Given what went down south of our borders, it would be unwise to ignore Kevin and his utterings given he's one of the three leading candidates in the ongoing race (Bernier, Leitch, O'Leary). If anything, they should be covering what O'Leary today and whatever ridiculous remarks he'll make during the French debate as a reminder of why he is unfit to be leader of a political party, let alone the sole right-wing political party of Canada.
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Given what went down south of our borders, it would be unwise to ignore Kevin and his utterings given he's one of the three leading candidates in the ongoing race (Bernier, Leitch, O'Leary). If anything, they should be covering what O'Leary today and whatever ridiculous remarks he'll make during the French debate as a reminder of why he is unfit to be leader of a political party, let alone the sole right-wing political party of Canada.
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Isn't that what they did in the States, but it backfired and gave that kind of thing a platform?
Pretty new to Canadian politics and I came across this petition for electoral reform https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-616 and wanted to email my MP and pressure them, was wondering if there was a template out there about what I should say?
Call. Emails are minimum-effort and often treated as such.
I saw at template over at the Canada Subreddit for a liberal MP.
Tbh, just email in formal language about why you would like to abolish FPTP (Like, lets say, how you feel like now more than ever the canadian people should be represented in proportion rather than having to strategically plan elections and how we need to make sure the loudest minority (ie: alt-right and fascists) don't end up gaming a system like this and control the majority) and explain what you want done about this situation going forward.
Your email doesn't have to be perfect, just one that isn't overly sloppy
Or this too. I'd say do both since theres no harm
killer rin
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And if you can't or really don't want to call, a completely personal email is better than a template one. I find most personal emails I sent out to my MPs had the MP themselves get back to me personally, whereas templated ones get filtered at the staffer level
AuthenticM
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it's pretty good
it's pretty good
SAVAGE
it's pretty good
being the non-francophone plebian i am, what's this translate to
It's really cold in Ottawa today. So cold in fact many Liberals had their hands in their pockets.
They did the both side things a lot while covering some of the terrible things connected to trump.
killer rin
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Whats this in reference to?
AuthenticM
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It would translate more to "Liberals have their hands in their own pockets". Alluding to the fact that liberals tend to spend a lot of public funds.
MoG EclipsE
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PumpkinSpice
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Bernier posted an English version as well:
it's pretty good
When is this shooter taking office?
Bernier posted an English version as well:
Amusing, almost makes you forget he wants to bring back the gold standard.
Not even a little bit
killer rin
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Ah, I figured it was going to be something like that. Though, I was wondering if something had broke/going to break newswise that I missed.
matthewwhatever
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it's pretty good
I can't say I'm shocked that someone whose ideas are straight out of the 1890s also likes jokes that are about that old, too.
killer rin
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Well, I sent my ERRE email off to my MP, the Minister for Democratic Institutions and the PM. I'm right now 2/3 on personalized responses to my emails, let's see if I can get that to tick upwards
Also thinking about attending a local protest on Sunday. Even if this does nothing, we need to get our voices out to let them know the political hit this will cost them.
Also thinking about attending a local protest on Sunday. Even if this does nothing, we need to get our voices out to let them know the political hit this will cost them.
You could always drop by your nearest Liberal constit office.
pr0cs
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I like this guy, why isn't he making or noise..Or he is and the crazier conservatives are just drowning him out?
He's leading in fundraising- both in the dollar amount but also in number of donors- lots of small donors. Don't know if his monetary policy insanity will ultimately sink him though.
It's not even that cold. He was probably sitting on that joke for two weeks, impatiently waiting for the temperature to finally dip below -15 so he could use it.
pr0cs
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He seems like a decent fit for the cpc, certainly seems a lot more moderate (or reasonable) than some of the current shock value Conservatives of late. Think I'll do some reading.
gutter_trash
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Max isn't going to make it due to his spat with farmers, so count him out
PumpkinSpice
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Bringing back the gold standard is arguably the most destructive and stupid idea put forth by any of the current Conservative leadership candidates.
Simon Belmont
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Hey! Weren't things really great right before the Great Depression?
Sarah Palin could be the next US ambassador in Canada, according to a rumor Paul Wells heard: https://twitter.com/InklessPW/status/827539979484135424
pr0cs
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Nah, because he likes the idea he'll just push it through, just like electoral reform
gutter_trash
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she does see Canada from her house
I guess being a hockey mom is enough of a qualification for an ambassadorship in Trump's administration.
matthewwhatever
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This rumour has been around for a few months now. Canada 2020 held an event a few weeks before Christmas, and they made reference to it then.
From what I've heard, if it's going to be any public figure, Paul LePage is probably a more likely bet. He joked about it last summer, and apparently he visits Montreal fairly frequently.
killer rin
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Maybe, I do know that the Liberal MP for where I am currently living for school (Ottawa) has scheduled drop-in hours where I could repeat my views in person. Then again, I could maybe also catch my NDP MP from where I'm officially registered in her Ottawa Office
I received a Liberal survey, in my inbox today, about 2017 issues that are important to me. I emphasized the importance of electoral reform and keeping your campaign promises.
Surprisingly electoral reform was one of the options that you were able to select
Surprisingly electoral reform was one of the options that you were able to select
gutter_trash
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I received a Liberal survey, in my inbox today, about 2017 issues that are important to me. I emphasized the importance of electoral reform and keeping your campaign promises.
Surprisingly electoral reform was one of the options that you were able to select
http://www.liberal.ca/new-year-check-in-survey-2017/
link to the online version:
Legalizing Weed is my top priority after Canadian Unity
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If Trump can take down the Telcoms and big dairy....
killer rin
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Fuck Off Tier:
Aerospace- The USA and other countries around the world heavily subsidize their industries way more than we do ours, They can fuck off unless they and the rest of the world stop subsidizing their industries also
Intellectual Property - Fuck off, simply just Fuck off
Procurement - Compared to the rest of the provinces, Hydro Quebec is pretty awesome and already generates the energy they need at an extremely low price. USA can fuck off if they want to change that in any major way (Granted, Ontarian here so the grass is greener on the other side)
Cloud Computing - Only because the USA has a wildly invasive Spying program and laws to force USA companies to turn over foreign data
Good Tier:
Retail - Our limits are way too low
Wine and Liquor - Anything that lights a fire under our provinces asses to make Alcohol easier to buy is good
Telecommunications - Only because I want Robellus to burn to the ground
No Opinion What-so-ever Tier:
Supply Management
Cheese and Dairy
Seeds and Grain
Please get rid of supply management. I don't understand its purpose in the 21st century, especially in a supposedly free-trade bloc.
edit: If Trump wants to emphasize Buy American and the reduction of the trade deficit, I can definitely see retail and supply management on the list. Not sure how softwood lumber will be in the mix, as that's apparently up for renegotiation.
edit: If Trump wants to emphasize Buy American and the reduction of the trade deficit, I can definitely see retail and supply management on the list. Not sure how softwood lumber will be in the mix, as that's apparently up for renegotiation.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...enship-in-restricted-countries-cbsa-1.3966514
I hope none of you or your friend is affected.
gutter_trash
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Oh right. Votes. Ugh.
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Hydro-Quebec is planning to increase its sale of electricity to the north eastern US quite massively over the next few years. We already produce at over capacity due to corruption, and when all cars will be electrified it will be a huge source of revenue for the state.
But I am 100% sure that corrupt governments will try to privatize everything profitable from HQ, as they have attempted before in various ways.
For the alcohol part, I don't care. Alcohol can remain expensive for all I care. Only reason I care about legalization of marijuana is to no longer put people in jail over this, allow the plant to be used for various purposes, but certainly not to sell marijuana cigarettes. Even prescribed marijuana ends up being smoked, which is completely stupid. Alcohol screws lives pretty significantly. High taxes on that stuff is how it should be, just like with fast food and other socially-counter-productive products.
I think that image is pretty insulting. I mean, he's not their grandma, he's a politician, the kind of politician who deploys people to war. You'd think he would have made more effort. Plus, Jos Louis are disgusting.
I just noticed that I got an email about this (The national liberal convention 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QpF_8BHwC4
Seems to be a bit early to advertise it IMO. I might go.
Seems to be a bit early to advertise it IMO. I might go.
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