Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

I would suggest reaching out to the CPC and advising them that maybe they should listen to the people who tell them they need to moderate their stance on certain policies in areas that will bring in more voters without the risk of alienating their current supporters.

The first, last and only time I talked to my CPC MP I asked why he was against womens health care. He didnt want to bring up abortion at all but I did. He finally started talking about his belief that life begins at conception. He seemed to think his personal religious beliefs mattered as to public policy. So...

[Looch City]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Has PP ever stood up for Canada once?

Just like Trump is ready to hand over Ukraine to Putin, PP will be ready to hand over Canada to Trump.

He stands up to Wokeism, isn't that enough for you??

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Azure

But for Canadians that care and pay attention, they do go look at what he is.

Amazing the state we're in, where we're being told nobody gives a #### about the important people that actually run our country.

Don't be an idiot. The Chief of Staff doesn't factor into who people are going to vote for.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by ThePrince

I would also suggest reaching out to the LPC and advising them that maybe they should listen to the people who tell them they need to moderate their stance on certain policies in areas that will bring in more voters without the risk of alienating their current supporters.

Which Liberal policies in particular areas are alienating their current supporters?

[flamesfever]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

It’d probably help the effort to sound less silly if you knew when he was an adviser and what he was advising on.

Carney left his post as Governor of the Bank of England in June, 2019.

Carney started seriously advising Trudeau in 2020 in how to pull Canada out of the economic shocks of the Covid pandemic. It's worth noting that inflation went from 1.1% in February, 2021 rising to a high of 8.1% in June, 2022. While interest rates went from 0.5% in February, 2022 rising to a high of 5.25% in July, 2023. Obviously, Carney was not to blame for these changes.

[Paulie Walnuts]

We going to blame worldwide inflation coming out of a pandemic on Carney.

Internet rates are hiked to curb inflation.

[Torture]

What else was going on when Carney was Governor of the Bank of England? Oh right, Brexit. Betcha that had no impact on inflation rates.

[Josh]

Thought I'd share that I registered to vote in Canada for the first time. I'm immensely proud of my Canadian roots and look forward to making my voice heard even from afar.

My backstory is my family moved from Calgary to south of the border as a kid in the early 90's. To this day I've never felt "American" even though I'm dual (this is especially true now). I have always cheered for Canada in international competition.

I voted for Harris down here if that gives you a clue how I'll be voting......

[calgarygeologist]

Charest has said no to Carney and turned down a Cabinet position.

Prime minister-designate Mark Carney's team has approached former Quebec premier Jean Charest to offer him a role, Radio-Canada is reporting.

The nature of the position is unknown. But according to sources with knowledge of the discussion, Charest has no intention of becoming a minister.

CBC News is not identifying the source because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mar...rest-1.7479798

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Has PP ever stood up for Canada once?

Just like Trump is ready to hand over Ukraine to Putin, PP will be ready to hand over Canada to Trump.

I honestly believe he would.

[Mr.Coffee]

Okay that is quite stupid / silly. No he wouldn’t. Good lord.

[chummer]

Terrible take.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Charest has said no to Carney and turned down a Cabinet position.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mar...rest-1.7479798

The article doesn't say he was offered a cabinet position or said no to anything.
Did you post the wrong link?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

The article doesn't say he was offered a cabinet position or said no to anything.
Did you post the wrong link?

That is what CBC is implying as they say

But according to sources with knowledge of the discussion, Charest has no intention of becoming a minister.

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by Torture

people that support the important people that actually run our country. Sure, the Chief of Staff is an important person but they're not on the ballot and nobody is choosing whether to vote for somebody based on who their Chief of Staff is.

What about offering a cabinet role to an unelected former CPC leadership runner Jean Charest?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mar...rest-1.7479798

You can explain to us how this makes sense?

I mean, I'm not the one making these moves. There are plenty of moves available to Carney that would be neutral and make complete sense where I am even contemplating voting Liberal. And I also like Charest.

Oddly enough, for some reason I find that CBC has been more harsh than I would expect on Carney being a Liberal (they were especially harsh on the Brookfield HQ move).

No, Mendicino as chief of staff which is apparently transitory only isn't going to move needles in itself.

Charest is absolutely despised in Quebec, and offering him a position as a cabinet minister would have seriously hurt the Liberals in Quebec for no reason other than hope it may push moderate conservatives to the Liberal side. Carney should be thankful Charest turned it down, as that would have been explosive and backfired.

These are just unneeded own goals and unforced errors.

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

The article doesn't say he was offered a cabinet position or said no to anything.
Did you post the wrong link?

CBC may have edited the title (they have a bad tendency of doing this I caught them doing this before)

Original title was apparently "Mark Carney camp offers cabinet role to former Quebec premier Jean Charest: Sources" and it seems they edited it to be more ambiguous on the role offered as it may have been an assumption.

Note *I don't have the older copy open so can't confirm it was edited myself* so at this point will leave it for what the edited one is currently

[Ped]

The CBC is making an assumption. Don't jump to conclusions. And read.

The nature of the position is unknown. But according to sources with knowledge of the discussion, Charest has no intention of becoming a minister.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Firebot

CBC edited the title (they have a bad tendency of doing this)

Original title was "Mark Carney camp offers cabinet role to former Quebec premier Jean Charest: Sources"

I was certain the original title was "cabinet" but I couldn't find a non edited source after winsor_pilates questioned the article.

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I was certain the original title was "cabinet" but I couldn't find a non edited source after winsor_pilates questioned the article.

Reddit still has the original title in the headline, that's where I got it. Last time I caught the CBC doing this title edit I had the original page still open, this time I did not.

[Harry Lime]

A third party reporting on something that didn't happen doesn't really move the needle for me one way or the other. It shouldn't really surprise anybody that the CBC can be critical of Carney. It's a socially liberal media outlet, that is politically neutral.

Honestly, the whole 'defund the CBC' thing has turned me farther from the CPC than anything else. Demolishing an irreplaceable institution so ingrained in Canadian identity, for political reasons, is Taliban ####, and it really turns me off.