Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???

[Jarnhamar]

Another by election coming for september or October now

What the heck is going on with Poilievre?

 

[Altair]

Affordability is suppressing family formation and birth rates. Addressing housing costs, childcare costs, and wages is a more sustainable long-term solution than relying primarily on high immigration levels.

I agree.

A country that can't afford to raise its own birth rate will eventually struggle to absorb ever growing population.

Eventually, but much more slowly. Children give governments about 17-30 years of lead time.

The birthrate is being used as a boogeyman to justify terrible immigration practices. Cost of living goes up, it's harder to raise a family, birthrate drops, we need more immigration to pay the bills.

One can be concerned about birth rates without advocating for increased immigration. In fact, i wouod rather see more pro natalist policies being considered more than i want more immigration.

Not everything is a gotcha.

 

[ArmyRick]

What the heck is going on with Poilievre?

Carney got three dropping, so what does that say about him?

She is 70 years old and been in office 11 years, think she is just hanging up her spurs. In Saskatchewan, fairly sure it will be a CPC win.

 

[Altair]

Carney got three dropping, so what does that say about him?

That the old guard of the Trudeau era are moving on.

What does it say about PP though?

 

[ArmyRick]

That the old guard of the Trudeau era are moving on.

What does it say about PP though?

Read my edited response

 

[ArmyRick]

That the old guard of the Trudeau era are moving on.

What does it say about PP though?

Not that you care for videos from "the right", but have a watch and ruminate on it

 

[HavokFour]

Another by election coming for september or October now

https://twitter.com/x/status/2067302628413833661

Strange, no reason given for not serving the full term like originally planned. She's been the incumbent there for the last decade.

This is how the vote was split in 2025.

Voter Information Service - Election results since 2025

 

[Jarnhamar]

Eventually, but much more slowly. Children give governments about 17-30 years of lead time.

What if a declining birthrate is mother Gaia's way of balancing nature but we're forcing an unnatural population increase feeding into an unhealthy supply and demand loop where the more people we absorb the more they cost Canada and the more the cost of living goes up? Homes, medical services, food, and so on.

One can be concerned about birth rates without advocating for increased immigration. In fact, i wouod rather see more pro natalist policies being considered more than i want more immigration.

You're sounding pro-NDP like me and TheBreadGuy

 

[Jarnhamar]

Carney got three dropping, so what does that say about him?

In that case they're dropping to spend more time with family, nothing to do with Carney.

 

[ArmyRick]

And here is Brian Liley of the Toronto Sun on the minister of immigration.

Liley has gotten a thing or 50 correct in the past

 

[Good2Golf]

Not that you care for videos from "the right", but have a watch and ruminate on it

Why the snark? You immediately set people up negatively while trying to gain their consideration of Wagantall’s service as a Parliamemtarian. That doesn’t do her any favour.

 

[ArmyRick]

Why the snark? You immediately set people up negatively while trying to gain their consideration of Wagantall’s service as a Parliamemtarian. That doesn’t do her any favour.

The "snark" was aimed at one individual who very specifically said in past post he does not care for post featuring videos from certain Youtubers and in particular, he has named Northern Perspective.

I am coming right out and saying what it is, so I don't hear lame dismissals along the lines "I don't care for videos or articles from X..."

And lets be Frank for a minute, The same people would be viewing NAYTHING conservative in a negative perspective, no matter how "snark" my post comes across.

 

[Altair]

Read my edited response

See, that was helpful.

She's 70, has been there for a while, safe CPC seat. Nothing to see here, moving on.

Not everything is a fight. Some things have valid explinations.

 

[Altair]

Not that you care for videos from "the right", but have a watch and ruminate on it

As per usual.

AI ASSISTED This video reports on the announcement by Conservative Member of Parliament Kathy Wagantall regarding her resignation from her seat representing Yorkton—Melville, effective August 31, 2026 (0:20-0:46).

Key takeaways from the announcement:

• Resignation Details: While she initially planned to serve until the next federal election, Wagantall has decided to step down on August 31, 2026 (0:30-0:46).
• Succession Planning: The local Conservative nominating committee has already selected Nelson Poet as the Conservative candidate to run in the next federal election (0:55-1:12).
• Reflections: In her statement, Wagantall expressed gratitude to her staff, her family, and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, whom she praised for his leadership and dedication (2:05-3:45).
• Political Context: The video highlights Wagantall's career, specifically her advocacy for legislation aimed at protecting pregnant women from trauma and her vocal defense of the RCMP (3:57-7:05).

Outlook for the riding:Following her resignation, a by-election will be required. The video notes that based on current polling data from 338Canada, the Conservatives hold a significant lead in the Yorkton—Melville riding (67% support compared to 16% for the Liberals), suggesting a strong likelihood of the seat remaining with the Conservative Party (9:09-9:55).

 

[ArmyRick]

And once again, your doing outstanding work, thanks for the AI summary.

 

[Navy_Pete]

I largely agree with you.

I think Canada is waking up to the fact that we need to fund our military. I think savings will be found elsewhere.

I agree, and think it will keep rolling, especially on work already in progress and things needed as part of the projected growth.

The 2nd bit of my comment was more of a bit of cynical experience on the NSS side where the parties needed their 'brand' on it, but for both Harper and Trudeau it was all spin, and the actual contract, roll out etc basically followed the path laid out years before by some pretty smart public servants in DND and PSPC that were the godfathers of the whole NSS.

The shipbuilding aspect of it was almost a bonus after MPs saw the industrial benefits, so while it is a huge pain in the ass, and inefficient from a technical/operational point of view, every penny spent on tracking and explaining the IRBs is what got the NSS approved, sustained and potentially growing, so is a key part of the program success.

On the flip side, the IRBs we would have had as an early F35 partner with Canadian companies producing widgets that everyone used in the 1500+ plane fleet across the globe would have paid for the jets, even if we just parked them, so probably a lost opportunity by the FCO there, as they are focused almost entirely on operational capability, which most MPs don't care about, especially when you start talking about 4th vs 5th gen capabilities.

It will be pretty funny though if one of our peer adversaries develops a new detection methodology that defeats the stealth features, as that really undermines most of the added cost.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Hurry up and vote! If you don't support this you don't care about victims.


Minister says MPs must ‘choose’ victims by fast-tracking lawful access bill

Minister says MPs must ‘choose’ victims by fast-tracking lawful access bill - National | Globalnews.ca

Lawful access has raised privacy concerns, yet Gary Anandasangaree echoed Conservative Vic Toews who said in 2012 people 'can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.'

globalnews.ca

 

[brihard]

Hurry up and vote! If you don't support this you don't care about victims.


Minister says MPs must ‘choose’ victims by fast-tracking lawful access bill

Minister says MPs must ‘choose’ victims by fast-tracking lawful access bill - National | Globalnews.ca

Lawful access has raised privacy concerns, yet Gary Anandasangaree echoed Conservative Vic Toews who said in 2012 people 'can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.'

globalnews.ca

As it pertains to some provisions of Part 1 of the bill, it’s as hamfisted yet substantially correct now as it was when the CPC were saying the same thing in 2012.

 

[Jarnhamar]

As it pertains to some provisions of Part 1 of the bill, it’s as hamfisted yet substantially correct now as it was when the CPC were saying the same thing in 2012.

I remember Harper pushing this stuff back then and not trusting him.

Warrantless access concerns, Metadata expansion and surveillance scope, weak judicial oversight, data retention concerns, concerns effecting speech and internet use (I think anonymous whistle blowing being one).

Also recall backlash against Vic Toews basically framing it as
“You’re either with us or with child pornographers”, which Anandasangaree seems to be channeling with his "choose victims".

 

[Altair]

I remember Harper pushing this stuff back then and not trusting him.

Warrantless access concerns, Metadata expansion and surveillance scope, weak judicial oversight, data retention concerns, concerns effecting speech and internet use (I think anonymous whistle blowing being one).

Also recall backlash against Vic Toews basically framing it as
“You’re either with us or with child pornographers”, which Anandasangaree seems to be channeling with his "choose victims".

Uniparty at work.

I mean, the LPC voted for a PC leader, they, I, am not surprised when we get PC stuff.