Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[PepsiFree]

Why would they put less effort into correcting an honest mistake than a nefarious, purposeful action?

[FunkMasterFlame]

Maybe if the media didn't treat him unfairly he wouldn't have the opportunity to campaign on it?

[puffnstuff]

It doesnt matter how they treat him, he will still play the victim. Hes very trumpy that way.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by FunkMasterFlame

Maybe if the media didn't treat him unfairly he wouldn't have the opportunity to campaign on it?

PP has the entirety of Post Media consistently blowing him and trashing Trudeau. Complaining that the media is unfair to him is straight up Trump ####.

[The Fonz]

If he's so much like Trump... why does the media need to splice phrases together in order to misrepresent him?

That certainly isn't necessary with Trump.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

People like to say Turdeau embarrasses us on the international stage, and I just don't see it.

He seems really well liked internationally. It's internally where people are tired and looking for change.

Internationally he's be fine, besides his complete and utter joke of a foreign minister.

I think most times people don't pay attention to internal country issues. As an example I have little to new clue about housing costs in Australia, but when we sign a free trade or security pact with Australia, I pay more attention.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

If he's so much like Trump... why does the media need to splice phrases together in order to misrepresent him?

That certainly isn't necessary with Trump.

“The media” lol

[Hackey]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Of course he is. Trump Poilievre is never going to miss an opportunity to cry about how unfairly he's treated by the fake news media.

Is he crying or pointing out something legitimate? I think it's odd you care more about him rightfully defending himself than clear deception by a major media outlet.

[Looch City]

A bit of a stretch but PP crying about the media will never not be funny lol

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by Firebot

CTV has made concerted efforts to scrub the broadcast both on their website and Youtube. Quite an odd action to go the scorched earth method if it was an innocent and honest splicing mistake.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/c299077...ember-22--2024

Why is it an odd action to remove a mistake?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Of course he is. Trump Poilievre is never going to miss an opportunity to cry about how unfairly he's treated by the fake news media.

Ha ha ha. Oh rube. You equated Harper to Hitler as well did you not?

[Fuzz]

Poilievre isn't so much like Trump. Trump can at least claim some real world life experience outside politics.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Firebot

A lot of brouhaha in the past 24 hours on CTV deliberately misrepresenting Poilievre's reason for a non confidence motion to appear to be about dental care instead of referring to the carbon tax.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1838315186614042764

I listened and viewed the clip in question to judge for myself, it was pretty bad. The way it was spliced reminds me of the Simpsons Sweet Candy episode. Absolutely no way that was not deliberate.

CTV made an apology but Poilievre and the CPC is running on it, and he should. It was pretty blatant.

CBC for their part not missing a chance to take a swipe.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poi...-ctv-1.7332571

CTV has made concerted efforts to scrub the broadcast both on their website and Youtube. Quite an odd action to go the scorched earth method if it was an innocent and honest splicing mistake.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/c299077...ember-22--2024

Someone should be fired for this. Such great fuel for the anti-media crowd.

[calgarygeologist]

The Bloc has two demands of the government or they claim that they will take them down if not met by the end of October:

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet laid out a list of demands Wednesday he said the government must fulfil by the end of October if it wants to avoid the risk of an early election.

Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill, Blanchet said the Bloc wants the government to push through a bill, C-319, that would hike Old Age Security (OAS) payouts by 10 per cent for seniors between the ages of 65 and 74. The government topped up OAS payments for seniors aged 75 and older in 2022.

Blanchet also said he wants the government to agree to pass a Bloc private member's bill, C-282, that exempts the supply-managed farm sectors — dairy, poultry and eggs — from any future trade negotiations.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/blo...ions-1.7333559

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Ha ha ha. Oh rube. You equated Harper to Hitler as well did you not?

Sure didn't, but nice deflection. Are you disputing that PP uses similar rhetoric regarding the media as Trump?

[eddly]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

The Bloc has two demands of the government or they claim that they will take them down if not met by the end of October:



https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/blo...ions-1.7333559

Doesn’t seem to be a horrible ask, at least it isn’t something just for Quebec. Pathetic though for the Liberals in terms of how they have approached this minority government. As a minority government you should be pushing to be able to achieve a majority before the end of the minority term… instead they just do whatever they can to hold on and whine how it is unfair that the conservatives will undo everything once they take over… kinda messed up the game plan…

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by eddly

Doesn’t seem to be a horrible ask, at least it isn’t something just for Quebec. Pathetic though for the Liberals in terms of how they have approached this minority government. As a minority government you should be pushing to be able to achieve a majority before the end of the minority term… instead they just do whatever they can to hold on and whine how it is unfair that the conservatives will undo everything once they take over… kinda messed up the game plan…

C-282 sounds like a horrible ask considering that it would permanently exclude the supply managed sectors from any trade negotiations and would basically mean that the Canada market is shut out of importing foods in that sector. We would be stuck with made in Canada goods and held hostage by the supply managed sector.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

C-282 sounds like a horrible ask considering that it would permanently exclude the supply managed sectors from any trade negotiations and would basically mean that the Canada market is shut out of importing foods in that sector. We would be stuck with made in Canada goods and held hostage by the supply managed sector.

Trust me, you have no interest in importing dairy/poultry/eggs from US.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Trust me, you have no interest in importing dairy/poultry/eggs from US.

Maybe, but this would also impact other trading partners like European countries which have vastly superior products to Canada. Also, it is my understanding, that this type of bill could have repercussions in other trade negotiations and could negatively impacts Canada's ability to secure deals. If country A can't access the Canada cheese market they limit our exports of beef, pork, wheat or whatever.

[PepsiFree]

If you think Canadian cheese is expensive just wait until you’re buying imported European cheese on the regular.