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We have yet another example of the conservatives having only short term gain and quick profits on their mind. Turner and the liberals were right when they said that we have been building this country east to west for a century plus, and that we should have continued doing so. And now we are seeing Turner's predictions coming true, and a conservative sold us the fuck out and took the easy way Instead of nation building.

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[–] AlienContact2049@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Read Sale of a Country by Shelley Ann Clarke

[–] Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 22 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

If you’re voting strategically ABC, make sure that the Liberals actually have the strongest contender in your riding based on the polls.

There are a lot of NDP / Conservative battleground ridings that the Liberals will never pick up.

[–] DarkWinterNights@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

https://smartvoting.ca/

Just gonna drop this here

[–] Thepotholeman@lemmy.ca 7 points 14 hours ago

This right here

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] iamunfuckwitable@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Honestly, living in Germany now, allowing private care to harvest market forces is not too bad of an idea and might be more effective at keeping the doctors in Canada.

You can enrol in private care once your income exceeds a certain threshold (but you still pay a certain amount for the public care). You can opt for, for example, a more premium tooth filling if you wish (And yes, dental care is included in Germany’s healthcare). This allows the doctors to charge more from the rich.

[–] Thepotholeman@lemmy.ca 13 points 15 hours ago

I'm sorry but the liberals are pretty clear that healthcare should be public....and free at use.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I’m feeling conflicted this year. I’ve been an NDP voter since as long as I was old enough to vote. This year I’m leaning Liberal.

My riding is polling strong red so while it doesn’t make a statistical difference I want to show the NDP that I’m not confident in their leadership or partisanship. I love their policies but it’s time for Jagmeet and similar ineffective MPs to make way for stronger leaders.

[–] Warehouse@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

There might be a ghost of a chance that the Liberals win in my riding so I'm going to go for them.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago

I voted for NDP. My province voted for Conservative, so we are getting Dougie Ford in ON, again. :/

https://www.cp24.com/ontario-election-2025/

[–] ratofkryll@sh.itjust.works 6 points 21 hours ago

That's pretty much where I'm at as well. My riding is currently blue, and every piece of mass-mail propaganda I've gotten from the current MP has used a lot of words to say an awful lot of nothing.

I've generally voted NDP, but they need to make some leadership changes. I don't believe that the current NDP leadership would be effective in handling the overgrown toddler running the show in the US, and PP would hand us to him on a silver platter. I don't actively dislike Carney so far, so at least that's something.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, the NDP kind of need to get crushed in this election so we can clear out the dead wood. We need a reborn and revitalized NDP to meet the current moment.

[–] HonoredMule@lemmy.ca 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I kind of agree, but there's a substantial chance the NDP will insist on misinterpreting the results as meaning they should pull even farther to the relative center, even though it's their base they are losing.

On the other hand, the NDP implosion in NB opened the window for a stronger Green party with no more splitting of left-leaning votes. That party now more effectively represents both environmental concerns and labor. So far, that's seeming like a pretty harmonious pairing of interests, with a largely shared base.

I'm good with the NDP either shaping up or getting out of the way.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Look, I wish I could give you an ironclad guarantee of how things will shake out, but that ain't how this shit works.

The NDP as they are now are incapable of rising to this moment. They need to be replaced by something that is. Maybe that works out, maybe it doesn't. Playing it safe has gotten us fucking nowhere. I'd rather take the swing.

[–] HonoredMule@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, I think I've already talked myself out of worrying where the NDP goes next anyway. I hate how things went with the federal Greens but at this point they've still got as much shot at representing the left as the NDP.

I'm smelling a theme in leftist parties, where good leaders seem disproportionately difficult to replace.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 9 points 22 hours ago (9 children)

I absolutely disagree with that statement.

The Liberals are going to bring more of the same. What we need is a strong coalition with both the Liberals and NDP to push the Liberals to work for the little guy for once.

I'm tired of having a party that does nothing but work for corporations, who can't think outside the box and do nothing for the working class.

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[–] phx@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago

Yeah same boat here.

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