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https://twitter.com/WabKinew/status/992469464917594112
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# ? May 4, 2018 23:21 |
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Tippecanoe posted:Every time I try to use the crosswalk by my house I mentally prepare myself to die This. On-demand crosswalks are just a less safe version of jaywalking.
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# ? May 4, 2018 23:38 |
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May the Fourth done tastefully. Well done!
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# ? May 4, 2018 23:48 |
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Wab Kinew will have the high ground and Pallister will terrorize the galaxy for 20 years.
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# ? May 5, 2018 00:33 |
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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. Every second newspaper article about provincial politics quotes the loving Canadian Taxpayers Federation without comment, so yes, there's a pretty terrible libertarian / FYGM streak running through this province.
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# ? May 5, 2018 02:13 |
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Karen Stintz on The Agenda on TVO talking about the TTC, the downtown relief line and the Scarborough subway makes me kind of mad.
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# ? May 5, 2018 03:09 |
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Postess with the Mostest posted:I think it's supposed to be orange. The conservative one was cringier That's a real lovely orange though, clearly a different color than the orange text right next to it. If only the NDP were competent. Also LOL at Mr. 'Walking to my car, better take out my sword'.
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# ? May 5, 2018 03:16 |
Arcsquad12 posted:I so want John Oliver to do a And Now This segment on baffling star Wars related ads for Canadian politicians. He might if you email his show about it or something, it seems like exactly the sort of thing he would do.
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# ? May 5, 2018 03:55 |
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patonthebach posted:What am I missing about the Erin Weir story? My assumption is that the reason he was kicked out of caucus has little to do with the complaint, and everything to do with his reaction to the complaint. Instead of just saying he was sorry or whatever, he trotted out some story of being persecuted for his views on the carbon tax. I can imagine caucus viewed him as not a team player and is happy to be rid of him.
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# ? May 5, 2018 04:58 |
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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.
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# ? May 5, 2018 21:02 |
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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. 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?
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# ? May 5, 2018 21:18 |
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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. We will let you know when they release it on June 8th.
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# ? May 5, 2018 21:22 |
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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. https://www.ontariondp.ca/platform
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# ? May 5, 2018 21:33 |
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Last night I learned a whole bunch of my coworkers are Joel Harden supporters. A surprise given where I work. Joel seems to have a good chance to win this riding. Hope he manages it.
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# ? May 5, 2018 21:53 |
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flashy_mcflash posted:Man I'm still voting NDP but why do they make it so hard I am embarrassed and ashamed about donating money to them now.
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# ? May 5, 2018 22:02 |
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i like embracing the embarrassing mom angle
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# ? May 5, 2018 22:14 |
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RBC posted:i like embracing the embarrassing mom angle If McGuinty was Premier Dad, maybe we can finally get Premier Mom?
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# ? May 5, 2018 22:43 |
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Don't waste your time reading this drivel. Better off reading what the actual supermajority party's policies and stuff is gonna be once I can find it on here: https://www.ontariopc.ca/ All I get is an even fatter Trump haranguing Wynne.
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# ? May 5, 2018 23:04 |
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Anal Sex Lady is out. https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/992887659281420288
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# ? May 5, 2018 23:06 |
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Leofish posted:Anal Sex Lady is out. 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!
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# ? May 5, 2018 23:15 |
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Arabian Jesus posted:Before I throw talking points at you let me ask you a few questions: 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.
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# ? May 5, 2018 23:29 |
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# ? May 6, 2018 00:25 |
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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. These desires are quite lofty given the current political climate.
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# ? May 6, 2018 02:04 |
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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. No political party currently supports the goals that you describe, at least not in any systematic fashion. The NDP is adjacent to some of those goals or nominally would agree with you on them, but like most traditional social democratic parties in the western world they mostly just put a friendly gloss onto left-neoliberal policies like means tested income support for targeted groups or certain mild and popular expansions of the social safety net such as pharmacare or day care. The NDP will probably pass some policies that would make life a bit easier for people on the bottom, and they might appoint slightly more progressive judges than the other parties. The most that could be said is that the NDP is the closest thing to a mass based organization that to some degree theoretically still opposes neoliberalism. Within the NDP there are individuals and small groups who advocate for a more muscular and genuine left-wing set of policies. If the NDP were to win or at least make a very strong showing on their current platform then this would probably give some validation to those people in the NDP who are calling for a more Bernie Sanders/Jeremy Corbyn style orientation toward the party. Now to be clear, that doesn't mean the current NDP is actually anywhere close to even the mild social democracy of Sanders, let alone Corbyn. But if you want to give a mild boost toward the people within the party who like those two politicians then voting NDP might not be a bad idea. I won't endorse them more strongly than that because the party does suck and isn't relaibly left-wing anymore, but I think it's the closest thing to a left party we've got and that it's easier to work with and within the NDP than trying to start from scratch.
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infernal machines posted:LMBO. And here i was thinking he had good enough sense into keep the social conservatives close until after the election.
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# ? May 6, 2018 02:38 |
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Reince Penis posted:And here i was thinking he had good enough sense into keep the social conservatives close until after the election. Lotta salt in the replies here. https://twitter.com/fordnation/status/992883540449681408 But TGA might drop some nifty tidbits! https://twitter.com/TGranicAllen/status/992902031483564034 HackensackBackpack fucked around with this message at 03:13 on May 6, 2018 |
# ? May 6, 2018 02:56 |
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And here I thought the meltdown had ended with the leadership election. I wanna see this get ugly
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# ? May 6, 2018 03:19 |
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infernal machines posted:
https://twitter.com/chlaforet/status/992932636237664256 Internal polling you say? https://twitter.com/michaelcoren/status/992909100081188864 Lmao
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# ? May 6, 2018 03:23 |
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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. So uh... what country are you moving to where this is a realistic ask?
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# ? May 6, 2018 03:24 |
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Reince Penis posted:https://twitter.com/chlaforet/status/992932636237664256 Oh my gosh. It's like Christmas. Again. This is so beautiful
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# ? May 6, 2018 03:34 |
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"Ten thousand paid up troops." HackensackBackpack fucked around with this message at 03:47 on May 6, 2018 |
# ? May 6, 2018 03:38 |
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This should be fun: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.
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# ? May 6, 2018 03:39 |
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infernal machines posted:Oh my gosh. If only the same would happen in Alberta.
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# ? May 6, 2018 06:24 |
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Uh... wow....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. 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.
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# ? May 6, 2018 14:44 |
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lolWirth1000 posted:Uh... wow.... looking forward to kenneys thoughts on the charitable status of the fraser institute
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# ? May 6, 2018 14:54 |
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What?
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# ? May 6, 2018 14:56 |
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It's a joke... I know we don't see them much round these parts, but that's what they look like
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# ? May 6, 2018 15:11 |
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Wirth1000 posted:Uh... wow.... Yes I'm sure Suzuki is going after Alberta oil because it's a "soft target" and not because like, he lives in Canada instead of Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, or Russia. I mean I realize the whole thing is stupid but that line doesn't even make any SENSE.
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