Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

That’s good for UCB. But it’s not good for Canadians in general. Especially those loving paycheque to paycheque. I’m sure you would agree that’s the demographic that is being hurt the most. Whether you choose to care about them or not is up to you.

They just gotta pull themselves up by their boot straps.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

Or they're staying in line with BBC and France Télévisions which also saw massive cuts for this year.

Perfect, good to know that maintaining our position is an acceptable goal.

[Doctorfever]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Is it? Canada's food inflation over the last 10 years is 38.8% which is 3.3% annualized.

I don't really feel like checking each G7 country, but given that the UK saw its food prices increase by about 40% from 2020-2025 and they didn't have much deflation before that, I would assume they've been higher than Canada over the last decade. Germany is in the same boat, with ~40% inflation over the last 5 years and zero deflation periods before that. Those are the first 2 countries I checked and both are higher than Canada.

This from Google AI when asked “ canada's food inflation relative to other g7 countries in the past 10 years”

Over the past decade, and specifically accelerating between 2021 and early 2026, Canada has experienced significantly higher food inflation compared to other G7 nations, frequently earning the label of the "food inflation capital of the G7". While global factors like supply chain disruptions and climate change have affected all nations, Canada’s food price increases have been more persistent and often doubled the rates seen in the U.S., France, and Germany in recent reports.

I suppose the AI information may be incorrect, but that’s what it said.

[Johnny Makarov]

are you a joke? Food Inflation Capital of the G7! hahahahahaha

[Jason14h]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

are you a joke? Food Inflation Capital of the G7! hahahahahaha

Always contributing ! At least you didn’t call anyone a racist or moron ! Baby steps for JM!

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Jason14h

Always contributing ! At least you didn’t call anyone a racist or moron ! Baby steps for JM!

hi loser. Ready to defend the UCP yet? hahaha

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

And I guess they have backed away from the idea of trying to bring the CBC in line with other public broadcasters. I believe the comparisons are something along the lines of CBC having a budget of $35 per capita while France and England are in the range of $75 to $90 per capita.

Maybe you should stop guessing and just read the article I posted. I assume you got a sound bite or some doofus tweet and you've just been running with it with no facts, because facts are irrelevant to the right these days.

Meanwhile, Canadian Identity Minister Marc Miller’s (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) office said it “cannot speculate on future budgetary decisions for 2026-2027.”

“However, per our platform, we are working to bring CBC/Radio Canada’s long-term funding levels in line with the average funding of other national public broadcasters over time,” reads a statement from Hermine Landry, Miller’s spokesperson.

Derp.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

This from Google AI when asked “ canada's food inflation relative to other g7 countries in the past 10 years”

I suppose the AI information may be incorrect, but that’s what it said.

Right, so you have no basis of fact for a statement you said twice. An AI summary isn't a source.

Once again the doctor wastes the day away with inane droppings from his orifices.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Maybe you should stop guessing and just read the article I posted. I assume you got a sound bite or some doofus tweet and you've just been running with it with no facts, because facts are irrelevant to the right these days.

What's the plan for bringing funding in line with others? Are they hoping everyone else comes down to their level because they don't appear to be interested in bumping up funding to match other countries?

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

This from Google AI when asked “ canada's food inflation relative to other g7 countries in the past 10 years”

I suppose the AI information may be incorrect, but that’s what it said.

Well if the AI said it, it must be correct...

But no, it's not. Any AI outputs need to be referenced against actual data, and those Google AI summaries at the top of the search page are about as bad as it gets, as they're designed to be very cheap to run which means they're light on facts.

Again, I don't feel like looking at every G7 country. But I mentioned UK and Germany before (who were clearly higher than Canada) and then I just checked the US because their data is easily available, and they too are very slightly higher than Canada (39.0% vs. 38.8%). So that's 3 of the other 6 G7 countries that are higher than Canada, which puts Canada (at worst) right in the middle.

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

What's the plan for bringing funding in line with others? Are they hoping everyone else comes down to their level because they don't appear to be interested in bumping up funding to match other countries?

Canada and France are pretty much in line with one another with the cuts and a lot closer to the BBC than they were in years past as we aren't cutting any regular funding and just not renewing top ups from last year while France and the UK are cutting large swathes (15% or more with more cuts expected in the coming years).


So I am not sure what you're expecting or asking for here? Quite frankly, I am not sure you know either, other than thinking that pointing this out, in some way, makes Carney look like a liar or hypocrite.

[Doctorfever]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Well if the AI said it, it must be correct...

But no, it's not. Any AI outputs need to be referenced against actual data, and those Google AI summaries at the top of the search page are about as bad as it gets, as they're designed to be very cheap to run which means they're light on facts.

Again, I don't feel like looking at every G7 country. But I mentioned UK and Germany before (who were clearly higher than Canada) and then I just checked the US because their data is easily available, and they too are very slightly higher than Canada (39.0% vs. 38.8%). So that's 3 of the other 6 G7 countries that are higher than Canada, which puts Canada (at worst) right in the middle.

I tried plugging in different things to AI, different range of years. None of them paint a good picture for the food inflation in Canada. But, like we both said, AI isn’t necessarily correct.

The articles that come up on Google seem to be mostly written or referenced to research by Doctor Sylvain Charlebois, and you don’t seem to like what he publishes, so there I didn’t post any more of the articles.

Regardless, clearly Canada has performed very poorly. We are at the bottom, or close to the bottom when compared to our peers.

Unless you have the ability to pull up your bootstraps (fortunately I do), then this might not mean much to you.

But with lots of the people I talk to, food prices have had an adverse effect on their daily lives. It is a big deal when the number one thing in life is to put food on the table, especially when you have a few dependents.

We need to do better as a country.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

This from Google AI when asked “ canada's food inflation relative to other g7 countries in the past 10 years”



I suppose the AI information may be incorrect, but that’s what it said.

And then you verified the AI was correct?

This is what is wrong with your generation. You guys are lazy.