Right or wrong decision/policy - it’s a huge conflict of interest to have a publicly funded media reporting on the election when one side wants to cut funding and the other side wants to increase it.
I wonder where I would lean as a reporter if my job is on the line depending on who wins the election.
I’m not sure what the actual solution is because the funding has to come from “somewhere” .
Then it's a conflict of interest to have private corporations who would obviously benefit from cuts to a national broadcaster report on the same thing.
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Then it's a conflict of interest to have private corporations who would obviously benefit from cuts to a national broadcaster report on the same thing.
And Corey wouldn't be running if he didn't think he had a chance, so research must be telling him it's possible. Good sign.
I've seen a couple of the independent left leaning journalism sites going hard after Hogan for his involvement in the UofC encampment takedown during the pro-Palestine rally. I don't think it will play a big role in this local race but who knows?
And Corey wouldn't be running if he didn't think he had a chance, so research must be telling him it's possible. Good sign.
If the progressive vote coalesces behind him it shouldn't even be much of a race IMO. The past few elections there's always been a strong NDP or Green candidate that peels off enough of the vote to give Weber the opportunity to get in, but the Liberals have always been close in this riding.
Unfortunately(?) there is a pretty strong NDP candidate again in Calgary Confed this election but Corey Hogan seems like a much stronger candidate that the original guy. Also, #### Jeremy Nixon.
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Right or wrong decision/policy - it’s a huge conflict of interest to have a publicly funded media reporting on the election when one side wants to cut funding and the other side wants to increase it.
I wonder where I would lean as a reporter if my job is on the line depending on who wins the election.
I’m not sure what the actual solution is because the funding has to come from “somewhere” .
I would hope you’d learn toward being a reporter and not a pathetic piece of #### who sucks up to or obsesses over politicians…
Assuming it’s the norm for reporters to feel otherwise is ####ing insane. Your take is dumb, and you should feel dumb about it.
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The CPC is rotten to the core. These two ####os potentially adding to their own troubles because they think they are somehow still relevant is icing on the cake. Andrew should be ejected. See if Pierre is willing to go that hard against his own base.
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Totally understood, and totally fair, but if you choose to, I think there is value in still interacting with those people.
As social interactions have become less physical and more online, we get to pick who we surround ourselves with, and naturally it's more likeminded people. It makes it easy to ignore and hate those that don't think like us.
Physical community is a vital way to change hearts/minds. As a person of colour, you may have a racist neighbour. People are generally less forthcoming in their views of hate in person. You may chat with your neighbour here and there as you're out mowing the lawn or whatever. Those interactions let your neighbour see you as a person, and may be the first step to changing their views.
That said, it could also just be a source of negative interactions for you, so you may say #### that neighbour and just have nothing to do with them, and that's totally reasonable too.
This guy, for example, is incredible:
The issue with online/social and the segregation of opinions is that it's easy to pick the most ridiculous takes of the other side and create a demon caricature in your group/own head.
Libs of Tik Tok is the biggest one. Has anyone seen those videos and think, "ive never met anyone like that in my life"
But many followers seem to think that person is a personification of the "left" "democrats" etc.
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Andrew Lawton was parachuted into a traditionally CPC safe riding as a reward for being a loyal Maple MAGA soldier. He is the man who wrote the Poillievre biography. Much like Aaron Gunn he is someone who should be removed. He won't be because he is likely to win his riding and if he was removed this late it could endanger that.
The CPC have no issue removing candidates from ridings they stood no chance in. They will protect candidates, even if they're significantly worse than those already removed, in winnable ridings.
The CPC not trying to win votes in the center, in a traditionally center left country, is the craziest blunder I can imagine.
People were ready for a change in guard. but PP fumbled the bag by virtue signaling to the far right. I just feel bad for the center right folks who deserve a turn to give input.
I just feel bad for the center right folks who deserve a turn to give input.
They have a chance to give input. Mark Carney is going to look to implement many of the policies they would like. A mass migration behind Carney would give significant input.
If the progressive vote coalesces behind him it shouldn't even be much of a race IMO. The past few elections there's always been a strong NDP or Green candidate that peels off enough of the vote to give Weber the opportunity to get in, but the Liberals have always been close in this riding.
Unfortunately(?) there is a pretty strong NDP candidate again in Calgary Confed this election but Corey Hogan seems like a much stronger candidate that the original guy. Also, #### Jeremy Nixon.
In 2015, yes. In 2019, no. In 2021 it is tight. In the last election Liberal + NDP would not beat Len but with the Green vote it would be a win although if the same is applied on the right and the People's party was rolled into the Conservative vote it would still be a right victory.
They have a chance to give input. Mark Carney is going to look to implement many of the policies they would like. A mass migration behind Carney would give significant input.
Yep, if you're centre right, holding your nose (do you really even have to hold your nose?) and voting Carney sends a pretty clear message to the CPC imo.
Whether they listen to that message, or instead double down to go even further right, that's a different conversation.
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The CPC not trying to win votes in the center, in a traditionally center left country, is the craziest blunder I can imagine.
People were ready for a change in guard. but PP fumbled the bag by virtue signaling to the far right. I just feel bad for the center right folks who deserve a turn to give input.
I dunno, centre right folks have continued to support the desecration of traditional Conservative parties in Canada since Preston Manning rolled into town. We are precisely where we are now because centre-right voters failed to hold them to account as the went further and further right. They gave their input, and it was that they were OK with this. So I don't feel bad for them.
I do feel bad for the rest of Canada who has no centre right Conservative party to vote for though. But those are the people who turned away from the CPC and UCP, not the ones who continue to shrug their shoulders and vote blue.
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In 2015, yes. In 2019, no. In 2021 it is tight. In the last election Liberal + NDP would not beat Len but with the Green vote it would be a win although if the same is applied on the right and the People's party was rolled into the Conservative vote it would still be a right victory.
Exactly. My point is that Calgary Confed is winnable for the Liberals if you can pull a few more percentage points with a strong candidate like Hogan and everything aligns as it seems to be at the moment.
Is it an easy riding to flip? No.
But if you have strong leader/Liberal vibes across the country (which we have at the moment and did in 2019) + a strong local candidate + weaker NDP/Green or weak national campaign + a weak or unliked CPC candidate, Calgary Confed could go Liberal. But you need all of those cards to align.
The CPC is rotten to the core. These two ####os potentially adding to their own troubles because they think they are somehow still relevant is icing on the cake. Andrew should be ejected. See if Pierre is willing to go that hard against his own base.
They're an aggressively stupid party, with an aggressively stupid base.
