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Spectacle gets people's attention. Sad but true. And if this is what it takes for people to pay more attention, that seems like a good idea, even if we might find it tasteless.
That's what I said, NDP never wants to call in Jack Bauer to save them.
Lots of interesting stuff in there!
Look at the results for "Climate change will harm you personally":
The Cons are just going for suicide terms. Ford isn't even trying to be re-elected.
It's a lot easier and cheaper to destroy than to create.
Shame we can't Bob Rae these fuckers so they can never get elected again.
But sadly that only ever gets done for the NDP. We're supposed to have selective memory when it comes to the Conservatives.
And we prop up those who prop up that system and have done so multiple times throughout history. The Dems haven't completed their move to the left yet, and it's not like history isn't littered with instances of quashing moves to the left to keep the world in the centre. Remember that there was a time when socialism was preferred by the majority of North America. It was the 1920s, and the history of what happened is pretty clear. Nothing has shown me that this time is going to see a different outcome unless we stop caving to the centrism that continuously fails us and stand our ground. And that remains to be seen.
Educational system in Quebec must be better than most of Canada.Lots of interesting stuff in there!
Look at the results for "Climate change will harm you personally":
Too many poorly educated Albertans/Saskatchewans move to BC bringing their standards, standards which apparently has made their provinces too shitty to stay in, and drag BC backwards regarding climate.
He came back today to talk about how Trudeau must be in love with him because he keeps saying his name. lol
If the goal is to keep the Cons out of power, then sure it's not bad. But I don't see how anyone but the Liberals (amongst the non Con parties) benefit from a ranked ballot system.
Thank you.
It was corporate propaganda that did that. Technically people could bury the Cons in Ontario for a long time. It's up to the younger generation that's had their education screwed over.
I don't expect a permanent move toward socialism but a lot of FDRs policies from that time persist today. We still have our Medicare although the Cons are slowly moving to dismantle it.
Centrism happens when people are comfortable with the status quo with only mild to moderate changes. LPC polls at the levels they do because that's what people want.
I was mildly surprised that while Pharmacare is popular, most people don't want their private insurance plans replaced by a public plan, and mostly want coverage for those with no private coverage.
Local NDP candidate came by. Cheery enough. A bit pandering but had good answers to my questions. I told her I'm sick of this campaign and sick of teaching my kids about how terrible politics are today and she told me she hopes she and Jagmeet could make a positive impact, which was a smart way to end things. Didn't push hard for my vote but it's clear she knows the green candidate is close. Lots of carefully worded shots at "current government" policies.
Nah. It's just that fighting climate change in Quebec doesn't really impact people's wallet. Hydro is cheap and plentiful. No oil or gas production to speak of.
When your way of life is under threat, it's easy to go in denial mode.
Trudeau in Rosemont (NDP Bloc-Lite Boulerice's riding)
"The Bloc doesn't have the monopoly on Quebec pride"
-Trudeau
Can the Liberals capture Rosemont?
Fuck ya!
Listen, we all hate Alberta, but lets not go there. Many progressive people suffer in conservative centers, being surrounded by close minded jerks. That's true all over the world. We need to help those people.
Brant was one of the ridings I was surprised the Liberals didn't win last time, considering that pre-2008 it had been Liberal or NDP since its creation in the 1960s.
I'd didn't say they were all poorly educated(regarding climate). And there are some lovely places in Alberta that are well protected. Like Banff and Jasper.
They do need to be supported. Including those that put environmental policies first like the Green and their supporters in the province and their political goals in general instead of kicking them with bullshit claims and intentionally dragging them away from advancing environmental policy.
There should be non stop commercials about how the Cons want to tear down Canada's system and put in a United States one where getting sick can bankrupt you and your whole family. Even if your a business owner. Because it does happen.
Gonna vote for whoever the heck I feel like because 2015 was the last election under FPTP. Oh wait.
Heard this quote on the CBC's Party Lines podcast (well worth a subscribe btw) and had to go fishing for it. A great argument against "strategic voting."
There's some tight Lib/Conservative ridings out there where sticking with the Liberals makes sense, but man I'm hoping to see some people take the "risk" and boot out the Liberals out of a few ridings they really haven't earned. I'm looking at you Vancouver Centre.
Heard this quote on the CBC's Party Lines podcast (well worth a subscribe btw) and had to go fishing for it. A great argument against "strategic voting."
There's some tight Lib/Conservative ridings out there where sticking with the Liberals makes sense, but man I'm hoping to see some people take the "risk" and boot out the Liberals out of a few ridings they really haven't earned. I'm looking at you Vancouver Centre.
The ABC Greens know that the Liberals have the second best environmental plan and will remember the unwarranted behavior of the NDP this election. They'll wisely vote Liberal in every riding where it's Lib vs any other party.
An environmentally minded Prime Minister would make the time to meet Greta Thunberg on behalf of Canada.
An environmentally minded Prime Minister would make the time to meet Greta Thunberg on behalf of Canada.
I don't understand what you're wishing for to happen in these tight Lib/Conservative ridings. If some of these people take the risk you want, wouldn't the Conservatives win those ridings?
I mean people forget that Jim Harris, the previous Green leader, was a PC and believes in capitalistic solutions to environmental issues and is still an active member of the party so as for all of them defaulting to the Liberals? *shrug emoji*
Edit: although I suppose the Liberals believe that the free market will solve climate change, so maybe they'll be just at home. :p
Edit: although I suppose the Liberals believe that the free market will solve climate change, so maybe they'll be just at home. :p
I've said this several times already, but looking beyond the horizon of this election, I honestly believe the world burning is the only way we will get off of fossil fuels. In the meantime, no one is going to give up their cars or stop eating meat. I've given up on seeing that in my lifetime. lol
I'm sure there's a few who would even vote for the extremes too and go PPC or NDP. Most won't ABC BLOCONDPPC, however.
Maybe they'll turn out to vote Maxime Bernier over Maxime Bernier though.
There's no way any sane political party would just shut down fossil fuel production in the country overnight.
Same with giving up cars, no way I could get around GTA on public transit.
I've drastically reduced eating meat and got an EV, not much else I can do except the rest catch up. Carbon tax is for people like me. More money.
Same with giving up cars, no way I could get around GTA on public transit.
I've drastically reduced eating meat and got an EV, not much else I can do except the rest catch up. Carbon tax is for people like me. More money.
I'm not saying we need to go to wartime rationing, but when shit got real, everyone in the Western world accepted that you were going to have to sacrifice in order to support the war effort.
I guess it's a question of whether or not human extinction is as much of a threat as the Nazis I suppose.
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Good thing no party is suggesting shutting it down overnight.
Targets have to be reached and drastic action needs to be taken to get there.
The longer it takes to make that action the more drastic it will be.
But hey, that is future generations problem not ours now, right?
I don't think we had billionaire and corporate funded propaganda blasting on all channels that the war is a hoax or alarmism lol.
Hard to get a unified movement, even XR is pissing off cranky commuters in London and it's not helping.
The only party that is looking at this as a metaphorical war effort like WWII is the Green.
They even used that metaphor and the idea of a war table with all parties and stakeholders involved.
That even includes getting ideas and backing from people with capitalistic ideas to help with the environmental cause.
All hands are needed to fight the crisis. Everyone. It's not about left or right. It's about saving the planet; not trying to wedge other issues ahead of it that divides people.
It is the biggest fight of our time and people want to squabble about capitalism/socialism when both have solutions that should be heard and considered.
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I'd love STV, even more than MMP, but the Liberals just want IRV/AV instead of a PR system. In terms of proportionality, that would actually be WORSE than FPTP.
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We only got the medicare when we did and the way that we have by complete fluke, a chain of events that could never have happened any other way. To put it simply, Tommy Douglas got the ball rolling as the premier of Saskatchewan, his successor implemented it, then the country got a PM from Saskatchewan shortly after who was deeply proud of the model and its successes in the province, forced ideal conditions to roll it out, got a commission (chaired by someone from Saskatchewan) to agree that their provincial model was fit for use across the country... basically, you got it because of a single visionary, its working success, light arm-twisting through ideal financial terms for other provinces and (to be blunt) an immense dose of provincial pride. We're any of those conditions not been met, we'd likely be in a very different situation. It's only due to being able to make a fair comparison across many decades that we've managed to hang onto it, although it's not exactly in the shape it was when it was first introduced.
But to the first point, a lot of FDR's New Deal was implemented, but none of the pieces that make it sustainable survived. Some of them didn't even make it to the 1960s. The New Deal seemed wholly constructed to only be implemented long enough to end the Great Depression and was swiftly dismantled by Democrats that dominated the next 20 years or so, then finished off permanently by Republicans brick by brick. And it wasn't even ALL good. While it's an unpopular opinion, we basically took the tight leashes off of capitalism and never found a way to successfully put a new one on, and now we can never go back, so... to quote Lindsay Ellis, "thanks, I hate it!"
While FDR is looked on by most historians as some sort of folk hero and a champion of the left, his aim was clear: preserve capitalism without permanent restraint and put an end to talks of radical progress that were dominating the world. In that regard, he was a centrist who masqueraded as a true progressive.
Centrism ensures comfort is sustained through bandaid efforts to resolve issues and changing public perception that issues are being resolved even when they aren't (see: US progressives being fed the line that the civil rights movement put an end to racism), until the bubble bursts and it's too late or too daunting of a task to actually fix the problem.
Well, there are centrists that are active members of the NDP, but I'm not exactly going to throw the NDP or its current policy in the same centrist camp as the Liberals. And being a party member doesn't afford him more than his single vote and the party did change gears away from its libertarian leanings under his leadership to something more palatable (even those who can't stand the party have to admit it's better off than it was, even if you're still not a fan).
Also, last I recall, Jim Harris' most current position on the matter was (to paraphrase) "capitalists better do something legitimate about the climate beyond woke-washing, or the rich are on the menu". And, let's be honest, he's not wrong there. So at least it's not quite the hard line on how capitalism is the only solution, more like capitalism is the only solution if we intend for capitalism to survive and prevent a revolt, which is far more realistic.
Singh again being disingenuous. If it's that important make it a mandate for a coalition or stop fucking talking about it. Wonder why that isn't there? Oh yeah, cause he doesn't want his party to take the hit. Wow, such a good guy. Besides that, provincially, where the NDP have at least gotten power sometimes, why has pr not been passed? 🤔. You constantly keep trying to show Singh is so great yet don't like to be critical of him.
I'm still surprised Trump hasn't weighed in on Obama endorsing JT. If reelected, he's going to just get the Trump hate tweets because of it.
Since healthcare, it's just been a steady downward slide of disappointment coming from Saskatchewan, with a tiny bump thanks to corner gas and then right back to disappointment after the show stopped.
You can't expect an American to be fully versed in the Westminster system. Gotta cut the guy and slack
You can hardly fault Singh specifically for this - or the NDP, their moments in power have been quite fleeting. I'm glad he's keeping the topic alive. But as mentioned upthread it just doesn't rank even in the top 5 issues for most people. It sucks but it's just political nerds like us who even know whats up with it. I don't think the party would take a hit - the independent analysis I remember reading indicated the opposite.
anyways it's not like Singh promised voting reform and then just walked away, like someone I could mention
Ah yes that was unfair of me
It's wild how this is looking so much like Trudeau Senior's 1972 election
You guys aren't gonna believe this but the Conservative platform kinda sucks!
though they do mention voting reform, lol
though they do mention voting reform, lol
Look, interested onlooker here, but the best part in the UK of any election night (which universally return shit results: except in Scotland) is the new fancy dataviz that the BBC conjurer up.
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