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

ArmyRick said:
Back to the Euro-vision horseshit. I just found out the federal government spent $150 million so we could enter this euro-vision music thing. What a piss poor decision and very poor optics if it is true.
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Nowadays it seems like headlines are often designed to generate outrage but often when you look more deeply into a story you'll find there is more to it than just the rage-bait.

Yes, Canada is now eligible to take part in the Euro-Vision contest. However, we didn't "spend $150 million so we could enter this euro-vision music thing". We paid $150 million for the CBC to become a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The EBU is an alliance of public service media, with 115 member organizations across 57 countries, in addition to 28 associates.

CBC’s promotion to EBU full member means the public broadcaster can now access “networks for investigative journalism, verification, digital news and data, as well as the Eurovision News Exchange and Euroradio Music Exchange services,” a news release from CBC and the EBU says.

The exchange also allows members to share live and edited news coverage.
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And yes, as a member of the EBU Canada can now also choose to take part in the Euro-Vision contest if we choose.

Feel free to argue whether the benefits of being a member of the EBU is worth the investment or not, but it's false to say that we're just paying to take part in a song contest.

 
GR66 said:
We paid $150 million for the CBC to become a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
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Considering I want the CBC fully defunded and all other media subsidies, damn right. We need to get our priorities straight, this ain't one of them. At all.

Buying Submarines? Good

Funding new projects such as mining, oil and other resources? Good

Fixing infrastructure? Good.

Becoming a full member of the "European Broadcasting Union"? Nope. Not cool.

No hungry person ever woke up and said "Man, if we only we part of the European Broadcasting Union, would that help us out" or a homeless person saying "Its ok I can't even think of buying or renting a home, at least we are part of the European Broadcasting Union"
 
This is a likely part of a concerted effort to reorient not just financially but culturally away from the US. That strikes me as a good thing.
 
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PPCLI Guy said:
This is a likely part of a concerted effort to reorient not just financially but culturally away from the US. That strikes me as a good thing.
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But not a $150 million thing. Pick your battles. There is a Canadian culture and no, the CBC doesn't define it. I am a non-American and proud of it but I sure as fuck ain't European either.
 
ArmyRick said:
No hungry person ever woke up and said "Man, if we only we part of the European Broadcasting Union, would that help us out" or a homeless person saying "Its ok I can't even think of buying or renting a home, at least we are part of the European Broadcasting Union"
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Maybe if you are a starving Canadian artist you see this as the Gov't listening to your needs. We don't often give creative minds enough credit for their contributions to society overall.
 
captloadie said:
Maybe if you are a starving Canadian artist you see this as the Gov't listening to your needs. We don't often give creative minds enough credit for their contributions to society overall.
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Some would say that artists don’t put food on the table.
 
lenaitch said:
Was it really ever gone?
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Eaglelord17 said:
They were ‘non-partisan’ in name only. At least now they aren’t pretending anymore.
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Here’s a fun update: PM Carney will also appoint current sitting Conservative MP Richard Martel to the Senate. Martel has been the CPC MP for Chicoutimi-Le Fjord since 2018.

That riding is uncommonly competitive; in the last election it was a three way near-tie with CPC at 34.14%, BQ at 31.19%, LPC at 31.12%.

Very real possibility this costs the CPC a seat even after the by-election, to the benefit of either the Bloc or the Liberals. A rather deft
political move- name a Quebec Conservative to the Senate, cost them a seat in the house at least short term, and maybe pick up a seat for LPC for showing that respect to the riding. And it also gives PM Carney a seat’s worth of breathing room come the fall sitting.

 
brihard said:
Here’s a fun update: PM Carney will also appoint current sitting Conservative MP Richard Martel to the Senate. Martel has been the CPC MP for Chicoutimi-Le Fjord since 2018.

That riding is uncommonly competitive; in the last election it was a three way near-tie with CPC at 34.14%, BQ at 31.19%, LPC at 31.12%.

Very real possibility this costs the CPC a seat even after the by-election, to the benefit of either the Bloc or the Liberals. A rather deft
political move- name a Quebec Conservative to the Senate, cost them a seat in the house at least short term, and maybe pick up a seat for LPC for showing that respect to the riding. And it also gives PM Carney a seat’s worth of breathing room come the fall sitting.

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Non partisan selection process is apparently dead, back to open patronage.

This sets back Senate reform significantly.
 
daftandbarmy said:
So, like, we couldn't have said 'thanks' and put it in the bank until later?
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Well, my experience with sovereign wealth funds (limited to KSA) and governmental level investments (Canada, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, France) is that they aren't just giving us money.

Why would they.?

They are committed to investing up to that amount into projects, equity stakes etc. So if projects are not yet ready, there is nothing to invest in......

Also, six months is not a significant amount of time in the world of 9-10 figure investments. Raising private capital can often take a lot longer than that.
 
PPCLI Guy said:
Well, my experience with sovereign wealth funds (limited to KSA) and governmental level investments (Canada, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, France) is that they aren't just giving us money.

Why would they.?

They are committed to investing up to that amount into projects, equity stakes etc. So if projects are not yet ready, there is nothing to invest in......

Also, six months is not a significant amount of time in the world of 9-10 figure investments. Raising private capital can often take a lot longer than that.
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Well, if nothing else, one good thing abotut this issue is that no one was lining up to throw cash like this at Canada when the Man Child was in office...
 
Goodness there's a ton of stuff to keep track of today.

FTA with Turkey and Isar Aerospace from Germany are adding to our new spaceport.

www.reuters.com

Canada, Turkey formally launch talks on a free-trade agreement

Canada and Turkey have formally launched negotiations for a ‌free-trade agreement (FTA), Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com

spaceq.ca

Isar Aerospace to build dedicated launch complex at Spaceport Nova Scotia in $112.5M USD deal

Maritime Launch Services and Germany's Isar Aerospace have signed a definitive $112.5M USD contract for a dedicated launch complex at Spaceport Nova Scotia.
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dapaterson said:
Non partisan selection process is apparently dead, back to open patronage.

This sets back Senate reform significantly.
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Yup.

Back to bribing people with senate seats. So gross.

I don't say it often, but Trudeau did it better.
 

Canada's merchandise trade surplus widened to a four-year high in May, rising for the fourth consecutive month, as exports to the United States top its highest level since February last year, data showed on Tuesday.

Canada clocked a trade surplus of $4.24 billion in May, ‌up 0.9 per cent from a revised $3.41 billion posted in the prior month, Statistics Canada said.

This was the third consecutive month of trade surplus for Canada and was led by a 1.5 per cent jump in exports to the U.S., its largest trading partner.

As U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs slammed some critical sectors in Canada, businesses have been trying to diversify away from the U.S., which usually bought almost three quarters of Canada's total exports.

But trade experts have said that while diversification is important, it might take time for many ⁠to unwind decades-old supply chain ⁠from the world's biggest market.
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Still posting trade surpluses, which on a whole is good.

Bad news is that it's because of more trade with the USA.

But fun experiment I've been running since the entire "Stop funding traditional media" thing, I keep an eye on Juno News, Northern perspective, Rebel news, just to see if they post anything positive.

Like last months spike in GDP. Nope. Nada. Crikets. Same outlets that couldn't stop talking about recession.

I'll wait with baited breath if we hear anything about this.
 
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Liberals shut down debate over proposed probe into B.C. condo buyout plan
www.ctvnews.ca

Liberals shut down debate over proposed probe into B.C. condo buyout plan

Liberal MPs shut down a Conservative attempt to have the House of Commons ethics committee investigate the government’s plan to turn unsold condos into affordable housing in B.C.
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The Liberals used their majority on the committee to shut down further debate, and the meeting was adjourned.
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The Carney government is just saving gas by shutting down these needless investigations.
 
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