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

[Halifax Tar]

Which is exactly where the system went wrong, and the political parties (which, I remind every one are not - repeat - not part of our political system, but private entities seeking power through elections) usurped the power of Parliament: All MP not otherwise in government (meaning members of the council of ministers) are there to hold government to account on behalf of their riding's constituents.

If all Members of Parliament not otherwise PM, Ministers or Ministers without portfolios remembered that, our system would work so much better. Unfortunately, political parties (all of them) and the government in residence (the civil service) have emasculated Parliament to the point where, in majority government, the PM is basically a dictator for four to five years.

How would a PM form and manage a cabinet; and run the Gov if there was no parties ?

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

The way they used to do: When standing for office, the future MP's explained which person (call him/her leader if you wish) and general ideology they approved of and then, you get the PM selected (yep. They are never elected as PM) by the GG to select his/her cabinet and then get a confidence vote from Parliament.

Or you can got the "original" way of the British and Australian Parliaments: The caucuses have power and a say over government by having the power to decide, at any time, to remove and replace their leader, who then becomes PM immediately upon being called by the king to form a new government (not a month later as in Canadian style turnover period.

 

[The Bread Guy]

The Opposition is there to hold the government to account for their actions. That is what Coop dog does and he is good at it.

That’s only part of the job according to PP on JR - the other part is to be the “government in waiting.” Lotsa politicians would be good at attack dogging, but not so many at the latter bit.

Michelle RG impresses me in interviews, Peter M would be good if he decided to come back (although I suspect the new Team Blue might, in aggregate, find him not quite blue enough compared to his brand of Blue).

 

[mariomike]

For readers who may be interested in discussing it, the 12 April, 2026 , 338 Canada Federal Projection , if an election were held today ,

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[Halifax Tar]

For readers who may be interested in discussing it, the 12 April, 2026 , 338 Canada Federal Projection , if an election were held today ,

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For the CPC denying changes need to be made is just moronic at this time. They deserve what they get.

 

[brihard]

For readers who may be interested in discussing it, the 12 April, 2026 , 338 Canada Federal Projection , if an election were held today ,

338Canada Canada | Poll Analysis & Electoral Projections

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And yet PM Carney appears uninterested in calling an election to lock in a very solid majority, with a timer reset for the next four years, that would mute the criticisms about gaining a majority through floor crossings. Anyone accusing him of political cynicism and opportunism should take note of that. He appears more interested in keeping Parliament functioning and working with what he's got.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

For the CPC denying changes need to be made is just moronic at this time. They deserve what they get.

Mistaken certainly. It seems to be q common mistake - leaders staying on too long. PMJT enters the room, followed by Elisabeth May and Jagmeet singh

 

[Furniture]

And yet PM Carney appears uninterested in calling an election to lock in a very solid majority, with a timer reset for the next four years, that would mute the criticisms about gaining a majority through floor crossings. Anyone accusing him of political cynicism and opportunism should take note of that. He appears more interested in keeping Parliament functioning and working with what he's got.

Part of what makes him popular is that he is seen as being serious about getting things done, and not playing silly political games. If he called an election to get a majority, when he is not having issues getting things done as it is, he would play in the CPC's hands. It would be easy to paint him as just like Trudeau calling an unnecessary/unwanted election because he was up in the polls.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Exactly. Now he can remain willfully ignorant while Carney can willfully ignore it. Certainly Poilievres is the greater sin.

While I agree that the CO who knows of fucksters in the battalion and seems to do nothing about them is bad, we'll have to agree to disagree on the badness of the CO who refuses to hear about any potential fucksters in the battalion so he can remain "willfully ignorant" AND not have to explain what he's doing about them while berating other battalions about their fucksters.

 

[The Bread Guy]

... PMJT enters the room, followed by Elisabeth May and Jagmeet singh

With only two of the three leaving said room -- eventually.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Yeah, diversity, that's it....

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043699477882474723

 

[Czech_pivo]

Yeah, diversity, that's it....

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043699477882474723

Interesting to see if she stays or is shown the door.

 

[mariomike]

Yeah, diversity, that's it....

Read of one Louisiana politician when asked why he was hiring so many cronies, replied, he would have hired more, but they were still in jail.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

Interesting to see if she stays or is shown the door.

As hard as it is to fire any PS, it is orders of magnitude harder to push out an EX-05 - indeed any EX.

 

[Haggis]

Interesting to see if she stays or is shown the door.

...or promoted
...or given an ambassadorship.

 

[Czech_pivo]

...or promoted
...or given an ambassadorship.

I'd hope for shown the door.

 

[Navy_Pete]

Yeah, diversity, that's it....

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043699477882474723

The non apology DWAN wide email really landed flat.

I have no fundamental issue with people getting an opportunity to apply for a job that they found out about because of who they know, but from the ethics commissionaire report she essentially pushed him to be hired for something he was woefully unqualified for, and got let go due to performance issues (and somehow landed in the PCO).

Given the completely unexperienced PMs that are getting hired and thrown at complex projects, and doing okay, I can't imagine how bad you would have to shit the bed to get let go in the public service, so that's not great.

Especially when there are a lot of qualified people from pretty diverse backgrounds that would have ticked those same boxes, they just didn't know the DM, it's pretty frustrating. Already hard enough to hire people that it's frustrating that someone high enough was able to push that through, knowing all the hoops I have to jump through to hire people with years of experience.

 

[mariomike]

Not an HR SME.

But, read this,

Canadian federal public service, the Executive (EX) Group consists of senior leaders (EX-01 to EX-05) responsible for managing major programs, policies, and resources.

Job Security and Termination: Executives in the core public administration have more limited job security than unionized, employees.

Guide on the selection of executives for retention or lay-off - Canada.ca

Find information to help manage the career transition of executives.

www.canada.ca

I recall that was certainly the case in the muni PS.

 

[MilEME09]

Especially when there are a lot of qualified people from pretty diverse backgrounds that would have ticked those same boxes, they just didn't know the DM, it's pretty frustrating. Already hard enough to hire people that it's frustrating that someone high enough was able to push that through, knowing all the hoops I have to jump through to hire people with years of experience.

I am not familiar with GoC hiring protocol, but in my company, if i know the person, I cant have any part in the hiring process for them, interviews, selection etc. I guess the GoC has no such rules?

 

[dapaterson]

As hard as it is to fire any PS, it is orders of magnitude harder to push out an EX-05 - indeed any EX.

She is a DM-2 or DM-3, not a mere EX...