Non-Coalition Coalition that’s Definitely NOT a Coalition…

Ron in Regina

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I sincerely hope this backfires for the NDP/Liberals, much like America is using Canada as a cautionary tale, Canada is able to use France as a cautionary tale for this type of union…
The above from post 212 in this thread.

Not long ago, our practical, moderate approaches were considered exemplars that countries around the world tried to emulate. But as Postmedia’s Tristin Hopper discusses with Brian Lilley this week, in just a few years, Canada went from paragon to cautionary tale — a model of how one should definitely not handle drug policy, euthanasia, housing, online censorship, gender policy, immigration and more.

Sure, some of this is the work of an activist federal government, Hopper says — but not all of it. Social-policy extremists have infiltrated myriad levels of Canadian policy-making. Ending the havoc might take more than a change in government, he predicts. It may require a new quiet revolution led by a (still-moderate) Canadian majority. (Recorded July 29, 2024.)
I posted a link to the CBC earlier, so I figured this balances it out & between the two of them they average to the middle…
 
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Ron in Regina

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Anyway, Jagmeet is making the difference known between the NDP/Liberals & the Liberal/NDP’s…with the big…”Change The Rules Tour”…
The what now?
Since you’ve asked, there are also signs that the NDP might be closer to distancing itself from the Trudeau government. According to CTV News, the party has taken out its “largest pre-election ad buy since 2015.” A new 30-second ad showcases Jagmeet Singh setting up what the NDP calls the “change the rules tour.” The ad takes swipes at both the Conservatives and the Liberals.

Has anyone noticed?
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He launched his ‘Change the rules’ tour to start conversations with Canadians about using Ottawa’s power to tip the scale in favour of hardworking people.
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(I think Wawa might mean Egg in Cree)
 

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This coming from the guy in the non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition…that’s been propping up the Liberals since the Emergencies Act on the Ottawa parking kerfuffle & coincidentally when Russia invaded Ukraine:
 

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This coming from the guy in the non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition…that’s been propping up the Liberals since the Emergencies Act on the Ottawa parking kerfuffle & coincidentally when Russia invaded Ukraine:
Found it. Good.

Sounds commie to me.
 
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Ron in Regina

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Found it. Good.
Took some hunting.
This coming from the guy in the non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition…that’s been propping up the Liberals since the Emergencies Act on the Ottawa parking kerfuffle & coincidentally when Russia invaded Ukraine.
New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh appears to be having an identity crisis.

His left hand doesn’t seem to know what the right one is doing. Or perhaps he never looks right.
On social media, Singh slams the policies of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In the House of Commons, he raises his right hand and votes obediently with the Liberals.

On Aug. 17, Singh wrote on X: “Justin Trudeau told Canadians things would be better, instead, they’ve gotten worse. Families are losing their homes, landlords are making record profits and rents have doubled.” All of which is true.

There’s an obvious solution to all of this: If the NDP feels so strongly that Trudeau must go, all it has to do is cancel its so-called “Supply and Confidence” non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition agreement with the Liberals that’s kept Trudeau in power long after his best before date.

For balance with the above reality, here’s something about Jagmeet from the CBC:
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was on Prince Edward Island Friday to take part in the annual Gold Cup Parade, but also to plead his case for why Islanders should vote for his NDP/Liberal Party instead of Justin’s Liberal/NDP Party when the next election is held no sooner than October 20th, 2025 because Dilawri Acura. CBC's Steve Bruce speaks with Singh about how he intends to fight that battle in a province that's never elected an NDP member of Parliament.

Anyway, “Justin Trudeau built people’s hopes up, only to let them down,” Singh continued. “Under Trudeau, rent prices have doubled since 2015 and 370,000 affordable homes have been sold off to developers. He not only let people down, his failures are hurting them.”

We couldn’t agree more.

We’d include the horrific way the Trudeau government has mismanaged just about every file it has meddled with.

Whether it’s the ArriveCAN app, in which an IT project that was originally supposed to cost $80,000 ended up costing close to $60 million; the WE charity and SNC-Lavalin messes; the chaos it has made of immigration or the inquiry into foreign interference, it’s evident that it’s time this government moved on.

Canadians gave the Liberals a very tentative minority government in the last election. Conservatives got more votes than the Liberals in both 2019 & 2021 elections. While Singh’s pact with Trudeau is legitimate-ish in a minority situation, coalitions such as this one are frustrating.

In most minorities, the party holding the balance of power usually decides how it will vote on an issue-by-issue basis. In the 2021 election, voters certainly didn’t give the government sweeping powers to implement radical left-wing policies.
1724193734018.jpegSo, Mr. Singh, you say Trudeau is doing a terrible job? Put your vote where your beliefs are.
 

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The news prompted a scathing reaction from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, whose party has been propping up at the government (& will continue to do so regardless) as part of their supply-and-confidence non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition agreement.
Former Conservative minister James Moore told CBC News that Poilievre has been around the cabinet table in work conflicts before and would know that there might be lots of things happening behind the scenes. He said that negotiating in public “is probably not helpful.”
 

Ron in Regina

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The railway lockout/strike ongoing and the Trudeau Liberals trying to force all sides into binding arbitration, Singh is threatening to pull his support for the government. He wants the strike to play out, to heck with the rest of the workers in other industries who will be hurt – he’s standing with the Teamsters now.

Except, nobody believes Singh will pull his support.
He hasn’t done it any other time – be it on delivering a pharmacare program, the government’s stance on the war between Israel and Hamas, or even on the cost-of-living issues he claims to understand. Singh is the boy who cried wolf and he’s done it so many times that it’s hard to fathom that he would do it now.

Singh is definitely full of bluster and complaints about the Trudeau government – his problem is no one takes him or his party seriously anymore.
 
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This coming from the guy in the non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition…that’s been propping up the Liberals since the Emergencies Act on the Ottawa parking kerfuffle & coincidentally when Russia invaded Ukraine:
I wonder if Jag knows where most of our union pension plans make their money? Does he know that our pensions are not like the one he has wet dreams about where the taxpayers are forced by law to enhance their contributions when he wants a raise?
 

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Families are losing their homes, landlords are making record profits and rents have doubled.” All of which is true.
Have to show me where landlords are making record profits. Rent controls do not allow for rental increases just because taxes go up, or building materials have doubled in price in two years.
 

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Have to show me where landlords are making record profits. Rent controls do not allow for rental increases just because taxes go up, or building materials have doubled in price in two years.
Rent controls? Where? If you're a developer the cost of the building didn't go up after completion. Most tenants will stay paying their rent at a rate that was already profit. New tenants at 50% higher rent is pure gravy.
 

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Rent controls? Where? If you're a developer the cost of the building didn't go up after completion. Most tenants will stay paying their rent at a rate that was already profit. New tenants at 50% higher rent is pure gravy.
BC, and especially Vancouver has rent controls that don't necessarily allow rent increases that match the rise in the cost of living.
 

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BC, and especially Vancouver has rent controls that don't necessarily allow rent increases that match the rise in the cost of living.
That only applies to long term rents and yes they can raise rent legally every six months. It's people who move a lot who pay top dollar. How many times did you move between the ages of 18 and 35. As pay got better you moved up from what you need to what Iike, to where your status is to where you own.
 

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Government House Leader Karina Gould said Tuesday she's confident the NDP supply-and-confidence non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition agreement that keeps the Liberal government in power will hold until its expected end date in June 2025…as are we all, right Jagmeet??
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That agreement, first signed in March 2022, allows the government to carry on without fear of falling on a confidence vote (and facing the Canadian electorate). If the two parties abide by the deal, there would be no federal election until next summer at the earliest…but probably more like October 20th (or 27th), 2025.

Peter Julian, the NDP House leader, was less definitive about the deal's future.

"Leaving the agreement is always on the table for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP," Julian said in a statement to CBC News. They “could” do that…but they won’t.

Canada's fixed-date election law dictates that a vote will happen in October of next year — but the prime minister “could” call one earlier than that if he wanted…but he won’t.
 

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Government House Leader Karina Gould said Tuesday she's confident the NDP supply-and-confidence non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition agreement that keeps the Liberal government in power will hold until its expected end date in June 2025…as are we all, right Jagmeet??
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That agreement, first signed in March 2022, allows the government to carry on without fear of falling on a confidence vote (and facing the Canadian electorate). If the two parties abide by the deal, there would be no federal election until next summer at the earliest…but probably more like October 20th (or 27th), 2025.

Peter Julian, the NDP House leader, was less definitive about the deal's future.

"Leaving the agreement is always on the table for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP," Julian said in a statement to CBC News. They “could” do that…but they won’t.

Canada's fixed-date election law dictates that a vote will happen in October of next year — but the prime minister “could” call one earlier than that if he wanted…but he won’t.
Kiss the NDP good bye.