Liberal Minority Government 2021 - ????

[Halifax Tar]

It's almost like a drama teacher more at home in the NDP got replaced with an economist some (would*) have described as so blue of grit as to be purple.

*admittedly, prior to his climate evangelism

That's definitely one way someone could describe the situation.

 

[Furniture]

Guffaw...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1901771521598656844

I wonder if it was an intentional play to seem like PP, by pushing back against a CBC reporter.

The LPC have stolen every other popular idea the CPC had, maybe they are stealing this one too...

 

[IKnowNothing]

Carney shoulda learned a lesson from Paul Martin, who put stuff into a blind trust, but publicly declared his holdings.

As some commentators have said, either someone didn't have the tough talk with Carney about how this looks (or did and he didn't listen), or someone did the calculus and the net heat of keeping the holdings secret might be less than the overall heat of showing the holdings to the world right now.

It's definitely a weird move- especially considering how tame and useless the actual public side of the disclosures are
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Maybe the actually filing is in the works and he's getting pissy about being seemingly being pressured to release more detail, and out of official channel?

 

[Remius]

As for Carney he was my last choice when I voted. But he's the PM now, and possibly for the next while. Not much more to say about that.

you went from supporting Ruby Dhalla to Karina Gould.

I question what exactly you were looking for in an LPC leader.

 

[RangerRay]

you went from supporting Ruby Dhalla to Karina Gould.

I question what exactly you were looking for in an LPC leader.

I think he was looking for someone to sink the LPC…

 

[Remius]

I think he was looking for someone to sink the LPC…

Which puts his statement on Carney and the LPC pivot into perspective.

 

[Halifax Tar]

I wonder if it was an intentional play to seem like PP, by pushing back against a CBC reporter.

The LPC have stolen every other popular idea the CPC had, maybe they are stealing this one too...

Maybe they are finally learning the media isn't their friend ?

 

[RangerRay]

All signs point to the LPC making a meaningful directional shift- one that you personally advocated for, and explicitly said could win you back.


I understand being hesitant to buy in completely, needing to see more to be convinced. But hoping it doesn't happen and trying to discredit the preliminary steps? Unserious.

If it weren’t for his chumminess with United Front actors and advocacy of dodgy green economics, I’d be giving him a closer look.

But the more I see the CPC unable/unwilling to read the room and adapt to events, the more I think I may spoil my ballot.

 

[Jarnhamar]

It's the speed on the changes, it's a hard 180 that's bewildering and leaves me scratching my head.

They want to win that's all.

The humor is watching their base giving themselves herniated discs from nodding so vigorously at abandoning the hills they were ready to die on last month for the last 10 years.

The current flavor is asking why should a self-admitted European with 3 citizenships have to disclose his assets as Canadian prime minister? That's just crazy.

 

[Halifax Tar]

you went from supporting Ruby Dhalla to Karina Gould.

I question what exactly you were looking for in an LPC leader.

You forgot Arya.

I wanted something different. Gould ended up being my number 2 after Freeland.

 

[Halifax Tar]

If it weren’t for his chumminess with United Front actors and advocacy of dodgy green economics, I’d be giving him a closer look.

But the more I see the CPC unable/unwilling to read the room and adapt to events, the more I think I may spoil my ballot.

I am just as astonished at the CPCs inability to navigate this.

Floundering, they name is Conservative Party of Canada.

 

[Remius]

Maybe they are finally learning the media isn't their friend ?

Strange because from some here the media is their friend and enabler. Funny that…

 

[Brad Sallows]

Trump just showed us that the US is a single point of failure.

We should never be in that position again.

Our governments are part of that point of failure. At how many junctures did they intervene or refuse to support things that would have mitigated the "single point" of access?

The point is that the fix is here, not there. Was it really necessary for things to get as bad as these people allege it is, before they could be motivated to even begin making noises about solutions?

 

[Jarnhamar]

Guffaw...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1901771521598656844

I wonder why it's so difficult for him to explain what assets he has since he will "have to" disclose them 120 days later.

Clearly he's concerned his assets won't bode well for his election campaign.

"What possible conflict would you have" - that's a pretty stupid question. China, India, Russia, the US, where to start.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Strange because from some here the media is their friend and enabler. Funny that…

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[Remius]

Our governments are part of that point of failure. At how many junctures did they intervene or refuse to support things that would have mitigated the "single point" of access?

The point is that the fix is here, not there. Was it really necessary for things to get as bad as these people allege it is, before they could be motivated to even begin making noises about solutions?

Sure. Again, let’s never be in that position. The future is clearly less reliance on the US.

Those days are over.

 

[IKnowNothing]

That's definitely one way someone could describe the situation.

You admit that there seems to be a directional change happening that's so hard and fast of 180 as to be bewildering.
It's only bewildering if you're stuck trying to reconcile PP's spin of "he's a continuation of JT" with said hard and fast 180.

 

[RangerRay]

I am just as astonished at the CPCs inability to navigate this.

Floundering, they name is Conservative Party of Canada.

They either have a hard time reading the room, or when things are going well, misinterpreting the reasons why things are going well and getting ahead of their skis.

Mind you, all parties have a bad habit of misinterpreting their victories for a sweeping mandate do whatever they want. The Tories seem especially “good” at it.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Sure. Again, let’s never be in that position. The future is clearly less reliance on the US.

Those days are over.

Easy to say. An underlying assumption is that tariffs last. If they don't last, the US is still a relatively (to us) massive market easily accessed by land.

The point of trade is to acquire things more cheaply from others than you can from yourself. Never lose sight of that; don't let it be occluded by emotion and political partisans manoeuvring for political advantage. A lot of people have, and are suggesting long-term changes based on what is highly likely to be a short-term aberration once their self-imposed tax pushes cost-of-living up.

 

[Maxman1]

Strange because from some here the media is their friend and enabler. Funny that…

Rosemary Barton is definitely a friend of theirs. She was part of the frivolous lawsuit against the Conservatives a few years ago.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbc-conservative-party-lawsuit-dismissed-1.6025022

Initially, the CBC's legal documents listed CBC's Rosemary Barton — then co-host of The National — and parliamentary bureau reporter John Paul Tasker as applicants in the filing, along with the CBC.