I have zero trust left. Zero. A sitting Prime Minister with an ethics screen covering 100+ companies tied to his former firm, Chinese capital and fentanyl cash moving through Canadian banks, a state-owned Chinese shipyard building ferries near our coasts with federal backing, and CSIS warnings that Beijing is targeting First Nations leaders for resources—and the official line is still “elbows up against America.” This is not a sideshow. It is the system working exactly as designed: loose rules, incomplete disclosure, and selective enforcement. Blind trusts and ethics screens that leave most of a trillion-dollar portfolio untouched do not protect the public. Banks that launder drug money until a foreign government forces the issue do not protect Canadians. Deals that send shipbuilding and strategic capacity overseas while we lecture the US do not protect our future. For my nine grandchildren this is not abstract. When the people in charge have unresolved conflicts, when money and influence flow with little friction, and when the narrative is managed instead of the risks, the result is a country that cannot defend its own interests or its own kids. Tighten the ethics rules. Force full divestiture. Enforce real anti-money-laundering standards at home. Demand transparency on every major China-linked deal. Or stop pretending the official story is the real one. The evidence is already on the record. The only question is whether anyone will act on it.