Tippecanoe posted:

Every time I try to use the crosswalk by my house I mentally prepare myself to die

DariusLikewise posted:

https://twitter.com/WabKinew/status/992469464917594112

Madkal posted:

Hey Canada thread. I am arguing on Facebook right now with some BC libertarian about why the private sector is better than the government in providing social services for everyone and I feel like I have to drink a gallon of leaded paint just to understand this. I didn't even know BC had libertarians but since the NDP dared to propose a .2% property tax raise to property worth more than 3 million to pay for education and school seismic upgrades they have crawled out of the woodwork. I think someone unironically said taxation is akin to slavery and someone said education is a waste of money anyway.
That is my story. I weep now.

Postess with the Mostest posted:

I think it's supposed to be orange. The conservative one was cringier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHXvLfi12m0

Arcsquad12 posted:

I so want John Oliver to do a And Now This segment on baffling star Wars related ads for Canadian politicians.

patonthebach posted:

What am I missing about the Erin Weir story?

from the cbc article

"What, exactly, did Weir do in the first place? Again, that is unclear. Singh said the investigation "found that Mr. Weir failed to read non-verbal cues in social settings and that his behaviour resulted in significant negative impacts to the complainants." It also noted that Weir stopped his advances when he was told they were unwanted.

Weir's office has characterized these encounters as completely innocuous: "The investigator made a general finding of 'sexual harassment' that Weir had probably sat or stood too close to people at social events and engaged them in conversation more than they wished to speak with him."

Fired for standing close to people and talking to them for too long?

tekz posted:

This thread is pretty big so sorry if I missed it, but does anyone have a good breakdown of the NDP platform in the Ontario election. I'm mulling over whether it's worth voting for them at all.

tekz posted:

This thread is pretty big so sorry if I missed it, but does anyone have a good breakdown of the NDP platform in the Ontario election. I'm mulling over whether it's worth voting for them at all.

tekz posted:

This thread is pretty big so sorry if I missed it, but does anyone have a good breakdown of the NDP platform in the Ontario election. I'm mulling over whether it's worth voting for them at all.

flashy_mcflash posted:

Man I'm still voting NDP but why do they make it so hard

RBC posted:

i like embracing the embarrassing mom angle

Leofish posted:

https://www.ontariondp.ca/platform

Leofish posted:

Anal Sex Lady is out.

https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/992887659281420288

Arabian Jesus posted:

Before I throw talking points at you let me ask you a few questions:

What are the issues that matter to you?

What do you think the biggest problems with the status quo in this province are and what is your vision for this province can be?

If not the NDP, do you lean towards any other political party?

What is it that has you on the fence about voting for them?

tekz posted:

Affordable housing, wealth inequality and the economy. I feel like the tech and real estate bubbles are going to blow up at some point and I want a government prepared for it and to diversify away from it by encouraging other industries, like having a real economy ala Germany that's based on designing/producing goods of actual value that are desired worldwide rather than Juicero startup scams and real estate speculation. Also a government that doesn't respond to deficits with austerity, which has historically proven a disaster everywhere it's been implemented, but that's willing to push for a greater state role in the econom through nationalizations (I will never vote for the Liberals because of Hydro One) of things like utilities, transport and other stuff which provides the government with actual revenue with which to support social services.

tekz posted:

Affordable housing, wealth inequality and the economy. I feel like the tech and real estate bubbles are going to blow up at some point and I want a government prepared for it and to diversify away from it by encouraging other industries, like having a real economy ala Germany that's based on designing/producing goods of actual value that are desired worldwide rather than Juicero startup scams and real estate speculation. Also a government that doesn't respond to deficits with austerity, which has historically proven a disaster everywhere it's been implemented, but that's willing to push for a greater state role in the econom through nationalizations (I will never vote for the Liberals because of Hydro One) of things like utilities, transport and other stuff which provides the government with actual revenue with which to support social services.

infernal machines posted:

LMBO.

All her second round votes for leadership went to Ford. The religious right are going to be loving steamed.

Especially after the exact same thing happened under Patrick Brown.

The Trillium party's back baby!

Reince Penis posted:

And here i was thinking he had good enough sense into keep the social conservatives close until after the election.

infernal machines posted:

And here I thought the meltdown had ended with the leadership election.

I wanna see this get ugly

tekz posted:

Affordable housing, wealth inequality and the economy. I feel like the tech and real estate bubbles are going to blow up at some point and I want a government prepared for it and to diversify away from it by encouraging other industries, like having a real economy ala Germany that's based on designing/producing goods of actual value that are desired worldwide rather than Juicero startup scams and real estate speculation. Also a government that doesn't respond to deficits with austerity, which has historically proven a disaster everywhere it's been implemented, but that's willing to push for a greater state role in the econom through nationalizations (I will never vote for the Liberals because of Hydro One) of things like utilities, transport and other stuff which provides the government with actual revenue with which to support social services.

Reince Penis posted:

https://twitter.com/chlaforet/status/992932636237664256

Internal polling you say?


https://twitter.com/michaelcoren/status/992909100081188864

Lmao

Reince Penis posted:

https://twitter.com/michaelcoren/status/992909100081188864

Lmao

quote:

One of the startling and disappointing aspects of the whole thing is the number of Christians who have embraced this new form of politics — whether it’s with Doug Ford in Ontario, President Donald Trump in the United States or even Brexit in the United Kingdom. When Ford became leader, he was backed by former rival candidate Tanya Granic Allen. She’s an orthodox Roman Catholic, vehemently opposed to abortion rights and the province’s sex-ed curriculum. Campaign Life Coalition, the country’s largest anti-choice and anti-equal marriage lobby group, claimed after Ford’s victory that it had recruited more than 9,000 new PC members in support of Allen and had asked its people to rank Ford number two.

Another figure behind the scenes was Charles McVety, president of the Institute for Canadian Values and one of the most high-profile evangelical Christians in Canada. He had asked his Facebook followers to pray for Ford, partly because, in his words, “2 million Ontario children [are] being experimented on as we speak with radical six gender sex education.” He also provided a video guide to help his supporters complete online voter registration forms.

In other words, without conservative Christian activism and support, Doug Ford would likely not have become PC leader, and thus would not have a chance of becoming premier of Ontario. South of the border, 81 percent of white evangelical voters cast a ballot for Trump, and there is every indication this following has remained solid.

infernal machines posted:

Oh my gosh.

It's like Christmas. Again.

This is so beautiful

quote:

RED DEER, Alta. - United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney, in a fiery speech to party members, is promising an all-out attack on the "green left" and those who secretly fund and support the demonization of Alberta's oil.

"The special interests have targeted Alberta oil and not Saudi, Venezuelan, or Russian oil because they saw us as the boy scouts, the soft target," Kenney told about 3,000 delegates and observers in his keynote speech at the party's founding convention Saturday night.

"If I'm premier, those days are over.

"We will fight back for economic survival."

The battle, he said, will be waged on multiple fronts.

"We will set up a fully staffed rapid response war room in government to quickly and effectively rebut every lie told by the green left about our world class energy industry," he said.

"We will pass a law banning foreign money from being spent by special interests during Alberta elections."

Kenney said a UCP government would create a special legislature committee to probe the sources of foreign money funding any groups working against Alberta's interests.

He vowed to fight through the courts if necessary to get Ottawa to strip charitable status from "bogus charities" such as the David Suzuki foundation.

Suzuki has been highly critical of Alberta's oilsands and has called for it to be shut down.

Kenney also reiterated earlier comments to take actions on lenders working against Alberta's interests, such as HSBC.

HSBC, Europe's largest bank, announced last month it would no longer finance fossil fuel ventures such as pipelines and oilsands.

"If companies like HSBC decide to boycott our oilsands, our government will boycott them," said Kenney, adding that he will be rounding up allies.

"We will politely ask the energy industry groups to up their game in telling their story and stop playing defence," he said.

"We need an industry champion to follow the lead of the brave forestry company Resolute Forest Products, which is standing up to bullying by suing (environmental advocate) Greenpeace for defamation."

The speech is set against the background of Alberta fighting to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expanded.

Ottawa has already given approval for the Kinder Morgan project, which would triple the amount of oil flowing from Alberta to tankers on the B.C. coast.

B.C. is fighting the project, saying the risk of oil spills is too high, and Kinder Morgan has now said it will decide by the end of the month whether the project is still feasible.

In retaliation for B.C.'s action, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley briefly banned B.C. wine, and is bringing in legislation that may see oil flows to B.C. reduced, causing gasoline and other prices to potentially spike.

Kenney said Notley's team has misplaced its trust in Prime Minister Trudeau to see the pipeline completed, and has also failed to take the fight to Alberta's opponents.

He said, on the oil front, and in areas ranging from fiscal policy to education to a carbon tax, Notley's NDP deserves to be voted out in the spring 2019 election.

"Our province is being damaged every day by an ideological government that takes its inspiration from the failed theories of socialism, by a resentment of success, a distrust of enterprise," said Kenney.

"The New Democrats are not bad people. They just have bad ideas."

The UCP was created on a plan launched two years ago by Kenney to amalgamate the two right-centre Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties.

Kenney urged the party members to keep working hard.

"If we present a positive vision of economic renewal, I guarantee you this tax-raising, debt-quadrupling, job-killing NDP accidental government will be one and done," he said to cheers.

Wirth1000 posted:

Uh... wow....


https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2018/05/06/jason-kenney-declares-war-on-green-left-takes-aim-at-david-suzuki-foundation.html

Jason Kenney ruling Alberta. Doug Ford ruling Ontario. Andrew Scheer sitting on the throne.

And all of those things seem like a sure thing at the moment.

Postess with the Mostest posted:

Wirth1000 posted:

Uh... wow....


https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2018/05/06/jason-kenney-declares-war-on-green-left-takes-aim-at-david-suzuki-foundation.html

Jason Kenney ruling Alberta. Doug Ford ruling Ontario. Andrew Scheer sitting on the throne.

And all of those things seem like a sure thing at the moment.