Canadian Federal Election

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by harls

30 days? Dump will be in a mood 3 or 4 days from now and post some incoherent 2 am diatribe on truth social from his toilet.

That goes without saying, but maybe the focus will be back on Greenland

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by Docere

Not sold on Carney, but I'll take him any day of the week over Poilievre. I do think his book Values is good, it's serious economics written in pretty accessible language. But he's much more centrist than I am.

I have to say I don't think I've been as pessimistic about the political situation in a long time. I'm on the left but Singh has really been a disappointment.

He's certainly to the centre in the Paul Martin vein where he understands wealth is generated by the private sector but wants to harness it and micro-manage it a bit to as his book says make for a more humane society. He absolutely thinks climate change is the most pressing issue which Canadians have pretty clearly rejected as they suffer from what in world terms is a pretty minor decline in their standard of living and let Polievre blame the carbon tax. While the carbon tax didn't do that any real solution in Canada would lead to a much greater decline than we saw from 2019-2023.

It's shocking that Singh has been given so much leeway. I guess having turfed Mulclair who was never a true NDPer so quickly they needed a period of stablity but you have to wonder where we would be if someone like Rachel Notley was NDP leader by 2023.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Architype

Just wait for the fentanyl Nazis.

The Nazis are in the White House

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by YOWetal

It's shocking that Singh has been given so much leeway. I guess having turfed Mulclair who was never a true NDPer so quickly they needed a period of stablity but you have to wonder where we would be if someone like Rachel Notley was NDP leader by 2023.

I prefer Singh to Mulcair, but I still can’t believe Mulcair was Jack Layton’s successor… it should have been Nathan Cullen. I think the party would have been in a much better place right now… but his French was “un petit peu” 😅

[Edmonton_Ian]

Regardless of the poll results, I am 100% on Team NDP and always have been. Sweet leader, ,sour leader doesn't matter. Corporatism is clearly a dead end no matter what face represents it...

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

The Nazis are in the White House

[Edmonton_Ian]

Originally Posted by Loco101

That's not a NAZI salute says MAGA and the ADL. It's just a ROMAN salute..

[Nashe]

Originally Posted by CanSpice

It's outstanding how Trump's big win over Canada is forcing Canada to do something they announced in December. Except for this "fentanyl czar" nothing really changes.

I called it.

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Port Saint John, New Brunswick recently had quite an important visitor, the man likely to become Canada’s next Prime Minister, Mark Carney. Great to see him come to Saint John and speak to the important of Port Saint John to Canada’s national interests at this critical time in our history. Carney also had an event later in the evening in Uptown Saint John.

Saint John is not only Canada’s fourth largest port by total tonnage, it hosts Canada’s largest oil refinery that exports 80% of its refined products to the United States. While Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre want to talk about build housing on our ports and doing nothing about it, Mark Carney wants to build them into world class cities of commerce and industry.

It’s great to see a the likely next PM visit “the Port City” and speak to the importance of ports in Canada’s trading future. Now is the time to build it.

🚢 🍁 🏗️

[Loco101]

Latest Nanos telephone poll:

https://nanos.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Political-Package-2025-01-31-FOR-RELEASE.pdf


CPC: 41.6%

LPC: 26.2%

NDP: 17.3%

BQ: 7.3%

GPC: 5.5%

PPC: 1.9%

[Architype]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

The Nazis are in the White House

No fentanyl for you!

[Architype]

Originally Posted by Loco101

Latest Nanos telephone poll:

https://nanos.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Political-Package-2025-01-31-FOR-RELEASE.pdf


CPC: 41.6%

LPC: 26.2%

NDP: 17.3%

BQ: 7.3%

GPC: 5.5%

PPC: 1.9%

What would Trump have to do to make the Liberals win?

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Loco101

I wonder why nobody has tried to put Poilievre back on his heels by asking if he”ll allow the Muskbag and his gang of young nerds access to Canadian government departments?

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

Elon Musk’s takeover of federal government infrastructure is ongoing, and at the center of things is a coterie of engineers who are barely out of—and in at least one case, purportedly still in—college. Most have connections to Musk, and at least two have connections to Musk’s longtime associate Peter Thiel, a cofounder and chair of the analytics firm and government contractor Palantir who has long expressed opposition to democracy.

WIRED has identified six young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24, according to public databases, their online presences, and other records—who have little to no government experience and are now playing critical roles in Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project, tasked by executive order with “modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” The engineers all hold nebulous job titles within DOGE, and at least one appears to be working as a volunteer.…

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/

[big T]

Originally Posted by whatnext

I wonder why nobody has tried to put Poilievre back on his heels by asking if he”ll allow the Muskbag and his gang of young nerds access to Canadian government departments?

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

Elon Musk’s takeover of federal government infrastructure is ongoing, and at the center of things is a coterie of engineers who are barely out of—and in at least one case, purportedly still in—college. Most have connections to Musk, and at least two have connections to Musk’s longtime associate Peter Thiel, a cofounder and chair of the analytics firm and government contractor Palantir who has long expressed opposition to democracy.

WIRED has identified six young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24, according to public databases, their online presences, and other records—who have little to no government experience and are now playing critical roles in Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project, tasked by executive order with “modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” The engineers all hold nebulous job titles within DOGE, and at least one appears to be working as a volunteer.…

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/

Back when I was doing the Big Four thing, we were always joking that every major M&A or strategic review was basically down to questionable analysis by a bunch of unusually hot 20 year olds. I guess Elmo is now just pushing things to peak absurdity — late stage management consulting.

(Btw I had no idea Saint John was the second largest port. I would have guessed Montreal. Pretty neat)

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by Architype

What would Trump have to do to make the Liberals win?

Keep disrespecting the sovereignty of Canada, and mention how much of a fan he is of Pierre Poilievre.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Loco101

Latest Nanos telephone poll:

https://nanos.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Political-Package-2025-01-31-FOR-RELEASE.pdf


CPC: 41.6%

LPC: 26.2%

NDP: 17.3%

BQ: 7.3%

GPC: 5.5%

PPC: 1.9%

Does that translate into Official Opposition for the Liberals, or would the Bloc still be in play?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by EnvisionSaintJohn

Saint John is not only Canada’s second largest port by total tonnage, it hosts Canada’s largest oil refinery that exports 80% of its refined products to the United States. While Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre want to talk about build housing on our ports and doing nothing about it, Mark Carney wants to build them into world class cities of commerce and industry.

Saint John was once the second largest Canadian port by tonnage. These days Montreal and Sept Iles both handle more cargo. So does Quebec, some years.

[le calmar]

I imagine if Saint John was still ahead, it would have been a matter of time before Montreal surpassed it as a result of their expansion in the works in Contrecoeur. I didn't realize the Port of Sept-Iles was that large though. That said, it's one of the few deep water ports in the region.

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by big T

(Btw I had no idea Saint John was the second largest port. I would have guessed Montreal. Pretty neat)

Looks like the stats I referenced were a bit outdated.

Montreal and Sept-Iles seem to be ahead of Saint John now in total tonnage, and Montreal, of course, remains the second largest container port, after Vancouver. Port Saint John’s total tonnage remains dominated by liquid bulk, but it’s currently investing in a major push to expand its container operations up to 800k TEUS and possibly beyond. Which would maybe be enough to catch back up with Montreal in terms of total tonnage.

Coincidentally, 14.4 hectares of Port Saint John’s prime harbourfront is unavailable for container operations, holding back Port SJ from going beyond 800k TEUS, because they are occupied by Montreal owned AIM's seaside scrapyard which is currently in legal limbo due to multiple worker deaths, a major fire in 2023 which led to a region wide state of emergency to be called due to toxic air pollution, and a 40 year lease that both the Port and province of NB would like to terminate. AIM's CEO, Herb "I'm not God" Black, is still trying to fight for AIM to reopen their disastrous facilities on the Saint John harbourfront.

If either Energy East got built, or an LNG export facility was added in addition to the current LNG import facility, I think Saint John would likely secure the second place spot for total tonnage among Canadian ports for decades.

[Marshsparrow]

Originally Posted by Architype

What would Trump have to do to make the Liberals win?

These #s and the Liberals have no leader... interesting. Carney should receive a nice bump once confirmed as leader.