DarkWinterNights @ DarkWinterNights @lemmy.world

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They're being extremely "artful" in the way they keep presenting the standard playbook (tax cuts).

He's essentially promising a tax deferment, not a tax cut, which isn't the same thing; from the article, when you reinvest domestically the tax rolls over. For the majority of investors this isn't an incentive especially when you compare with the performance of other markets or the lack of market diversity and stimulus (look to what CHIPs did for the US semiconductor market). It's generally for borrowing against money that isn't yours.

"We will soar above the Americans. We will reverse the lost Liberal decade and make this country boom."

He says unironically still in front of his "Canada First" sign. It's Diet PP, still with that great Trumpian rhetoric flavor.

Thanks - good notes

It's also just some rhetoric buzz words given rally-cry.

Given the constellation of outcomes in reality, DEI essentially just means to reduce nepotism and cronyism, pretending to be about merit, when instead DEI was about making your leadership not all look like one guy (by making it like 10% something else).

Except they have filled upper echelons now with totally unqualified sycophants who look just like them and who essentially use WhatsApp to share top secret information with impunity.

Wait until they discover what the word "woke" really means, before coopting it.

Guy lives in a fantasy land where everyone around him just says "yes, more please" no matter what the question is. His life is just a game of pretend.

From the guy who complains about having to pay for stuff, pretending it's a subsidy.

Sure, we can reciprocate. Further, the more tariffs he puts on, the more likely we all are to remove trade restrictions on other partners.

Guy responsible for the "great success" USMCA hates the "unfair" USMCA.

I'm amazed it's only half. Who is still buying these? His original target demographic is the one he alienated, the "drill baby drill" audience isn't going to rush to the EV market.

I wish a bunch of the population recognized this. Pointing out where he lies, or at least acts like a useful idiot, or misrepresents things through multiple linguistic quirks, will get you digitally raked over the coals.

The guy who sure made a big deal of "I don't care" during cancellations and "💩" for official comment requests, suddenly demanding empathy and getting the Republican caucus and media circuit to throw him a pity party is undoubtedly the "white persecution" he continues to push.

Who needs satire.

Great note - thanks for the contribution.

While I agree with you, it's tough to get most people to click beyond a headline or open a statistics database for a bunch of easily disprovable commonly held beliefs (aka "common sense"); even if it's to just start thinking about this stuff (and hopefully eventually apply and cross-check), I still view tools like these as a boon.

I think you both have a valid point. There definitely would have been a hard pivot in the rhetoric and dissonance had it been more deadly.

There'd also be a lot fewer MAGA just because licking spittle off the ground became political.

As the article points out, this is a sanctionable offense in Canada (that the AHJ generally aggressively pursue). He certainly will be given notice, and if he doesn't comply they just start ramping up fines aggressively until he does ($25k to $50k each, eventually into court orders and injunctions). These are legally enforceable.

It's even more aggressive in other provinces - the professions strictly regulate title usage. Most people voluntarily comply immediately.

If you're in a battleground, like some of Alberta's municipalities this year, make it count.

https://smartvoting.ca/

https://smartvoting.ca/

Just gonna drop this here

Frankly super accurate - co-assistant manager to (F)elon

A big part of it was Lil PP was drawing the comparisons himself - he's been drawing from Trump's populist playbook since the Free Dumb Convoy. Even now, he still has his "Canada First" signs up, a nod to MAGA and the populism that fucked things up for our closest ally and once greatest friend.

E: I noticed a couple mistakes. Lemme know if you spot others and I can edit (at time of this writing anyways)

MPs are the (single) representatives of Canada's Electoral Districts - generally members of parliament all have seats they win through the general (or interim) elections representing fixed regions. Whichever party wins a majority of seats makes up the government, and when a minority is formed generally some form of coalition is formed.

The party nominates a leader for their party - it is not mandatory for the leader to have a seat (even as PM), but you can imagine the media frenzy if that were the case. We don't pick the leader (unless you're a registered Lib/Con/etc), although it certainly has a major impact on Canadian politics in our FPTP system (as most people don't even really know who their MPs are, as they're generally voting for the party itself and inferring their candidate will act in accordance).

So they're really just saying which seat Carney will be participating in for the general election, usually a safe riding.

The irony that the guy still has Canada First signs up, a direct nod to MAGA, as has been all of his playbook since the Free Dumb Convoy.

Well said. As an Albertan who has spent a considerable amount of energy explaining what's happened here politically (both in and out of the province), you're right we're not a monolith.

Alberta's most recent election reflects this - many rural regions had 1:2 and 2:3 vote turnouts the UCP won in their ridings that have been traditionally 1:5 or 1:6 (the least blue they've been in decades). Municipalities have been overwhelming anything BUT blue. Fewer than ~130 votes spread out across a handful of ridings ultimately could have changed the outcome (which is why pollsters had such a hard time predicting the outcome).

When talking with people, most of them aren't even aware what the real issues are (so much as rhetoric on sovereignty, trans people, wokeness, and carbon tax, etc.); many folks aren't even aware that the Progressive Conservatives aren't a thing anymore, provincially in Alberta or Federally. I know many who were largely uninformed right up to the election who were on the fence, and in the end differed to what trusted parties (relatives, friends, etc.) told them. Some still tell me their biggest grievance with Trudeau was his dad literally flipping the bird at Albertans in 1982, or rather, the media frenzy that followed.

These are gettable voters. Consider that a lot of people made their final choice in the polls because of the federal conservative party's last minute endorsement of Danielle Smith, having tried to keep their distance from her crazy as much as possible (and because long-term PCs (and not CPs) were aggressively speaking out against her); would it have changed anything? Probably actually, given how narrow the margins were, and unless you believe the federal conservative endorsement drove more voters away from the UCP than towards, it very likely changed the outcome.

I agree a real strategy needs to be looked at, and telling them it's their fault because more people voted one way or another and implying they don't care only drives a wedge - it doesn't foster any real inroads.

As a start, I'd suggest people spread the word on this tool: https://smartvoting.ca/federaldashboard . Look at places like Calgary (3 regions currently polling Liberal (with others close), something unheard of in ages, and the more blue of the two major municipalities). These are battlegrounds, and the disinformation machine will work hard to steer those votes back.

PP no doubt begging DS to keep her mouth shut.

E: Dropping This here for anyone interested in learning most about Chatham/PostMedia and their American influence on our media.