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Fuzz · 03-31-2025, 08:35 AM

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Much of Poilievre’s caucus is already in sync with his political style: confrontational, rigidly ideological and comfortable with conspiracy. Consider, Poilievre and a large number of Conservative MPs championed the MAGA-inspired, foreign-funding-supported “Freedom Convoy.” In 2023, three of Poilievre’s MPs met with German far-right politician Christine Anderson. Currently, there are 36 MPs awarded a “green light” from the Campaign Life Coalition for being “pro-life.”

Some of Poilievre’s most prominent MPs have also shared views far outside Canadian mainstream opinion, including Leslyn Lewis backing a petition calling on Canada to pull out of the United Nations and the World Health Organization, and Raquel Dancho promising a gun lobby organization that her party will protect Canadians’ “right to own a firearm” — a U.S. concept that has no basis in Canadian law.

Now, Poilievre is building a team that is, if anything, even more radical, a potential Conservative government that could include members with a history of distrusting science they do not understand, disregarding laws they do not like and demeaning people they do not respect.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/03/...oilievre-Team/

Pierre can't pivot because half his team are MAGA. They can't campaign against what they believe in. The party is rotten to the core and has no business being anywhere near government until they blow themselves up and rebuild based on Canadian values, not American ones.

Ashasx · 03-31-2025, 08:36 AM

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Mark Carney’s Liberals have chosen to retain their controversial candidate in Markham-Unionville, and have decided not to let Independent MP Han Dong rejoin the party to seek re-election in Don Valley North.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/fed...3a544a836.html

Seems like the first, pretty odd misstep from Carney's campaign.

Firebot · 03-31-2025, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Ashasx

https://www.thestar.com/politics/fed...3a544a836.html

Seems like the first, pretty odd misstep from Carney's campaign.

A gentle reminder that we have not had a single name released about foreign interference from the 2019 and 2021 elections, but we had Chandra Arya mysteriously barred from the 2025 election and leadership race citing alleged India ties (though he has been an MP since 2015), and Ruby Dhalla kicked out of the leadership race for 'extremely serious' violations that has since being removed from the media waves. Han Dong is also not seeking re-election as a Liberal despite past Liberal assurances wanting to have him back onboard previously.

This despite having Trudeau / Carney / Singh / Blanchet / May with security clearance and pressuring Poilievre to have his. Foreign interference so severe that Singh used the words "traitors" upon reading of the NSICOP report

This should be an easy win for Carney who has stayed clear of major controversy in light of Poilievre still refusing to get his security clearance and focus being put on him, but we do need to be reminded that Liberals still have to Liberals and foreign interference remains a strong factor with many of it involving the Liberal party, not just the CPC leadership race that the media has instead focused on.

Ped · 03-31-2025, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Poilievre and his team still don’t seem to understand the mood of the Canadian electorate at the moment. Trump and his lackeys are loathed in this country. So mimicking their style of personal invective betrays an inability to read the room.

But it’s becoming clear Poilievre is who he is and probably couldn’t change even if he wanted to.

There appear to be a lot of right-wing people who believe the polls are wrong and a lie and that PP is going to get a majority government. I assume that's the message those running the campaign are getting - the polls are meaningless because there's a grassroots campaign that the Conservatives will ride to victory on .

Of course, a lot of those people never would have voted for anyone but PP anyway - well, maybe the PPC could get their vote, too

Blaster86 · 03-31-2025, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Ashasx

https://www.thestar.com/politics/fed...3a544a836.html

Seems like the first, pretty odd misstep from Carney's campaign.

Even if they have unequivocal proof that Chiang has no ties to the CCP this is such a silly decision.

Fuzz · 03-31-2025, 10:36 AM

Ya, looks like a blunder to me. Given the international tensions about election interference and the lack of respect for individual rights currently happening, any threat of turning over a Canadian citizen to a foreign government without solid proof of that being the right thing to do(and that's gonna be a mighty high bar) these kinda things can not be tolerated, even as a mistake.

Ironhorse · 03-31-2025, 10:49 AM

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The plagiarism accusation has been dis-proven.

Was it though? I've never written a thesis at that level so I don't know about the minutia that is involved, but I saw a number of professors saying there were 9-10 instances in his thesis that would qualify as plagiarism at any major University (including Oxford), examples of sentences / paragraphs where Carney had changed a word or two, and then Carney's old mentor/supervisor/professor saying it was fine, nothing to see here.

Is this a normal thing when writing a masters / phd thesis?

Ashasx · 03-31-2025, 10:53 AM

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Even if they have unequivocal proof that Chiang has no ties to the CCP this is such a silly decision.

I think whether there is an actual CCP connection or not, the comments themselves are worth kicking somebody out of the party for.

Muta · 03-31-2025, 10:55 AM

Carney announced a new affordable home entity today called Build Canada Homes, which will aim to build 500K new homes a year using Canadian design, construction, materials and labour, and specifically calling out using mass timber - which, as someone on the design/construction side of that equation, makes me incredibly happy to hear. Homes will include pre-fab and modular, which will also be cost-effective solutions going forward.

iggy_oi · 03-31-2025, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

https://twitter.com/user/status/1906520498655420431

Sorry Pierre just because you said a few months back that you yourself wouldn’t pass any anti-union legislation doesn’t mean you get a pass on your own history of union busting. But if you can get the support of right to work laws out of your party’s official policy declaration people will start believing that you and your party have actually changed your tune.

GioforPM · 03-31-2025, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Was it though? I've never written a thesis at that level so I don't know about the minutia that is involved, but I saw a number of professors saying there were 9-10 instances in his thesis that would qualify as plagiarism at any major University (including Oxford), examples of sentences / paragraphs where Carney had changed a word or two, and then Carney's old mentor/supervisor/professor saying it was fine, nothing to see here.

Is this a normal thing when writing a masters / phd thesis?

It was Carney's doctoral supervisor saying it was fine. You make it sound like she was his crony, which is not the case.

“I believe you are mischaracterizing this work. As an academic of nearly 40 years, I see no evidence of plagiarism in the thesis you cited nor any unusual academic practices,” said American economist Margaret Meyer, Official Fellow of Economics at Nuffield College, in the provided statement.

“Mark’s thesis was evaluated and approved by a faculty committee that saw his work for what it is: an impressive and thoroughly researched analysis that set him apart from his peers,” added Meyer.

undercoverbrother · 03-31-2025, 10:59 AM

My MP is a sack of $hit

https://www.campaignlifecoalition.co.../tom-kmiec#bio

undercoverbrother · 03-31-2025, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Was it though? I've never written a thesis at that level so I don't know about the minutia that is involved

Is this a normal thing when writing a masters / phd thesis?

This reads better.

If you don't know, it's ok to ask, without opining on it

GioforPM · 03-31-2025, 11:03 AM

https://twitter.com/user/status/1905626316973457782

Blaster86 · 03-31-2025, 11:03 AM

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Was it though?

Yes it was.

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I've never written a thesis at that level so I don't know about the minutia that is involved

But you're willing to assume it isn't a non-issue? Do you even understand the accusation? Do you understand what the issue is?

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but I saw a number of professors saying there were 9-10 instances in his thesis that would qualify as plagiarism at any major University (including Oxford), examples of sentences / paragraphs where Carney had changed a word or two, and then Carney's old mentor/supervisor/professor saying it was fine, nothing to see here.

A number of professors? I guess one is a number.

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Is this a normal thing when writing a masters / phd thesis?

Mistakes happen. Unfortunately in this situation, Mark Carney cited the source he was quoting multiple times and but neglected to directly attribute quotes from that source on a couple occasions. It wasn't plagiarism, it was a mistake. A PhD dissertation is going to go through multiple levels of scrutiny, being looked at by a lot of people before all is said and done to make sure. In this situation it was probably noticed but not considered an issue since he cited the source multiple times already.

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I think whether there is an actual CCP connection or not, the comments themselves are worth kicking somebody out of the party for.

Yep, I agree.

LanceUppercut · 03-31-2025, 11:11 AM

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My MP is a sack of $hit

https://www.campaignlifecoalition.co.../tom-kmiec#bio

I see your sack of #### MP is the same as mine. I'm voting Liberal , but in this riding I'm not sure it's going to matter.

Ironhorse · 03-31-2025, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Blaster86

Mistakes happen. Unfortunately in this situation, Mark Carney cited the source he was quoting multiple times and but neglected to directly attribute quotes from that source on a couple occasions. It wasn't plagiarism, it was a mistake. A PhD dissertation is going to go through multiple levels of scrutiny, being looked at by a lot of people before all is said and done to make sure. In this situation it was probably noticed but not considered an issue since he cited the source multiple times already.

Thank you.