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

[brihard]

PM Carney has called three by-elections for the end of August. These will be for seats vacated by two LPC and one CPC MP. Winning one of the three will give LPC 171, which is enough for a majority by current Parliamentary math and given other pending resignations.

A few more MPs are on the way out but have not yet formally resigned, so probably a second by of by-elections in October some time.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-byelections-bc-ontario-quebec-9.7284819

 

[Nvlgzr]

Yup ...

Advocates hail feds’ rejection of Billy Bishop airport plan, while trade groups pan it

The federal government’s decision to halt Ontario’s plan for a major expansion of Billy Bishop airport will guard Toronto’s waterfront against serious setbacks to its revitalization, advocates say — while proponents of the project dub the move 'disappointing.'

www.cp24.com

Nope.
The Feds are sending message to Dougie that the province doesn’t have authority over the airport.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Nope.
The Feds are sending message to Dougie that the province doesn’t have authority over the airport.

Why not both?

 

[Halifax Tar]

Both you and Halifax skirted around the the issue of distraction and went straight to the punitive.

No one is skirting around anything. Managers should manage. If you have a team member not being productive fix that. There are multiple and escalating ways to fix it.

So do you simply offer it as an option when hiring, provide it with family flexibility written in or take the simple solution of mandating time in the office? Just asking.

The highlighted portion is what I think would be a fair proposition.

 

[YZT580]

No one is skirting around anything. Managers should manage. If you have a team member not being productive fix that. There are multiple and escalating ways to fix it.



The highlighted portion is what I think would be a fair proposition.

I'll buy that. Before COVID there were not a lot of situations that endorsed working from home; although there were definitely some. The rules didn't change but working from home was one of few options available if a business wanted to stay in business. COVID ended, companies that had found that productivity was still satisfactory have stayed with the home concept along with the attendant savings in real estate. Some have told their staff to return to the office. Their prerogative. People who went out and bought houses 80 miles outside of the office based on the assumption that staying home would be permanent should have got it in writing. The difficulty with the feds is I believe simply that one size doesn't fit all. There are departments where working from remote locations works great but if they write in exceptions unions will take it to court and win. So better to call everyone back and perhaps get rid of a few employees at the same time. But establishing the principles at contract time is a good solution.

 

[Altair]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2081336739298484231

Why bother have politicians anymore?

 

[Eaglelord17]

I'll buy that. Before COVID there were not a lot of situations that endorsed working from home; although there were definitely some. The rules didn't change but working from home was one of few options available if a business wanted to stay in business. COVID ended, companies that had found that productivity was still satisfactory have stayed with the home concept along with the attendant savings in real estate. Some have told their staff to return to the office. Their prerogative. People who went out and bought houses 80 miles outside of the office based on the assumption that staying home would be permanent should have got it in writing. The difficulty with the feds is I believe simply that one size doesn't fit all. There are departments where working from remote locations works great but if they write in exceptions unions will take it to court and win. So better to call everyone back and perhaps get rid of a few employees at the same time. But establishing the principles at contract time is a good solution.

There is a lot of metrics more than simply ‘work done’ by a employee which is missed from a work from home situation.

Many of your top employees assist the weaker employees which results in so much more work done than just having a top performer working from home. A 5 minute conversation with a good worker can save hours of unproductive struggle in a poor one.

It also helps with training, its one thing taking a trained workforce remote. It is another all together to train someone who doesn’t know the job on how to do it remotely.

The jobs it works really well for are ones which are more ‘standardized’ across work sites (things like IT or accounting) where you work means less than you being trained.

Jobs it doesn’t work as well for is the ‘specialized’ to your worksite jobs, for example specific bureaucratic jobs (such as many government jobs where you aren’t bringing a skill set with you and practicing it, rather being trained on how insert departments process works and you being trained in it).

They also did a lot of studies during covid on productivity from working from home. The result was a drop in most fields. You can thank those lazy coworkers who ruined it for everyone.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Survey says...

Carney’s Senate Appointment Changes May Create More Political Risk Than Reward​

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first Senate appointments have reopened a debate that had largely faded from public view over the past decade: how much political experience is too much political experience for someone appointed to Canada’s upper chamber?

On July 7, the Prime Minister announced four new senators: Conservative MP Richard Martel, cancer researcher Dr. Rodney Ouellette, chartered professional accountant Geeta Tucker, and Carney’s principal secretary, Tom Pitfield.

The appointments came with a significant change to the selection process. The government retained the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments and its open application process, but removed the non-partisanship criterion that had been in place since the board was created in 2016. The government also expanded the criteria to place more emphasis on expertise in strategic industries, regulatory systems, and emerging economic and social issues.

Carney defended the decision by arguing that experience in elected office, government, and legislative processes can make the Senate more effective. But a new Abacus Data survey finds Canadians are not entirely convinced that strong party backgrounds should become a more regular feature of Senate appointments.

Carney’s Senate Appointment Changes May Create More Political Risk Than Reward - Abacus Data

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abacusdata.ca

 

[HavokFour]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2081336739298484231

Why bother have politicians anymore?

This is just sad, and somewhat worrying. Having to remind my older family members to not entirely rely on AI or take what one might spit out at them at face value all the time because I'm encountering more and more "well [algorithm] says" whenever I talk to them.

Becoming a real issue.

 

[Altair]

This is just sad, and somewhat worrying. Having to remind my older family members to not entirely rely on AI or take what one might spit out at them at face value all the time because I'm encountering more and more "well [algorithm] says" whenever I talk to them.

Becoming a real issue.

Lets just elect the LLMs directly if this is how politicians are going to act.

It's cheaper and cuts out the middle man.