2025 Federal Election - 28 Apr 25

[MilEME09]

Well this isn't a good look for the conservative ethics critic

Conservative MP threatened with eviction notice from taxpayer-subsidized apartment | Globalnews.ca

Document suggests that Larry Brock, who has harried Liberals over alleged ethics violations, did not notify the ethics commissioner of his financial liabilities.

globalnews.ca

 

[Jarnhamar]

True to form, Liberal supporters are making fun of the number of pictures of Poilievre - 17.

Naturally they happened to overlook the Liberal platform has 18 pictures and videos of Carney and 2 other pictures.

 

[Haggis]

end of the day, advanced polls dates are set by elections canada, not the liberal party

Deleted because I was wrong.

 

[MilEME09]

So, what prevents the PMO from saying to the Chief Electoral Officer "oh, wait, we can't have advance polls on those dates, those are major Christian religious holidays, just like the Hindu one we tried to avoid on October 20.". Nothing.

The law mostly

When advance polling stations to be open

(2) An advance polling station shall be open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, the 10th, 9th, 8th and 7th days, respectively, before polling day, and shall not be open at any other time.

 

[Haggis]

The law mostly

Yes, I just found that myself. So, with that in mind, I must retract my earlier criticism of the Liberals (yes, you all read that correctly).

 

[Eaglelord17]

almost nothing related to national defense, and no mention of 2% GDP, far cry from the usual CPC we know of being the party of national defense

The CPC is not the party of national defense. They like to pretend they are, but even under Harper the most they spent was 1.38% (averaging around 1.18%). Trudeau actually spent more than the Conservatives at a average of 1.3% with the peak spending of 1.4%. We don't have a party which takes national defense seriously and we haven't for several decades. 1987 was the last year we spent over 2% of GDP on defense. 2% isn't even enough, that is assuming everything was ok, right now everything needs replacing and refurbishing. Realistically we should be spending 3-5% for the next decade to get us back to where 2% would be acceptable.

Canada Military Spending/Defense Budget 1960-2025 | MacroTrends

Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are...

www.macrotrends.net

The chart as percentage of GDP is enlightening. Basically 60's took it seriously, the 80's slowed down but still stayed around 2%, then the slow steady decline until we get to today.

They didn’t really do much on firearms last round they were in power no? Registery was done with but the LPC never brought that back.

I suspect it’s a hot potato they won’t touch as PP walked away from that question recently.

And a minority CPC won’t touch that either.

I suspect the amnesty will just be extended under them.

A CPC minority wouldn't be able to do anything. The Liberals changed the law so you can't lower a classification by OIC, only increase it. Without changing the firearms act (which with a minority government is unlikely to happen) the most they could do is extend the amnesties, maybe allow usage during the amnesties, and allow the transfer of handguns again.

 

[Haggis]

The CPC is not the party of national defense. They like to pretend they are, but even under Harper the most they spent was 1.38% (averaging around 1.18%). Trudeau actually spent more than the Conservatives at a average of 1.3% with the peak spending of 1.4%. We don't have a party which takes national defense seriously and we haven't for several decades. 1987 was the last year we spent over 2% of GDP on defense. 2% isn't even enough, that is assuming everything was ok, right now everything needs replacing and refurbishing. Realistically we should be spending 3-5% for the next decade to get us back to where 2% would be acceptable.

Canada Military Spending/Defense Budget 1960-2025 | MacroTrends

Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are...

www.macrotrends.net

The chart as percentage of GDP is enlightening. Basically 60's took it seriously, the 80's slowed down but still stayed around 2%, then the slow steady decline until we get to today.

A CPC minority wouldn't be able to do anything. The Liberals changed the law so you can't lower a classification by OIC, only increase it. Without changing the firearms act (which with a minority government is unlikely to happen) the most they could do is extend the amnesties, maybe allow usage during the amnesties, and allow the transfer of handguns again.

The resumption of the transfer of handguns would require a legislative change to s. 97 to remove the categories of exemptions.

 

[IKnowNothing]

True to form, Liberal supporters are making fun of the number of pictures of Poilievre - 17.

Naturally they happened to overlook the Liberal platform has 18 pictures and videos of Carney and 2 other pictures.

If you're talking about this thread, that should read
"Disaffected (former) CPC members are disgusted at 30 page "platform" that is almost 1/3 candids of Poilievre, 1/2 rehashed blog post, and is extremely superficial, with essentially zero work to connect the policy ideas to the fiscal impact"

 

[JLB50]

'Serious breach': GTA poll worker reassigned after allegedly trying to influence voters

An Elections Canada poll worker in the Greater Toronto Area has been reassigned to an administrative position after multiple complaints.

ottawa.citynews.ca

I realize that dishonest people exist in pretty much every profession or job. And when that happens for serious cases of dishonesty the person is usually fired. Or worse. In the case of this person who intentionally tried getting people to change their voting intentions, she was simply taken away from direct contact with voters and re-assigned to desk work, Maybe she has her union protecting her but as far as I’m concerned she should be fired from her job and thrown in jail. She has violated one of the most sacred of institutions as far as I’m concerned.

 

[mariomike]

Maybe she has her union protecting her

Are poll workers unionized?

 

[Jarnhamar]

If you're talking about this thread

In general.

He went for less election promises. Carney went full send.

 

[JLB50]

Are poll workers unionized?

Not sure on that…which is why I mentioned the possibility of her being in a union. In which case she is probably getting her union rep in to defend her. Regardless, she should absolutely never be put in a position of public trust. I read elsewhere that the person is a female but didn’t use that source since a paywall may apply.

 

[HavokFour]

If you're talking about this thread, that should read
"Disaffected (former) CPC members are disgusted at 30 page "platform" that is almost 1/3 candids of Poilievre, 1/2 rehashed blog post, and is extremely superficial, with essentially zero work to connect the policy ideas to the fiscal impact"

Just for the record, 17 photos of himself and 5 of his wife across 30 pages.

 

[Brad Sallows]

A bidding (spending) war was a dumb move for the CPC. It is the antithesis of focusing effort where it matters and making things easier for people.

 

[IKnowNothing]

He went for less

Fixed.

Couldn't be bothered to stand behind his ideas and explain/ defend them, quantify their impacts, discuss how they will interact and be part of a bigger plan. Nothing. "Here's my blogs reformatted (again) and a 2 lazily laid out charts (that have been vetted by TOP MEN, so we don't need to explain in more detail), with 8 pages worth of pictures of me to try and stretch the page count."



The man is the other side of the same unserious coin that Trudeau lives on.

 

[HavokFour]

True to form, Liberal supporters are making fun of the number of pictures of Poilievre - 17.

Naturally they happened to overlook the Liberal platform has 18 pictures and videos of Carney and 2 other pictures.

Everyone referencing the actual meat and potatoes (the .pdf's). The only picture of Carney is on the cover page.

https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/04/Canada-Strong.pdf

 

[Jarnhamar]

quantify their impacts

Can you give me an example of Poilievre failing to quantify impacts of an issue but Carney quantifying it's impacts?

 

[IKnowNothing]

Can you give me an example of Poilievre failing to quantify impacts of an issue but Carney quantifying it's impacts?

Discussion of the fiscal multipliers of government investment in time of economic downturn, broken down by investment category, referenced to results from the 08-09 recovery.

A discussion differentiating the planned capital and operating investment in the CAF, in both cash and accrual terms.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Discussion of the fiscal multipliers of government investment in time of economic downturn, broken down by investment category, referenced to results from the 08-09 recovery.

That was fast thanks. Where can I find that in the Liberal platform to read about it.

 

[IKnowNothing]

That was fast thanks. Where can I find that in the Liberal platform to read about it.

Page 62. It's still pretty high level, but is infinitely more in depth than "this going to be rocket fuel, trust me"

Edit- they also have their full accounting in a separate document. I won't harp on it being 5 pages to the CPC's two because most of that is extra spending line items- but the formatting, the way they're communicating information, including things like debt to GDP% for various spending measures- it's just overall a much better document.

https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/04/Canada_Strong_-_Fiscal_and_Costing_Plan.pdf