He looks like the understudy of a used car salesman. He's too schlubby to give off the appearance of faux success.
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More like the slimy guy at the Finance Department of the dealership.
I actually got interviewed about those gas prices for Breakfast Television Vancouver where they get those 'man on the street' single line quotes from people at gas stations. I'm not sure they used it because I didn't actually care that much. I bike 95% of the time so this was the first time I was fuelling up in over a month.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I think it's ridiculous gouging by the fuel companies because there are 'summer fuel prices' for some reason. The price jumped up over 10 cents/liter compared to the day before.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I think it's ridiculous gouging by the fuel companies because there are 'summer fuel prices' for some reason. The price jumped up over 10 cents/liter compared to the day before.
Doesn't BC have their own carbon tax? Why is this even allowed? Fucking CPC
Gonna look real (and more) stupid when the CPC end up losing (which i'm leaning more and more towards that being the case as of late).
Unfortunately, today has more bad news from Dumbest Timeline Inc.: Increased Polarization on Attitudes to Immigration Reshaping the Political Landscape in Canada
If anything, it serves as another statistic to put onto the stack that the more educated someone is, the less likely they are to fall for Conservative Rhetoric. Not to say it's impossible, just less likely.
That said. The rest of the numbers are expected. Conservatives don't want anything to do with immigration, Progressives want more. Liberals are sitting in the center wanting to hold the line.
That said. The rest of the numbers are expected. Conservatives don't want anything to do with immigration, Progressives want more. Liberals are sitting in the center wanting to hold the line.
It's remarkable how quickly the Liberal party dropped the whole "helping refugees" thing the moment it became a political liability.
Real Change™ = a con act woke washing of the same old Liberal Party .
Real Change™ = a con act woke washing of the same old Liberal Party .
Well, the NDP is now in a statistical tie against the UCP in Calgary. Mainstreet poll though...
https://www.scribd.com/document/406392999/Mainstreet-Ab-15april2019
https://www.scribd.com/document/406392999/Mainstreet-Ab-15april2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-election-1.5098397
PEI is expecting a higher turnout to advance polling for their election, and their last number was 40% of the electorate using advance polls. Some people highly motivated to get it done and dusted, I guess.
PEI is expecting a higher turnout to advance polling for their election, and their last number was 40% of the electorate using advance polls. Some people highly motivated to get it done and dusted, I guess.
From a Vancouver (and maybe Toronto?) context, I think there's a growing nativism that is based much more around economic and class concerns than racial ones. Thanks to the Quebec Investor Immigrant Program, there is a huge amount foreign wealth pouring into Canada, and in recent years much of these millionaire migrants have been visible minorities from Mainland China that have beelined to Vancouver and to a lesser extent Toronto.
There's very much a sense in Vancouver that "the system is rigged" with the city being the centre for super car sales in North America, and news stories every day about money being laundered through casinos and being poured into real estate, exacerbating Vancouver's housing affordability problems. It's not surprising that low income, and low education persons would be opposed to the status quo that encourages the immigration of the ultra wealthy that are disrupting the local economy while their core concerns remain unaddressed.
It's unfortunate but I could see migrant race being a shorthand descriptor for some of these concerns. I could very much expect an increased opposition to Mainland Chinese immigration that stems largely from these socio-economic concerns, which are actually unrelated to race. The fact is of course that these core economic problems related to millionaire migrants would exist regardless of the origin or race of the persons. I'd love to see whichever new government is elected in 2019 tackle this issue, because the current one does not seem interested.
C'mon Alberta remove your head from your ass. Kenney will run the province to the ground.
Edmonton seems safe enough, it's the rest of the province that's going to drag everybody down.
No one really knows. The last prominent election was the Nenshi one, and Mainstreet got it hilariously incorrect because it underestimated the center-left vote.
So.. we may see a repeat of it here.
And hand waive it away as Trudeau's fault while he still can
I expect it from the rural areas but its Calgary that really is shameful. that city has been the breeding ground for hateful conservatism for a long ass time and they never get enough shit for it. (where are all the "but but we voted for shade of brown Nenshi so we cant be awful" people during provincial and federal elections.?)
Polls have closed.
Here's one stream to watch results (CBC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHPv5T0pvN8
Election map here: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/alberta/2019/results/ or here: https://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm
Here's one stream to watch results (CBC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHPv5T0pvN8
Election map here: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/alberta/2019/results/ or here: https://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm
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NDP's leading in all of Edmonton so far. Only a few polls are in, so the early results will likely be wonky.
Remember everybody. Expectations tshould be set below the Earth, burried where they belong, right next to the hopes and dreams of progressive policy.
Jason Kenney has been trying out crowns the past two years and has so many he's really having a hard time deciding which one to wear tonight
Jason Kenney has been trying out crowns the past two years and has so many he's really having a hard time deciding which one to wear tonight
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Yeah, looks bad. results closer in Edmonton than expected. UCP doing very well in Calgary. Hopefully, the NDP will be a sizeable opposition.
CTV calling the election for the UCP: https://twitter.com/ctvcalgary/status/1118340907399614464?s=21
Hasn't called majority yet.
CTV calling the election for the UCP: https://twitter.com/ctvcalgary/status/1118340907399614464?s=21
Hasn't called majority yet.
Honestly, it was inevitable after Trump's victory. Every conservative that I know only yells about Trump and his policies. Our politics are influenced way too much by US. Sure, Liberals messed it up big time but Notley didn't do anything wrong, in fact she improved the province but she is still losing. It is such a BS knowing that the internal politics of Canada are influenced by some orange turd.
Alberta is a fucking dumpster fire. So fucking ashamed of this province right now. Some O&G coworkers I have expressed dismay at the idea of Kenney "turning off the taps". Plenty of things he has said have given people reason to be skeptical of his priorities but the uneducated sheep of this province feverishly votes him in with selective hearing towards his policies.
It's always been a dumpster fire. We just had a few good years where it actually seemed like it could be better.
As an aside, a lot of Calgary ridings are really close. I'll take solace in the fact that the NDP is making inroads to Calgary.
The only way Notley was going to win was if the economy took off again and in a big way.
Also, the Alberta party has 10% of the vote and no seats. Sucks for them. Will be interesting to see how well they survive for the next election in 4 years.
? Wouldn't the federal Liberals only introduce proportional representation federally?
Also, the Alberta party has 10% of the vote and no seats. Sucks for them. Will be interesting to see how well they survive for the next election in 4 years.
They won't. I gave up on the Alberta Party because it got taken over by ex-PCs and supplanted Greg Clark as leader.
Canadian politics always follows the US.
Having said that, Canada has a strange tradition of propping up conservative provincial governments.
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