Federal Budget 2024 megathread

[Furniture]

I used to believe that Trudeau would stick around for one more go, but since it came out that his best bud, Dominic LeBlanc, was organizing to run for the leadership, and did not deny it when asked, tells me that LeBlanc has Trudeau’s blessing. Therefore it seems that Trudeau may not stick around much longer. The Tories will have to find something else to campaign on other than Trudeau Bad.

They have 9 years of LPC government to use, they are not short of material.

If you have a tool that works, you use it, when it no longer works you use something else.

 

[ModlrMike]

And young people don't vote....

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Why are fewer young people voting?​

Because the rise and fall is directly related to the legalization of cannabis. The government has not offered them anything nearly as attractive in subsequent outings. Young voters are going to be interested in housing. Short of confiscation, there's nothing any future government can do on that front in the immediate to short term. That being said, I am reminded that we do not have constitutionally protected property rights. Watch and shoot I suppose.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Because the rise and fall is directly related to the legalization of cannabis. The government has not offered them anything nearly as attractive in subsequent outings. Young voters are going to be interested in housing. Short of confiscation, there's nothing any future government can do on that front in the immediate to short term. That being said, I am reminded that we do not have constitutionally protected property rights. Watch and shoot I suppose.

It's an interesting exercise in market research.

'Young' refers to mid-20s to mid-40s... mostly tending towards a nihilist view on life. This article does a good job explaining it, and the edge of panic that comes through in the Liberal Party rhetoric IMHO:

Why Millennial and Gen Z votes are so crucial for the Liberals in the next federal election​

While younger voters have historically tended to skew left, public-opinion research suggests the trend may be shifting. Polls over the past year have shown Millennials and Gen Zs moving toward Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.

It’s an open question how many of those responding to online polls will show up to cast a ballot in a general elections. Elections Canada says the turnout among younger voters fell in the 2019 and 2021 elections faster than other demographics.

Why Millennial and Gen Z votes are so crucial for the Liberals in the next federal election

The government’s federal budget made 21 references to Millennials or Gen Zs and offered measures to help renters and first-time home buyers.

halifax.citynews.ca

 

[Good2Golf]

Looks like the Liberals may have done the inside math on efforts to gaslight doctors as the only (greedy) people impacted by the increase in capital gains tax, and have given themselves a somewhat less than elegant out…simply don’t include the capital gains tax increase in the draft budgetary bill…

Freeland previews omnibus budget bill, proposed capital gains tax change left out

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will be tabling yet another omnibus bill to pass a sweeping range of measures promised in her April 16 federal budget, though left out of the legislation will be the government's proposed capital gains tax change.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Kirkhill]

Apparently, the news of his demise was wrong. Perhaps Schwab and Soros can knock off together now.

After Klaus Schwab, will the WEF move to the Right?

Klaus Schwab’s departure from the helm of the World Economic Forum has been met with excitement by sections of the Right. As the figurehead for globalism and the elite adoption of a laundry list of progressive causes, the German became something of a bogeyman for conservatives around the world...

unherd.com

Klaus Schwab’s departure from the helm of the World Economic Forum has been met with excitement by sections of the Right. As the figurehead for globalism and the elite adoption of a laundry list of progressive causes, the German became something of a bogeyman for conservatives around the world.

But the WEF’s reputation as a progressive champion — which it owes to highly publicised interventions such as the promotion of eating insects and the promise that future generations will “own nothing and be happy” — misses the bigger picture.

The executive board, led by WEF President and Norwegian conservative Børge Brende, has taken “full executive responsibility” over the past year, according to Schwab. And Schwab himself, a millionaire with strong ties to the world’s financial elites, is more conservative than his reputation might suggest, particularly on economic issues.

“Klaus has always been close to the Christian Democrats in Germany. So, politically, that’s where it has always been: centre-right. The President [Brende] is a conservative Norwegian politician, most definitely not a socialist,” a Davos insider told UnHerd.

Goodman added: “I think this forum will become less and less relevant. It’s been clear for years that there’s a huge gap between this very idealistic rhetoric that comes out of the forum, and the reality that it’s an institution that is engineered to maintain the status quo.”

Despite — or perhaps because of — its reputation as a liberal behemoth, the WEF has publicly taken a Rightward shift in the past few years, with insiders attempting to build bridges with Republicans in the US and pressing Schwab to move to the centre. The conference dropped the use of “ESG” and reduced its use of the word “diversity” in its programmes in 2024, according to Semafor. The WEF’s oil industry partners have also pushed the forum to ease its focus on climate.

The 2024 WEF meeting in Davos included a panel featuring Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based conservative think tank. He defended Donald Trump and criticised what he characterised as elite talking points — arguments that downplay the costs of immigration, climate policy and crime for the average person — and told attendees that they were “part of the problem”.

IMO -

The two highlighted statements state everything that it is needed to be known.

The Christian Democrats represent the pre-WW2 power structure. There is not a hairsbreadth of difference between them and the Social Democrats in European politics.

The rhetoric, the words, the causes, the policies, the catechism ..... whatever is necessary to maintain the structure. They will call themselves anything, including Liberals.