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Bloc (Foreign) Pipelines!
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Canadian Election 2019 |OT| This Election News Is Making Me Green With Scheer DisgustCanadian Election 2019 |OT| Greens May Abort or Seperate While Conservatively Lowering Emissions
Bloc (Foreign) Pipelines!
Canadian Election 2019 |OT| This Election News Is Making Me Green With Scheer Disgust
Bloc (Foreign) Pipelines!
"It's not the Bloc that's going to replace Justin Trudeau, that's clear. It's not the Bloc that will give you more money in your pocket. Quebecers can only count on us," he said.
"It doesn't matter who the leader is. The Bloc will always be powerless spectators."
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While the election has not been called yet, early pre-campaigning indicates the party is looking to attract sovereigntist voters who might otherwise vote Bloc.
Environmental concerns too often take a back seat to the ideological. It might be part of the problem.
Maybe it isn't only the Cons that are keeping environmental policies from gaining prominence.
For some it appears there can only be enviromentalism if it fits their ideology.
Lol. I do hope the pbo release makes it into the debate Thursday.But remember. We can never afford any new programs. Taxing the 1% never works and even if it did, Canadians are taxed to the brim and the 1% are already shouldering the entierty of the burden. The money always has to come from somewhere, stop lying to Canadians and tell us how much are you going to raise Middle Class Taxes in order to afford your socialist programs.
Hey. Stop looking over there. Look over here.
Liberals should copy that line since he toots his horn so much.
Already beaten to it but they should have just used Cuts Like a Knife.
The Rhinoceros Party.Hahahahaha
I can't fucking stop laughing
Damn. Just 1% tax on it can generate this much revenue for the government. It's too bad it won't happen.Canadian tax policy experts say they're pleasantly "surprised" by a new estimate from the Parliamentary Budget Officer estimating a 1% tax on the super wealthy could generate nearly $70 billion dollars in new revenue.
The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer released a new cost estimate of an NDP campaign proposal to create a new 1% tax on Canada's wealthiest individuals, applying only to people whose net wealth is $20 million or more.
According to the PBO estimate, a 1% wealth tax would generate $68.6 billion in new revenue over ten years, rising from $5.6 billion in 2021 to $9.5 billion in 2029.
Sanger and Macdonald both agreed the $6-9 billion per year in new revenue would be "substantial."
Sanger estimates that sum of money would be enough to eliminate tuition fees for every post-secondary student in Canada or cover a good chunk of a national pharmacare plan, while Macdonald suggested the new revenue would be enough to cover a "major push on affordable housing" or "affordable childcare."
Damn. Just 1% tax on it can generate this much revenue for the government. It's too bad it won't happen.
Not all of them were in all the way though. My point was more that it was one of their few prestige candidate they are running there because they have a chance to win hence why many of them are running that kind of candidate.What a surprise that the Bloc are running a sovereignist.
Also: The Green's stating they won't whip an MP who's in favor of it is the point of contention most people in this thread have with the above news. While the LPC (or any of the major federal parties) should not be running any candidates who were PQ/CAQ/Bloc/literally any party advocating for any province to be sovereign, there is no chance that the LPC is going to allow an MP to publicly support Quebec sovereignty/another referendum while remaining an LPC MP, assuming they win that riding.
This will be the only time I use a South Park clip.
Bryan Adams has always been scummy so this isn't surprising.
Well that's far less interesting.The wording in the tweet is a bit confusing, it's actually Jim Valance(who co-wrote some of Bryan Adams' songs) who's writing these songs for the Cons, Bryan Adams has nothing to do with this.
9/11
Such a eerie day to announce an election. It's been awhile.
Maybe the Libs are trying to de-stigmatize the day. The attempts to de-stigmatize Fri. 13th have been so successful.
Thought they'd launch the Saturday or Sunday to allow people to really generate some fanfare without feeling a little awkward over doing it on Wednesday over the memorial next door and for the people in Canada that lost people in the event.
I didn't even remember that was today until this post mentioned it.9/11
Such a eerie day to announce an election. It's been awhile.
Maybe the Libs are trying to de-stigmatize the day. The attempts to de-stigmatize Fri. 13th have been so successful.
of course there is that minimum, but they had a few more days to call the election. I wasn't saying it was only about 9/11.It has nothing to do with 9/11 and everything to do with having the legally-mandated minimum campaign length.
There will be people voting in this election that weren't even born when 9/11 happened. If you want to maintain the significance you should pick up the fight to have it declared a national holiday or accept that in the grand scheme of things it's not actually important enough to Canada to avoid scheduling conflicts with the date eternally.of course there is that minimum, but they had a few more days to call the election. I wasn't saying it was only about 9/11.
The date falling on 9/11 had to have been discussed.
Obviously, they felt it wasn't important enough to wait until the weekend to avoid the day.
I'm not for making Fri 13th a national holiday either. What I'm saying is it wasn't a great choice and that it dampens the announcement a bit for those who still memorialize and know people that died or suffered from the event.There will be people voting in this election that weren't even born when 9/11 happened. If you want to maintain the significance you should pick up the fight to have it declared a national holiday or accept that in the grand scheme of things it's not actually important enough to Canada to avoid scheduling conflicts with the date eternally.
The big green tent slogan getting the nod.The poll also asked respondents to choose the best campaign slogan.
The Greens' "Not left. Not right. Forward Together" was preferred by 22 per cent, followed by 19 per cent for the People's Party's "Strong and Free," 16 per cent for the Conservatives' "It's Time for You to Get Ahead," 13 per cent for the Liberals' "Choose Forward" and six per cent for the NDP's "In it for you."
The big green tent slogan getting the nod.
I hope it might indicate a growing desire for voters to get past left/right tribalism, too.
I too desire Both Sides: The Party
The big green tent slogan getting the nod.
I hope it might indicate a growing desire for voters to get past left/right tribalism, too.
Among Green supporters, 31 per cent picked the NDP as their second choice, 22 per cent the Liberals and just five per cent the Conservatives. Among New Democrat supporters, 33 per cent picked the Greens as their second choice, the same percentage as picked the Liberals, with just 14 per cent choosing the Conservatives.
Everything is the same and nothing matters. All ideas are equally valid!
It seems that candidates having the right to speak out makes things more transparent and easier to discuss as subjects are less taboo. Vetting and selection gives the general direction of the party.
Not sure if it's true but I read this is a bit more free and like how many European parties run things. It's Canadians that are uncomfortable with politicians having the ability to speak out.
This was an interesting bit from that article
Not all topics fall to one side or the other.
14% of NDP would go Conservative. 3 times as many as the greens. Who's making the wrong choice?
The tribal way to interpret it.
It's about you you you you you.
The NDP/Con slogan
Abortion, separatism AND racism lol.I mean, maybe you'd have a point if the examples that came up this week weren't abortion and separatism.
I wonder how the Cons would be doing if they elected someone like Michael Chong. Dude seems infinitely better than Scheer
Liberals should copy that line since he toots his horn so much.
Already beaten to it but they should have just used Cuts Like a Knife.
Again, bullshit. If they are going to allow their members to bring up anything they want and not follow a defined party policy, you can't go and claim that "aren't going to give into" important social issues.We can't live in denial of the reality of the Canadian political landscape either.
There's the fight to change minds and the fight to work with what's there, who voters are, to make thing better.
Greens aren't going to give into abortion debate, they aren't going to separate Canada or allow racism or sexism.
They'll just work on environment policy with those that have these positions as long as they don't interfere with saving the environment. That's my read.
It's come to that point where environmental people will work with whoever to get things done since Canada's not meeting targets with any other party.
Again, bullshit. If they are going to allow their members to bring up anything they want and not follow a defined party policy, you can't go and claim that "aren't going to give into" important social issues.