Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[Wormius]

It’s almost worth it for the whining to stop.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

I’m not sure that each individual taxpayer will ever have services provided exactly how they would individually like but I wish you all the best in your quest to make that a reality

Wrong.

Major news is generally broken on places like Twitter. If CBC can't be on the leading edge of breaking the biggest story in decades, they should lose their funding as a news organization.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by peter12

There's a pretty good case for taxpayers not having to fund the CBC. I don't really care but honestly, it's a niche news service at best.

There’s also a pretty good case for why having a public broadcaster is important, especially when we see more and more examples of private media messaging being sold to the highest bidder.

[PeteMoss]

Blindly complaining about CBC news at this point is just a test of how easily manipulated you are. It leans left at most but people act like its MSNBC or the National Observer or some kind of division of Liberal PR.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Azure

Wrong.

Major news is generally broken on places like Twitter. If CBC can't be on the leading edge of breaking the biggest story in decades, they should lose their funding as a news organization.

What did I say was wrong? The rest of your response doesn’t address what I wrote, it just seems to be you trying to further your narrative of wanting the CBC defunded.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Azure

Wrong.

Major news is generally broken on places like Twitter. If CBC can't be on the leading edge of breaking the biggest story in decades, they should lose their funding as a news organization.

I see our problem here.

[Looch City]

Lol it's on the CBC home page now with a new article.

This is all a conspiracysy guys! Azure points it out and WITHIN SECONDS it's back on the home page??

[PepsiFree]

We need to continue funding CBC because some people’s entire lives revolve around tying everything back to a complaint about the CBC and without a true purpose we can not ensure the long term health of these noble citizens.

Just change the thread to “CBC’s coverage of Canadian Politics Megathread: Thumbs Up or Down?”

[Firebot]

Never fails, all anyone has to do in here is say the letters C B C or make a snarky comment on their reporting and we now have a full 2 pages dedicated to CBC protectionism initiated by people who were completely silent on a major scandal for days prior suddenly chiming in (of course not for the actual scandal), exactly as expected.

Here's the report in question for those who want to read it in full. It's effectively a rant against alternate media narratives and dismissing all political interference impact stemming from a quote from Sep 2022 from the CSIS deputy director.

https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-...-protocol.html

https://www.thestar.com/politics/fed...-tell-mps.html

The issue of course as we know now, is not the federal election itself (for which the report focused on and for which foreign interference had a marginal effect at best), but the party candidacy nomination level that was heavily compromised. In other words, the report is meaningless with the ongoing scandal and does not effectively target current new allegations.

Oh and Trudeau's new friendly donors wanted a statue of Mao in Montreal.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/worl...tue-of-mao-in/

[PepsiFree]

It’s all a conspiracy. Everything is a narrative and every poster has hidden motivations that are hidden from everyone but the real truth seekers. The Canadian Politics thread on Calgary’s number 1 or 2 Calgary Flames-focused message board is extremely high stakes and NOT for the faint of heart. Posters better bring their A game if they want to enter the ARENA.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Firebot

Never fails, all anyone has to do in here is say the letters C B C or make a snarky comment on their reporting and we now have a full 2 pages dedicated to CBC protectionism initiated by people who were completely silent on a major scandal for days prior suddenly chiming in (of course not for the actual scandal), exactly as expected.

Here's the report in question for those who want to read it in full. It's effectively a rant against alternate media narratives and dismissing all political interference impact stemming from a quote from Sep 2022 from the CSIS deputy director.

https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-...-protocol.html

https://www.thestar.com/politics/fed...-tell-mps.html

The issue of course as we know now, is not the federal election itself (for which the report focused on and for which foreign interference had a marginal effect at best), but the party candidacy nomination level that was heavily compromised. In other words, the report is meaningless with the ongoing scandal and does not effectively target current new allegations.

Oh and Trudeau's new friendly donors wanted a statue of Mao in Montreal.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/worl...tue-of-mao-in/

For the record - I don't care if the CBC exists or not. Just pushing back against the CBC is super biased narrative.

As for this story - I don't see any indication that this government has been pro-China. We arrested that Huawei exec, we ban Chinese companies from 5G equipment. We've gone after them about Uyghur genocide, and Hong Kong.

So while obviously you don't want China influencing or pushing candidates into parliament and there should be hearings to find out why and how this happened - I don't see any sign that the government has been soft on China so I'm just following the news as it comes out and not particularly excited about it.

[Northendzone]

sorry to side track this discussion on the CBC; however, as I recall in november Trudeau claimed that he was not briefed on the interference - the national security advisor claims otherwise:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...d387c9029&ei=9

it would be interesting to know if since this news became public, if she rec'd any calls/emails from the PMO's office to discuss this

[AltaGuy]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

I see our problem here.

Made me LOL

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by AltaGuy

Made me LOL

I mean, 9/11 what? That little thing. Barely heard about it. This, now THIS is big!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I mean, 9/11 what? That little thing. Barely heard about it. This, now THIS is big!

I'm all about 11/9.

[PepsiFree]

Free Slurpee day is 7/11 you guys, not sure what this 9/11 or 11/9 bull#### is.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Free Slurpee day is 7/11 you guys, not sure what this 9/11 or 11/9 bull#### is.

Can't believe Trudeau sold us out just for free Slurpees

[calgarygeologist]

Good news everyone, the Trudeau foundation will return $200,000 it received from China.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Locke

I'm all about 11/9.

Now i am just pissed off that the PUBLICLY-FUNDED screens at the Ctrain Station wasn’t showing this big breaking news. How can anybody think about arrival times?! Defund Train Stations!

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

sorry to side track this discussion on the CBC; however, as I recall in november Trudeau claimed that he was not briefed on the interference - the national security advisor claims otherwise:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...d387c9029&ei=9

it would be interesting to know if since this news became public, if she rec'd any calls/emails from the PMO's office to discuss this

If he was actually briefed there would almost certainly have been minutes kept of the briefing.