Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The US-Canada living standards gap more than doubled — and Ottawa still chooses cartels over prosperity?
Fraser Institute numbers say the gap went from about CA$10,800 to CA$23,700 per person. Jim and Iain connect the dots: dairy quotas, banking oligopolies, protection dressed up as patriotism, stagnant wages, and asset inflation that Mark Carney's world thrives on. If "free trade" means free access for them and protection for us, who is actually winning?
Chapters:
0:00 Fraser Institute — the gap is widening
0:40 Dairy, supply management, and cheaper milk next door
1:30 Oligopolies that abuse the taxpayer
2:30 Protection for cartels, regional politics
3:50 The dairy cartel mindset
5:00 Free trade for thee, protection for me
5:40 Banking oligopoly and Canadian arrogance
6:50 Stagnant wages vs asset inflation
7:30 Carney loved asset inflation
8:30 Bonds, mortgages, and the financialized trap
9:40 Become a better trader — $10 of Caterpillar
11:00 Thanks for watching
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The US-Canada living standards gap more than doubled — and Ottawa still chooses cartels over prosperity?
Fraser Institute numbers say the gap went from about CA$10,800 to CA$23,700 per person. Jim and Iain connect the dots: dairy quotas, banking oligopolies, protection dressed up as patriotism, stagnant wages, and asset inflation that Mark Carney's world thrives on. If "free trade" means free access for them and protection for us, who is actually winning?
Chapters:
0:00 Fraser Institute — the gap is widening
0:40 Dairy, supply management, and cheaper milk next door
1:30 Oligopolies that abuse the taxpayer
2:30 Protection for cartels, regional politics
3:50 The dairy cartel mindset
5:00 Free trade for thee, protection for me
5:40 Banking oligopoly and Canadian arrogance
6:50 Stagnant wages vs asset inflation
7:30 Carney loved asset inflation
8:30 Bonds, mortgages, and the financialized trap
9:40 Become a better trader — $10 of Caterpillar
11:00 Thanks for watching
———
The Really Big Show: The thinking Canadian's daily briefing, independent and informed.
🔴 Live every weekday at 9AM PST
📍 Independent. Unapologetic. Canadian.
👉 Support the show: thereallybigshow.ca
Subscribe | Share | Comment — help us grow independent Canadian media.
Press Freedom Mission — Washington, Sep 21–26, 2026:
thereallybigshow.ca/washington
Full live show (Sep 1, 2026) — Liberals ride manufactured hate to by-election sweep
youtube.com/watch?v=MDj6-2lIMQg
