Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[Jacks]

Of course, they'll try to get some concessions first. They'll probably want the government to support their pension bill that has passed the house but isn't funded. All I was saying before is that the Bloc certainly isn't worried about triggering an election, they have a lot to gain at this point in time. When the Libs stop giving them what they want they'll pull the plug.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Lmao Waylon Shrek. Who is ready to f around and find out. Apparently he wasn’t ready to find out.

Guy deserves to be immortalized in the Canadian Dictionary.,.

To "Sherk."

[Doctorfever]

I read it as Shrek. lol.

[Fuzz]

From ab politics thread

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Ew

https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poil...ks-in-schools/

Probably deserves attention in the Canadian politics thread, too. Pierre is no different than Smith, and we can expect the same ruinous lines of "thinking" to be dispersed at the federal level.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is joining an “all-star Alberta” line-up of speakers for a fundraising dinner to help place a controversial far-right magazine publisher’s books in schools.

The “Albertans Toasting Ted” fundraising event is billed as a “gathering of great Alberta families to remember and honor (sic) Ted Byfield,” a divisive socially conservative figure in Alberta politics who opposed gay rights and abortion and supported South African apartheid.

Sounds like a dude to celebrate!

The fundraising dinner’s website explains that the “school library sponsorship” to “sponsor a set of ‘The Christians: Their First Two Thousand Years’ into a library” aims to ensure the book is “checked out and read up to five thousand times.”

“Every time one of these books is read, truth is absorbed and young minds are impacted at their most formative stage of intellectual development.”

Wait, what in the actual ####? Goddammit so much. At least they recognize the power of indoctrination at such a young age, many posters here seem to dispute that.

I suppose I'm just fear mongering here though, Pierre is totally not like the rest of those chuckle####s, right? He's Danielle Smith at the federal level, no different.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

From ab politics thread

https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poil...ks-in-schools/

Probably deserves attention in the Canadian politics thread, too. Pierre is no different than Smith, and we can expect the same ruinous lines of "thinking" to be dispersed at the federal level.

S*** like this is why PP and the Conservatives will never get my vote.

[Looch City]

Lol this is why Trudeau's 4D chess is actually working. He doesn't need to do anything different because PP and his party of ultra rights will destroy themselves soon enough.

That article is just the tip of the ice berg. And I'm willing to bet that, unlike Alberta, the rest of Canada won't put up with him and that backwards ####.

[Ozy_Flame]

I'll take that bet. I bet Canadians give him at least four years, no matter what he says and does. And I'm centrist.

[PepsiFree]

Guys, please don’t fear monger using things PP actually supports.

[CaptainCrunch]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1836766579524067553

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Guys, please don’t fear monger using things PP actually supports.

After visiting the website(sympathies to any kid who has Travis as a teacher), https://thechristians.com/toastingted/ I see a small asterisk next to PP's name. * Pending confirmation, it says. He still has a chance to bail.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

After visiting the website(sympathies to any kid who has Travis as a teacher), https://thechristians.com/toastingted/ I see a small asterisk next to PP's name. * Pending confirmation, it says. He still has a chance to bail.

Probably waiting to see if anybody notices.

Did one of Ted’s fabulous Christian schools kill a group of kids and beat a bunch of others?

Worth celebrating, for sure. Conservatives love the idea of beating their kids.

[Fuzz]

Holy crap, $1000 for the set of books? Jesus really missed out on the cashing in part of Christianity.

[Ozy_Flame]

That alone could bump up per capita student spending in Alberta!

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

https://twitter.com/user/status/1836766579524067553

Before people think this is a "I need to get away from Justin" moment (although it very well could be), the actual article says Rodriguez is going to be pursuing the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. This is a somewhat click-baity Tweet title on its own.

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Before people think this is a "I need to get away from Justin" moment (although it very well could be), the actual article says Rodriguez is going to be pursuing the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. This is a somewhat click-baity Tweet title on its own.

No click-baity titles at all. To Pablo Rodriquez taking a shot at being the leader of the party that's polling 3rd in Quebec provincial politics is a better prospective career move than continuing on as cabinet minister in government and running in the next federal election. Sitting as an independent is to give him space from Trudeau so Trudeau doesn't taint his prospects provincially.

[Ozy_Flame]

I see. Have you asked Pablo to validate that theory or are you providing an opinion based on what you think is happening? Or is this simply (and more likely) conjecture on your part? Correlation doesn't always equal causation.

Also, was this you yesterday?:

"Based on the by-election results it might be in their best electoral interests to go now when the Liberals are at their lowest."

You say one thing and yet Blanchet basically announced the complete opposite.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Looch City

Lol this is why Trudeau's 4D chess is actually working. He doesn't need to do anything different because PP and his party of ultra rights will destroy themselves soon enough.

That article is just the tip of the ice berg. And I'm willing to bet that, unlike Alberta, the rest of Canada won't put up with him and that backwards ####.

How is it working? The Liberals might actually end up 4th in the next election.

The lost a riding that they held for a 100 years.

Your problem is that you don't actually believe that people are sick of the Liberals because of ACTUAL issues. Housing, cost of living, etc.

Which is typical behaviour from most Liberals these days, including Trudeau. Refusal to admit to the actual issues.

[Reggie28]

Originally Posted by belsarius

Well at least you see it for what it is.. it is really easy to be pro-union from the opposition side of the house. Of course the last time the CPC were running things they were very different, like in 2011 with Air Canada (twice), or 2011 with Canada Post or in 2012 with Air Canada, or 2012 with CP... wow Lisa Raitt really loved her back to work legislation.

Haha. Didn’t Lisa Raitt also want to legislate the “slow clap”? She was mad that the Air Canada employees she legislated back to work would slow clap her at the airport and wanted it banned.

[Locke]

Hah! Like the French are going to elect a Hispanic!

Whats next? Dogs and cats living together? Mass hysteria??

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Before people think this is a "I need to get away from Justin" moment (although it very well could be), the actual article says Rodriguez is going to be pursuing the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. This is a somewhat click-baity Tweet title on its own.

He resigned from the Liberal Party and yet staying onboard as Independent MP...for a chance at a leadership role in a middling 3rd party provincial party that is happening in a year with no hope of becoming premier anytime soon, for an election scheduled 2 years from now. The elections could have come and gone by that time.

Show another MP that has done this? All the MPs that bailed all resigned from their seat and had their seat up for a by-election. This includes Andy Fillmore who is running for mayor of Halifax.

That Rodriguez is not resigning from his seat while sitting as an Independent is the true telling portion. There was no pressing reason to drop out of the party. He's keeping his job and dropped his federal party affiliation only...to run for the provincial party with the same affiliation? How does that make sense to you?


https://338canada.com/24027e.htm

His riding is one of the safest ridings possible for the Liberals, and Liberals are still polling at a crazy 47%. He is one of the MPs most likely to hold his seat. He is choosing to deny the Liberals from having an MP from that riding.

If this is not the biggest finger to Trudeau from within his internal caucus possible, you have your rosy blinders on again.

I also bet he is not the last prominent MP to do such a move.