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I just had a terrible thought. Jason Kenney is widely expected to become the next Conservative leader. There's a distinct, non-zero probability that we could go from Prime Minister Justin to Prime Minister Jason.
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Baudin posted:Because only people who live in central parts of cities are real citizens Unironically agree w/ this
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Oct 26, 2015 23:15
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Gay people who contribute to oppressive political movements should be criticized imo.
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Oct 27, 2015 01:26
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Jordan7hm posted:everyone who doesn't agree with me should be criticized imo
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Oct 27, 2015 01:32
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flakeloaf posted:Still nobody's business how our leaders gently caress. Having a sexuality doesn't make you a mascot. Juul-Whip fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Oct 27, 2015 |
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Oct 27, 2015 01:40
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If it werent for the acceptance of gay people, won by decades of struggle, Baird would probably have never risen almost to the top of our government. He'd be a nobody. And what did he do? He went to bat for a racist party that shits on poor people and refugees, and claims that trans people are predators. But okay, sure, all these criticisms are a violation of his privacy. Juul-Whip fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Oct 27, 2015 |
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Oct 27, 2015 01:58
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Wong benefited from the Liberals' nationwide surge. It still wasn't even close, Van East is the safest NDP seat by far.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:53
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‘I spent two weeks being called a baby-killer’: Chris Alexander QQs about the campaign that cost him his job (w/ video) “We’re still the party that sees reality as it is, doesn’t want to go on some hippy-trippy jaunt down memory lane and put marijuana in the windows of every store,” he said in an interview Tuesday on Ottawa’s Sparks Street. “We’re trying to deal with the real issues that Canadians are facing. And we’ll continue to do that.” The Liberals have promised to legalize and regulate pot but haven’t actually said it would be in the windows of every store. And Alexander takes issue with the way his opponents characterized the Tories’ stance on immigrants and refugees, especially in the wake of a photo of three-year-old Syrian boy Alan Kurdi lifeless on a Turkish beach, which focused the world’s attention on a refugee crisis many feel Canada and other countries have failed to act on with urgency. This scrutiny only increased when Kurdi’s Canadian aunt said she’d tried to get members of his family to Canada only to have them refused. “I spent two weeks being called a baby-killer by other MPs and by people in the media. That was not pleasant.” The Liberals and NDP took citizenship, immigration and refugee issues for “pretty unpleasant purposes,” Alexander charged. “That’s the story that people insist on telling, that we are cold-hearted Conservatives, that we’ve never done the right thing. And it’s wrong,” said Alexander. “We started bringing Syrian refugees to Canada on a large scale in January,” he said. “But nobody covered it. Somehow it became divisive that we hadn’t brought them all, by the middle of the campaign.” Canada has resettled 2,500 Syrian refugees since 2013. Global News and other media organizations have been covering the issue extensively over the past two years. Alexander predicts Liberal leader Justin Trudeau will have trouble following through on his promise to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of the year. “Nothing’s impossible, but cost, safety, the operational standards for which Canada is renowned, are all issues,” he said. “We have the best record in the world for refugee resettlement because we do it well. We meet certain standards. We check out who people are. We make sure human smugglers aren’t involved. We make sure identity theft isn’t involved. We make sure people are who they say they are. We make sure criminals don’t benefit from Canada’s generous refugee policies. When you start moving large numbers of people in short periods of time, all of that can be compromised.” As Global News has reported, Canada doesn’t have the best record in the world on refugees, although we have taken in more than the United States. Advocates have argued there’s no reason Canada couldn’t bring in more people while maintaining security standards. Alexander also takes issue with the campaign’s focus on new laws that gave him the authority to unilaterally strip dual citizens of their Canadian citizenship if they were found guilty of terrorism. The Conservatives were accused of making it an election issue when they announced during the campaign their intention to strip the citizenship of people arrested on terror charges almost a decade ago. Justin Trudeau kept the issue in the headlines, repeating “a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian” in his speeches and saying that the Conservative change was creating two classes of citizens – something that Alexander believes was a mischaracterization. “Suddenly we ended up in a campaign talking about second-class citizens? That concept does not exist in Canadian law. It should not exist in public debate. We did not introduce it to the debate. When it was introduced by the party that’s now won the election, we didn’t counter it enough,” he said. “We don’t have room in this country for poison like that  and people deserve in an election to know what the law actually says, the protections they enjoy in this country, what opportunities they enjoy in this country compared to virtually every country in the world. But that failed to be communicated.”
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twistedmentat posted:I was right, the CPC is taking the GOP playbook in saying they lost because they failed to communicate their terrible ideas right, and not because the voting population rejects their ideas. Good.
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Brannock posted:It's insane to me that people are getting their hackles up about 24 Sussex, even if it's only just the pundits. If the White House fell into disrepair it would be regarded as a source of national embarrassment. The White House is the main workplace of the president, and it houses many executive functions. 10 Downing Street also acts as the HQ of the executive branch. 24 Sussex is merely the PM's official residence.
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Do it ironically posted:nice of notley to rack up 16 billion in debt for my province and then claim it will balanced after their term is over hmmm yes 
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Vancouver City Council voted today to tear down the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts. You know what that means: a bunch of people who don't live in Vancouver will be slightly inconvenienced while driving through Vancouver. That's bad!
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Oct 28, 2015 18:48
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CLAM DOWN posted:Tearing the viaducts down is a good decision, especially considering their plans for the land. gently caress everyone from Surrey opposing this.
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Oct 28, 2015 19:41
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sbaldrick posted:I'm surprised no on has talked about how Harper it seemed planed on a 150 million dollar renovation to bring the PMO to 24 Sussuex. Tell me more.
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Viaduct chat.quote:Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson denies B.C. Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone's claims that the city hadn't consulted with the province before voting to remove the viaducts that lead to the downtown core. gently caress the loving Liberals. Juul-Whip fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Oct 29, 2015 |
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Oct 29, 2015 18:42
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CLAM DOWN posted:Do they have the actual legal authority to prevent the city from doing it? I doubt it, but they could retaliate by making life hell for us in other ways. They're just pandering to their base of angry suburban motorists
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Oct 29, 2015 18:49
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CLAM DOWN posted:gently caress the loving BC Libs, for real. NDP gonna lose again lol~ 
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Oct 29, 2015 19:02
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Harper turned the top floor of 24 Sussex into a cat sanctuary.quote:Despite the auditor’s warning, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the leader and his family wouldn’t leave the premises. The prime minister’s wife, Laureen Harper, later told the Ottawa Citizen the house was a “beautiful heritage property,” and “well-suited to our family.”
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Oct 29, 2015 19:59
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Get your tears here. Fresh salty CPC tears    
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Oct 29, 2015 23:07
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A poison headcrab zombie but with cats
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Oct 29, 2015 23:26
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After 9 years of "Stevie" I think it's fair
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Oct 29, 2015 23:36
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Turns out the Liberals claimed the "gently caress you dad" vote this time
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Oct 29, 2015 23:41
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Tax-and-spend liberal elitist eggheads are out of touch with the concerns and priorities of the common people.
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Oct 30, 2015 23:38
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PT6A posted:He should call their bluff. If they obstruct too much, they'll be lynched in the streets. It's not like the Canadian people are overly fond of senators to begin with.
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Oct 31, 2015 00:56
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Ranked ballots are no good for me anyway because theres only one major party I can support and even then it's like ugh.
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Nov 1, 2015 23:36
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a primate posted:The University of Calgary's relationship with Enbridge has come under fire due to concerns over academic freedom Kwantlen  "University" tried to shut down a student protest against LNG pipes and fracking too
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Shun all real estate agents.
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Conservative MP pulls no punches on campaign’s failurequote:“We lost an election because we were devastatingly off-brand,” Lake wrote. Lol @ this guy. Lol @ the sun attempting to contrive a dramatic race for interim leader of the CPC. Juul-Whip fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Nov 3, 2015 01:10
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Apparently that guy went to Pride and when asked what his party is doing for queer people he said "We're fighting ISIS"
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Nov 3, 2015 01:20
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Many conservatives want it to be a good country for immigrants, and they believe it is, just not for immigrants who follow the bad religion.
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Nov 3, 2015 19:38
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The next election is in 2019. There's no particular urgency to change leaders right now.
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Nov 3, 2015 20:11
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Some conservative men are mad because an MLA in Alberta is having a baby and now she's demanding parental leave at the long-suffering taxpayer's expense! (she's actually not) How could she be so irresponsible as to have a child while having a job! What about her constituents?!! 
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Nov 4, 2015 04:42
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Bye Whoarper 
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Nov 4, 2015 18:38
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 PET about to be sworn in, 1968
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Melian Dialogue posted:I liked JJ back when I had never seen his face and occasionally read his dumb comic about int'l stuff. Anything to do with Canada was usually Conservative garbage. He used to kind of straddle the fence on domestic issues and give weight to both sides and all that poo poo, but this year he became basically a mini Poiličvre. He's angling to become Canada's Tucker Carlson and I think it's adorable. Juul-Whip fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Nov 4, 2015 |
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Nov 4, 2015 19:17
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pfizerman posted:Part of me is thinking this is secret liberal strategy to demolish the NDP into irrelevance the next election - particularly if they continue on with the current leadership for any stretch. Yeah, in four years time voters are really going to think back to that time the NDP leader said a thing about the size of JT's cabinet. What an idiot! This moment will be at the top of their minds for sure.
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Nov 4, 2015 21:33
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PT6A posted:"Nothing" was an acceptable thing to say about the size of cabinet, though. Choosing something other than "nothing" shows they're going to try to whine about irrelevant nonsense to try and remain relevant.
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Nov 4, 2015 21:35
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We better just shut up you guys, let we be called whiners. We're only allowed to discuss things the establishment deems important, and only at the acceptable times.
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PT6A posted:Christ you're salty about the NDP being a useless and irrelevant force in this election.
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Can't wait to hear how we're whiny and salty and grasping for relevance when actual policies come out and they are criticized for any reason whatsoever.
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