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Re: Justin Trudeau promises to resign as PM

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Post by andrekandre »

jlos wrote: post #402

As a close watcher of Canadian politics, here's the best summary I can offer for those not familiar: Overal Picture Canada has seen gdp-per-capita decline for nearly every quarter over the past 3 years. Large stimulus spending during the pandemic fueled the housing crisis and added massive inflation. Stimulating the economy through similarly massive increases in Non-Permanent Residents has kept GDP afloat, but come a…

  > stimulus spending during the pandemic fueled the housing crisis
not very informed on canadian politics/economy so apologies if it is an obvious question, but what is the connection of stimulus spending and the housing crisis?

Re: Justin Trudeau promises to resign as PM

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Post by canucker2016 »

brailsafe wrote: post #124
aqme28 wrote: post #80

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I'm out of the loop. What happened weeks ago to spur this? The linked article isn't particularly helpful.

Well, he's not had the best holiday season, lots of turmoil in his cabinet and parliament has been completely stalled.

Since early 2023, Trudeau has been having a rough time - https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/sophie-gregoire-trudeau...

Re: Justin Trudeau promises to resign as PM

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Post by Der_Einzige »

anonporridge wrote: post #420
avgDev wrote: post #384

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I feel like this site has a bit of a bias when it comes to the USA. Most devs are highly compensated in the USA and can afford whatever. Being poor or sick sucks here.

There is not and never has been any place on Earth where being poor and sick doesn't suck.

I'll take Iceland or another Nordic social democracy for evidence that you're wrong there.

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Post by Der_Einzige »

TMWNN wrote: post #641
selimthegrim wrote: post #439

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I suppose the meme is still going around about Pierre Trudeau being cucked by a certain foreign leader?

It's not just a meme. Well, the side-by-side comparison photos of Justin and Fidel are a meme in the widely spread sense. But it is a fact that in April 1971 the Trudeaus were a) in the Caribbean for two weeks and b) did not publish their schedule, including at least one visit to an undisclosed island. Justin was born in December 1971. Add to that c) the remarkably familiar way Fidel, Pierre, and Margaret acted towar…

I will always say that Justin is the best product of the Cuban Revolution!

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Post by tw04 »

blowsand wrote: post #813
a-priori wrote: post #295

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I was a resident of downtown Ottawa during this period. It was bad. We had a young kid and didn't feel even safe walking her to a park, because the route crossed over convoy lines and there were all sorts of stories of harassment and assaults. We didn't even experience the worst of it; lots of people dealt with truck horns blaring 24/7, but at least our street at least was kept clear as an emergency route. We put up…

Not sure which town got the prominent coverage, but here in America a lot of the coverage we saw looked like a peaceful presence, organized to allow emergency passage, and frequently we saw what looked like a fair - lots of families strolling through, eating food, adults and kids dancing, buying random things from vendors. We saw interviews with drivers who told their stories and said they were there to peacefully pr…

On what? Fox News? Because that wasn’t at all how it was portrayed by Klepper who actually took the time to be onsite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbmiKG56zuw

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Post by tw04 »

selfmodruntime wrote: post #714
clwg wrote: post #656

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I live in Ottawa. We were failed by all levels of government, our police services, and our intelligence services. The convoy drove across the country, broadcasting their intentions on social media. Yet, everyone acted shocked when they did exactly what they said they were going to do. I hesitate to call them protesters because I don't think they had a permit or a cohesive message beside F* Trudeau, but they were comp…

> I hesitate to call them protesters because I don't think they had a permit The notion that the common people need permission to protest is exactly why we are slowly, but surely arriving at oligarchies. The French are right. You don't need permission to show the ruling class who's king.

Except they weren’t protesting or inconveniencing the government or the oligarchs, just their fellow citizens.

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Post by joemazerino »

mlekoszek wrote: post #853
joemazerino wrote: post #819

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Stories of harassment and assaults? Provide one source for any assault.

Glad you asked. * Pushing a reporter live on air: https://x.com/mylenecrete/status/1494874304814751744 * Beating a counter-protestor on camera: https://x.com/timabray/status/1488231660260839430?t=Bx4fGVxR... * Attacking a shop employee for masking up on their way to work: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=23006638534070... * Smashing windows of a business with a Pride flag: https://imgur.com/a/80bmPQ8 * T…

Thanks for the evidence.

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Post by zahlman »

eldaisfish wrote: post #828
ploxiln wrote: post #543

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My rough impression is that immigration and housing policy contributed significantly to his low approval ratings. Trudeau enacted a rather large increase in immigration a few years ago, and this caused a rather large increase in housing and food costs, with understandable economic repercussions, and changed Canadian attitudes over that time due to the related economic stress... For ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?…

FYI, the "large" increase in immigration was driven by the provinces, Ontario's conservative government in particular. The provinces control the number of seats in colleges and Doug's government froze domestic tuition rates, pushing colleges to turn to international students. Now, the province also approved almost every request for international students. The Feds can't step in sad say "no". The immigration problem i…

In what way is immigration not definitionally a federal problem? If you're referring to programs like OINP, note that

> The OINP recognizes and nominates people for permanent residence who have the skills and experience the Ontario economy needs, and the Government of Canada makes the final decision to approve applications for permanent residence.

(https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-immigrant-nominee-progra...)

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Post by FrontierProject »

Marsymars wrote: post #602
orochimaaru wrote: post #525

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Then arrest them. Debanking should be illegal. It denies you the right to do anything in the current age.

Do you mean debanking by the government, or for any reasons? (Because banks will already algorithmically drop you as a customer without explanation or recourse, akin to how you can get your Google account algorithimically banned. TBH it would be more of an inconvenience to have my Google account banned than one of my bank accounts.)

> TBH it would be more of an inconvenience to have my Google account banned than one of my bank accounts.

Congratulations, you're in an extremely privileged segment of society. Most of those truckers would likely find it easier to relate to a little green Martian in a flying saucer than to you.

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Post by zahlman »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #422
adverbly wrote: post #411

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Housing has gotten worse in many places. I hate to be repeat a meme but land value tax would fix this.

Only the provinces have the constitutional authority to impose a land value tax. (The cities get their property taxing rights from the province).

Sure, but no province would take the political risk without an assurance of it happening simultaneously in other provinces.
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