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

[Czech_pivo]

The concern is national polls show the CPC is underwater in Quebec.

Terrebonne sees CPC vote go from 18 percent to 3 percent.

Small sample size, but for any CPC MPs from that province who have been uneasy must have alarm bells going off now.

I wonder if PP moving his riding from the Ottawa area out to Alberta has any impact on these numbers.

 

[Czech_pivo]

he also wanted it cancelled for the rest of the year which would of cost federal coffers over $18 billion, Im not sure on the math of just doing it until September. Good for consumers, a win for the opposition, who will then use the increased deficit this causes to hammer the gov in the next economic update. Carney is going to need some serious economic growth going into and through the summer to whether the storm.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044064314663858475

LOL

 

[Altair]

I wonder if PP moving his riding from the Ottawa area out to Alberta has any impact on these numbers.

I wouldn't imagine. Quebec is culturally insular so what happens in Ontario doesn't really factor in for the majority of Quebec.

And for all intents and purposes, it's like PP never left Ottawa. He's still in Stornoway, he never left.

Quebec is all in on the Liberal brand right now. Even the Quebec Liberal party is looking like it might win the provincial election, after being exiled to the political wilderness that is Montreal for the past 8 years.

But the LPC rising doesn't explain the CPC collapsing. Different phenomenons

 

[Lumber]

Given it looks lie Carney will remain PM and the Liberals remain in power until 2029, so you think that will change the calculus of the CPC as to whether they want a leadership change?

 

[PPCLI Guy]

Win for the opposition

Must everything be viewed through a falsely zero-sum lens?

I don't care if it is good or bad for the opposition. I don't' care if it is good politics. I only care if this is good policy.

On that, my feeling are mixed, as the offset will of course have to be borrowed, but that will balanced against the stimulus (or cauterisation) of the economy. Having said that, the average voter will be unlikely to see the nuance, and only see the reduction on prices at the pump, so I guess it is good politics.

On the whole, I see this as a positive temporary policy step that will be politically popular.

 

[CBH99]

If it's power it will be business as usual.

If it's speeding things along, expect a vote in the house about changing the standing orders of committees to give the LPC the majority on all of them.

That sounds like a truty diabolical power grab, if I'm reading this correctly??

 

[CBH99]

They now have 4 years to either be effective or face the wrath of the electorate after being in power for 15 years.

We are so fucked.

Like actually...

 

[Lumber]

We are so fucked.

Like actually...

Has anything in the last year drastically changed for the negative? Legit question, from your perspective.

 

[Navy_Pete]

That sounds like a truty diabolical power grab, if I'm reading this correctly??

You mean a completely normal thing that happens every new parliamentary sessions? That's why people were suggesting proroguing for a day to reset the committee membership.

Minority government works by doing things like sharing committee membership and leads, and why if the politicians act like adults they share the authority, responsibility and influence.

Think it was a quote from before the announcement, but this kind of thing smacks more of a pre-teen with defiant oppositional disorder than a mature statesman; seems like it would be too much to just acknowldege a win for all Canadians and something positive, and trying to actually work to get things implemented. Guess that's what happens when you've never had a real job where you have to compromise and work with people you may or may not be friends with or like.

“It is true the prime minister and the Liberals would not have done anything were it not for the leadership of the Conservatives in fighting for affordability,” Poilievre said. “And it is true that imitation is the highest form of flattery.”

Liberals promise measure to lower gas prices by 10 cents per litre this summer

 

[Blackadder1916]

That sounds like a truty diabolical power grab, if I'm reading this correctly??

If you look at the current membership of commons committees, you may notice that the chairmanship of the majority of committees (especially the ones that matter) already follows normal commons practice, in that the chair is from the government party. I doubt there will be much, if any change (other than some members replacing others on specific committees). Of the floor-crossers, Gladu was, as a Conservative, chair of the Status Of Women committee (according to the 5 Nov 25 change). Once she crossed, the chair of that committee is vacant and she is now listed only as a Liberal member.

Committees - Our Procedure - ProceduralInfo - House of Commons of Canada

Chairs
They are elected by the members of the committee and chosen from among the government members of the committee with the exception of four standing committees and one standing joint committee where the chairs are chosen from the official opposition. The chair serves as the presiding officer of the committee and the spokesperson through whom all matters are channelled.
Vice-Chairs
They are two per committee and they are elected by the members. The first vice-chair is chosen from the official opposition members of the committee, and the second vice-chair from an opposition party other than the official opposition, except for the five committees chaired by the official opposition. A vice-chair presides over meetings when the chair is absent.

Chapter 20: Committee Membership and Leadership - Committees - Procedure and Practice, Fourth Edition, 2025 - ProceduralInfo - House of Commons of Canada

Establishing Committee Membership​

20.13

Committees cannot meet until their membership has been established. The House appoints the members and associate members of its committees, as well as the members representing the House on joint committees. The Speaker has ruled this to be a fundamental right of the House. The committees themselves have no powers at all in this regard.

The number of members for each standing committee is established by the Standing Orders. From time to time, the Standing Orders are amended by special order to change the number of members on a committee. The breakdown of members representing each of the recognized parties is negotiated and agreed to by the parties at the beginning of each Parliament. The result generally reflects the proportions of the various recognized parties in the House; therefore, members who are not part of a recognized party and other independent members rarely sit on a committee.

Members may belong to more than one committee, as either regular or associate members. Current practice normally excludes members with other parliamentary functions, such as the Speaker and the other chair occupants and the leaders of recognized parties, from being appointed members of a committee. Ministers, including the Prime Minister, cannot serve on or act as a substitute on any committee. Pursuant to the Standing Orders, parliamentary secretaries cannot be appointed to standing, special and legislative committees except as non-voting members, who may not vote, move motions or be part of a quorum.

To view the membership of committees:

Welcome to Committees - House of Commons of Canada

Committees examine matters the House of Commons may refer to it or empower it to examine. They report conclusions of those examinations, and recommendations, to the House.

www.ourcommons.ca