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Trudeau Popularity - or not (various polling, etc.)

100%

Massive cuts to the Public Service and Govt Depts needs to be undertaken. I will vote for anyone willing to reign in the Bureaucracy and smash it with a sledgehammer.
Part of the current bloat was the hamfisted way the CPC did "Workforce adjustment" We lost our only GIS tech and they left us with another employee that was pure deadweight. That's only one example. A lot of corporate knowledge went out the door and where snatched up by firms that wanted that experience and knowledge. Most managers I still talk to are expecting cuts and know the current situation is not sustainable.
 
Agree with this. But it must be done correctly; the bloated bureaucracy needs to be thinned.

What will probably happen is the bloat will get asked where to make the cuts and they won't cut themselves or those close to the center. It will be the coalface that gets cut. So output is hampered further (do more with less), while the backend bureaucracy stays the same or grows while adding more 'requirements' to the already understaffed coalface.

I have zero confidence this would be done correctly and improve things.
Never underestimate the abilty of the people you want to cut to be able to dodge the axe. In their mind their whole job is to stay employed and are good at it. The frontliners are to busy doing their job to see the axe.
 
Part of the current bloat was the hamfisted way the CPC did "Workforce adjustment" We lost our only GIS tech and they left us with another employee that was pure deadweight. That's only one example. A lot of corporate knowledge went out the door and where snatched up by firms that wanted that experience and knowledge. Most managers I still talk to are expecting cuts and know the current situation is not sustainable.
I suspect that it won’t really be done with finesse. Last time we lost the ability replace instructors for a suite of procurement courses. That also led to the policy center having no one to update courses. It did nothing to help an already broken procurement system.
 
ask each civil servant what jobs they perceive as redundant and why their own particular position should be protected
This would be a fun exercise. If that were to happen, I estimate the front line people would point to backend bureaucracy as redundant while the backend points fingers amongst themselves. So this could actually work.
 
Agree with this. But it must be done correctly; the bloated bureaucracy needs to be thinned.

What will probably happen is the bloat will get asked where to make the cuts and they won't cut themselves or those close to the center. It will be the coalface that gets cut. So output is hampered further (do more with less), while the backend bureaucracy stays the same or grows while adding more 'requirements' to the already understaffed coalface.

I have zero confidence this would be done correctly and improve things.
It happens every time. Budget/staffing edicts come down and land in the 'corporate offices'. While they are non-operational and generally not well liked, they are no so stupid as to suggest cutting themselves, so it comes down to somebody who actually delivers the mandate of the department. To add insult, the corporate minion may create a reporting form that the poor remaining operational sods will have to completely monthly outlining how well they are doing with less people. The corporate minion of course must compile these reports for management, thus demonstrating how vital they are to the organization. Performance bonuses all 'round.

They there are the unions, with 'last in-first out' agreements.
 
100%

Massive cuts to the Public Service and Govt Depts needs to be undertaken. I will vote for anyone willing to reign in the Bureaucracy and smash it with a sledgehammer.

On the micro level, I would love to see many of the PS positions cut and adjusted, and made back into uniformed positions in my sphere.

There is quite a civilian empire being built in the local Supply org.
 
Was raining here so I spent some time on FB today.

There's a lot of Whacko memes showing up about trudeau.

Looks like it might stick.🤣
 
Never underestimate the abilty of the people you want to cut to be able to dodge the axe. In their mind their whole job is to stay employed and are good at it. The frontliners are to busy doing their job to see the axe.

Two examples -

A. Company I worked for was bought and merged two corporate cultures - modern, flat company bought traditional hierarchical company. Flat company aimed to eliminate traditional pyramid. Eliminated pyramid members declared themselves to be an Executive Advisory Council reporting to the Regional President.


B. Calgary oil patch went through another downsizing in the 1980s and turfed all of the technical personnel - ie people that knew where the oil and gas was, how much there was and how to extract. Salesmen kept their jobs. Turfed technical types formed their own company and sold their knowledge back to the oil companies as consultants at twice the price.
 
Tom Mulcair on Trudeau's budget

In the interview he references Mark Carney as being an alternative and how he is raising his profile. One platform that Tom mentions is an outfit called Canada 2020. This mob was referenced in Macleans some years back.


Here is Canada 2020 and its associates


Known by the company you keep.

Justin
Barack Obama
Hilary Clinton
Tom Podesta
Keith Starmer
Tony Blair
Mark Carney

Not conspiracy....just shared beliefs.

Further to...

Keith Starmer, Labour leader in the UK, after the local council elections and the beating the Tories took, is looking to be odds on favourite to lead the next government of the UK.

And a senior advisor is ....

former Bank of England governor Mark Carney and other leading figures from the UK’s investment and financial services sector.

They have been invited by Rachel Reeves to form an “economic taskforce” advising Labour on its potential first 100 days in power.

Mr Miliband said: “People tend to comply with legal responsibilities. And if you talk to people like Mark Carney and others on our task force.... they think it is incredibly important to build on Britain’s reputation for green finance and get finance flowing the right way.”

And the advice?

Labour is plotting to introduce new net zero laws that will force big companies and banks to limit their carbon footprint to comply with UN climate goals.
Ed Miliband, the shadow Climate and Net Zero Secretary, has confirmed plans for a new crackdown that would force bosses to ensure their companies are aligned with the goal of keeping global temperature rises below 1.5C this century.

The new laws planned in the event of a Labour victory would legally oblige directors to publish their company’s carbon footprint every year. They would also have to show that their business’s policies were compliant with the UN Paris climate treaty signed in 2015, under which the world agreed to try to limit temperature rises.

The treaty was agreed between governments but Mr Miliband wants the obligations it enshrines to also apply to FTSE 100 businesses including energy producers like Shell and BP, significant energy consumers such as Easyjet and major supermarket chains Tesco and Sainsbury.

Perhaps more importantly, he also wants it to apply to the banks and financial institutions that lend to all businesses. It could potentially mean companies could only get loans if they were “climate compliant.”

Mr Miliband outlined the plans at a conference in London last week during a question and answer sessions and speech. Under Labour, it would “be a [legal] requirement for companies to have transition plans for how they’re going to comply with the 1.5C target”, he said.

The shadow minister suggested the crackdown had been inspired by advice from former Bank of England governor Mark Carney and other leading figures from the UK’s investment and financial services sector.

They have been invited by Rachel Reeves to form an “economic taskforce” advising Labour on its potential first 100 days in power.

Mr Miliband said: “People tend to comply with legal responsibilities. And if you talk to people like Mark Carney and others on our task force.... they think it is incredibly important to build on Britain’s reputation for green finance and get finance flowing the right way.”

Asked for clarification, a Labour spokesman said: “Macroeconomic policy has an important role to play in our climate transition. Labour plans to require financial institutions and FTSE 100 companies to publish their carbon footprints and adopt credible 1.5-degrees-aligned net zero plans, and to push ahead with a UK Green Taxonomy.”

A green taxonomy is a system for deciding if an investment is sustainable or not, using thresholds and targets to assess activities and assets to see if they meet objectives on greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability.
It implies Labour would want financial institutions to apply such criteria in all lending and other activities.
FTSE 100 companies and big banks routinely publish climate impact assessments and many have also outlined roadmaps for reaching net zero by 2050.

However, a legal requirement to ensure corporate actions are limiting global temperature rises sets a higher bar and will also leave businesses open to lawsuits and possible government censure should they fall short.

Such measures would be likely to hit energy producers hardest. BP, for example, increased its oil and gas production by 8.6pc in the last quarter of 2023 to 1.4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. It expects production levels to increase further – in line with growing global demand.


Mark Carney was a key mover in the ESG and DEI social justice movements.

If he ever got the keys there would be no more pipelines and the agricultural industry would blow away.

Presumably we would all be living off of pensions financed by artworks.


Mark Carney is the Chair of Brookfield Asset Management and Head of Transition Investing. In this role, he is focused on the development of products for investors that will combine positive social and environmental outcomes with strong risk-adjusted returns.
He is currently the United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Co-Chair for the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero. 

 
The companies solution will be to offshore all the industries and set them up as separate entitles who will forged fake carbon offsets and sell the goods back to the English based companies at inflated prices.
Remember if the penalty for breaking the law is less than the cost of complying with it, it is simply a cost of business
 
More on being known by the company you keep.

Center for American Progress is tied to Canada 2020, the support group that got Trudeau elected.

Patrick Hubert Gaspard is an American former diplomat who serves as president of Center for American Progress
I have trespassed in peaceful protest. I have shut down government offices in civil disobedience. I have made the powerful uncomfortable in their routines as I’ve dissented in peaceful but committed disorder. In each instance, disruption and disorder were precisely the point.


When you’ve been in the midst of a demonstration that devolves into chaos and violence, you find out in a hurry if you’re able to put aside your own terror to still uphold the needs of the many and to maintain the discipline of your values. This has happened to me more than once. That tension has always been a reminder to me that democracy is a choice and that citizenship is a full-contact sport.

Is the thrill of disruption really a desirable characteristic for our leaders?
 
Congratulations, Canadian rage hits new highs ;)

Rage Index hits new high, as anger towards all levels of government rises​


Pollara’s Rage Index shows the highest level of anger across Canada in the nearly two years we have been tracking this. This includes new highs when it comes to the share of Canadians angry about the economy (67%) and angry towards the provincial (56%) and federal (60%) governments.

The federal budget has done nothing to dissipate the level of anger towards the federal government, as more Canadians have negative (40%) rather than positive (18%) feelings towards the budget.


 
Congratulations, Canadian rage hits new highs ;)

Rage Index hits new high, as anger towards all levels of government rises​


Pollara’s Rage Index shows the highest level of anger across Canada in the nearly two years we have been tracking this. This includes new highs when it comes to the share of Canadians angry about the economy (67%) and angry towards the provincial (56%) and federal (60%) governments.

The federal budget has done nothing to dissipate the level of anger towards the federal government, as more Canadians have negative (40%) rather than positive (18%) feelings towards the budget.


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Rex rips him again, not that Trudeau cares. However there are some good lines in this opinion piece:

Political cowardice, the fear of losing some of the Muslim vote has Trudeau and Joly responding to antisemitism by dusting off tattered platitudes (“this is not who we are as Canadians,” or some equally flaccid slogan crafted by a herd of consultants and speechwriters). He has no moral force to exert, he has no high presence in the world’s leadership, his flighty antics and frequent displays of incompetence have left him an isolate on the world platform. Essentially, his sad record internationally, his unintellectuality (his mind is not overclouded with ideas) and the obsessional tie to global warming fantasies (serious leaders may mouth the words these days, but the global warming juggernaut is bogged down) have combined to place him outside the adults who do rule the nations of the world. He is no one’s wise man.

 
Justin Trudeau is by far the worst Prime Minister in Canadian history. His placid reaction to the the Oct 7 horror show is only the latest demonstration of his character. He is not fit to lead anything let alone a country like Canada.
 
Justin Trudeau is by far the worst Prime Minister in Canadian history.

For readers interested in approval ratings,

The following is a list of prime ministers of Canada by their highest and lowest approval rating during their term. The approval rating system came into effect when John Diefenbaker was prime minister (1957–1963).


"Ratings are up to date as of March 2024. ( Highest )."

"Ratings are up to date as of April 24, 2024. ( Lowest )."
 
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Justin Trudeau is by far the worst Prime Minister in Canadian history. His placid reaction to the the Oct 7 horror show is only the latest demonstration of his character. He is not fit to lead anything let alone a country like Canada.

He'd fit right in with the UN staff.
 
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