Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[Jarnhamar]

So yeah it’s a very unsatisfying sentence but I can see how it happened.

Yeah. I see why it's rage bait. Maybe our kids will see a better justice system in their time.

 

[YZT580]

Nah. It literally has one of the NDP platform promises/ideas in the Youth Climate Corps

Yes but the question about theatre misunderstands timeline, because the theatrical demand was made public BEFORE the budget was presented

The exact thing I'm talking about doesnt count. Lol convenient.

convenient but true. I would agree that the liberals chose to insert enough in the budget to allow the NDP to back it. Regardless of what either the cons. or the Bloc proposed they would never accept it therefore the purpose of both of those motions becomes theatrics. The opposition wanted the public to be aware of what they would have done if they had had the opportunity. If either motion had passed, the government would have gone down to defeat so it wasn't going to happen, therefore theatrics. That is all from me, there are more important issues to deal with. Have a good weekend (not sarcasm)

 

[Jarnhamar]

Now we're talking. Great start but billions more to recover.

Feds recover $4.1-million from subcontractors who fraudulently over-billed the government​

Public Services and Procurement Canada is seeking to recoup another $400,000, but offered no updates on retrieving money from ArriveCan contractor GC Strategies.​

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I wonder if this is Mark Canrey's doing.

 

[Maxman1]

Would be nice if they explained why he has been judged to have little to no chance of rehabilitation.

Then he should be facing 10 to 14 years, not six months less a day.

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

CAD is at 71 cents.

the USD has been dropping like crazy. Seems like it's not seen as a stable reserve currency to some, which is keeping the CAD relatively stable.

71 cents?? Well lordy, lordy, all is well....

 

[Altair]

71 cents?? Well lordy, lordy, all is well....

March 2025. 70 cents.

November 2025. 71 cents.

Largely holding steady.

Again, if you want to watch large drops, look at the USD.

Or CAD versus the EURO.

The USD is dropping which keeps the CAD pretty steady, but other currencies are making big gains versus the USD.

Not saying we are watching it not be the global reserve currency anymore, but clearly some big money people are pulling their money out of Trumps America.

That all said, no great, not terrible.

73 cents to USD in 2004.

71 cents to USD in 2016.

71 cents to USD in 2025.

 

[lenaitch]

I can’t find an actual published sentencing decision, best I could find was a news story from the time:

https://archive.is/DJIIT

From the facts laid out in there I’m actually surprised crown kept pushing a criminal charge at all versus a provincial careless driving charge. Criminal dangerous operation’s a pretty high threshold, and he would be able to argue that the car behind him was able to safely stop, and that the other driver who ate the fail to stop charge was much a part of the problem and only got a provincial ticket… So it was a chancy prosecution. In terms of the specific sentence, it would have been mitigated by his plea, and by shared responsibility for the crash. I suspect crown probably agreed to a good deal to secure the very uncertain criminal conviction. Crown may also have been skittish about going to court with how very delayed that prosecution was- 2018 to mid 2023. Defence could probably have made an potentially won a Jordan stay.

So yeah it’s a very unsatisfying sentence but I can see how it happened.

I can see the conviction. Dangerous driving is generally defined as a 'marked departure' from normal driving, vs inadvertent or inattention under Careless Driving. I can only assume the sentence is within the Court's sentencing guidelines and, yes, the clock would have been ticking. The defence argument that the real culprit is the driver of the truck who actually collided with the victim is the defence doing what the defence does.

To my mind, the appeal is the Court directing the the tribunal to publicly show their homework. That's the main reason lower courts often make such lengthy rulings - they want to make them as appeal-proof as possible.

 

[CBH99]

Bringing this back to the LPC & the budget...

 

[MilEME09]

More cracks in team blue?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1987237561652387995

 

[Furniture]

More cracks in team blue?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1987237561652387995

Political activist posts tweet with political bias... With a link to a left bias media outlet.

 

[Remius]

Political activist posts tweet with political bias... With a link to a left bias media outlet.

That is fair observation.

But I don’t think it’s situation normal over at the CPC…

 

[Halifax Tar]

Political activist posts tweet with political bias... With a link to a left bias media outlet.

Shocking I know.

I think some people get really excited when they see weakness in the PPs leadership. I understand, I was the same way at the end of JTs tenure.

He is going to have a leadership review soon.

 

[Remius]

He is going to have a leadership review soon.

He’ll survive that just fine. It’s in Calgary, in Feb and delegates can only vote in person. The conditions are set for him.

The mistake is the same mistake that he and his team keep making. That his support from the base means he must have the same support from the electorate.

 

[Jarnhamar]

I think some people get really excited when they see weakness in the PPs leadership.

Honestly it's a more important than where the (least) most transparent Canadian government ever is spending $581,000,000,000.00

 

[Jarnhamar]

73 cents to USD in 2004.

71 cents to USD in 2016.

71 cents to USD in 2025.

88 cents to USD in 2006

88 cents to USD in 2009

1.00 to USD in 2012

91 cents to USD in 2014

Our dollar seems to do better under different governments.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

88 cents to USD in 2006

88 cents to USD in 2009

1.00 to USD in 2012

91 cents to USD in 2014

Our dollar seems to do better under different governments.

Define better. The sweet spot for CAD has always been 70-75 cents on the USD. The trouble with a higher conversion rate is that our goods become more expensive for customers, which means they buy less. That is not good for a large economy with a small domestic market. We are ultimately a global trading country, and rely on that trade. 70-75 remains one of our competitive advantages.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Honestly it's a more important than where the (least) most transparent Canadian government ever is spending $581,000,000,000.00

Hey comrade, you know the narrative. This is a new Gov.

An automatic deduction of social credit is now taking place.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Define better. The sweet spot for CAD has always been 70-75 cents on the USD. The trouble with a higher conversion rate is that our goods become more expensive for customers, which means they buy less. That is not good for a large economy with a small domestic market. We are ultimately a global trading country, and rely on that trade. 70-75 remains one of our competitive advantages.

I guess that's better for trade competitiveness. I figured the dollar being 80-90 on the USD would mean export demand might decrease slightly but domestic consumers get cheaper imports. We end up marginally less competitive ininternationally but with better domestic buying power.

 

[CBH99]

Hey comrade, you know the narrative. This is a new Gov.

An automatic deduction of social credit is now taking place.

Ah, Halifax Tar...

You're right on target, just a few years too early.

But it's coming...

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Define better. The sweet spot for CAD has always been 70-75 cents on the USD. The trouble with a higher conversion rate is that our goods become more expensive for customers, which means they buy less. That is not good for a large economy with a small domestic market. We are ultimately a global trading country, and rely on that trade. 70-75 remains one of our competitive advantages.

As long as we don't need to buy the widgets to make the gadgets ......