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

[MilEME09]

now how quickly can we spin up munitions manufacturing. Everyone seems to be jumping on the drone bandwagon so munitions systems would seem to be the way to go.

I believe the new announced facilities are supposed to be online in 2029

 

[Navy_Pete]

now how quickly can we spin up munitions manufacturing. Everyone seems to be jumping on the drone bandwagon so munitions systems would seem to be the way to go.

Aside from that kind of thing, there are lots of Canadian products that other nations might use for their own platforms; the RCN has some unique comms and platform control systems that are already exported (the new QE carrier IPMS is essentially the CPF one with a facelift), and lots of things like chip detect technology for the POL systems and other unsexy but critical things that can easily be used.

Bit more distributed, but supplying hundreds of components from dozens of companies is a lot easier to manage then trying to muscle in on full weapon platform replacements, especially when a lot of other countries have existing policies of buying from domestic where they can, and also a lot easier to make dual use products for a general wider market.

Having big defence suppliers is nice, but sometimes having a slice of a much larger pie actually supports more jobs and brings in more to the economy then being big fish in a small pond.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Poilievre with another zinger.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2057866401931788799

 

[HavokFour]

And now we have a little more of the why from Gladu. Interestingly, the recent firearms bans was one of the topics of their conversation.

Floor-crosser Marilyn Gladu reveals her conversation with Carney and the 'toxic environment' among Conservatives

"I was ready to leave the Conservative party, because, like I said, it was a very toxic environment, I found," Gladu said.

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[brihard]

Poilievre with another zinger.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2057866401931788799

I mean, sure? But the two liner presents it as if there was some expression of sympathy for first time offenders, when it wasn’t at all that. The reporter was noting that most arrests were first time offenders to highlight that enforcement is mostly getting the street level criminals - the ‘shooters’ as it were - but largely failing to get the higher-ups in these organized crime groups. It’s a valid point raised. Poilievre didn’t address that aspect.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Floor-crosser Marilyn Gladu reveals her conversation with Carney and the 'toxic environment' among Conservatives

Floor-crosser Marilyn Gladu reveals her conversation with Carney and the 'toxic environment' among Conservatives

"I was ready to leave the Conservative party, because, like I said, it was a very toxic environment, I found," Gladu said.

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MP has funding in her riding cut.
MP begs minister for Federal Economic Development Agency for money.
Minister says I can get you funding for your riding, but you have to cross the floor.

 

[Jarnhamar]

I mean, sure? But the two liner presents it as if there was some expression of sympathy for first time offenders, when it wasn’t at all that. The reporter was noting that most arrests were first time offenders to highlight that enforcement is mostly getting the street level criminals - the ‘shooters’ as it were - but largely failing to get the higher-ups in these organized crime groups. It’s a valid point raised. Poilievre didn’t address that aspect.

He said he didn't care of someone was a first time offender and if extortionists were faced with a minimum 10 year sentence [opposed to catch and release] he thinks first time offenders wouldn't be willing to commit extortion in the first place. That's one way to address it. The clip cut off after that so we don't see what, if anything, he said afterward.

 

[brihard]

He said he didn't care of someone was a first time offender and if extortionists were faced with a minimum 10 year sentence [opposed to catch and release] he thinks first time offenders wouldn't be willing to commit extortion in the first place. That's one way to address it. The clip cut off after that so we don't see what, if anything, he said afterward.

Hopefully they have a better plan than going back to the failed ‘mandatory minimum’ well to draw water.

Gangs will always find shooters; the deterrent effects of stiff sentencing are fairly limited when gangs bring people in from out of country to do the dirty work, and those people are completely unfamiliar with our laws a lot of the gang leadership probably aren’t even in Canada or within reach of our les

I’m all for going hard after this type of crime… I’m just jaded towards the usual silly and unrealistic political noises.

 

[Altair]

Hopefully they have a better plan than going back to the failed ‘mandatory minimum’ well to draw water.

Gangs will always find shooters; the deterrent effects of stiff sentencing are fairly limited when gangs bring people in from out of country to do the dirty work, and those people are completely unfamiliar with our laws a lot of the gang leadership probably aren’t even in Canada or within reach of our les

I’m all for going hard after this type of crime… I’m just jaded towards the usual silly and unrealistic political noises.

With the right amount of polish the act of looking like you're doing something can be even more rewarding that actually doing something.

 

[YZT580]

Hopefully they have a better plan than going back to the failed ‘mandatory minimum’ well to draw water.

Gangs will always find shooters; the deterrent effects of stiff sentencing are fairly limited when gangs bring people in from out of country to do the dirty work, and those people are completely unfamiliar with our laws a lot of the gang leadership probably aren’t even in Canada or within reach of our les

I’m all for going hard after this type of crime… I’m just jaded towards the usual silly and unrealistic political noises.

glad you added that last line. The cliche if you can't do the time don't do the crime is very true. The threat of a long sentence has probably deterred very few. If it had there wouldn't be many criminals in the states with 3 strikes on them knowing it means a long time in prison. What it does do is protect me. He can't come after me if he is locked up. End of argument for me.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Hopefully they have a better plan than going back to the failed ‘mandatory minimum’ well to draw water.

Maybe he'll figure out a way to challenge that and we'll see it brought back.

Gangs will always find shooters; the deterrent effects of stiff sentencing are fairly limited when gangs bring people in from out of country to do the dirty work,

Fair point that highlights a different set of problems. We have cases in Canada where non-citizens receive lighter sentences than citizens because the former could be deported. Bonkers.

Or the lengthy appeal process and "I'm gay" loopholes.

Ideally enough of this nonsense will be bad for business and Carney will borrow some more Poilievre ideas and start addressing it.

 

[Brad Sallows]

They intentionally let things get to a bad point (i.e. not spending on maintenance/expansion, rather taking that money and spending on themselves), at which point the government steps in and pays for it because it is a critical capacity.

How much of that last year (total government spending), and what exactly did it pay for?

 

[Brad Sallows]

EU Parliament passed the final vote, it's official now.

So we pay the fees and our guarantees that Canadian companies will actually get any action is...what, exactly?

 

[MilEME09]

So we pay the fees and our guarantees that Canadian companies will actually get any action is...what, exactly?

Well to get SAFE loans, it has to be spent on SAFE countries. So it allows rochel, Magellan etc to bid on major European contracts.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Well to get SAFE loans, it has to be spent on SAFE countries. So it allows rochel, Magellan etc to bid on major European contracts.

Optimism and cynicism are perpetually at war within me.

 

[CBH99]

MP has funding in her riding cut.
MP begs minister for Federal Economic Development Agency for money.
Minister says I can get you funding for your riding, but you have to cross the floor.

So the minister would only approve FEDA money for Liberal constituencies, and not Conservative?

That's very much what it sounds like...


Sounds illegal?? Or is this just that shady grey area the Liberals can't seem to help but operate in?

 

[Jarnhamar]

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So the minister would only approve FEDA money for Liberal constituencies, and not Conservative?

Sure looks like way.

The MP recounts in the video how she never dreamed that the Liberals, a government that she admits she has said “terrible things about” for the past decade would ever take her — until she had a conversation with Solomon.
As the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, a region Gladu represents, she says she had approached Solomon on a “begging mission” to restore funding that she says had been cut in her riding.
“And he said, ‘Sure, when are you coming over,'” recalled Gladu.

Cross the floor - get money back that was cut.

Sounds super ethical.

 

[daftandbarmy]

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Sure looks like way.



Cross the floor - get money back that was cut.

Sounds super ethical.

 

[Halifax Tar]

And now we have a little more of the why from Gladu. Interestingly, the recent firearms bans was one of the topics of their conversation.

Floor-crosser Marilyn Gladu reveals her conversation with Carney and the 'toxic environment' among Conservatives

"I was ready to leave the Conservative party, because, like I said, it was a very toxic environment, I found," Gladu said.

nationalpost.com

Archive

Full interview here

 

[The Bread Guy]

In case you want to geek out in detail about "urban" vs. "rural" in Canada, this Library of Parliament pub says, basically, "rural Canada" isn't one unitary thing, with no single agreed-on definition, warning that lumping together "rural," "remote," and "northern" (with the three overlapping in some ways) can obscure different realities people are living in those places.

Executive Summary - Urban and Rural regions in Canada: Evolving Definitions and Population Insights - HillNotes

Data on urban and rural areas in Canada have been collected since the first census in 1871. For successive censuses, Canada was largely characterized as a predominantly rural country with a widely dispersed population and an economy centred on rural industries. During this period, regions were...

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Urban and Rural regions in Canada: Evolving Definitions and Population Insights

Sorry it wasn't less complicated, folks