I thought I saw something about Singh's leadership also coming up for review?Potential problems with the LPC-NDP alliance.
The NDP are frustrated with their low polling numbers in comparison to the CPC.
The current NDP leader is not resonating with Canadian votes. IMO, Mr. Singh is not relatable to common Canadians with his expensive suits, Rolex watch which is perceived as in congruent with a socialist belief - perhaps I'm dating myself here and I'm wrong.
New Democrats split on their deal with Liberals, seek harder line from Singh
New Democrats attending the party's policy convention are split over the deal their party has struck with the Liberals, as senior leadership focuses on pitching the NDP as the change voters are looking for in the next federal election.www.ctvnews.ca
The NDP has spent nearly 17 months helping keep the minority Liberal government in power under a confidence-and-supply agreement.
Some NDP want a harder line in dealing with the LPC as they (NDP) were not given credit for the dental-care benefits for children in low-income households, one-time rental supplements for low-income tenants and a temporary doubling of the GST rebate, which were NDP priorities.
An emergency resolution that's been given top priority on Saturday calls for the party to pull out of the confidence-and-supply deal unless the Liberals commit to a universal and entirely public pharmacare program.
The next few months will be interesting given the following:
International
a. UKRAINE - RUSSIA war.
b. ISRAEL- HAMAS (PALESTINE) war.
c. CHINA - TAIWAN dispute
d. on-going global humanitarian crisis
Domestic
- cost of living crisis, affordable housing
- carbon tax / climate change policies
- immigration
- threat of economic recession (due to world instability)
- growing internal domestic terrorism (threats against Jews, threats against Muslims, right wing groups, wokeism)
Can the NDP be an effective and cre3dible leader in Canada and the world stage?
If the NDP pulls the rug from the LPC:
- can the CPC form a gov't?
- can the NDP form a gov't?
If a federal election is called:
- can the CPC / LPC / NPC win a majority gov't?
- if the CPC / LPC / NDP wins a minority gov't how long can it last?
- will CANADA see a repeat of successive minority gov'ts, 2004 2011 in the next decade or so?
I cannot see the NDP winning enough seats to form either a majority or minority gov't in the foreseeable future unless something dramatic happens in which we see a political transformation in either the Canadian public or the NDP itself.
They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.NDP delegates unanimously support pharmacare redline in their deal with Liberals
Delegates at the New Democratic convention have made pharmacare the redline in their deal with the Liberals, saying they will withdraw their support if the minority government doesn't adhere to their demands.
Layton knew what he was doing. Had he lived a bit longer, he might have succeeded in further squeezing the Liberals. Mulcair was the one that threw it away, the instant he started making statements supporting "ABC" voting. "ABC" in most cases meant a vote for LPC, not NDP. "Job One" for the NDP at that critical point in time was keeping pressure on the Liberals, not worrying about another CPC term in parliament.
Trudeau just kicked his $5B albatross of an "assault style firearms" Compensated Confiscation (TM) scheme out past the next election date by extending the amnesty to October 30, 2025.
Arguing against a right to self-defence may be problematic these days.
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Gap widens significantly on projected seats. I’m pretty sure this is the widest it has ever been.
Why do you think the NDP are being vocal about insisting on a universal public pharmacare plan right at this moment? They know they have the LPC between a rock and- well, an election. One where they’re likely to get trounced.
The NDP had better start returning all their empties and rolling their quarters if they plan to force an election.
The right to self defence exists in Canadian law (CCC s 34).The force used for defence must be "reasonable".
The occasional US lumber tariffs will also kick the hell out of mills, a few of the bigger ones consolidated or shut down the last round, and that also trickled down through the distribution of it, with a lot of temporary layoffs. The same thing happened around 2000 (I go laid off at the time a day after they came into effect).Here's one take that I tend to generally agree with.
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Most of us remember seeing barren lumber yards at the height of Covid. Prices have indeed come down but I doubt we will see a return to pre-Covid prices, nor should we probably expect to. Existing mills still have elevated input costs such as fuel and financing. The mills that idled can come back; the mills that closed and were torn down are harder to replicate. I don't know if they face labour shortages like other industries; mills tend to be in one-industry or at least primary industry towns.
It isn’t a coincidence that the LPC gvt is looking to claw back and find 15 Billion from from the federal coffers across the board. Pretty much the cost of getting Pharmacare off the ground and running. They already found 1 Billion at DND so far.
