Yup!Liberals back in "who else are you going to choose/natural governing party" mode. lol
LPC gonna LPC
::sigh::
I really wish Trudeau didn't put party before the good of the country and break his promise to end FPTP!
Yup!Liberals back in "who else are you going to choose/natural governing party" mode. lol
I'm going to assume a UK or AUS PM because it just feels like Harper or any of the Canadian alternatives are too dull to be caught up in that.
There's a possibility that a former Commonwealth Prime Minister is entangled in the Epstein scandal and the name will possibly be made public when some documents from a 2014 proceeding are unsealed for public consumption.
If it turns out to be Harper, I'm ready to pop the champagne and celebrate the Tories' inevitable failure at the polls. Surviving Ford is hard enough for them, but Harper is still the most prominent face of the CPC.
I'd be fucking thrilled if such radioactive shit can be connected to Harper, but I HIGHLY doubt it's him.
There's a possibility that a former Commonwealth Prime Minister is entangled in the Epstein scandal and the name will possibly be made public when some documents from a 2014 proceeding are unsealed for public consumption.
If it turns out to be Harper, I'm ready to pop the champagne and celebrate the Tories' inevitable failure at the polls. Surviving Ford is hard enough for them, but Harper is still the most prominent face of the CPC.
We don't have long to find out, either way.I'm going to assume a UK or AUS PM because it just feels like Harper or any of the Canadian alternatives are too dull to be caught up in that.
I'd be fucking thrilled if such radioactive shit can be connected to Harper, but I HIGHLY doubt it's him.
I suspect it's Tony Blair. Blair is way more well known than Harper can ever dream of being.
Liberals back in "who else are you going to choose/natural governing party" mode. lol
Except one party is actually generally good, while the other is always bad.Something that someone posted elsewhere on another forum that really resonated for me was that the Liberals and Conservatives basically endlessly play the Canadian public like a 'good cop/bad cop' routine.
"Voters if you know what's good for you you better stick with me because that other guy, look at him! Boy he's gonna be a lot worse for you than me I'll tell ya!"
The rhetoric is basically the same, even if the narratives are different (Scheer is evil vs Trudeau is evil). It's just which side of the coin you happen to fall under that determines which narrative you buy into.Something that someone posted elsewhere on another forum that really resonated for me was that the Liberals and Conservatives basically endlessly play the Canadian public like a 'good cop/bad cop' routine.
"Voters if you know what's good for you you better stick with me because that other guy, look at him! Boy he's gonna be a lot worse for you than me I'll tell ya!"
That's just what every incumbent does thoughSomething that someone posted elsewhere on another forum that really resonated for me was that the Liberals and Conservatives basically endlessly play the Canadian public like a 'good cop/bad cop' routine.
"Voters if you know what's good for you you better stick with me because that other guy, look at him! Boy he's gonna be a lot worse for you than me I'll tell ya!"
There's a possibility that a former Commonwealth Prime Minister is entangled in the Epstein scandal and the name will possibly be made public when some documents from a 2014 proceeding are unsealed for public consumption.
If it turns out to be Harper, I'm ready to pop the champagne and celebrate the Tories' inevitable failure at the polls. Surviving Ford is hard enough for them, but Harper is still the most prominent face of the CPC.
It's very much what it says on the tin: Jeffrey Epstein was indicted for sex trafficking, for specifically rounding up and paying underage girls for sex for himself and his associates.K, my chips would be on:
Canada - Harper
UK - Blair ( or that one that fucked the pig)
Aus- Abbott.
I'm so checked out in this scandal though, i don't know what the specifics are.
K, my chips would be on:
Canada - Harper
UK - Blair ( or that one that fucked the pig)
Aus- Abbott.
I'm so checked out in this scandal though, i don't know what the specifics are.
This was literally posted yesterday.
As with all polling there will be ebbs and flows. Plus Scheer takin on Health Canada and the food guide has been in the news lately. It's the summer. I wouldn't worry about these things right now.
One more thing, here's a Calgarian giving her best take. Totally forgetting that Ontario is more than just the toronto suburbs.
It wouldn't be the first questionable acquaintance involving Harper: Stephen Harper's former bandmate jailed over sex chargesI have very low regard for Stephen Harper, but I would be astonished if he was involved in anything like this. He comes across as somebody with very little interest in sex; but for the fact that he has two children, one might question whether he had had any at all.
That said I don't see much benefit in speculating about who this is.A former elementary school teacher who once played drums in Stephen Harper's occasional rock band has been sentenced to two years in jail on sexual exploitation charges.
Phillip Nolan pleaded guilty in October to two counts of sexual interference involving a 13-year-old girl.
Police said the incidents dated back to 1990 and 2000.
In February 2014, Nolan was charged with five counts each of sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation of a minor.
Nolan was a music teacher who taught Grade 7 and Grade 8 students.
But Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives told me it was impossible to drink liquids out of boxes?!? /s
There's a possibility that a former Commonwealth Prime Minister is entangled in the Epstein scandal and the name will possibly be made public when some documents from a 2014 proceeding are unsealed for public consumption.
If it turns out to be Harper, I'm ready to pop the champagne and celebrate the Tories' inevitable failure at the polls. Surviving Ford is hard enough for them, but Harper is still the most prominent face of the CPC.
I mean David Cameron has molested porcine in his university days, my money would be on him.He just lost Ontario with this anti-bag stunt.
If it has to be a Canadian PM, why not Paul Martin? (inb4 "well-known" jokes)
Poll finds voters in no mood for a majority federal government
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There are currently five answers that reach double digits when Canadians are asked what the most important issue facing Canada today is: the economy and jobs (19%), health care (also 19%), the environment (16%), housing, homelessness and poverty (13%) and immigration (11%).
Atlantic Canadians are more likely to point to health care as a concern (32%), Albertans to the economy (35%), Quebecers to the environment (23%) and British Columbians to housing, homelessness and poverty (24%). In Ontario, the race focuses on health care (24%) and the economy and jobs (20%).
When voters are asked to select what will define their vote in the federal election, a similar narrative emerges. One in four Canadians aged 55 and over (25%) and one-third of Atlantic Canadians (34%) say health care will be their main policy decider. Housing is the key platform plank for voters aged 18 to 34 (14%) and British Columbians (20%).
This state of affairs brings challenges for all participants. The approval rating for Justin Trudeau stands at 41% across Canada and tops that in two provinces that matter greatly: Quebec (48%) and British Columbia (43%).
The national approval rating is five points lower (36%) for Andrew Scheer. The Conservative leader does well in the Tory strongholds of Alberta (54%) and Saskatchewan and Manitoba (44%), but his numbers in the two most populous provinces are not fantastic right now: 34% in Ontario and 33% in Quebec.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh holds similar numbers to Scheer (35%) but remains a mystery for 23% of Canadians. Singh's complications are primarily generational. He goes from an approval high of 46% among Canadians aged 18 to 34 to 27% among those aged 55 and over. While 46% of millennials currently approve of Singh, only 17% of them are willing to give the NDP their vote right now.
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Well, Harper got his day in the sun being on Corner Gas. Seems about right.Watching Corner Gas animated because I'm secretly a 50 year old white man and saw this:
Harper:Well, Harper got his day in the sun being on Corner Gas. Seems about right.
I completely forgot this existed. What's your rating on it?Watching Corner Gas animated because I'm secretly a 50 year old white man and saw this:
It's less relatable and more absurdist than the original show was. YMMV based on what it is you liked about the original.
... sort of? When it's good, it's REALLY good. And when it's not, it's REALLY not. It's a very inconsistently funny show. I usually play it in the background and wait for an episode that hits the high notes to start paying attention and then drown out the rest. I'd say the hit-to-miss ratio plays in its favour though.
I kinda understand the intention of fixed election dates, but since this is a Harper government action, I am wary of the hidden narrative to all of it. I think that, even beyond the Jewish holiday incident, the date that was chosen is politically advantageous to them somehow. My guess would be cold weather suppressing progressive turnout and calling a summer election date to mitigate it would anger half the country on vacation?So the election date may be changed because it falls on a Jewish holiday
Way to go Harper :p
Yeah it's, well, more cartoonish. The overall tone is still there, but now that you mention it, I can see that connection to Letterkenny now. Letterkenny for dads I guess. lolIt's less relatable and more absurdist than the original show was. YMMV based on what it is you liked about the original.
It makes you rethink the original show, no question. I now retrospectively see the OG Corner Gas as a cutaway-rich PG precursor to Letterkenny.
I find it interesting as someone who thinks any place outside of Toronto is a foreign country. So I'm treating it like a British show.
I kinda understand the intention of fixed election dates, but since this is a Harper government action, I am wary of the hidden narrative to all of it. I think that, even beyond the Jewish holiday incident, the date that was chosen is politically advantageous to them somehow. My guess would be cold weather suppressing progressive turnout and calling a summer election date to mitigate it would anger half the country on vacation?
Because when you want to stand up for minority rights, you can't just center that around the ones with the greatest numbers.There are so very few Jews in Canada - in the whole world, actually.
Why the heck are they given so much consideration???
There's many times more people of Chinese descent in Canada, but I don't hear anyone saying anything about avoiding Chinese New Year...
There are so very few Jews in Canada - in the whole world, actually.
Why the heck are they given so much consideration???
There's many times more people of Chinese descent in Canada, but I don't hear anyone saying anything about avoiding Chinese New Year...
Because when you want to stand up for minority rights, you can't just center that around the ones with the greatest numbers.
Also, unless I'm wrong, observing Buddhists are permitted to engage in the act of voting during the Lunar New Year, so you've presented a false equivalence.
A lot of it comes from those from atheist, agnostic or non-practicing Christian households who don't seemingly understand that the reason Christian holidays are statutory is that you aren't meant to work on holy days in the Christian calendar and that has been baked into our prominently Christian culture. To them, it's just a day that you're meant to ideally (but not necessarily) spend with family, an explanation passed down from their parents, and that is why we get the day off.Yep. Many Jewish holidays do not permit them to work (or vote). Not a lot of people understand Jewish holidays at all.
For reference: https://www.chabad.org/holidays/default_cdo/jewish/holidays.htm
And yes, the majority (if not all) of Chinese/Asian holidays don't have that requirement -- including folk, Buddhist, etc.
A lot of it comes from those from atheist, agnostic or non-practicing Christian households who don't seemingly understand that the reason Christian holidays are statutory is that you aren't meant to work on holy days in the Christian calendar and that has been baked into our prominently Christian culture. To them, it's just a day that you're meant to ideally (but not necessarily) spend with family, an explanation passed down from their parents, and that is why we get the day off.
It's a great example of privilege from a non-racial, non-heteronormative and non-gender perspective: taking the Christian-centric framing of society so much for granted that having the same consideration for other religious backgrounds is seen as preferential treatment.