange or light-blue, it’s not green or purple and it’s not even yellow. The start of solution is you voting for what you believe in, not voting to block, not voting “strategically.” These are all wonderful lies invented to keep only one or two groups in power. This beautiful nation is far too diverse for only red or blue. There is no such thing as a wasted vote. It takes all of us.
That’s the Libertarian approach.
That’s why I’m running.
