[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

"Poilievre said he prefers that I stay as Prime Minister." Imagine if Justin Trudeau says that line and then refers to the broadcast.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

I would smile if I heard Singh respond with your first sentence.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

"Everything we've done (bugger all) hasn't worked, so we'll allow these companies to merge and reduce competition further with 'enforceable' conditions attached that everyone recognizes won't do a thing." Have they thought of nationalization? Competition with a crown company? A giant surtax on their ludicrous profits? Heavy regulation? A license/board scheme where their plans and prices need approval before making offers?

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[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

As a former card-carrying Conservative, I'm already deciding to vote ABC.

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[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Anyone can get a lawyer to write a Cease and Desist for any reason the client pays for. The proof is if anything happens if Ford doesn't follow up with the demands.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

I mean... he was an 'Aladdin,' not a Sikh at the "Arabian Nights" themed event at Point Grey Academy.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

...and even if it were the USA government, they don't need to provide you with the PA for you to have your rights.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

You're not entirely wrong. They will fight for workers as long as they work for the companies run by their friends, like SNC Lavalin.

Don't forget NDP exists as an option.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Let's be clear here: PP is not a smart man.

Yes, he has a background of being adopted by an openly-gay man in a stable relationship with his partner, the both being public school teachers, and he married an immigrant, and he's a native French speaker from Saskatchewan. By all accounts, he would be an NDP darling. I don't know how he ended up in with the SOCONs that would vilify his parent's line of work and interfere with their collective bargaining rights, outlaw them getting married, outlaw them adopting the young PP in the first place, and restricting his wife from entering the country, on top of being 'French'... But now that he's with the SOCONs, he's picked up on the magical formula for success to winning the CPC leadership: campaign on the right - the far right - as right as you can go. Now he has the same problem O'Toole has: appear moderate enough to the electorate so people outside the CPC will vote for you. Problem is, the more on the right you are in the CPC, the less moderate you can appear in the General Election, and thus, perform worse. If you swing too far moderate though, you can lose your base support in the CPC... His image is so closely tied with the far, far right that he will crumble fast with his own people as he starts to stammer out any policy that isn't the most vile and deplorable garbage that the basement dwelling trolls demand, and the LPC will press him on the fact that he has no plan or any thoughts at all. Also, if he does try to communicate some of his terrible ideas, they can easily get shot through by the LPC and NDP - again, he's not a smart man and has made some very stupid statements that are easy shot apart by numbers and facts. His thoughts are designed to appeal to losers - people that are suckers for get-rich schemes and think some 'group' in Canada are the source of their woes; call them immigrants, or gays, those on pogey, or unwed mothers... or even "them-there so-called 'experts' that are telling us vaccines work."

That being said, he's going to get a boost in two areas: the continued crumbling of the PPC, and growing disdain with the LPC. This is probably already reflected in the poll numbers. It's really the LPC's election to lose, and as long as he's passing enough scraps to the NDP to stay in power and fight another day at improving image, the LPC can turn around the Trudeau image: he's working hard for the country - it affected his marriage, or at the very least: look ladies, he's single! There's no way that they can save PP's image. Milhouse with the glasses, Squinty without the glasses, are cute names but the Proud Boy love for him for all his dog-whistling, and open association and appreciation with the truckers are the giant anchor around his neck and the others get to punish him for that if he tries to avoid communicating his stupid ideas.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Literally stood at the side of the road and got his picture taken handing them Tim Hortons and thanking them for coming.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

If removing gas tax is any indication in Ontario, and gas prices stayed the same because the price was still what the market could bear, cutting taxes on grocery stores just means that the stores make more profit. The NDP idea of taxing profit "seems" more effective, but if anyone familiar with Hollywood accounting will say that profits will disappear before taxes are properly paid. They need to tax income.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Well, not really. There had been talk of her spending a lot of time at Harrington Lake when the PM was not there. I suspect they were semi-separated before this announcement.

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