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

YZT580 said:
at least you can be certain that there will never be a successful vote of non-confidence. Carney has his majority
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The only reason I can see Carney wanting an election is so he can get his own people to run. I’ve read reports that he’s not impressed with his bench of Trudeau re-treads.
 
The PM is in Japan this weekend, already starting off strong.

Ms. Takaichi, who repeatedly referred to the Prime Minister as “Mark” in remarks to journalists, said the strategic partnership takes Japan and Canada to a new level.

Mr. Carney was the guest at an official dinner with Ms. Takaichi on Friday evening, where the Prime Minister presented her with a Canadian-themed cake to mark her birthday, which falls on Saturday.

The two leaders signed three memorandums of co-operation on defence and security for joint Coast Guard exercises, international emergency response and action against illegal fishing in the North Pacific. Both Canada and Japan are significantly boosting military spending, which, in Tokyo’s case, is to deter future aggression from China, among other countries.

Canada and Japan also pledged to increase joint operations and training with each other’s naval forces, and the PMO in its statement said Tokyo may join Canada’s Operation NANOOK exercises that take place in the Canadian Arctic on a near-year-round basis. NANOOK is Canada’s premier Arctic training and sovereignty operation in the North.

Japan has been an observer in past NANOOK exercises but is now considering full participation, the PMO said.
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www.theglobeandmail.com

Japan may join Canadian Arctic military exercises as part of new strategic partnership

On final stop of 10-day trip, PM Carney announces deeper ties with Japan in defence, energy, critical minerals and advanced technology such as artificial intelligence
www.theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com
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Remius said:
Of course. But my point stands about a serious parliament.
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To be fair, under JT we didn't have a serious government.

While I personally never liked PP he was the logical opposition leader for the Conservatives at the time. We had a Government that had breathy no-substance policies and the opposite to that was equally non-nuanced "common sense" counters. It worked. The bulk of the population turned their back on "Sunny Ways" and demanded a return to (common) sensible government.

Unfortunately for PP and the Conservative party events (Trump) intervened in the world of Canadian politics and the Liberals in a rare flash of insight managed to pivot to put Carney in the lead. Someone in demeanor and experience the total opposite of what JT was. When all of a sudden the Liberals didn't seem shrill and jingoistic PP's style all of a sudden didn't look like an antidote to wokeness so much as shallow messaging in complicated times.

To be honest I don't see how it could have turned out much differently. It's not like the Liberals swept away the Conservatives in the election. Polls were still looking good and PP's style is what put the spotlight on JT's ineptitude in the first place. Trying to radically change PP's personality and approach in the 11th hour wouldn't have looked genuine and may have turned off the Conservative base and it would have made zero sense to switch leaders in the middle of the election campaign when it was still unclear that Carney would be able to turn the Liberal fortunes around.

Where I see the problem is now that the Conservatives have had a chance to see which way the winds are blowing and what a Carney Prime Ministership looks like they haven't understood that the proper counter to Carney isn't the same as the proper counter to JT. Until they figure that out they will continue to falter. They need a grey man/woman in a grey suit/dress with experience and gravitas to counter Carney at the same level on the substance of his policies and his performance.

My opinion anyway.
 
Halifax Tar said:
It drives me nuts that they get more or the equivalent votes as the Bloc and less seats.

What a stupid system.
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The NDP should run candidates in only one province and try to hold their vote count, then.

It should be obvious that while the national vote count is illustrative of something, it is irrelevant to elections which are decided by vote totals in ridings.
 
Brad Sallows said:
The NDP should run candidates in only one province and try to hold their vote count, then.

It should be obvious that while the national vote count is illustrative of something, it is irrelevant to elections which are decided by vote totals in ridings.
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GR66 said:
Where I see the problem is now that the Conservatives have had a chance to see which way the winds are blowing and what a Carney Prime Ministership looks like they haven't understood that the proper counter to Carney isn't the same as the proper counter to JT. Until they figure that out they will continue to falter. They need a grey man/woman in a grey suit/dress with experience and gravitas to counter Carney at the same level on the substance of his policies and his performance.

My opinion anyway.
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I largely agree, but would add- IMO the right "counter" in today's political environment isn't an adversarial counter. It's a team player who is actively contributing and supporting the national effort while building a book of "See x policy? We made it better by y" that they can point to when the country is on the other side of this.

The regulatory sandbox amendment to the budget is a perfect example. It's too bad it's almost a year in.
 
Brad Sallows said:
The NDP should run candidates in only one province and try to hold their vote count, then.

It should be obvious that while the national vote count is illustrative of something, it is irrelevant to elections which are decided by vote totals in ridings.
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From a financial point of view, IF an election is called within the next 6 months this might make alot of sense for them. I believe that they currently have around a 24-25million dollar Federal Party debt.
 
Good2Golf said:
The guy who first appointed Carney and supports his approach?
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The Prime Minister doesn't appoint the governor of the Bank of Canada. The Bank of Canada's board of directors selects the governor. The government can veto an appointment if they really want to, but that has basically never happened.
 
IKnowNothing said:
I largely agree, but would add- IMO the right "counter" in today's political environment isn't an adversarial counter. It's a team player who is actively contributing and supporting the national effort while building a book of "See x policy? We made it better by y" that they can point to when the country is on the other side of this.

The regulatory sandbox amendment to the budget is a perfect example. It's too bad it's almost a year in.
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It's like in some sports you may have your A-team play against your B-team. The B-team's role is to challenge the A-team and make sure they are at their, uhh, A-game. But, if anyone on the A-team proves to not being on the A-team, someone from the B-team gets called up. People on B-team need to be ready to take the lead, but in the interim they should be trying to make the A-team as strong as possible and they should be hoping for A-team success... except in the case you mentioned where there are massive cultural/political differences in their positions.
 
Lumber said:
It's like in some sports you may have your A-team play against your B-team. The B-team's role is to challenge the A-team and make sure they are at their, uhh, A-game. But, if anyone on the A-team proves to not being on the A-team, someone from the B-team gets called up. People on B-team need to be ready to take the lead, but in the interim they should be trying to make the A-team as strong as possible and they should be hoping for A-team success... except in the case you mentioned where there are massive cultural/political differences in their positions.
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So the reg force and the reserves #derail

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new digital trade deal with the EU coming

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029887390181921083
 
Maxman1 said:
The Prime Minister doesn't appoint the governor of the Bank of Canada. The Bank of Canada's board of directors selects the governor. The government can veto an appointment if they really want to, but that has basically never happened.
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If you want to get picky, the Bank of Canada’s Board of Directors nominate an appointee, but Canada’s Governor-General-in-Council issues an Order-in-Council as represented by Privy Council, specifically Cabinet, a sub-committee of the Privy Council, to approve the BoC’s Board’s appointment (ref: S6.1). PM was the Chair of Cabinet in 2008.

Perhaps I should have been more accurate to say that Harper approved the BoC Board’s appointment.
 
Czech_pivo said:
Not sure if its appreciated enough how little things like that go a long way around the world when you step out of your comfort zone and attempt to say a few words or a phase in another language. Its a sure way to gain some instant respect and understanding.
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our last pm tried the same approach only with clothing. Didn't work for him.
 
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