Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[GGG]

Originally Posted by photon

Or a minority conservative government. Trudeau would probably had to have resigned already for that to happen though.

A minority Liberal NDP Government is the end result of the conservatives minority. Trudeau would be asked first by the GG to attempt to form a government and would give enough to the Bloc and NDP to elect a speaker.

Then we would have to listen to people cry about it being undemocratic. This seems like the worst outcome.

[chemgear]

Criminal contempt 7 different times.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...rowth-protests

Green deputy leader sentenced to jail for Fairy Creek old growth protests

Angela Davidson was convicted in January of seven counts of criminal contempt for breaching a court injunction and later her bail conditions.

Angela Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, was convicted in January of seven counts of criminal contempt for breaching a court injunction and later her bail conditions.

She was subsequently arrested six more times, including for returning to the area when she had been ordered not to, and for violating house arrest.

Davidson was named the deputy leader in February, after her conviction.

[timun]

The first respectable news about a member of the Green Party in a long time. I can respect someone who believes that logging old-growth rainforest on Vancouver Island is so wrong they're willing to go to jail over it.

[Azure]

Given Canada's ability, and specifically the province of BCs ability to manage forests, with 10 billion trees planted since 1930, I do not understand why old growth forests are even part of the conversation for harvesting.

[Muta]

Awesome news about Honda's 4-plant, $15 billion investment in Ontario / Canada today!

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Azure

Horgan is even tackling the housing shortage, which is apparently isn't possible in the rest of the country.

Well Eby has been premier since 2022 after Horgan had health problems, but he also abandoned a lot of his activist positions for pragmatic ones.

I think his approach to housing is an upgrade on Horgan's but still not doing enough.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Yeah, the hope is that after a few years of PP’s populism, Canadian voters will welcome the return of a a sober establishment figure like Mark Carney.

Sure, why not? Worked out great for the Weimar Republic, and is doing wonders for the U.S.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Muta

Awesome news about Honda's 4-plant, $15 billion investment in Ontario / Canada today!

$5 billion of government spending for 1000 manufacturing jobs seems like a lot to me. That's $5MM per job.

That $5MM would generate like $200k/year just in interest - seems like it might be more efficient to just cut those Ontario voters cheques directly...

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

$5 billion of government spending for 1000 manufacturing jobs seems like a lot to me. That's $5MM per job.

That $5MM would generate like $200k/year just in interest - seems like it might be more efficient to just cut those Ontario voters cheques directly...

It's also about retaining the existing jobs. If they didn't invest to transition to EV production, how viable would the plants be 15-20 years down the line?

But yeah, the price of the tax credits is steep. But if we're going to compete with the US government spending like drunken sailors to subsidize businesses, that's kind of the reality. And maintaining a manufacturing base is also important long term given the geopolitical uncertainties in the coming decades.

[Geraldsh]

The part I liked about the announcement was the determination to integrate vertically right down to the precious metals mines.

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

$5 billion of government spending for 1000 manufacturing jobs seems like a lot to me. That's $5MM per job.

That $5MM would generate like $200k/year just in interest - seems like it might be more efficient to just cut those Ontario voters cheques directly...

Is that direct jobs though? If it’s only direct jobs the indirect jobs portion is much larger. Still a lot in terms of corporate handouts, but this one seems like a nit terrible choice.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I wish we could legitimately vote "none of the above" and if the majority vote that way, we get a caretaker government while all the parties have to flush their leaders and start over.

If you want a Caretaker all you get is Star Trek Voyager...