“The Privy Council … predicted Canada in 15 years may be so dysfunctional that wage earners flee the country and the poor resort to illegal hunting for food.” [i]
“Dated January 2025 and titled Future Lives: Social Mobility In Question, the report paints a picture of a deeply divided Canada by 2040 — where few believe they or their children can build a better life,” writes Blacklock’s reporter.
“It is plausible,” said the report.
This report is required reading before casting your ballot on Election Day, Monday, April 28th.[ii]
Poilievre Response to Question About PHC Report
This report “is the most negative thing in my 40 years in journalism that I’ve ever heard about Canada,” said Joe Warmington.[iii]
“This is not an interest group or an opinion columnist or even a think tank that has put out this report,” Pierre Poilievre responded. “And it is not even just a government department. It is the Prime Minister’s personal department.”
“I think somebody has to ask Mark Carney, has he seen this report? His department wrote it, and what they are anticipating on the current trajectory is a total meltdown, a societal breakdown in Canada, if we stay on the current track.”
“The report paints a terrifying picture of a spiral of economic depression and cost inflation, Poilievre said.
“Because groceries are expected to become so expensive, according to Mr. Carney’s top government department, people may start to hunt, fish and forage on public lands and waterways. It is just hard to believe when you read these words that this is about Canada,” he said.
“This is exactly why I’m in politics; to reverse this, to give people back the promise of this country. And we know what to do. We know how to get there.”
Canada’s 2040 Bleak Future
On January 7, 2025, Policy Horizons Canada published a 10-page report titled, “Future Lives: Social Mobility in Question,”[iv] describing a very bleak Canada 15 years from today, if our nation’s trajectory remains unchanged.
- “In 2040, pursuing post-secondary education (PSE) is no longer considered a reliable path to social mobility. Fewer young people choose PSE; those who do, see it less as a path to a successful career than a way to reinforce their membership in the ‘elite’.”
- “In 2040, owning a home is not a realistic goal for many. Inequality between those who rent and those who own has become a key driver of social, economic, and political conflict.”
- “In 2040, people see inheritance as the only reliable way to get ahead.”
- “More people may struggle to afford rent, bills, or groceries. The resulting stress could worsen mental health challenges. This would increase demand for social services”
- “More people in Canada, including recent immigrants, may emigrate to jurisdictions where they perceive upward social mobility and/or higher standards of living are easier to attain”
- “Forms of person-to-person exchange of goods and services could become even more popular, reducing tax revenues and consumer safety”
- “People may start to hunt, fish, and forage on public lands and waterways without reference to regulations. Small-scale agriculture could increase”
“What people believe matters as much as the reality. It is often the basis for decisions and actions,” states the report.
Why This Matters for You
The bleak future painted by PHC reflects what 10 years of Liberal policy failures have created for Canadians.
More importantly, it highlights a future even worse than what we’re already experiencing today.
- Canada has the worst housing inflation crisis of any country in the G7
- Housing starts are down in Toronto by 39%, and in Victoria by 55%
- Taxes and development charges account for 30% of new home costs in Ontario and British Columbia
- Violent crime is up 50%
- Gun crime surged 116%
- Gang homicides rose 78%
- Fentanyl deaths exceed 50,000
- Human trafficking is up 84%
If Mark Carney is elected to form government on Monday, all of these numbers will get worse.
That’s not rhetoric.
That’s the government’s publicly stated position about the current trajectory of Canada after a decade of failed policy decisions across the board.
Conservative Party Firearms Policy: Ban Criminals, Not Hunters
While the Liberals go after farmers and hunters, a Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre will go after real criminals. The Conservative plan protects the rights of lawful gun owners, and cracks down on violent offenders and the illegal guns they use to commit almost all crime with guns in Canada.
A Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre will:[v]
- Create Enhanced Weapons Prohibition Orders to subject repeat violent offenders, including domestic violence, to random searches with judicial oversight.
- Clear the licensing backlog so that hunters and sport shooters can enjoy their lawful pastimes sooner.
- Add plain language to the Firearms Act so that law-abiding Canadians can more easily understand and enforce the law.
- Protect licensed sport shooters and hunters because law-abiding Canadians are not the problem.
“The support for Western secession is growing, unabated and even fuelled by Liberal promises to reverse many of their previous positions,” writes Preston Manning.[vi]
“Such promises of expediency simply don’t ring true in the West.”
“Who, except the most politically naive,” Manning asks, “would believe Mark Carney’s promises to reverse the Liberal positions on everything from east-west pipelines to identity politics and climate change, when standing behind him is a cabinet of 23 MPs who, just a month ago, were advocating for the very opposite and have done so for years?”
Manning’s question builds upon the conclusions of the Policy Horizons Canada report.
- If you’re happy with the downward spiral of life in Canada, then stay home on Election Day.
- If you’re content with food and housing costs spiraling out of control, then stay home on Election Day.
- If you believe changing the hood ornament on the failed Liberal Policy Bus is all that’s needed to fix Canada, stay home on Election Day.
But if you want a better life for you and your children than seems possible today, vote Conservative on Election Day.
If you want to own a home, or want your children to own their own home, vote Conservative on Election Day.
If you want common sense policy on firearms, along with a government that will finally put violent criminals in jail where they belong, then vote Conservative on Election Day.Anything else is a vote to destroy Canada and our cherished rights and freedoms along with it.
[i] https://www.blacklocks.ca/fed-report-predicts-collapse/
[ii] https://horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2025/01/10/future-lives-social-mobility/index.shtml
[iii] https://trishwood.substack.com/p/breaking-the-federal-brief-that-should
[iv] https://horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2025/01/10/future-lives-social-mobility/index.shtml
[v] https://canada-first-for-a-change.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/20250418_CPCPlatform_8-5x11_EN_R1-pages.pdf, page 12
[vi] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-mark-carney-is-a-threat-to-national-unity/
