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Finding the platform a weak end to a poorly executed campaign is not a controversial opinion in non-sycophantic CPC circles. This is tired ground Rick.

His platform was 30 pages long, about 1/3 of it pictures of him, the majority of of the text copy/paste of superficial blog announcements. A couple of the key fiscal policy blanks (TFSA top up and capital gains) were wasteful wealth transfers that had no place in an austerity budget. The overall...

He wasted the majority of the campaign on an arrogant gamble that he could convince the electorate that he was still running against Justin Trudeau, then released a last minute abomination of a "platform" that might as well have been written in crayon.

That's because that's a gross mischaracterization of the issue. More accurately- You can't see the downside of denying access to the infrastructure funding instituted to replace the development fees that the province legislatively barred municipalities from levying because of factors outside of...

Not when my post wasn't about attributing credit for mitigating said crisis but pointing out the reality that the masses are easier to agitate against a lightning rod when theyre already agitated.

Immaterial in the context of my post, but in aggregate the majority of fall from 2022 peak happened between April 2022 and early 2023. Neither were in office them, nor were they in office last year when rates came down

Spot on. If you're going to believe MC is capable of time travel to hang a law instituted in 1999 at his feet, why stop there- everything is MC's fault.

Are winning your own seat and winning elections not real tangible goals?

Beat me to it. Rage donators need some rage fuel- critical thinking need not apply. See my post from the LPC thread- if Carney keeps being competent the wall spaghetti is going to get more and more desparate- getting this sad this early is not a good look.

The key to being an effective attack dog is having an angle to attack that actually resonates with the electorate. The issue(s) has(ve) to matter to people, it has to be tangible, and it has to actually be defensibly valid. The attacker has to credible, someone that the electorate wants to...

Honestly- pretty spot on. Municipalities are viewed as distinct, but they don't exist under the Constitution and have no enshrined role in the distribution of powers- they're extensions of the province responsible for executing certain provincial responsibilities on a more local scale.

Most of those timelines are governed by the Building Code Act and Planning Act- pieces of provincial legislation. No, a government hamstringing a subordinate governments ability to deliver on things directly within their span of control by withholding funding for not delivering something...

It's just.. so stupid https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-home-building-fund-changes-1.7618323 "I want to make sure I say this respectfully … permits are not homes," Flack said. "Yes, we can issue permits, but we want to see real results." Premier Doug Ford appeared to close the...

Before I get out nerded- yes left is a Red Alert GIF, not one of the Tiberium Wars games

I like the C&C /Tiberium timeline and approach to tech- one generation going with walkers and then switching back to more conventional wheeled/tracked because of canonically identified weaknesses in walkers (cost, complexity, leg vulnerability)

Sorry Kev- nothing I wrote was meant to apply to what you were saying. My point of contention is that IF you accept the other poster's assertions about the defenders mental load/ not being able to make sound decisions to the degree they described- that defender might just be a greater danger to...

This blurs the line back into the gun control thread- while I would also be in favour of the home owner having more rights/ easier path to claim self defense as a legal defense- there's a clear omission to your list of worries that is pretty common in these discussions from my experience...

Completely understood, thanks for your earlier answer

So a slightly bigger, next generation Knud Rasmussen, but taking taking advantage of the port and starboard "fitted for, not with" Stanflex Slots to enable 4 modules.

Would you mind doing another that rides right up to that line, call it 6-5 in favour of not charging?