Leviathan Must Be Stopped

Since we last spoke, a war has begun. In this episode of Leviathan Must Be Stopped, Johnny Wakelin and I examine the conflict in the Persian Gulf through what we think of as a Michael Corleone foreign policy – unsentimental, and unconcerned with approval. While the United States and its allies act, Canada hesitates. In this episode is a wide-ranging discussion on: the moral case for action vs. the cost of inaction the illusion of a “multipolar world” the decline of Western military ...

In this wide-ranging and unsparing conversation, Trevor and John dissect the growing gulf between political optics and lived reality in Canada and beyond. From firearm “buybacks” that punish the law-abiding while leaving criminals untouched, to a judiciary and regulatory state increasingly detached from consequence, the discussion exposes a nation drifting from aspiration toward compliance. They examine Canada’s structural economic decay, energy self-sabotage, and the quiet loss of confidence...

Government doesn’t shrink on its own. It expands. It consumes. And eventually, it starts eating the people it was supposed to serve. In this episode of Leviathan Must Be Stopped, I’m joined once again by my good friend John Wakelin — lawyer, free-speech advocate, and professional vanquisher of bad arguments — to tear into Mark Carney’s first federal budget, the fiction masquerading as fiscal discipline, and the media ecosystem that keeps selling Canadians fairy tales. We unpack why budgets ha...