• CircaV@lemmy.ca
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    Nauseating. Fuck this fascist POS and his followers. A coward and a hypocrite.

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    poilievre is now a DEI hire exactly in the way the cons lie and misrepresent DEI hires

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    A chance to take another seat from them. Heck, if he loses there, too, he might even try again!

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    Everyone is so mad at the cons who havent held power for a decade, meanwhile the party that won was ordering unions back to work and importing UN wage slaves to depress salaries, as they borrow money to buy half of all mortgage bonds to provide more full recourse loans to for-profit banks to extort the population during a clearly deliberate housing crisis.

    I think that the capital gains tax hike Carney already rolled back was all a ploy to win the election, as was Freelands fake outrage over the massive budget overage. The party that won is just an entity that scams the population to continue to rob the poor; who knew Trudeau’s best before date was expiring, and orchestrated Trudeau’s further unpopularity in order to bring in a savior to roll it all back and promise to restore fiscal sanity. Yet everyone is here clapping about our current situation while we literally have no labor party, after the NDP likely intentionally destroyed itself via a rich lawyer in a rolex, who hasnt raised taxes on the rich a solitary dime to fund anything despite holding the entire balance of power in his hands.

    Canada is screwed, we’ve been scammed again. The rich orchestrated all of this, and nothing about the Liberals plans have changed; the immigration numbers are the same as planned, the spending is the same, the entire cabinet is the same. The wealth inequality will continue to grow, and if you’re poor you’ll get to keep your unfunded dental checks while your cost of living continues to rise far more than the scraps you are given.

    The most clear proof is you’ve never heard Carney talk about the housing crisis prior to the election, you’ve never heard him say a single word against forcing unions back to work, never made mention of the insane spending or negative per capita GDP growth, it was radio silence as all these terrible things happened. The most progressive thing he did was make millions promoting ESG for Brookfield to sell investments at an inflated markup, because Brookfield is an alternative investment corporation, no different than Blackrock whose fees are also significantly higher on ESG funds they promote.

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      I’m mad at both, alas the NDP or Greens didn’t campaign hard enough, and the liberals campaigned really well under the threat of Canada electing a conservative government that would threaten their sovereignty.

      Thankfully, it wasn’t a majority win for the liberals. But I think you’re right that a lot of the existing problems will continue.

      We can only hope that we get a labour party rebuilt from the ashes that can make some stronger plays.

      Also I do want to say, Carney did mention housing crisis prior to the election and campaigning. Just so no one does a “gotcha” on you because of it. My memory is vague but it was still the same hand wavey acknowledgement the previous liberal government gave. So your technically right, just trying to get ahead of anyone else saying it.

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      I feel like Carney is basically the same as Poilievre without the misogyny and fascism. Was there anything in Poilievres costed plan that you found convincing?

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        I’m wouldnt be too happy about Pierre either, I only give him a 2/10 because he would slow immigration, which I think needs to match housing because I’m not a sociopath and care about more than just propping up non-per capita GDP growth.

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    If I just voted for someone and then they quit to allow someone else to run and I needed to go vote AGAIN just for some power play I would be fucking pissed. Hopefully these voters are as well.

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    The guy wasn’t an MP long enough to be eligible to the pension at 65 either, he’ll get what he put in back so that will be a nice cheque to keep him going for a bit (20% deduction for the MP’s pension).

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      Very descriptive quote from Wikipedia:

      Even by the standards of rural Alberta, Battle River—Crowfoot is a strongly conservative riding.

      They really wanted to make sure Monsieur Poil was safe.

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    Nauseating. Listening to Andrew Failure Scheer on Power & Politics rn and it’s abhorrent as is the entire con party of Poilievre fluffers as professional rim jobbers to fash.

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    All the people that thought Poilievre would not continue as the opposition leader need a wake up call. You still don’t understand what you’re fighting against. Cult of personality is a major pillar of fascism, and loyalty (to the leader, not to the country) is the most valuable trait. Poilievre had a few humiliating defeats but he’s still gaining grounds for the CPC, and the conservative wave is still on it sway, bolder and with lots of resentments piled up.

    Take this seriously. The enemy doesn’t have to be smart or competent, they just need to amass power. https://www.antihate.ca/40ways

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      I didn’t expect him to voluntarily step down.

      I expect the party to follow it’s own damn rules and have the leadership review that their party rules requires after a losing election.

      Of course, they could still do that after he inevitably wins in one of the safest seats in the country.

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        It doesn’t matter. If you look around, most authoritarian leaders have no more charisma than him. Personality just means a fabricated persona, marketing and propaganda.

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      Oh wow, that link is a great resource! I had no idea it existed. Gonna share that around my circles for sure.

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      What kind of calculus do you think the liberal party has done just now…. Let loser Polievre come back to show himself to be more of an obstructionist loser that he continues to be??? He’s going to block Carney’s agenda again just like they did during the last house sitting. Also Scheer is an absolute thumb head. Polievre is a coward and a hypocrite.

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        What kind of calculus do you think the liberal party has done just now

        Carney’s response to the byelection question was basicailly “He can have his byelection if he wants. I’m too busy with more important things to waste time with silly partisan games”

        Which makes sense. No need to hand the conservatives a "see the liberals are blocking democracy’ talking point.

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          Except everyone knows the cons will obstruct everything and blockade the work of parliament and committee work - that is who they are. I am really curious to see how the liberals under Carney combat that sort of filibustering that cons did for the past few years.

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    They picked that riding for a reason. The Cons got 81.8% of the vote in the recent election in that riding.

    I wish we had the requirement that you must LIVE in the riding you’re running for and have lived there the past 2 years at least. Should also have to live there the entire time in office as well.

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      Exactly, your MP is supposed to represent your local interest. If they don’t live there why the fuck would they care about you and your interests?

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        I’d love to see Albertans reject him as an “Ottawa elite parachute candidate”.

        They won’t, of course, but a guy can dream…

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        Perfectly on brand, tbh.

        They love freedom, but not for trans or gays.

        They love their country, but they hate paying the taxes to support it.

        They love democracy, but they hate when anybody else wins.

        They hate tyranny, but they love to back traitors.

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        Because they’re not consistent. It’s not about anyone being an Ottawa politician, it’s just their tribalist victim complex.

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      The last thing I would change is you only get paid the median wage of the people who you represent.

      Truly a person of the people

      It would encourage you to do a better job and try and lift your community to greater heights

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        That’s actually a decent idea. Imagine if Trump’s income was capped at $66k/year, the US median income. He might actually give a shit about income inequality and raising the minimum wage.

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      It’s exceptionally blue even for Alberta but who knows? I hope the liberal candidate calls Fanjoy for tips and starts TODAY. It’s not impossible.

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        Can’t start today. Not until the byelection is called. Carney doesn’t have to call one for 6 months. And why should he? The voters there don’t want another election so soon. They just voted someone who abandoned their post!

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          Well he can talk to Fanjoy today. Carney said he’ll call it immediately if they want that. I think that’s a solid move. I like that he is a no bs guy and doesn’t play games. I don’t want a bye election. I think that’s garbage but if that’s the rules …

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        I would even take a further-right fuckhead, be they PPC or Independent, I just want to see Poilievre lose his seat a second time

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        You can sell it as their chance to be represented in the government. Beyond the practical benefits, people like to be on the winning team.

        It’s never going to make up the difference here, but it would be funny just to see him to worse than the other guy.

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          We‘ll definitely keep an eye on this. You never know and yea even a couple of points down will be nice to see. People who think he’ll represent their local concerns are delusional. He probably didn’t even know where the riding is.