I expect that we will hear a solid year of how PP is just like Trump and Canadians don't want that.
Two years into the Trudeau 2.0 Minority Term, which day will Justin call the election that only he wants?
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So that would make Trudeau’s statements outrageously hypocritical….so I concur with your assessment of the situation.
Why not? If this board is anything to go by, Canadian conservatives get all sweaty and start rubbing their crotches at the mere mention of Trump.
Speaking of paying off, or pay offs…
Testifying about Bill C-65, the "Electoral Participation Act," Public Safety and Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc faced a barrage of questions about the government's proposal to move the next fixed election date from Oct. 20, 2025, to Oct. 27, 2025.With all opposition parties coming out against the change – and today LeBlanc stating he will "happily respect the will of this committee" if it leaves the fixed date as it stands – the provision appears unlikely to make it into the final version of the legislation.
That didn't stop opposition MPs from challenging LeBlanc about the change.
During the hearing, Conservative MPs suggested the real motivation of the proposal was to protect the pensions of 22 Liberal and six NDP MPs, though the Conservatives have the most MPs – 32 – whose pensions would potentially be on the line…but the Conservatives AREN’T gonna be the ones losing any seats most likely…so that’s smoke & mirrors.
"Whose idea was it to pad your pockets? Was it your idea or was it the leader of the NDP's idea?" Conservative MP Michael Cooper asked during Thursday's meeting of the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee.
The Liberals have said the one-time Canada Elections Act carve-out is to avoid conflicts with fall holidays including Diwali, as well as local elections in Alberta.It’s not much of a stretch to imagine one of the secret plotters exclaiming, “Hey, guys, if anyone calls us out on this, we’ll just label them racists. That always works!”
Though, postponing the vote by even one day would also have the knock-on effect of securing pensions for 80 MPs first elected in 2019, who wouldn't otherwise qualify if they lost their seats before hitting their six-year service mark on Oct. 21, 2025….& ya know…1/2 of those are Conservatives who probably aren’t gonna lose their seats…
LeBlanc replied by congratulating Cooper on asking a question he can use in a clip for social media, and accused the Conservatives of displaying "supreme arrogance" in suggesting none of their MPs are at risk of being defeated???
In many respects the legislation was a co-production with the NDP, tied to the now-defunct two-party supply-and-confidence Non-coalition coalition that definitely wasn’t a coalition-type coalition pact, though Singh secured his seat in a 2019 federal byelection months before the general election, so his timing for securing a pension is not the same.
During the hearing, Conservatives also questioned LeBlanc on meetings he had with top New Democrats in advance of the legislation being tabled.
"We just got information minutes before this meeting's start of, in fact, secret meetings that did take place … there was NDP headquarters representatives that got a meeting with the Prime Minister's Office, staff from your office, and Elections Canada to get information and briefings behind the scenes only revealed afterwards," Conservative MP Eric Duncan put to LeBlanc.
LeBlanc replied by calling Duncan a "very experienced sleuth," for unveiling what he said were "routine meetings of senior officials."
"You find it shocking that parliamentarians work together in a collaborative way (?). We think it's something that Canadians would find very positive," LeBlanc said???
I bet if most Canadians knew about this one instead of just the political junkies, they wouldn’t find that very positive.
Sparks fly as MPs question minister on pension implications of proposed election date change — CTV News
Sparks flew at a parliamentary committee Thursday as MPs questioned Canada's democratic institutions minister about a widely opposed provision in electoral reform legislation that seeks to delay the next fixed election date by one week.
But Liberals gotta Lib.
Electoral Participation Act - Wikipedia
I think we need another pipeline. There is one half finished just waiting.Speaking of paying off, or pay offs…
View attachment 25562Testifying about Bill C-65, the "Electoral Participation Act," Public Safety and Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc faced a barrage of questions about the government's proposal to move the next fixed election date from Oct. 20, 2025, to Oct. 27, 2025.
With all opposition parties coming out against the change – and today LeBlanc stating he will "happily respect the will of this committee" if it leaves the fixed date as it stands – the provision appears unlikely to make it into the final version of the legislation.
That didn't stop opposition MPs from challenging LeBlanc about the change.
During the hearing, Conservative MPs suggested the real motivation of the proposal was to protect the pensions of 22 Liberal and six NDP MPs, though the Conservatives have the most MPs – 32 – whose pensions would potentially be on the line…but the Conservatives AREN’T gonna be the ones losing any seats most likely…so that’s smoke & mirrors.
"Whose idea was it to pad your pockets? Was it your idea or was it the leader of the NDP's idea?" Conservative MP Michael Cooper asked during Thursday's meeting of the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee.
The Liberals have said the one-time Canada Elections Act carve-out is to avoid conflicts with fall holidays including Diwali, as well as local elections in Alberta.
Though, postponing the vote by even one day would also have the knock-on effect of securing pensions for 80 MPs first elected in 2019, who wouldn't otherwise qualify if they lost their seats before hitting their six-year service mark on Oct. 21, 2025….& ya know…1/2 of those are Conservatives who probably aren’t gonna lose their seats…
View attachment 25561LeBlanc replied by congratulating Cooper on asking a question he can use in a clip for social media, and accused the Conservatives of displaying "supreme arrogance" in suggesting none of their MPs are at risk of being defeated???
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In many respects the legislation was a co-production with the NDP, tied to the now-defunct two-party supply-and-confidence Non-coalition coalition that definitely wasn’t a coalition-type coalition pact, though Singh secured his seat in a 2019 federal byelection months before the general election, so his timing for securing a pension is not the same.
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During the hearing, Conservatives also questioned LeBlanc on meetings he had with top New Democrats in advance of the legislation being tabled.
"We just got information minutes before this meeting's start of, in fact, secret meetings that did take place … there was NDP headquarters representatives that got a meeting with the Prime Minister's Office, staff from your office, and Elections Canada to get information and briefings behind the scenes only revealed afterwards," Conservative MP Eric Duncan put to LeBlanc.
LeBlanc replied by calling Duncan a "very experienced sleuth," for unveiling what he said were "routine meetings of senior officials."
"You find it shocking that parliamentarians work together in a collaborative way (?). We think it's something that Canadians would find very positive," LeBlanc said???
I bet if most Canadians knew about this one instead of just the political junkies, they wouldn’t find that very positive.
The Bloc Quebecois (who also aren’t in much danger of losing seats like both the Liberal/NDP & NDP/Liberals) also challenged LeBlanc on the fixed election date change provision of the bill and the potential for other calendar conflicts if the federal vote is moved back one week.
Sparks fly as MPs question minister on pension implications of proposed election date change — CTV News
Sparks flew at a parliamentary committee Thursday as MPs questioned Canada's democratic institutions minister about a widely opposed provision in electoral reform legislation that seeks to delay the next fixed election date by one week.apple.news
But Liberals gotta Lib.
Electoral Participation Act - Wikipedia
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The other possibility is that the American economy improves with the transition. Usually what happens down there spills over hear. No doubt credit for that will be taken by TrueDope. Might improve his position a bit.
After nine years, three elections, doubling in housing costs, raising insane inflation in the grocery store, carbon taxes, scandal, after scandal after scandal, scandal, scandal, scandal, scandal scandal after scandal….(deep breath)…after scandal after scandal after scandal, I think only the terminally retarded would vote for the Liberals & Trudeau again. I could be wrong and the GTA is fickle, as well as Vancouver.
Left<------------------------Me----->Right
I've never really been left, although I have a certain amount of social conscience.
I've never really been left, although I have a certain amount of social conscience.
Plenty in the BC lower mainland and on the coast.
And in that bubble they call Toronta.
Does that put you in the political center (or would that be centre?) in Canada?
No politician has ever lost by underestimating the stupidity of the electorate. The electorate also tends to have short memories.
The main stream media that is used to control the narrative is rapidly losing its influence , the internet is forever .
Kelly McParland: Trudeau Liberals stick to same path Democrats took to defeat — National Post
Both have responded to challengers by calling them names and denigrating their existence
Maybe here is someone who could do something for the West. Nice to see him back working. Relatively trustable.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
Former Canadian prime minister Harper eyed as Alberta pension chairman
Alberta’s government has considered hiring former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to oversee its public pension fund manager, which is without a permanent board after all of its directors were fired last week, according to people familiar with the matter.
Or Canada as a Whole. That would be cool.Maybe here is someone who could do something for the West. Nice to see him back working. Relatively trustable.
Former Canadian prime minister Harper eyed as Alberta pension chairman
Alberta’s government has considered hiring former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to oversee its public pension fund manager, which is without a permanent board after all of its directors were fired last week, according to people familiar with the matter.