It’s striking that everyone assumes PP has some daring reform agenda, but it really amounts to very little. I was waiting and hoping that they would come out with some interesting and bold ideas for the election, but nothing.
Every election at this point the CPC comes out with these micro policies that would mean very little to me. The NDP and Liberals shriek as if they intend to cut off the gravy train, but pretty clearly they don’t intend to do much.
I’ll still vote for the CPC this time because Carney is clearly a psychopath, but it’s hard to make the case that we can expect much change for the better under any scenario.
Definitely. Canada is at a moment where it desperately needs a government with a bold and transformational agenda that can put us on a new trajectory. Unfortunately, the CPC has, yet again, failed to meet the moment.
I think that part of the reason for this is that Pierre was a minister in Harper's government, and he internalized Harper's incrementalist mentality to a certain degree. That mentality seemed perfectly fine during the 2006-2015 period, since Canada was still a stable, prosperous, and competently run country. However, incrementalism is wildly insufficient now, considering our current predicament.
The entire CPC is like that. It just reeks of nervousness and fear. At least the Liberals act like they have a right to make decisions.
PP is kind of an odd duck, dropped out of U of Alberta to do politics and later scraped a correspondence degree from Athabasca University. Doesn’t even have a law degree to fall back on. He seems sharp in a tactical way but not a deep thinker or a strategist. Seems like his grasping wife has ahold of him.
All of the recent CPC leaders are kind of like that. Middle aged and desperately inoffensive. The party rejected Bernier and chose Scheer.
Although Scheer almost won. Worth remembering he got stabbed in the back after the election by the eunuch courtiers because he was a privately devout Catholic not entirely on board with the socially liberal agenda. Any worthy leader would clear out these loathsome little worms (who would of course immediately get CBC and Globe and Mail gigs).
I think you are making misleading comparisons. A large part of Canada’s debt was rung up during the years of Harper’s gov, which the Libs inherited. Some of his deficit was spent on ill advised boutique tax credits (hockey equipment deductions) and a widely reviled GST cut which largely benefited middle and upper income households with no long term benefit.
Libs spent money on reducing child poverty, on long neglected infrastructure and mitigating the black swan event of Covid. Oh, and they also bought a pipeline. These ate investments, not payoffs for votes.
Try comparing our debt and post covid recovery to other G20 nations. In spite of introducing social programs like daycare and pharmacare, our debt to gdp ratio is still vastly better than the us.
And frankly, if our stalled economy is truly your issue, opting for a career opposition leader with no business or economic experience over an internationally acclaimed economist and former bank governor is, well… ludicrous.
Half of Canada's debt ($616 billion) was created by this government, which makes it strange and desperate to blame Harper for our current debt situation. Yes, Harper did add to the national debt, but this was in large part due to the 2008 recession. He also managed to end his time in office with a balanced budget, which stands in stark contrast to Carney's promise of $130 billion in deficit spending over the next four years.
At this point, the only people who think Canada isn't broken are people who are insulated from the effects of Liberal policies. I can only assume you are one of those people.
I did not entirely blame Harper, as you suggest. I tried to point out that your argument about the debt lacks depth. BTW Harper’s debt was not only due to the crisis of 2008.
Is Canada broken? Do we have insurrectionists overturning elections? Do we disregard or overturn the charter of rights? Are innocent people being snatched off the street and sent to prison? Are people being wrongly told their streets aren’t safe? Well, yes, some of those things are happening: but by the party you support.
Will 15 years of Liberal Party rule give rise to a Canadian Trump? The regime of internet censorship, and repression that the Laurentians and their party will build over the next few years will be designed expressly to prevent that from happening. Will Canadians even be able to access platforms like Substack or X in 2030? It's far from certain.
It’s striking that everyone assumes PP has some daring reform agenda, but it really amounts to very little. I was waiting and hoping that they would come out with some interesting and bold ideas for the election, but nothing.
Every election at this point the CPC comes out with these micro policies that would mean very little to me. The NDP and Liberals shriek as if they intend to cut off the gravy train, but pretty clearly they don’t intend to do much.
I’ll still vote for the CPC this time because Carney is clearly a psychopath, but it’s hard to make the case that we can expect much change for the better under any scenario.
Definitely. Canada is at a moment where it desperately needs a government with a bold and transformational agenda that can put us on a new trajectory. Unfortunately, the CPC has, yet again, failed to meet the moment.
I think that part of the reason for this is that Pierre was a minister in Harper's government, and he internalized Harper's incrementalist mentality to a certain degree. That mentality seemed perfectly fine during the 2006-2015 period, since Canada was still a stable, prosperous, and competently run country. However, incrementalism is wildly insufficient now, considering our current predicament.
The entire CPC is like that. It just reeks of nervousness and fear. At least the Liberals act like they have a right to make decisions.
PP is kind of an odd duck, dropped out of U of Alberta to do politics and later scraped a correspondence degree from Athabasca University. Doesn’t even have a law degree to fall back on. He seems sharp in a tactical way but not a deep thinker or a strategist. Seems like his grasping wife has ahold of him.
All of the recent CPC leaders are kind of like that. Middle aged and desperately inoffensive. The party rejected Bernier and chose Scheer.
Although Scheer almost won. Worth remembering he got stabbed in the back after the election by the eunuch courtiers because he was a privately devout Catholic not entirely on board with the socially liberal agenda. Any worthy leader would clear out these loathsome little worms (who would of course immediately get CBC and Globe and Mail gigs).
Should Komrade Marx Karney win, there won't be another election. Not in Canada as we know it anyway.
I think you are making misleading comparisons. A large part of Canada’s debt was rung up during the years of Harper’s gov, which the Libs inherited. Some of his deficit was spent on ill advised boutique tax credits (hockey equipment deductions) and a widely reviled GST cut which largely benefited middle and upper income households with no long term benefit.
Libs spent money on reducing child poverty, on long neglected infrastructure and mitigating the black swan event of Covid. Oh, and they also bought a pipeline. These ate investments, not payoffs for votes.
Try comparing our debt and post covid recovery to other G20 nations. In spite of introducing social programs like daycare and pharmacare, our debt to gdp ratio is still vastly better than the us.
And frankly, if our stalled economy is truly your issue, opting for a career opposition leader with no business or economic experience over an internationally acclaimed economist and former bank governor is, well… ludicrous.
Finally… our country is NOT broken.
Half of Canada's debt ($616 billion) was created by this government, which makes it strange and desperate to blame Harper for our current debt situation. Yes, Harper did add to the national debt, but this was in large part due to the 2008 recession. He also managed to end his time in office with a balanced budget, which stands in stark contrast to Carney's promise of $130 billion in deficit spending over the next four years.
At this point, the only people who think Canada isn't broken are people who are insulated from the effects of Liberal policies. I can only assume you are one of those people.
And of course the debt created during the Harper years is carried forward and becomes an additional cost born by the next gov.
I did not entirely blame Harper, as you suggest. I tried to point out that your argument about the debt lacks depth. BTW Harper’s debt was not only due to the crisis of 2008.
Is Canada broken? Do we have insurrectionists overturning elections? Do we disregard or overturn the charter of rights? Are innocent people being snatched off the street and sent to prison? Are people being wrongly told their streets aren’t safe? Well, yes, some of those things are happening: but by the party you support.
Bull roar. Take the blinders off or admit you are just a shill for the liberals. Whose paying you.
Happy Easter.
Will 15 years of Liberal Party rule give rise to a Canadian Trump? The regime of internet censorship, and repression that the Laurentians and their party will build over the next few years will be designed expressly to prevent that from happening. Will Canadians even be able to access platforms like Substack or X in 2030? It's far from certain.