Holy shit, Canada's having an election! But why?

[EricHiggin]

SvennoJ said:

EricHiggin said:

We really do need to do something to make the vote more fair in a bunch of ways. Western Canada, especially Alberta, with how crucial it is to the Canadian economy, could vote 100% for a single party, and yet it basically means nothing if just Ontario and/or Quebec vote for a different party. That's not the end of the world if each Province is extremely independent, but if that's not the case, and say you've got to fork over billions to other Provinces because the Federal Gov forces you to share nicely, to prop up everyone else's standard of living, that's something that's not going to last without getting something worthy in return. I'm not sure what the best answer would be exactly, but what we have now is not good enough and more people are starting to get on board with changing that.

Carney knows about the economy, but Pierre's not devoid of that by any means. Pierre was part of Harper's Gov and learned a lot from him, and Stephen is an economist, a big part of why Canada was doing so well back then and was basically on par with the USA. Pierre also has a degree in International relations, so dealing with Trump, as well as trade, would be right up his alley. Harper hasn't been campaigning with PP just because they're in the same party, he actually stands behind Pierre. That wasn't the case last election with O'Toole and the 'Harper paradox'.

I personally can't understand why Liberals would want to vote for Carney, based on his resume. For decades and decades, maybe longer, Liberals have been saying that the system is corrupt because the politicians are bought and paid for, by the millionaire/billionaires, banksters, and wall street. Well Carney is a millionaire/billionaire, bankster, who's got ties and stock with Brookfield, a company he moved out of Canada and into the USA. He's literally the definition of 'the bad guys behind the scenes' corrupting politics. Not to mention his WEF membership, along with a bunch of others in the Cabinet. How anyone could vote for the person who's part of an elitist world group, who's well known motto is 'you'll own nothing and you'll be happy' is just beyond me. The only thing that makes any sense to me is that this is exactly what you'd expect in the backwards world of the 'memetrix'. 

Yet we have PP. Someone who's ideas and policies that he's been talking about for a year or more now, are getting copied, one after another by Carney, just like Kamala did with Trump. PP, who certainly seems like one of the few politicians who isn't compromised. Who's all for making Canada as independent as reasonably possible, and it's not like he wants to cut all ties with allies, but simply deal with them where it makes sense for the Country as a whole. I don't see how that's at all unreasonable or not good enough for a guy who's dedicated his life and time solely to this Country.

You make good points, but I can't get past PPs statements about Gaza protests and his ties with tech bros willing to go full DOGE here as well.
https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/story/69572/what-poilievre-gets-wrong-about-immigration/
https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/pierre-poilievre-public-service-cuts-ian-brodie

Yes, Carney is part of an elitist group, but he's the lesser of 2 evils in my eyes, just like Harris was the lesser of 2 evils in the USA.

Is Pollievre a guy dedicated to all of this country, in which 95% of the population are immigrants after all?

Personally I'm not for non Canadian protests in Canada. You want to protest about some other Country, go protest there. If that other Country won't let you, then rethink what you have here and what you're doing. You want to protest Canada, then by all means, do so peacefully and change Canadians minds. I'm also not for sticking our nose into what's going on between Israel and Palestine or Ukraine and Russia. Let the EU worry about it if they want to. You can't hate on the USA (or CAN backing them up) for being world police while not covering your payments, but then ask for help every time you're in need of protection. We can't even properly take care of our own military/defence for that matter.

PP won't be going full DOGE because the majority of Canadians would go bonkers. Canada isn't similar enough to the USA to go full DOGE. Getting rid of some things isn't a problem, assuming they're the right things to shut down or shrink, but throwing everything out would be unacceptable. The nickname some give him of Trump Lite would be more so what to expect in this case. DOGE Lite.

Trudeau was also part of that elitist group, and many Canadians finally realized he needed to go, like the rest of us who knew that in the last election. Mind you PP is leaps better than O'Toole was. The WEF isn't there for Canada's benefit. They're there for their benefit. Carney is on video complaining that he was unhappy that Trudeau didn't charge a higher carbon tax that Carney advised. The carbon tax he's been saying is over with, which is bs, because it hasn't been thrown out, only paused. Obviously so he can restart it, and potentially charge more again if he wins. Brookfield, is also big into housing, which would clearly be a conflict of interest for Carney, but he clearly doesn't care since he'll financially benefit directly from it. You should watch Jordan Petersons videos where he speaks with Jim Basillie (RIM BlackBerry) about the upcoming election, and well as Jordan's analysis on Carney's book "values". Neither of them look to be fans of Carney, and Jim's a big Canadian business guy.

Well PP's mom was Irish, and then he was adopted by French Parents. The way he talks about his past it sure seems like he gets it and isn't anti immigrant, just about smarter immigration. Taking too many in while leaving the people already here behind, just flat out doesn't make any sense. You don't continue building a railroad without properly maintaining what's already been built.