It took one senator to derail the ACA. People thinking that Bernie can get the stuff he's demanding is dreaming. Have fun with the senate.
Also in canada land, poverty rate at an all time low.
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Canada PoliERA |OT 2| Time Is a Flat Circle
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It took one senator to derail the ACA. People thinking that Bernie can get the stuff he's demanding is dreaming. Have fun with the senate.
Also in canada land, poverty rate at an all time low.
You pretty much nailed it in the head with this statement. Unless we as citizens are willing to pay more taxes we will not be able to fund our current medical and education systems. Heck here in Alberta I would be willing to pay an additional sales tax if that means we can continue to provide proper healthcare and public schooling.
He can definitely improve things and make a lot of progressive changes but if people think they won't be paying health insurance premiums shortly after he wins they're dreaming.
And I hope Bernie doesn't promise no one will lose coverage etc.
There are so many moving parts, just forgiving student debt loans by itself will be contentious. He'd need two terms just to do most of the stuff he's proposing. But he's white, so maybe the Rs will cut him slack.
I'll be sure to dig up this post when they swear in President For Life General Donald Trumpdafi 😝
Yes I know that's Alec Baldwin
If laughing at and calling out Conservative victimhood complex is breaking the country may we never fix it.
That's fucking hilarious. Eat shit Michelle.
Anyway, despite being Canadian I'm radicalized for Bernie and I fully feel the bern. Him and his comrades like AOC are the kind of leftism we need, not the centrism of the Liberals and the milquetoast incompetence of the NDP. I think you guys are nailing it on the head that when Bernie gets in and (at the least) shifts the conversation it could inject some life into Canadian federal politics.
And of course he'll be fought by the GOP and the establishment dems, but I say that's far superior to not doing anything at all to improve. Another Obama is not going to work, the Dems have to stop trying to 'work with' the GOP because they're going to vote against anything they propose no matter how bipartisan it is. You can look at how the primaries are going, people are excited about actual leftism. Either embrace it or burn the party to the ground, because any moderate is going to get wrecked by Trump.
Anyway, despite being Canadian I'm radicalized for Bernie and I fully feel the bern. Him and his comrades like AOC are the kind of leftism we need, not the centrism of the Liberals and the milquetoast incompetence of the NDP. I think you guys are nailing it on the head that when Bernie gets in and (at the least) shifts the conversation it could inject some life into Canadian federal politics.
And of course he'll be fought by the GOP and the establishment dems, but I say that's far superior to not doing anything at all to improve. Another Obama is not going to work, the Dems have to stop trying to 'work with' the GOP because they're going to vote against anything they propose no matter how bipartisan it is. You can look at how the primaries are going, people are excited about actual leftism. Either embrace it or burn the party to the ground, because any moderate is going to get wrecked by Trump.
The US has like ten times our population and all they have is Bernie, AOC and a few others.
I'm not getting my hopes up on finding anyone soon in Canada lol, we had Jack not too long ago too.
But hopefully it will inspire better people. I'm sick of reading Singh's tweets, they sound like they're written by CPC staffers.
if bernie wins and enacts even half the change he wants i think it'll be enough to shift the centre of gravity leftward in canada as well. we've always assessed our view of what progressive policy (and the national identity as a whole) relative to the american status quo, if they close the gap (or even surpass what canadians enjoy in the case of student debt and affordable housing), it's going to put a lot of pressure on the milquetoast and self-serving narrative we get served on how progressive we are. if it doesn't inspire a more firey generation of prominent voices in politics, it will if nothing else force the liberals to push a bolder platform
solidarity for the international left is important, always.
solidarity for the international left is important, always.
You guys are bananas if you think 1 populist can change the course of the Senate and how they vote with regards to wrecking and replacing the entire insurance industry, especially when said Senate will remain Republican or, at best, completely split. You can't executive order that shit, and you can't Supreme Court ram that shit especially when the courts are republican-stacked for a generation. Hope for better here? Sure, but not as a result of the USA cause it'll never happen
What? You really don't think the US will go, in a span of a 3-4 years, from being the most right-wing western country to one of the most progressive, and in the process inversing the worldwide shift to the right? C'mon, feel the Bern!
i mean we've already seen how trump's win in the usa has affected the trajectory and language of the conservative party here, the case to make that our perception of what left and right is is strongly entangled in what the american concept is (even if it's to put us on the left of that spectrum) is not a wild one. bernie doesn't need to get everything he wants done to have a meaningful impact on the political conversation in canada and the viability and attractiveness of more progressive policy
certainly it's more energizing than another round of middle class tax cuts
certainly it's more energizing than another round of middle class tax cuts
I agree with this post. I was for Bernie in 2016 as well because I believed Americans deserved better, but now I realize this is about more than just America- the dream of genuine left-wing progress internationally is on the line.
Federal carbon pricing law unconstitutional, Alberta Court of Appeal rules
Well of course the damn Alberta Court of appeals rules against the Carbon Tax where all other provinces have failed.
Well of course the damn Alberta Court of appeals rules against the Carbon Tax where all other provinces have failed.
Really interesting to see how will the Supreme Court will rule on this next month. Not a very good week for the federal government.
I want it to go to the supreme Court and they go and tell the Alberta court to fuck off
Alberta's family doctors and Specialists are the most paid of the country. Where do you think they will run to?
J'espère que les généralistes Albertains parlent français...
I agree, and this is all pretty important when looking at the physician 'problem' here. You can even dig a little further and point fingers at fee-for-service.
I could have sworn I had updated to 2017/18, but the story hasn't changed at all in the last year (per 100,000 capita). Alberta has the lowest percentage of ARP compensation across Canada by a significant margin, and the FFS payment structure puts little to no checks on the physician. So couple higher rates across physician services with more services performed and you get Alberta's high payments to physicians - especially GPs.
(Also per 100k, also from CIHI's NPDB). Higher cost per service, more services, and increasingly more physicians - because why wouldn't you come to a province where you can bill more?
It's just not such a simple issue to solve, as the medical association does not want to implement more ARPs. And it's why the two biggest issues with Alberta's healthcare costs cannot be fixed so easily. They can legislate physician cuts, but the other - bigger - cost is nurses, where they too are paid more than any other province. But you can't just go and cut their wages.
Since the Supreme Court is already hearing the appeals on the earlier decisions, this decision is totally irrelevant.
Then the NDP is as insane as the CPC.
Nevermind that if the CPC wins a majority that will be the last fair election in this country.
But if they want the CPC to wreak havoc across the country and make things as bad as the US or worse then they're crazy.
That's going rather far. The courts have a say in anything the government might contemplate.
That worked real well during Harper's prorogation stunts and robocalls etc.
The CPC plan on making courts unable to overrule legislation anyway.
I'm sure we'll see the UCP and the CPC decry this ruling as a group of activist judges overruling the will of the people, as is their want when judges rule against governments.
Neither or those things you mention compromised the basic fairness of our elections.That worked real well during Harper's prorogation stunts and robocalls etc.
The CPC plan on making courts unable to overrule legislation anyway.
The platform you cite doesn't say anything about preventing courts from overturning legislation, but even so, there's no power for them to do that in respect of election law. The democratic rights provisions of the Charter aren't subject to the Notwithstanding Clause.
That voters in certain ridings could be led to non-existent polling locations strikes me as a total attack on fair elections. That's blatant voter suppression.
Especially if only some token fall guy goes to jail when there's no way he could have pulled it off without senior party members.
And Harper ignored court rulings before, don't expect the courts to save us.
They will attack democracy in this country from all angles. Their goal is to be something like Hungary.
That's just alarmist. Being tight-fisted with information is not the same thing as trying to rig elections, especially since the government doesn't actually control elections administration anyway so it's not their decision.
This poll is really awful for the UCP
www.macleans.ca
They are still projected to win a majority if an election was held today but it's mostly because of crazy landslide wins in a lot of northern and southern alberta seats outside of edmonton and calgary. They are tied in seat count in calgary and getting destroyed in edmonton.
338Canada: Jason Kenney still holds a commanding lead in Alberta - Macleans.ca
Philippe J. Fournier: A new poll shows the UCP has maintained support after 10 months in power, with an 8-point lead over the NDP
www.macleans.ca
This poll is really awful for the UCP
They are still projected to win a majority if an election was held today but it's mostly because of crazy landslide wins in a lot of northern and southern alberta seats outside of edmonton and calgary. They are tied in seat count in calgary and getting destroyed in edmonton.338Canada: Jason Kenney still holds a commanding lead in Alberta - Macleans.ca
Philippe J. Fournier: A new poll shows the UCP has maintained support after 10 months in power, with an 8-point lead over the NDP
That province is a lost cause.
Dictators would love this much blind devotion.
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Alberta pushes to kill Liberal plan to enshrine UN declaration on Indigenous rights
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Kenney pulling more shit.
It's about making people believe something "bad" is in there and they're fighting for "real" Canadians by opposing it.
That's a question for the Premier of BC.
Kenney is also outlawing protests on railroad tracks etc.
The fascists are here.
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At the rate things are going kenney is going to exacerbate the rural/urban divide in alberta unless things change. The UCP has pissed off a lot of people in Calgary and Edmonton with how they are governing. I don't think the economy roaring back at this point will stop them from losing seats in the next election
Wait for the next provincial budget which is this Thursday. I expect more anger is going to be coming.
No but it's still a framework for reconciliation, one that Canadian indigenous people had a hand in creating if I'm not mistaken.
If it was nothing, then the Cons wouldn't be opposed to it. I always judge a bill by how loudly the CPC complains about it, among other things.
Then again BC just sort of ignored it.