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Old 03-14-2025, 02:42 PM   #21841
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Carbon Tax is going to be gone by the end of the day.... what will the Cons do with all those ads?

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6685104
He said this in french again? He already said he is shifting and increasing the carbon tax on business so that there isn't a consumer facing one. But we all know that the cost will still flow to the consumer though and the consumers will still ultimately pay.

So he's already changed his government's stance on this? So no tax at all now?
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Old 03-14-2025, 02:45 PM   #21842
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With all those same old cabinet members lined up behind Carney, shouldn't that tell us we will be getting the same old Trudeau Government by voting Liberal?
So he is supposed to put inexperience generic noname brands as ministers? that's something the Cons would do. Do they even have 3-4 good ones? lol
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Old 03-14-2025, 02:47 PM   #21843
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He said this in french again? He already said he is shifting and increasing the carbon tax on business so that there isn't a consumer facing one. But we all know that the cost will still flow to the consumer though and the consumers will still ultimately pay.

So he's already changed his government's stance on this? So no tax at all now?
Are you a Reform Party parrot? Carbon Tax Con Job! I'd much rather Trump invade us and make us a territory...
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So he is supposed to put inexperience generic noname brands as ministers? that's something the Cons would do. Do they even have 3-4 good ones? lol
Call me crazy but I would suggest trying new ones vs sticking with the ones that have done a terrible job. Maybe that's just me.
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Old 03-14-2025, 02:58 PM   #21845
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Carbon Tax is going to be gone by the end of the day.... what will the Cons do with all those ads?

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6685104
Have they figured out how to do it?

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Ministers aren’t exactly clear on how to fulfill the incoming Liberal prime minister’s promise of axing the consumer carbon tax.

With a 19% hike coming April 1, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said they aren’t quite sure how to pull off Mark Carney’s promise without passing legislation, reports Blacklock’s Reporter.

“We’re looking into different options,” Guilbeault said on Tuesday.

“Do we need to change the legislation? Can we go through the regulatory route? Like, what are the options? I don’t have answers for you.”

When asked if this’ll happen before the next federal election, Guilbeault said they’re looking into it.

“(Carney) said he wanted to get rid of it,” Guilbeault said.

“We are looking into how that could be done and how rapidly.”

Liberal MP Adam van Koeverden insists April Fool’s Day won’t come with a carbon tax hike.

“That won’t go up on April 1,” said van Koeverden, who said it’s up to the environment and finance ministers to nail down the details.

“In short order the consumer carbon tax will be removed from other fuels as well.”
https://torontosun.com/news/national...arbon-tax-hike
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I think Carney's answer to that question was satisfactory
Gonna have to summarize that in three-word taglines for conservative supporters to understand.

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Call me crazy but I would suggest trying new ones vs sticking with the ones that have done a terrible job. Maybe that's just me.
21 of 37 returning, 3 new, and a large shuffle. Seems pretty significant given what is going on with the US and the need for some experience and consistency.

But it’s fun watching cons continue to spin.
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So the question is really about PP. It’s about trusting the Conservative Party power brokers. The answer to that question is Yes I believe that the Conservative Party power brokers would love to see a hack and slash on government “waste” without regard for the affects and without understanding what they are cutting. It’s fits their ideology that all government is wasteful.
Have or will the Liberal power brokers be changing now that Carney is in charge? Is it going to be a drastically different Liberal party now or still the same? We already see the same gang of Cabinet Ministers and we see the buffoon, Marco Mendicino, becoming Carney's right hand man. We heard that Butts was involved in the leadership campaign to some degree and that Telford was making calls on behalf of Carney to draw up support.
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Have or will the Liberal power brokers be changing now that Carney is in charge? Is it going to be a drastically different Liberal party now or still the same? We already see the same gang of Cabinet Ministers and we see the buffoon, Marco Mendicino, becoming Carney's right hand man. We heard that Butts was involved in the leadership campaign to some degree and that Telford was making calls on behalf of Carney to draw up support.
What's with the ad hominem attacks these days? And Reform party? How the #### old are people on here?

Is this the liberal federal sales pitch? Don't you dare question anything. It's all completely different now with the exact same people. Don't question at all. Don't look at the last ten years of outright corruption, economic stagnation, uncontrolled immigration, a housing crisis, soft on crime and drugs, blocked economic development, etc.

Did you see that we are now cheering for death to the core pillars of our government principles? Death to capital gains and generational fairness! Death to the carbon tax (that you can see maybe)!

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Whenever an election comes, is the choice between:

"Everything is different with the exact same people."

or

"This guy is not a Nazi or Trump in a skinny suit."



(and then maybe the NDP some where down at the bottom of the list)
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Old 03-14-2025, 03:33 PM   #21850
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Whenever an election comes, is the choice between:

"Everything is different with the exact same people."

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"This guy is not a Nazi or Trump in a skinny suit."



(and then maybe the NDP some where down at the bottom of the list)
I'm not sure how you can be this unhappy with a cabinet that might be running things for a week. Like sure...it's largely the same group, chosen from the exact same group. But it's also been widely speculated that the writ is dropped within a week. So, really...who cares?
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Whenever an election comes, is the choice between:

"Everything is different with the exact same people."

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"This guy is not a Nazi or Trump in a skinny suit."



(and then maybe the NDP some where down at the bottom of the list)
ypu don't even have to sensationalize things with the Nazi stuff.

It'll boil down to who can fend the spray tanned lunatic off from doing Putin level things to our country.

Does PP himself even believe he's the guy for the job? He doesn't even have security clearance to fully grasp the scope of the situation.

Personally I'd rather anybody that's actually up to speed and moderately prepared to do the work. pP has shown absolutely zero in that regard.

Carney is literally the only answer on the ballot who can functionally lead the government going head to head with the U.S
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Based on the cabinet it looks to me like most of the flunkies are back at it under different roles.
With all the scandals and rats diving off the sinking ship the quality of cabinet minsters has been decreasing over the last couple years, the Liberals are already using the best of what they have. If they win the election they should have some new blood that is qualified to run a portfolio, until then we're stuck with a bunch of the old guard. Doesn't matter that much anyway, despite people saying that we don't vote for a PM that is who holds all the power in the party (especially the Liberals since they didn't adopt the reform act).

That being said at this point they should wait a few months until the election call and hope that things stabilize with the orange goblin down south. I've been calling for an election for a year but right now is a terrible time to shut down government.
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Saw my first ever "#### Carney" just now! Well, technically not a sticker, but either he or someone wrote "Carney" in the dirt beside the #### Trudeau sticker. On a jacked up Dodge RAM driven by someone who looks exactly like you'd expect them to look. 'Berta's finest.
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With a 19% hike coming April 1, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said they aren’t quite sure how to pull off Mark Carney’s promise without passing legislation, reports Blacklock’s Reporter.

“We’re looking into different options,” Guilbeault said on Tuesday.

“Do we need to change the legislation? Can we go through the regulatory route? Like, what are the options? I don’t have answers for you.”

When asked if this’ll happen before the next federal election, Guilbeault said they’re looking into it.
Pretty simple, they need to go back and govern as if they have a majority. No way in hell the Cons vote against repealing the Carbon Tax if it's a stand alone bill. I can't see the NDP voting down the government anytime soon, if an election were held today they might lose party status and even Singh's seat is likely to fall.
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Saw my first ever "#### Carney" just now! Well, technically not a sticker, but either he or someone wrote "Carney" in the dirt beside the #### Trudeau sticker. On a jacked up Dodge RAM driven by someone who looks exactly like you'd expect them to look. 'Berta's finest.
Ya how dare he work hard, contribute to the economy, buy himself something nice, look like an oil patch worker. What a disgusting human and Albertan!
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Ya how dare he work hard, contribute to the economy, buy himself something nice, look like an oil patch worker. What a disgusting human and Albertan!
So how much did you pay for that sticker? hahahahaa
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Call me crazy but I would suggest trying new ones vs sticking with the ones that have done a terrible job. Maybe that's just me.
It's just you. Name ONE conservative that would do as good of job as Joly or LeBlanc? you can't. They are all just a bunch of stupid rightwing morons.

If you vote for a deplorable, what does that make you? lol
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I'm sorry are we in the American Politics thread? I must have missed something.
I knew your response.
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Why not? Is Carney not allowed to set his cabinet?
From what I see, his cabinet is not made up of angry people.
Do you know any angry people Azure?
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Carney has been amongst these people for years. He certainly has no intention of making any significant changes.
A weird thing to say, after Carney, immediately, makes a significant change.
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