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

[quadrapiper]

Surely it must be the CBC propaganda machine and not the constant attempts at economic destruction, threats of annexation and support and funding for Western separatists.

Canada's exposure to risk from China is extraordinarily limited compared to the US: we're not culturally-similar neighbours with all the resultant fractally complex relationships and hazards. Does that mean we should be blind to both structural risks as far as trade (non)diversification or soft-through-medium power moves and games of silly buggers? Not at all. Wouldn't hurt to do a review of US influence activities, political support, and "branch office" arrangements with the same lens as would be used to review Chinese activities and counteract both as vigorously as possible.

As an example, if a Chinese police office on Canadian soil is objectionable, then anything equivalent in function, including partnerships we may have actively sought in the past, involving the US needs to end at the same time.

Given the current situation in the US, including both their vicious internal law enforcement approach and their threats to Canadian sovereignty, there's no baseline, on principle alone, reason for Canada to preserve the US, especially its government or military, from threats or harm. Anything, and I mean anything, that won't cause blowback for Canada just isn't our business.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Michelle Rempel Garner on "the speech" (also archived here) ....

Michelle Rempel Garner: Nice speech Carney, but what are you going to do about it?

Words mean little if they are not followed up with action

nationalpost.com

... with this bit standing out for me as at least suggesting that PP will likely continue more down the opposing path than trying-to-help-where-he-can-support-it path:
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As a reminder, this from PP as of May of last year:

Poilievre vows to work with Carney on U.S. deal ahead of Parliament return - National | Globalnews.ca

In addresses to their caucuses Sunday, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre focused, in part, on the importance of securing a deal with the U.S.

globalnews.ca

More on "where next for Team Blue?" from the National Post.

After Carney's Davos speech, Conservatives ponder how Poilievre can meet the foreign policy moment

'I think confronting that reality that (Trump's) not just going to go away, it's unpleasant, and it's less than ideal, but I think it is reality,' said Woodfinden

ca.news.yahoo.com

For the record, Michelle's boss's take on the Davos speech.

Response From The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Official Opposition, to the Prime Minister’s Speech in Davos - Conservative Party of Canada

Ottawa, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, released the following statement responding to Mark Carney’s speech in Davos: “Prime Minister Carney’s well-crafted and eloquently delivered speech at Davos has been widely noted, and...

www.conservative.ca

Also archived here.

Next step: "I am announcing today that next week we will introduce a motion to pass the Canadian Sovereignty Act next week in the House of Commons."

He missed "India" from the list of countries interfering

 

[Haggis]

Here we go again with the "governor" bullcrap!

 

[brihard]

Sorry, this is the same administration approving the sale of cutting edge AI chips to China, right?

 

[Remius]

Sorry, this is the same administration approving the sale of cutting edge AI chips to China, right?

America is not our friend.

 

[brihard]

America is not our friend.

Honestly at this point I’m just rolling my eyes. Dude wants to keep spouting erratic nonsense, keep showing us and the world why we need to economically diversify around his batshit style of governance by toilet-tweet? Ok, go nuts. It’s especially dumb when he threatens us with things that would subject him to crippling domestic political consequences.

 

[Halifax Tar]

America is not our friend.

Maybe I am just not hearing it, but the silence from the Democrats is deafening.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Here we go again with the "governor" bullcrap!

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So I guess he found out about the Canada-China thing, eh?

Sorry, this is the same administration approving the sale of cutting edge AI chips to China, right?

And, like Canada, hasn't kicked TikTok out - but I'm sure he'll come up with a real DEAL deal on that.

 

[brihard]

So I guess he found out about the Canada-China thing, eh?

The deal he said the next day we should do?

 

[Remius]

Maybe I am just not hearing it, but the silence from the Democrats is deafening.

It is. Which is why Trump isn't just a blip that will go away three years from now.

Have you heard Newsom recently? And the Maga knee pads he’s selling? The US needs adults in the room but so far I am not seeing them. At all.

 

[The Bread Guy]

The deal he said the next day we should do?

Yeah, that one.
"Why Donald Trump endorsed Canada's deal with China" (CBC.ca, 17 Jan 2026)

What a difference a few days can make ....

 

[suffolkowner]

America is not our friend.

I dont think this is true. This American administration is not our friend its not even its own friend

 

[JLB50]

Maybe I am just not hearing it, but the silence from the Democrats is deafening.

I’m of the opinion that both the Republican and Democratic parties are rotten to the core.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Maybe I am just not hearing it, but the silence from the Democrats is deafening.

"Never interrupt your enemy..."

Not sure there is any point wallowing in emotional distress every day, anyways. Bad for health.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Makes sense, but we'll see ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2014241241370677466

 

[YZT580]

Makes sense, but we'll see ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2014241241370677466

The answer to that will tell us all whether we have a leader or simply another liberal power freak. One thing Canada doesn't need right now is having its government take a month off for an unnecessary election. There are too many decisions to make that will affect Canada's wellbeing that need to be taken now. Issues from pipelines to harbours to submarines to fighters etc. etc. For all intents and purposes Carney has his majority for as long as he wishes to govern. I cannot imagine any possible combination of opposition voters that will put him down.

 

[HavokFour]

The answer to that will tell us all whether we have a leader or simply another liberal power freak. One thing Canada doesn't need right now is having its government take a month off for an unnecessary election. There are too many decisions to make that will affect Canada's wellbeing that need to be taken now. Issues from pipelines to harbours to submarines to fighters etc. etc. For all intents and purposes Carney has his majority for as long as he wishes to govern. I cannot imagine any possible combination of opposition voters that will put him down.

With how few seats they are away from a majority, an election now would make little sense. There's a much higher chance of them ending up much farther away regardless of how well they poll, knowing how well Canadians respond to early elections historically.

 

[Haggis]

The best time for him to call an election is before PP is replaced as CPC leader. The LPC have already defeated him before.

 

[MilEME09]

Makes sense, but we'll see ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2014241241370677466

Unlikely unless we see them surge in the polls. Carney wouldn't likely gamble on a slight chance for a 1 or 2 seat majority

 

[Haggis]

Trump shaping the battlespace for an intervention?