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[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

~~If I'm not mistaken, this makes it a liberal majority doesn't it?

I kind of liked that the Greens held the balance of power so I'm a little disappointed here.~~ nvm seems they'd still be 1 short.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 13 hours ago

They're still three seats shy, thanks to the resignations of Blair and Freeland, and the Supreme Court overturning Tatiana Auguste's election.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Funny how many Conservatives seem happy enough to go the party that is supposedly full of “woke leftists”. Almost as if the Liberals are actually conservatives, have been for a while, and too many of us are too stupid to have seen it.

Glad we nuked the NDP again for this!

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The Liberals aren't woke leftists. Nor are they MAGA conservatives. They're just sorta center, increasingly conservative but not particularly extreme. Not my ideal party but compared to what other countries have been electing I'd say it's kind of a relief.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Ya’ll need to pay attention, then. They’re stripping back environmental protections “for the economy” and selling our shit to private companies, laying people off in a time when it’s already incredibly difficult to get jobs, and tried to help Air Canada by butting into the flight attendant strike to make it illegal and we’re all lucky that it didn’t work. “Elbows up” lost steam immediately and then we just fell in with China instead. So much of the good they did the last time was the NDP making them do it while Canadians bitched about the NDP “not doing anything”. They’re not “increasingly conservative” they are just conservatives and they are less and less afraid of showing it each cycle.

I’m so beyond over lazy, relativistic politics. Who the hell cares if they’re better than worst from other countries when we literally have a better party right here?

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

The NDP have a good platform, ticks my boxes, but they seem kinda incompetent to me.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago

Lol dam, straight. The NDP are like 16 year Olds who see the world through rose color glasses.

Instead of doing shit to make more jobs and better jobs, they would rather just make a bigger welfare program.

Andrea horwath , the former leader of ontario, ndp. Current mayor of hamilton. Worst fucking mayor I have ever seen. Blows a bunch of money on tiny home bulshit that flopped like old man dick. Raised property taxes in the city with the highest property tax already. Doesn't seem to understand how everyone does lunch everyday with out having catering

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago

Why? Was it all the stuff they got done when the only power they had was a coalition government? What was it? And Carney getting stuff done is better even though the stuff being done is bad? What about the Liberals and their constant lying, scheming, and persistent disdain for the working class make them a better choice?

Are for real? You cannot honestly be that stupid, can you?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

I'm glad we nuked the NDP. Not for this but for a leftist renewal that was impossible under Jagmeet.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

That area of Edmonton has never voted in a Liberal, and now they are Liberals. I'm sure his constituency loves it.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Conservatives are dumb as hell, they probably don’t even realize that they’re getting the same ideology they used to vote for just under a different name.

If I could magic one seemingly small thing into the world it would be to make everyone think just a tiny bit more about what they were doing. It would be to make them vote honestly and in alignment with their ideology and not based on their past choices or party branding.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 19 hours ago

The article has the wrong thumbnail.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-matt-jeneroux-resigns-9.6970100

As the article points out, this is the same Matt Jeneroux that said he was going to resign last fall. Is he takeback-ing it before committing to an official end date, cancelling the by-election? From the November article:

Jeneroux later clarified that his "exact date of departure will be determined at a later day," but suggested it would be "this spring."

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It'll be interesting to hear what he has to say for himself.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 18 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

"Those conversations [with his family over the holidays] have been honest, difficult and deeply personal at times. But they also led me to reflect on the gravity of the moment that our country is living through — which our prime minister addressed head on in his speech at Davos. For Canada, this is a moment that demands steady leadership, constructive collaboration between all parliamentarians."

"After further reflection with my family, and conversations with colleagues and constituents, I will be continuing to serve in Parliament — and I will be working with Prime Minister Mark Carney as a part of his new government to help build our country’s strength as we face the challenges ahead."

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

Damn, Carney's legendary speech still changes lives!

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

We should have an election then, let the electorate decide who it should be. Deciding to just join another party on a whim to give them a majority clearly just leads to further divide in the long run.

Given Carney is currently high in the polls he should just call an election, and ask the people for a full mandate, rather than this cloak and dagger nonsense.

[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

Eh... There was like a 5% vote difference in Edmonton Riverbend, with an almost exact 50/50 left-right vote split.

In a sane electoral system, like STV, the area would have something like 2 Liberal MPs, 0-1 NDP MPs, and 2-3 Con MPs.

This isn't a great shift against local political preferences.