Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[mariomike]

Honest qustion here, why post it and point it out if you're not wiling to discuss it?

Because women vote?

No idea why they pick one team over the other.

But, if I was a political strategist, I would attempt to learn why before the next election.

 

[The Bread Guy]

So Guibeault quits with protest, looks like the LPC is breaking apart.

Lot more validity to that claim than the CPC is falling apart theory being tossed around a few weeks ago.

We'll have to see how much of a split it leads to based on 1) how many Canadian voters overall GAF about environmental over economic concerns (I suspect LOADS more the latter than the former), and 2) how many "Green Grits" there may be in caucus & whether it's a critical mass.

Dont vote under the influence, it leads to regrets.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995601344447525161

Personal fave from this article re: Guilbeault quitting (highlights mine:

... then-cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault was dispatched to win May's vote for the budget last month, having received assurances from Carney's office that tax credits for enhanced oil recovery would not be in the budget or added to it afterwards. Enhanced oil recovery is a carbon storage technology that captures carbon dioxide from industrial emitters and injects it underground at oilfields. That increases pressure and pushes more oil out of the rock, while the carbon dioxide is trapped underground. Environmentalists, including Guilbeault, see a tax credit for enhanced oil recovery as a direct subsidy for oil production. The section of the budget addressing tax credits for carbon capture utilization and storage, often abbreviated as CCUS, said enhanced oil recovery would not be eligible for a federal subsidy. May had heard rumours that the government was going to reverse that decision. It was one of the things keeping her from supporting the budget — until Guilbeault gave her his word that would not happen ...

Two birds, one stone ....

... And Poilievre and his doppleganger at the Parliamentary press dinner, rock start classic!

Good on him to show up.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Because women vote?

Yes, of course. Of course.

Women in Quebec had to wait almost 20 years to vote after their English counterparts gained that right.

 

[Eaglelord17]

Yes, of course. Of course.

Women in Quebec had to wait almost 20 years to vote after their English counterparts gained that right.

And the natives had to wait until 1960. Universal suffrage is fairly new.

 

[Jarnhamar]

And the natives had to wait until 1960. Universal suffrage is fairly new.

Universal suffrage sounds terrible, we should end it.

 

[Jarnhamar]

It's unfortunate the amazing work done by our LEOs immediately gets turned political.

Cross-country drug bust yields 386 kg of fentanyl, thousands of arrests​

Police across Canada have seized hundreds of kilos of fentanyl and charged thousands of people over the course of a five-month bust the RCMP is describing as "significant."

386 kilograms of fentanyl.
270 kilograms of precursor chemicals.
5,989 kilograms of cocaine.
1,708 kilograms of methamphetamine.
$13.46 million in cash.
217 individuals arrested for trafficking fentanyl while on bail.

That's something like:
193,000,000 lethal doses of fentanyl

4,990,000 lethal doses of cocaine

8,540,000 lethal doses of Methamphetamine

But CBC seems to concentrate on this:

Canada is still not a major exporter of fentanyl, officials say, calling the issue a domestic one

But officials detailing the results of the blitz — dubbed the National Fentanyl Sprint 2.0 —stressed on Tuesday that Canada is still not a major exporter of the drug, despite concerns raised by the U.S. administration.

 

[Altair]

'They just don't get it' — Some Trudeau-era Liberal MPs struggling to adjust to Carney's leadership, say sources

'They're still stuck in that Trudeau era view of the world, which would have garnered us maybe 15 to 20 seats across the country, and and they just can't handle that.'

www.ipolitics.ca

In the wake of Steven Guilbeault leaving cabinet, a senior government source told iPolitics that several other Trudeau-era Liberal MPs are also having challenges “coming to grips” to the new direction laid out by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The source, who requested anonymity because they’re not authorized to publicly speak on the matter, said many like Guilbeault are concerned about the government’s shift in approach on climate issues, including laying out a path for a new oil pipeline to the West Coast in an agreement with Alberta reached last week.

They warned that this view was increasingly out of touch with the majority of Canadians, who are increasingly prioritizing speeding up construction of major projects and efforts to diversify the country’s trading partners.

“They’re still stuck in that Trudeau era view of the world, which would have garnered us maybe 15 to 20 seats across the country, and and they just can’t handle that,” the source said, referring to Justin Trudeau’s cratering approval ratings near the end of his term.

I feel like these folks would have rather have lost with Trudeau than won with Carney.

 

[The Bread Guy]

It's unfortunate the amazing work done by our LEOs immediately gets turned political ... But CBC seems to conentrate on this:

To be fair to the Cosmic Butterfly Corporation, it wasn't them or any other Canadian MSM who first, 1) made drugs going into the U.S. political, and 2) highlighted Canada's reportedly huge contribution to the U.S. drug problem.

Like the song says, "we didn't start the fire."

 

[Navy_Pete]

'They just don't get it' — Some Trudeau-era Liberal MPs struggling to adjust to Carney's leadership, say sources

'They're still stuck in that Trudeau era view of the world, which would have garnered us maybe 15 to 20 seats across the country, and and they just can't handle that.'

www.ipolitics.ca

I feel like these folks would have rather have lost with Trudeau than won with Carney.

I feel like most of these folks got elected because of their association with the party, and not on their own merit. I imagine folks like Guildebrault would lose his seat if he ran as an independent, so really pushing his own personal politics vice advancing the best interests of his riding and Canadians.

Which is fine, and to be expected when you put someone like him as a candidate, but hopefully they do some housecleaning of the candidates going forward (at the riding level).

Essentially given up for now on 'red Tories' with the Reformers taking over the CPC policy side and going Maple Maga, but would be pretty happy with a blue Grit option in the Paul Martin tradition.

 

[Remius]

Good on him to show up.

Agreed.

Alienating the MSM has to be one of the dumbest shoot yourself in the foot strategy that only appeals to his base.

Looks like they are at least changing course a bit.

 

[Remius]

And the natives had to wait until 1960. Universal suffrage is fairly new.

And 40 years before a majority of people couldn’t vote anyways. Land ownership was a requirement.

 

[MilEME09]

Think we all suspected this, new boss wants a different direction and some are uneasy over it

'They just don't get it' — Some Trudeau-era Liberal MPs struggling to adjust to Carney's leadership, say sources

'They're still stuck in that Trudeau era view of the world, which would have garnered us maybe 15 to 20 seats across the country, and and they just can't handle that.'

www.ipolitics.ca

 

[MilEME09]

$10 million to get into SAFE? Chump change

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995953874231067051

 

[Altair]

'They just don't get it' — Some Trudeau-era Liberal MPs struggling to adjust to Carney's leadership, say sources

'They're still stuck in that Trudeau era view of the world, which would have garnered us maybe 15 to 20 seats across the country, and and they just can't handle that.'

www.ipolitics.ca

I feel like these folks would have rather have lost with Trudeau than won with Carney.

Think we all suspected this, new boss wants a different direction and some are uneasy over it

'They just don't get it' — Some Trudeau-era Liberal MPs struggling to adjust to Carney's leadership, say sources

'They're still stuck in that Trudeau era view of the world, which would have garnered us maybe 15 to 20 seats across the country, and and they just can't handle that.'

www.ipolitics.ca

Haha

 

[Quirky]

Bite the hand that feeds you.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-assembly-major-projects-9.6999182

Makes no difference anyway, when in 10 years they'll own most of BC and negotiate for themselves without the middleman of provincial government.