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  • I wouldn't worry about it. The Liberal supporters is just butthurt their "good enough" party is actually shit and their only effective retort these is that at least they're not Conservative levels of shit.

  • I'm not voting for the party leader. I'm voting for my riding's candidate.

    I take it you're not much of a believer in vote whipping.

    Things are going so poorly that the Conservatives is overwhelmingly going to win the next election. If that's good enough for you I can see why you're completely fixed on your support for the Liberals.

  • A & B - I'm talking about the current circumstances and how as a progressive there's never been a better chance in recent times to vote NDP if you don't want "waste" a vote. There can be a 20 extra seat swing coming purely from the Conservatives to the Liberals and they still have majority by 34 seats.

    C & D - I don't understand how voting for someone that lied about something as big as Voting reform is suppose to inspire optimism. The Liberals is just better than the Conservatives, they've never been been a good party. Even if the Liberals won the next election most Canadian will still be worse off just not as bad.

    This whole I'm not the bad guy therefore I'm the good guy rhetoric is deplorable.

  • I wouldn't vote for Pierre if he said he'd implement voting reform which is the only thing I'm looking for in the next election.

    I really don't understand how people can look at Canadian politics in the last half a century and want to bounce between these parties that has taken turns seeing how bad they can be before people vote them out.

  • Just some random political commentary of my own:

    Yesterday I heard the someone say that Trump tariffs will make Canada great again by somehow improving government efficiency. The individual was the stereotypical person that thinks any and all types of taxes is killing Canada these days but turns out if another nation taxes us then it's good shit.

    Anyways as the polls go Trudeau has the power to implement PR which could hold back Pierre garbage politics but he isn't exactly for helping Canadians either.

  • Something almost never brought up in these articles is that while the union didn't commit to a rotating strike like they did in the past, Canadapost made that decision for them by locking them out.

    So if people want to point the finger as to why things went full stop they should be looking at the management for that as well.

  • If the CIRB agrees, MacKinnon says the labour relations board would order Canada Post and all employees represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to resume operations and extend the terms of the existing collective agreements until May 2025.

    “Not only have the parties been unable to show any progress towards an agreement, the federal mediator has now informed me that the negotiations between both parties are now, in fact, going in the wrong direction,” he said during a Friday media conference.

  • The central bank’s policy rate now stands at 3.25 per cent after the fifth rate cut in a row.

    CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said in a note that he also sees the Bank of Canada continuing to lower its policy rate — albeit at a more modest pace of quarter-point cuts — until reaching a low of 2.25 per cent in 2025.

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    “I think what we’re seeing now is that there are probably internal negotiations in the union to determine how to move forward,” said Stephanie Ross, a labour studies professor at McMaster University.

    That kind of dramatic restructuring makes it far harder to see a clear path to a settlement than if it were only money dividing the two sides, Ross said. “It’s hard to split the difference when you’re talking about expanding the presence of casual and part-time labour.”

    The federal government has thus far said it won’t invoke Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code and apply to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board for binding arbitration to end the strike, but that prospect could push both sides back to the table, said Larry Savage, a labour relations professor at Brock University.

    The federal government involvement should be properly discussing the future of Canada Post. We're seeing the results of a 11 billion dollar entity stuck in limbo for much longer than it should and the government needs to decide if they want to shrink or expand it's operations.

  • While job growth in the province has been strong, he said, it hasn't been sufficient to keep up with the uptick in people moving here.

    Alberta's population grew by around 204,000 people between July of 2023 and July of 2024, according to a recent provincial news release. That's an annual growth rate of around 4.4 per cent — the highest rate since 1981 and the highest among all provinces, it said. (It's also the size of two new cities roughly the size of Red Deer.)

    An estimated 42 per cent of that increase in working-age population was concentrated in Calgary, and 40.5 per cent in Edmonton, said St-Arnaud.

    There are industries still dealing with labour shortages, even with the current job market. Home-builders need more skilled trades workers, and many hospitality businesses still can't seem to find enough staff, said Parsons, from ATB.

  • While I have the same sentiment I think it's best not to dwell to much on a person that's been gone for more than a decade. I do feel like there's some candidates in the NDP party that seem like they'd win the party a few more seats.

  • Canada Post said Thursday it was reviewing new counter-proposals submitted by the union representing more than 55,000 postal employees, who walked off the job three weeks ago.

    The sticking points include wages and a push to expand into weekend delivery, with the two sides in disagreement over how to staff the expansion.

    Calls for federal intervention have been mounting from the business community, but so far the government has said it's not stepping in.

    Canada Post handled 296 million parcels last year, or nearly 811,000 per day. That's a big hole for private operators to plug, even if it represents just 29 per cent of the parcel market, according to the Crown corporation.

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    Danielle Smith going further off the rails. Apparently the Tariffs is the Liberals fault.

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    Canada Post workers go on strike, negotiations still underway

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    StatCan latest wealth survey shows stark disparity between homeowners, renters

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    Ontario to require provincial approval for new municipal bike lanes

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    48% of new Alberta nurses leave profession before they turn 35: report | Globalnews.ca

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    Bloc Québécois won’t support Pierre Poilievre’s non-confidence motion

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    Conservatives are targeting Singh over his pension — but Poilievre's is three times larger

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    B.C. United intends to run some candidates to keep party status

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    Meet the right-wing Canadian influencers accused of collaborating with an alleged Russian propaganda scheme

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    The NDP is ending its governance agreement with the Liberals

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    B.C. Conservative leader outlines views on energy, education in podcast appearance

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    Kevin Falcon to fold BC United Party, suspend campaign | Globalnews.ca

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    Covenant Health does not allow birth control or abortion care to take place in their facilities.

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    Would you buy an affordable EV made in China?

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    What Policy Ideas Attract and Repel Canadian Voters? A look at the “Third Rails” of Canadian Politics

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    B.C. United promises major income tax cut if elected

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    The absurdity of current Canadian politics. - BC Housing Edition

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    More than 70% of dentists now accepting patients through Canadian Dental Care Plan

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    Pierre's dreams

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    Housing Minister Having Conversation with Leader of Opposition Party