Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[Halifax Tar]

Targeted attacks (as that one is alleged to have been) will not be deterred by legislation.

Legislation doesn't deter anything. Fear of a violent response and consequence does.

Different units and different environments have very different cultures. RCN vs CA vs RCAF...

To me its on a person to person basis. Are you calling in sick all the time or very infrequently ? I track it, and watch for patterns. If I feel its becoming an entitlement I may order you to sick bay and when you're back we need to have a talk; maybe there are other things going on and you need help.

Like most things Canadian, we half ass it and are shocked when it fails to work.

 

[Altair]

So I've seen a bunch of pundits running around talking about the abacus poll, and I didn't even realize there has been a Nanos poll since.

I then checked 338 and...well

 

[Czech_pivo]

Interesting piece on the collapse of the NDP support in the last election.

Labour vote splitting as Canada's political parties battle for workers' support

OTTAWA — A year ago, then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh's Labour Day message to workers insisted that his party alone would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with working Canadians and the unions that work to protect their rights.

ca.news.yahoo.com

Labour vote splitting as Canada's political parties battle for workers' support​

"Singh stood outside of an auto plant in Windsor, Ont. during the federal election, hoping to offer support and comfort to workers reeling from news of new auto tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. But Singh was not greeted with warmth — most of them ignored him entirely, rushing past with their heads down as they came off shift, while some others indicated a preference for the Conservatives and Leader Pierre Poilievre."

"said both the Liberals and Conservatives have shifted their policies toward organized labour over the last decade and many within the NDP acknowledge the party has lost touch with where it started."

"about 25 per cent of workers have always voted Conservative."

"exit polling in recent elections in Canada, the U.S. and Germany all show that voters without higher education are shifting to the right."

"populist parties on the right sense a “generational opportunity” and have been adjusting their message and softening anti-union rhetoric."

""We were probably both taking each other for granted," Angus said, noting that the NDP was founded to give working class people political representation. "I think we strayed from that mission."

 

[HavokFour]

For those following the whole book ban situation in AB, Margaret Atwood has weighed in on her book being banned.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1962219345448218647

Looks like there was considerable backlash. The separate threat of a teachers strike happening at the same time also possibly playing a part.

Alberta government pauses ban on school library books with sexual content​

 

[brihard]

Looks like there was considerable backlash. The separate threat of a teachers strike happening at the same time also possibly playing a part.

Alberta government pauses ban on school library books with sexual content​

The fact that the Edmonton public school board validly included “Atlas Shrugged” due to sexual content probably gave them pause.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Some of the books getting banned have material that would get you charged for displaying in a CAF work place.

 

[daftandbarmy]

The fact that the Edmonton public school board validly included “Atlas Shrugged” due to sexual content probably gave them pause.

 

[MilEME09]

Some of the books getting banned have material that would get you charged for displaying in a CAF work place.

And yet others have been part of the curriculum since 2006. The minister in several press conferences seemed to not understand his own directive. Which shows how poorly thought out and worded it was

 

[Altair]

The NDP leadership is underway — and the party is limiting signatures from 'cis' men

The party did not immediately respond when asked how officials would reasonably verify if members identified as cisgender men.

nationalpost.com

The NDP leadership is underway — and the party is limiting signatures from 'cis' men​

Rules indicate that at least 50 per cent of the total required signatures must be from NDP members who do not identify as a cisgender man — meaning a male whose reported gender corresponds to their reported sex at birth.

The party also requires a minimum of 100 signatures be from “equity-seeking groups” such as racialized members, Indigenous members, members of the LGBTQ+ community and persons living with disabilities.

The party did not immediately respond when asked how officials would reasonably verify if members identified as cisgender men or as being part of “equity-seeking groups.”

Finally, at least 10 per cent of the signatures must come from young New Democrats.

I'm not at all concerned about this party making a comeback.

I don't see organized labour or young male tradesmen flocking to a party that actively says " we don't want your votes."

 

[Eaglelord17]

The NDP leadership is underway — and the party is limiting signatures from 'cis' men

The party did not immediately respond when asked how officials would reasonably verify if members identified as cisgender men.

nationalpost.com

I'm not at all concerned about this party making a comeback.

I don't see organized labour or young male tradesmen flocking to a party that actively says " we don't want your votes."

My main concern about this is we have essentially the 3rd largest political party in Canada actively discriminating based off sex, sexuality, and race in their leadership race. It isn't so much that I expect them to do particularly well, rather the fact that it is socially acceptable enough for them to allow it.

 

[Altair]

My main concern about this is we have essentially the 3rd largest political party in Canada actively discriminating based off sex, sexuality, and race in their leadership race. It isn't so much that I expect them to do particularly well, rather the fact that it is socially acceptable enough for them to allow it.

The Bloc are not doing this.

As for the 4th largest party in Canadian politics, I have no doubt that this is socially acceptable in their circles but abhorrent in society at large.

This is a party that needs to be chasing the blue collar, tradesmen vote, and are actively telling them that their votes are not needed.

Comeback? They are flirting with the dustbin of history.

 

[RangerRay]

The NDP leadership is underway — and the party is limiting signatures from 'cis' men

The party did not immediately respond when asked how officials would reasonably verify if members identified as cisgender men.

nationalpost.com

I'm not at all concerned about this party making a comeback.

I don't see organized labour or young male tradesmen flocking to a party that actively says " we don't want your votes."

Oh wow. These guys can’t stop committing political malpractice. Just when I thought they had a shot at a resurrection in the next election, they do dumb shit like this.

Why are the major political parties being run by incompetents?

 

[daftandbarmy]

Oh wow. These guys can’t stop committing political malpractice. Just when I thought they had a shot at a resurrection in the next election, they do dumb shit like this.

Why are the major political parties being run by incompetents?

 

[ueo]

Looks like there was considerable backlash. The separate threat of a teachers strike happening at the same time also possibly playing a part.

Alberta government pauses ban on school library books with sexual content​

Germans should have done this in the 30s

 

[The Bread Guy]

... it's all too easy to build a bunch of new prisons, hire a bunch of staff ...

Ontario seems busy with prison construction in different bits of the province (more here & here), but I don't hear much else about it elsewhere.

In fact, if it was all that easy, and as popular an idea as some might think, I wonder why I don't remember seeing it on any of the Blue or Red federal platforms anytime within recent memory, or hearing candidates sell the idea?

 

[ArmyRick]

Oh wow. These guys can’t stop committing political malpractice. Just when I thought they had a shot at a resurrection in the next election, they do dumb shit like this.

Why are the major political parties being run by incompetents?

They keep this up and they might as well embrace the number 3, because thats going to be their seat count come next election. I think the bulk of Canada can no longer tolerate extreme woke-ism, I would bet Mark Carney appearances of shifting Liberal policy to the center was a draw for many swing voters

 

[ArmyRick]

Germans should have done this in the 30s

Ouch

 

[ArmyRick]

My main concern about this is we have essentially the 3rd largest political party in ENGLISH Canada

Fixed it for you

 

[ArmyRick]

The Bloc are not doing this.

As for the 4th largest party in Canadian politics, I have no doubt that this is socially acceptable in their circles but abhorrent in society at large.

This is a party that needs to be chasing the blue collar, tradesmen vote, and are actively telling them that their votes are not needed.

Comeback? They are flirting with the dustbin of history.

100% agreed. They were at a fork in the road, and it looks like they chose poorly.

They can say goodbye workers, unions, single parents, tradespeople, etc. if they keep on this outdated woke shit.

 

[HavokFour]

The fact that the Edmonton public school board validly included “Atlas Shrugged” due to sexual content probably gave them pause.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!

"It'll be paused for a couple of hours while the ministerial order is rewritten. The direction will be to take books with pornographic images out of the libraries and to leave the classics alone. I think that there was some misunderstanding of the order, so it's being made clear."

Alberta premier says new order banning school library books with sexual content coming soon