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leftist heap posted:It's a dumbass compromise. All the business groups are already losing their poo poo over it anyway. also telling that the ndp's "compromise" is weighted more in favour of the "businesses" than workers.
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Nov 25, 2021 16:47
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The BC NDP govern like the Federal Liberals more than anything else.
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Nov 25, 2021 18:50
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If the policy agenda is set by merely being more left than whoever is to their right then the NDP branding doesn't mean anything. The way the BC NDP act supports the narrative that there's actually just a red door and a blue door, with the exception being that in BC the red door is coloured orange. The message for voters in Ontario or federally weighing whether to vote for the NDP or Liberals is that once in government the NDP just behaves as [default not-conservative party] so who cares it doesn't matter who you vote for.
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Nov 25, 2021 19:02
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Femtosecond posted:BC NDP under delivering and bringing in 5 days of sick leave despite having known for weeks and weeks that the Federal government is bringing in 10 days of sick leave for federally regulated work places. As a BC gov employee our benefits are incredibly poo poo. We don't even get fully paid sick time, all sick time is paid at 75% which makes it worse than anywhere else I've ever worked I gotta say I'm shocked that no other provinces has even 5 days minimum sick leave
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Nov 25, 2021 19:12
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NDP minister tweeting out the "we only have to be better than everyone else" mindset. https://twitter.com/georgendp/status/1463688713599213573?s=21 Why have any sort of broader policy goals when you just have to clear the low bars set by conservative governments.
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Nov 25, 2021 19:16
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Femtosecond posted:NDP minister tweeting out the "we only have to be better than everyone else" mindset.
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Nov 25, 2021 19:24
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Our police force committed half as many starlight tours as the last  E: also the greens got a new leader. An expert in black holes (soon to be an expert in electoral black holes).
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Nov 25, 2021 19:27
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Aren't the BC Cons a non-entity, so every other party has shifted right to fill the respective void?
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Nov 25, 2021 19:41
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infernal machines posted:Remember when we killed the Albertan family farm by forcing them to abide by the same labour laws as everyone else? god I dread the election cycle next year when the UCP is beating that drum like "fast ferries" in BC or "Rae Days" in Ontario. Not to mention the loving media will absolutely push that poo poo in our faces too, god I hate this loving
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Nov 25, 2021 19:47
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Cocaine Bear posted:Our police force committed half as many starlight tours as the last First transgender leader and non-binary at that, according to CBC. I hope they keep the party well away from the territory of “Wi-Fi and Nuclear power will give your children aids” or whatever other BC NIMBY bullshit used to plague the party
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Nov 25, 2021 20:37
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ChickenWing posted:Aren't the BC Cons a non-entity, so every other party has shifted right to fill the respective void? Sort of, it's more that the old right wing SoCred party collapsed so then all the people in it took over the BC Liberal party. The current BC Liberal party by the way is basically the federal conservative party, just with (way) more corruption. The BCNDP grassroots are still really left wing along with a lot of the MLAs, just Horgan himself is pretty classic Rural Boomer and you got all the usual NDP business vultures who settle in once a provincial party takes power Alctel fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Nov 25, 2021 |
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Nov 25, 2021 20:41
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Alctel posted:The BCNDP grassroots are still really left wing along with a lot of the MLAs, just Horgan himself is pretty classic Rural Boomer and you got all the usual NDP business vultures who settle in once a provincial party takes power It’s so frustrating. Business owners who are mad about 5 days of paid sick leave were never going to vote for the NDP anyway. Why try to compromise with them, doesn’t it seem more politically savvy to go with the 10 days that would make a larger group of people excited? I don’t understand this urge that ostensibly “left” parties have to run to the centre. The BC NDP got a majority, who are they thinking this appeals to?
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Nov 25, 2021 21:00
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TheKingofSprings posted:First transgender leader and non-binary at that, according to CBC. Yeah, that part is pretty cool. And a background in science too! Shame it's for the green party, but still!
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Nov 25, 2021 21:03
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Cocaine Bear posted:Yeah, that part is pretty cool. And a background in science too! Shame it's for the green party, but still! Why is it a shame? If the Greens have a legitimate leader it's a good thing.
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Nov 25, 2021 21:11
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because the Green party ostensibly exists to champion environmental causes, but their actual environmental dialogue is just as lacking as every other party's (barring the Cons I guess) and they come with tons of libertarian/NIMBY baggage. I mean a good leader could feasibly change all that around but until then, the Green party are an active hindrance to the actual well-being of Canadians.
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Nov 25, 2021 21:31
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Even if business will not vote for them, they can still initiate a capital strike. A lot of the appeasement is done to prevent a capital strike. Bob Rae and Roy Romanow were both effected by capital strikes in the 90s and I think it left a lasting impact on the upper echelon of the NDP that run provincial governments.
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Nov 25, 2021 21:41
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folytopo posted:Even if business will not vote for them, they can still initiate a capital strike. A lot of the appeasement is done to prevent a capital strike. Bob Rae and Roy Romanow were both effected by capital strikes in the 90s and I think it left a lasting impact on the upper echelon of the NDP that run provincial governments. Yes, now the policy is preemptive surrender.
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Nov 25, 2021 21:56
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https://twitter.com/MackLamoureux/status/1463919326432399360 Well this seems like a perfectly normal and not at all concerning development.
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Nov 25, 2021 22:05
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Seems like maybe this is one of those things the RCMP might be expected to do something about, what with it being domestic terrorism and all. These loving clowns have already done all the heavy lifting for them, they don't even need to spend a few mil on another Mr. Big sting.
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Nov 25, 2021 22:08
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We should be doing something about that oh well
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Nov 25, 2021 22:08
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TheKingofSprings posted:Why is it a shame? If the Greens have a legitimate leader it's a good thing. A shame in the sense that it's a shame our first woman PM with Kim loving Campbell. It's progress and I'll take it but ehhhh.
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Nov 25, 2021 22:11
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infernal machines posted:Seems like maybe this is one of those things the RCMP might be expected to do something about, what with it being domestic terrorism and all. These loving clowns have already done all the heavy lifting for them, they don't even need to spend a few mil on another Mr. Big sting. The RCMP are more politically aligned with her than us
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Nov 25, 2021 22:59
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TheKingofSprings posted:First transgender leader and non-binary at that, according to CBC. Also has a personal beef with climate change: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-amita-kuttner-bc-mudslides-1.6262575 quote:Q: What happened in January of 2005? They sound much more interesting than Paul, which means they'll never be elected official leader.
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Nov 26, 2021 00:45
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ChickenDoodle posted:They sound much more interesting than Paul, which means they'll never be elected official leader. I think by agreeing to be interim leader they also agreed not to run for the leadership (pretty standard in Canadian politics). The CBC article mentioned that Paul Manly was assumed to be the interim leader but pulled out, presumably to run for leader later. I absolutely agree with the sentiment though, I know a few Greens and none of them were excited for Paul.
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Nov 26, 2021 00:59
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Mad Hamish posted:https://twitter.com/MackLamoureux/status/1463919326432399360 huh I am somewhat surprised that her hold on people held up after the prophesized Trump invasion of Canada / her installation as queen never took place. This gets her arrested for sure right? I don't think it's legal anywhere to call for an identifiable group of people to be assassinated.
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Nov 26, 2021 03:13
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Starsfan posted:This gets her arrested for sure right? I don't think it's legal anywhere to call for an identifiable group of people to be assassinated. Someone with jurisdiction would have to care to enforce the law, so I'd say about even odds. I don't know if you've noticed, but they can just not do that. They can straight up ignore it until some people get killed. infernal machines fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Nov 26, 2021 |
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Nov 26, 2021 03:26
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Starsfan posted:huh I am somewhat surprised that her hold on people held up after the prophesized Trump invasion of Canada / her installation as queen never took place.
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Nov 26, 2021 03:47
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Mr. Mercury posted:Every single dumbshit that follows her is completely detached from reality and primed to accept things on faith. Why would that affect their opinion of her after caught in an obvious lie Historically in these kinds of movements, prophecies failing to come true only strengthen people's faith.
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Nov 26, 2021 04:13
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Historically in these kinds of movements, prophecies failing to come true only strengthen people's faith. Exactly 
Mr. Mercury fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Nov 26, 2021 |
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Nov 26, 2021 05:02
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What's a Romulan dildo and why is it pretending as queen?
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Nov 26, 2021 08:00
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... Do they have a website? If so, could it qualify as an awful site-of-the-day submission? After all, the front page has not been updated in quite some time...
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Nov 26, 2021 13:28
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Starsfan posted:This gets her arrested for sure right? I don't think it's legal anywhere to call for an identifiable group of people to be assassinated. I'm sure we're all aware, but cops are pretty much the sole arbiters of what crimes get investigated and what charges are laid in most cases. Which isn't a problem unless the majority of them sympathize with these psychopaths and despise a huge chunk of the population for merely existing. Uh oh!
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Nov 26, 2021 14:11
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Starsfan posted:huh I am somewhat surprised that her hold on people held up after the prophesized Trump invasion of Canada / her installation as queen never took place. Unfortunately the RCMP are on her side so they'll just do nothing. If this 'movement' ends up killing someone we'll get a lot of "No one could have seen this coming!"
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Nov 26, 2021 14:48
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I know the clow parade of bad UCP news can become fatiguing, but this one is pretty hosed up. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion...2slb4qTeuoS_sFg UCP are basically rigging it so they can have unlimited corporate contributions, and all the unions and NGOs that have been criticizing their buffoonery cannot speak against them during the election.
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Nov 26, 2021 20:23
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Powershift posted:I know the clow parade of bad UCP news can become fatiguing, but this one is pretty hosed up. Super excited for the protracted court battle that wastes tens of thousands of dollars to fight what seems like pretty blatantly an unconstitutional law
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Nov 26, 2021 20:59
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thehoodie posted:Super excited for the protracted court battle that wastes tens of thousands of dollars to fight what seems like pretty blatantly an unconstitutional law Wasn't the similar Ontario law ruled constitutional recently?
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Nov 26, 2021 21:05
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Arivia posted:Wasn't the similar Ontario law ruled constitutional recently? No, they used the not-withstanding clause.
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Nov 27, 2021 00:27
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EngineerJoe posted:No, they used the not-withstanding clause. The two greatest words in the failson despot's vocabulary.
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Nov 27, 2021 00:57
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EngineerJoe posted:No, they used the not-withstanding clause. Gross, gently caress that poo poo.
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Nov 27, 2021 01:27
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And of all the things to have used it on... They threatened to when Toronto fought them unilaterally halving city council in the middle of an election, but it turns out that was entirely legal to do.
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Nov 27, 2021 01:39
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