Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[opendoor]

Isn’t most of that spending increase due to the cost of settlements for both treaties and residential school survivors? Those aren’t exactly optional expenses.

I’m also not sure I’d characterize a 4 point increase in CWB as marginal. That increase over 5 years is roughly equivalent to the increase over the 20 years before that.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

I mean yeah, it's a lot of money for not a very large increase in the Community Well Being score, but without context it's completely useless.

It doesn't seem completely out of the question that it could take a lot of money to get things like drinking water up to reasonable standards. But the switch from "Barely have adequate drinking water" to "Have drinking water" doesn't necessarily move the needle on the Community Wellness score.

It also depends on what community wellness means and how a score is determined. It's also possible that regardless of what is done or how much is invested "wellness" won't improve. An analogy would be the crotchety old guy at the office and regardless of what effort is put in to try to make him happy he shows up grumpy every day. Some people just can't be appeased.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

It also depends on what community wellness means and how a score is determined. It's also possible that regardless of what is done or how much is invested "wellness" won't improve. An analogy would be the crotchety old guy at the office and regardless of what effort is put in to try to make him happy he shows up grumpy every day. Some people just can't be appeased.

It's not about appeasing, it is about honoring a sacred contract between two peoples that is meant to last as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river flows.

Settlers have had nothing but benefit from the treaties and this agreement, and yet they could not be more ungrateful.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

It's not about appeasing, it is about honoring a sacred contract between two peoples that is meant to last as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river flows.

Settlers have had nothing but benefit from the treaties and this agreement, and yet they could not be more ungrateful.

Yes, settlers have benefited obviously but so have the indigenous communities and there should be a greater sense of gratitude from all parties. There is too much of a combative and adversarial approach taken instead of working together for an even greater good and benefit to all parties.

[Johnny Makarov]

wooo this is the best news for all the non-deplorables in Canada!

Pierre Pollywannacracker is keeping Jenni Byrne as his top advisor! lol

One thing that is not changing is Poilievre's reliance on campaign adviser Jenni Byrne to help him navigate choppy political waters.

Byrne, a controversial figure among some Conservatives, has been close to Poilievre for years and managed the last election effort
Dimitri Soudas, a former senior staffer in ex-prime minister Stephen Harper's government who worked with Byrne while she was also in that office, is going public with his concerns about Poilievre's trusted adviser.

In a social media post Thursday, Soudas said Byrne dropped the ball.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poi...tegy-1.7587435