Canadian Federal Election

[Wigs]

The irony of driving an American made Corvette trying to look cool but his face looks like a bloated chipmunk, and then ending the clip with Canada First for a change

Enjoy the rallies, three word slogans, and faux cool guy racetrack footage while it lasts, fellas.

[yaletown_fella]

Im pretty sure Singh is a bitcoin bro.

Yet thats no reason to go after him or P.P.

Bitcoin is like the 1600s Tulip Mania in Holland. All sorts of people from all segments of society got caught up in it.

CNBC has never run a segment on the bearish case for Bitcoin. They pumped it shamelessly during 2022 especially. P.P love of bitcoin is mainstream. Any mainstream hype wave is a red flag that youve already missed out.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by Wigs

The irony of driving an American made Corvette trying to look cool but his face looks like a bloated chipmunk, and then ending the clip with Canada First for a change

Enjoy the rallies, three word slogans, and faux cool guy racetrack footage while it lasts, fellas.

I thought maybe it was a Canadian made vehicle. But they are all made in Kentucky. Another questionable PR idea. Jenni at work?

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

I thought maybe it was a Canadian made vehicle. But they are all made in Kentucky.

Everyone that knows cars knows the Corvette is a symbol of America. It's why Biden showed off his 60s Stingray version.

[FrankieFlowerpot]

Originally Posted by Wigs

The irony of driving an American made Corvette trying to look cool but his face looks like a bloated chipmunk, and then ending the clip with Canada First for a change

Enjoy the rallies, three word slogans, and faux cool guy racetrack footage while it lasts, fellas.

At a private race track that cost $55,000 to join

[lio45]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

I thought maybe it was a Canadian made vehicle. But they are all made in Kentucky. Another questionable PR idea. Jenni at work?

He would have got my vote secured if he'd picked this Ontario-made vehicle instead of a lame Corvette lol: https://www.dodgegarage.com/srt-demon-170

[elly63]

Originally Posted by bolognium

There were disagreements, but at least the conversations were civil and kinda interesting. These last few pages are literal bottom-shelf garbage.

Then you should watch the Peter Mansbridge videos I post. That's as close to civil as you're going to get around here

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

No he wasn't. He was no policy genius but he was generally a capable administrator. He had a pretty strong cabinet. He only went off the rails towards the end when he had his majority.

The worst Prime Minister in living memory was unquestionably Justin Trudeau (unless you were an admirer of performative virtue signaling and enthusiastic social justice activism). JT destroyed the Canadian economy. Good riddance!!!!

Thank God the Liberals have a centrist back in control...........

You seem to have forgotten to mention the once a century pandemic, war in Ukraine and double Dump Presidencies during his time in office. Say what you will, but I think we weathered those as well as we could. I certainly welcomed his embrace of science and public health as opposed to what would have happened under the CPC. Also the government assistance when we were in lockdown.

Setting aside style, let’s take a look at some good things he created (and also credit to Singh and the NDP):

1) Affordable childcare (I didn’t have to take out a second mortgage like my co-worker did to pay for childcare)

2) Universal dental care

3) Child benefits paid to young families in one of the most challenging times to raise children

4) military modernization

5) Re-negotiating Nafta (until Dump tore it all up 8 years later)

6) Signing the trade deal with the EU

7) Standing with Ukraine

8) Trying to legitimately tackle Climate Change (even if it didn’t work it was at least an honest attempt unlike the Conservative game of gaslighting denial)

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[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by Wigs

The irony of driving an American made Corvette trying to look cool but his face looks like a bloated chipmunk, and then ending the clip with Canada First for a change

Enjoy the rallies, three word slogans, and faux cool guy racetrack footage while it lasts, fellas.

He should be in a made in Canada— Japanese or Korean car.

Japan and Korea are furious about Trump's tariffs right now.

Does Pierre have a plan to "Build the Cars"?.



The sight of this reminds me of Michael Dukakis in the tank.

Generally, it's best to keep the headgear off until after the election.

Carney didn't fall victim to that trap when he suited up and joined the Oilers for their morning skate.



had he worn a helmet, he might have looked like a total goof. 😅

[Rollerstud98]

Originally Posted by lio45

He would have got my vote secured if he'd picked this Ontario-made vehicle instead of a lame Corvette lol: https://www.dodgegarage.com/srt-demon-170

Better yet the second gen Ford GT. What a car!

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by EnvisionSaintJohn

He should be in a made in Canada— Japanese or Korean car.

Japan and Korea are furious about Trump's tariffs right now.

Does Pierre have a plan to "Build the Cars"?.

The sight of this reminds me of Michael Dukakis in the tank.

Generally, it's best to keep the headgear off until after the election.

Carney didn't fall victim to that trap when he suited up and joined the Oilers for their morning skate.

had he worn a helmet, he might have looked like a total goof. ������

It sounded like South Korea and Japan were basically rolling over and kowtowing to Trump.

[casper]

Originally Posted by whatnext

It sounded like South Korea and Japan were basically rolling over and kowtowing to Trump.

Time will tell.

Japan is sending one of its ministers to meet with their counter part to see if a deal can be reached.

Similar to what Canada has been doing for the last two weeks.

Japan agreed to help fund part of a $44B natural gas pipeline and LNG terminal in Alaska a month earlier in an attempt to gain favor with Trump. Clearly it did not work.

The world may well discover negotiation is pointless. You come up with an agreement make a bunch of commitments and Trump double-crosses and your back at the same point again.

[rousseau]

How it was going in 2014 before Trudeau:



How it's going now after ten years of Trudeau:

[casper]

Originally Posted by rousseau

How it was going in 2014 before Trudeau:

... and Trudeau is not running.

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Lets talk about GDP per Capita

Using IMF 2025 numbers.....

Ireland - $107,243
United States - $89,678
Australia - $67,979
Germany - $57,914
Canada - $55,890
Israel - $54,370
United Kingdom - $54,280
France - $49,527
New Zeeland - $48,234
Spain - $37,362
Japan - $35,611
Poland - $25,040
Mexico - $13,630

Canada GDP output is on par with many western countries. The idea that Canada is becoming a third world country is off base.

Some countries like Ireland and Poland are on fire when it comes to per-capita growth. While we should admire Ireland, Poland is advancing quickly but has a long way to go.

So when Mark Carney gets in he is promising to focus on economic growth and realignment trade channels away from the US. All good stuff.

Is per-capita GDP growth going up? I think that is hard to predict. Not due to anything that Canada does but what Trump is causing. We are going to have a harder time than the Europeans, we are just far more exposed to the US economy.

The issue is who is the best option. I think it is one who is focused on growing the economy, and has experience running an investment firm that has owned railways, energy projects and pipelines. Understands what is needed to make investment decisions because, well he had to make those decisions. Has the reputation and connections to attract foreign capital into Canada to do some of the projects we need.

[BlackDog204]

The CPC camp claims that 15,000 people attended the Edmonton rally. Yet Edmonton Police gave an estimate of 9,000-12,000. Why is crowd size so important to Conservative, and why artificially inflate the attendance numbers?

They keep attempting to distance themselves from Trump and MAGA, but they keep doing the exact same things, including being incredibly hostile to the media.

[BlackDog204]

Not surprising. Poilievre is highly unpopular with woman and young people. Except in Saskatchewan...

[Marshsparrow]

Originally Posted by BlackDog204

The CPC camp claims that 15,000 people attended the Edmonton rally. Yet Edmonton Police gave an estimate of 9,000-12,000. Why is crowd size so important to Conservative, and why artificially inflate the attendance numbers?

They keep attempting to distance themselves from Trump and MAGA, but they keep doing the exact same things, including being incredibly hostile to the media.

Is it true that the building was not clear with an occupancy permit, fire testing not done, fire hydrants not tested, fire exit signs, sprinklers not installed, no insurance, no liability insurance...

Does CPC HQ not check these things? Why are Conservatives so reckless with the lives of their followers? Where are the authorities aka Gatekeepers to crack down on these things?

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by EnvisionSaintJohn

He should be in a made in Canada— Japanese or Korean car.

It's funny, I drove by a Subaru dealer yesterday and they had a big "Made In Japan" sign out front.

[BlackDog204]

Liberals seem to be pulling away in Ontario.