Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???

[daftandbarmy]

We used it mostly for the limiting of time spent each day on the internet and on certain games/app. Back then my son was a Minecraft nut ('To the mines with You!), and we could allocate a specific amount of time that he had access to it, down to which hour he could access it and for how long.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1779575420117016819

 

[lenaitch]

No offence intended but the parents at this point (mainly millennials) are the most digitally literate generation we have. Most children and teens aren’t nearly as literate on computers (computer literacy is actually measured as going down because schools stopped teaching it and smartphones/tablets are app based instead of showing the details behind it all).

What matters more is having parents who care to actually parent their children. The tools needed to control it are all there, unfortunately most are too busy or not interested in policing their childrens behaviour. There is a reason they are called the ‘Ipad kids’ because it is easy to stick them infront of it and let them rot their brains out instead of actually raising them.

Something does need to be done, the question is what and how extreme does it need to be. A good start would be banning all smartphones and tablets from school.

Numerous studies have shown a drop in education once those were introduced. It also kills socialization, feeds addiction (and yes we are all addicted to tech, at least the adults got a start in life without the more addictive than gambling technology in their faces 24/7), and drops literacy.

We are raising a bunch of useless addicted young adults who are going to fail in the real world and the first of them are starting to hit the workforce and fail there. Drastic changes need to happen before more and more get dragged into this. It is likely too late for many, the only hope is saving the next batch.

Personally as much as I am a big fan of freedom of speech, I think it actually might be best to go too far to start with, we don’t have time to fine tune it to begin with due to how long this has been allowed to go on for.

I largely agree. I wish such proposed legislation was not necessary, but it seems that much of the raising of kids has been abandoned to the Internet.

I argue that much of the younger generation is 'computer literate'. They might be literate as simple users, but I'm not sure they are literate with the workings and scope of the technology. When I was doing background investigations, I would often come across social media platforms with no filters or security settings, and disclosing personal information on open platforms thinking only the person they are chatting with at the time can see it. They might find a work-around for any age barrier, but I suspect most will simply pick a link or whatever off the Internet and copy/paste it.

I find it to be a curious crossover between helicopter parents who monitor their kids every twitch and move yet, at the same time, give them virtually unfettered access to the Internet (and the Internet to them).

It's going back some years now but I remember an orientation session when our daughter was getting ready to start university. They had a parents-only session where they had to lay out clearly that the students were adults, and the university will not provide information on where they are, what they are doing, how their marks are, etc. It had gotten to the point that some parents needed to be told that by other adults.

 

[Eaglelord17]

I largely agree. I wish such proposed legislation was not necessary, but it seems that much of the raising of kids has been abandoned to the Internet.

I argue that much of the younger generation is 'computer literate'. They might be literate as simple users, but I'm not sure they are literate with the workings and scope of the technology. When I was doing background investigations, I would often come across social media platforms with no filters or security settings, and disclosing personal information on open platforms thinking only the person they are chatting with at the time can see it. They might find a work-around for any age barrier, but I suspect most will simply pick a link or whatever off the Internet and copy/paste it.

When I say not computer literate I mean they have next to no understanding on how to use a computer. They understand how to use tablets and smartphones thanks to the ‘simplified’ user interfaces run through apps but those same kids don’t know how to use a folder on a computer or make a computer do what they want other than whats within a app.

Schools stopped teaching the basics, the ‘they will learn it naturally’ myth took over, and now they have realized it didn’t happen naturally.

In a lot of ways they are very similar to the boomers using computers.

Obviously there is exemptions but by and large computer literacy is down.

It makes sense, parents basically abandoned their kids to the internet. Generations before abandoned their kids to the outside world. The difference being the internet is much more corrosive for youth.

 

[HavokFour]

Green Party has started it's leadership race, Elizabeth May will stepping down in November upon it's conclusion.

Unless of course they have to bring her back again.

Green Party of Canada launches leadership race – Green Party Of Canada

www.greenparty.ca

 

[Czech_pivo]

Green Party has started it's leadership Race, Elizabeth May will stepping down in November upon it's conclusion.

Unless of course they have to bring her back again.

Green Party of Canada launches leadership race – Green Party Of Canada

www.greenparty.ca

Who’s been brought back from the Dead more - Larzarus or Elizabeth May?

 

[ArmyRick]

Green Party has started it's leadership race, Elizabeth May will stepping down in November upon it's conclusion.

Unless of course they have to bring her back again.

Green Party of Canada launches leadership race – Green Party Of Canada

www.greenparty.ca

How about when Liz May retires from the Liz May Green the irrelevant Party, it just goes away? Its kind of a pointless party at this point. Avi Lewis would welcome the members.

 

[Altair]

How about when Liz May retires from the Liz May Green the irrelevant Party, it just goes away? Its kind of a pointless party at this point. Avi Lewis would welcome the members.

Moving from the motorcycle party to the 3rd row SUV party?

 

[Haggis]

Moving from the motorcycle party to the 3rd row SUV party?

Electric scooter with a sidecar.

 

[Altair]

Electric scooter with a sidecar.

Sidecar is overkill for the greens to move their mp aboot.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Insider baseball update: trouble in Team Red caucus paradise?

Althia Raj: ‘He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling

A prime minister with a penchant for centralizing power does not want to be challenged, Althia Raj writes.

www.thestar.com

Jen Gerson: Mark Carney is right to yell at his Liberal caucus

Once again, I find myself underwhelmed by their moral courage.

www.readtheline.ca

Archived links here (TorStar) and here (The Line)

 

[mariomike]

Electric scooter with a sidecar.

Might not be such a bad idea.

 

[PrairieFella]

Insider baseball update: trouble in Team Red caucus paradise?

Althia Raj: ‘He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling

A prime minister with a penchant for centralizing power does not want to be challenged, Althia Raj writes.

www.thestar.com

Jen Gerson: Mark Carney is right to yell at his Liberal caucus

Once again, I find myself underwhelmed by their moral courage.

www.readtheline.ca

Archived links here (TorStar) and here (The Line)

A politician expecting results and expressing that vocally? Refreshing honestly.

 

[Altair]

Insider baseball update: trouble in Team Red caucus paradise?

Althia Raj: ‘He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling

A prime minister with a penchant for centralizing power does not want to be challenged, Althia Raj writes.

www.thestar.com

Jen Gerson: Mark Carney is right to yell at his Liberal caucus

Once again, I find myself underwhelmed by their moral courage.

www.readtheline.ca

Archived links here (TorStar) and here (The Line)

You can see the contrast in approaches and results.

Trudeau was open communication, trust people to do their job and gave them a thousand chances if they came up short.

Carney yelling that he needs solutions, and for MPs to do their jobs.

Weird dichotomy that i think Carney wont last as long as Trudeau but get a lot more done while he's PM.

 

[Maxman1]

Electric scooter with a sidecar.

Ii think May would prefer a Dodge Viper.

 

[ArmyRick]

You can see the contrast in approaches and results.

Trudeau was open communication, trust people to do their job and gave them a thousand chances if they came up short.

Carney yelling that he needs solutions, and for MPs to do their jobs.

Weird dichotomy that i think Carney wont last as long as Trudeau but get a lot more done while he's PM.

I kind of agree with your view point. The Liberals needed him badly to save their party...but are not willing to pay the true price of having a no nonsense PM in charge.

 

[Czech_pivo]

You can see the contrast in approaches and results.

Trudeau was open communication, trust people to do their job and gave them a thousand chances if they came up short.

Carney yelling that he needs solutions, and for MPs to do their jobs.

Weird dichotomy that i think Carney wont last as long as Trudeau but get a lot more done while he's PM.

Trudeau was a pathetic leader - full stop.
Carney is an adult compared to Trudeau. He yells - so the F&ck what. How much was actually achieved under Trudeau? Carney is not there to hold your hand and nod sympathetically that you’re stressed and your feelings are hurt. MPs and Cabinet Ministers male massive amounts of money compared to 90+% of the rest of CDN society- the expectation is that you are capable, require minimum direction and guidance and should be a ‘doer’ right from the get go.
That is how the CEO of a Fortune 500 company surrounds themselves with their leadership team and expects 125% effort all the time - day in and day out. It’s certainly what I expect of my PM, my Federal Government and my MP.

 

[Jarnhamar]

. He yells - so the F&ck what. How much was actually achieved under Trudeau? Carney is not there to hold your hand and nod sympathetically that you’re stressed and your feelings are hurt.

Is Poilievre held to the same standard as Carney here?

 

[Brad Sallows]

Is Poilievre held to the same standard as Carney here?

Conservative yellers are bullies.

 

[Altair]

Trudeau was a pathetic leader - full stop.
Carney is an adult compared to Trudeau. He yells - so the F&ck what. How much was actually achieved under Trudeau? Carney is not there to hold your hand and nod sympathetically that you’re stressed and your feelings are hurt. MPs and Cabinet Ministers male massive amounts of money compared to 90+% of the rest of CDN society- the expectation is that you are capable, require minimum direction and guidance and should be a ‘doer’ right from the get go.
That is how the CEO of a Fortune 500 company surrounds themselves with their leadership team and expects 125% effort all the time - day in and day out. It’s certainly what I expect of my PM, my Federal Government and my MP.

Trudeau lasted almost 10 years.

Carney will face a caucus revolt the second the LPC dip below the CPC in the polls.

I'm not going to say which approach is more effective, what I will say is Carney will rub a lot of MPs the wrong way in contrast to Trudeau who held his caucus together until the very end.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Is Poilievre held to the same standard as Carney here?

Why? Does PP ‘yell’ at his Shadow Ministers for not doing their job?