Canadian Federal Election

[theman23]

Originally Posted by CanSpice

Is there an election happening in the US?

We need an elections expert to weigh in on this.

[casper]

Originally Posted by Hecate

Poverty in Manitobas indigenous communities continues to grow.

Yes. Sad but true.

I have noticed a shift in BC over the last 15 years where Indigenous communities have driving their economies. Starts with owning a gas station on the highway near the reserve. There a grocery store. Add in a logging company, or perhaps leasing some land for a retail operation or maybe a winery of hotel.

Forcing natural resource projects to contract with indigenous companies helps. Federal government forcing 5% of all procurement to go to indigenous companies is another factor.

Sometimes these are owned by individuals but many time its community owned. The governance model is something these communities are struggling with how to get right.

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by Hecate

So Canada is investing in advertising on billboards in MAGA country. lol they are anti tariff messages intended to reach trump supporters. honestly I think it’s a good idea, but the question needs to be asked… is this foreign election interference?

There is no election taking place in the United States, so no. The people that are running the anti-tariff campaign are also not asking Americans to "delay" tariffs, in order to help a certain political party. Elections Canada announced that Danielle Smith did not commit election interference, and I believe the reasoning was that she had conducted the interview with Breitbart two weeks ago, before an election was called.

Although I could be wrong.

[theman23]

Originally Posted by BlackDog204

There is no election taking place in the United States, so no.

You are not a legal expert. Stop pretending to be one.

[travis3000]

Trump has just put 25% tariffs on all automobiles not made in USA. This is bad. Plus we have Trumps biggest groupie Dannie Smith on her way to Florida as we speak.

Looks like another 3 point jump in LPC polling

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by travis3000

Trump has just put 25% tariffs on all automobiles not made in USA. This is bad. Plus we have Trumps biggest groupie Dannie Smith on her way to Florida as we speak.

Looks like another 3 point jump in LPC polling

Autos only, or auto parts as well? I wonder how/whether they'll parce the American content of autos assembled in Canada and Mexico?

[Hecate]

Originally Posted by CanSpice

Is there an election happening in the US?

Could this not be seen as in(direct) messaging to the Republican Party to help sway an election. I think it could be. I mean it will obviously provide a lot of positive press for the governing liberals. On the governments dime.

[Hecate]

Regardless I’m more just poking fun because of the rise all you guys got with the Danielle smith crap.

I like the billboards.

[Hecate]

Originally Posted by casper

Yes. Sad but true.

I have noticed a shift in BC over the last 15 years where Indigenous communities have driving their economies. Starts with owning a gas station on the highway near the reserve. There a grocery store. Add in a logging company, or perhaps leasing some land for a retail operation or maybe a winery of hotel.

Forcing natural resource projects to contract with indigenous companies helps. Federal government forcing 5% of all procurement to go to indigenous companies is another factor.

Sometimes these are owned by individuals but many time its community owned. The governance model is something these communities are struggling with how to get right.

Here it always seems like one step forward two steps back, it’s tiring, seeing so much lost potential on a daily basis.

[missing_middle]

Tariffs are slightly more sophisticated now:

[theman23]

Originally Posted by someone123

Do we even have a Trump Defence Strategy or is there overwhelming sentiment that makes people vulnerable to voodoo theories of how Trump could be managed or mitigated?

It seems like it was more or less:

Mad -> Dump Liberals
Scared -> Keep Liberals

A correct nation building strategy would make Canada more resilient to Trump and these problems of overreliance on the US and inability to develop domestically have been discussed forever.

A lot of this would require fairly significant changes in how we do things. We're in a weird moment where we have a legacy of decades of reliance of our economy on the United States that we need to get out of but also at the same time any criticism of the status quo gets automatically waved away as being overly negative or "talking down Canada".

The discussion around interprovincial trade barriers is probably the perfect example. Most of these barriers exist because our provinces have far too many regulatory powers. For the longest time this was OK because we could always just sell our products to the Americans, and we had large oligopolies that could absorb these domestic trade barriers and provide us with the basics. But despite the need for a paradigm shift, there really isn't any appetite for major legislative changes. Most of the ideas coming out essentially amount to tinkering around the edges of the 2017 CFTA, which was a fairly marginal document that did little to address the issues it set out to.

Originally Posted by missing_middle

Tariffs are slightly more sophisticated now:

So basically...no tariffs for now against Canadian parts, but they'll be coming soon?
Seems like Trump has just ripped up the USMCA at this point. If the United State isn't willing to honor its international obligations at this point, are we?

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by elly63

So is your biased posting while being a mod, we're even.

Please. Like he’s not allowed to express his opinions in the middle of an election campaign, because he’s a mod on an internet forum?

[BlackDog204]

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by BlackDog204

It's becoming a Carney landslide.

If this keeps up, then PP will have to use AI to create photos showing Carney kicking a small dog and watching kiddie porn to reverse the trend........

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by elly63

So is your biased posting while being a mod, we're even.

I grow sick of your baiting and hyperbole.

[manny_santos]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

It's becoming a Carney landslide.

If this keeps up, then PP will have to use AI to create photos showing Carney kicking a small dog and watching kiddie porn to reverse the trend........

I have to wonder if either PP or Jagmeet will resign as their respective party leaders following the election. I’m putting my money on Jagmeet.

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by manny_santos

I have to wonder if either PP or Jagmeet will resign as their respective party leaders following the election. I’m putting my money on Jagmeet.

They are both done with current trends. Possibly on election night though Poilievre is likely to try and get another kick at the can.

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by manny_santos

I have to wonder if either PP or Jagmeet will resign as their respective party leaders following the election. I’m putting my money on Jagmeet.

If the Conservatives lose big, there will be either a purge, or a mutiny by other MP's. From what I hear about the Conservative inner circle, my money is on a complete mutiny. A party that keeps putting a loser in charge of the campaigns (Jenny "0-3" Byrne), is getting the results anyone could have expected.

Poilievre will be gone for good. Byrne too. Probably others too numerous to mention. It will not be pretty.

[Gresto]

I feel sorry for Singh, who doesn't deserve to be electorally obliterated as it appears he and the party will, but I have to admit that he hasn't been all that effective.

[Takeoff]

Originally Posted by manny_santos

I have to wonder if either PP or Jagmeet will resign as their respective party leaders following the election. I’m putting my money on Jagmeet.

The writing is on the wall for Singh. If it weren’t for the snap election I think he would have been pushed out by the NDP. PP on the other hand I think will have another shot at it. He has a strong right wing conservative/reform base that pretty much controls the federal party strongly at this point, and even though he loses he will still have the highest vote share the conservatives have gotten this decade. The only interesting and dangerous factor to him is Doug Ford and the revival of the progressive conservative centre/centre right contingent. This is especially true in Ontario where most of the seated are in. We might see another big battle in the Conservative Party if these PCites from Ontario/Nova Scotia decide they want to try the federal route.