Canadian Politics Thread

[Optimist Prime]

In fact, from Harpers shameful 2014 defence spending until today the military budget has increased by 70%!!!

[Warhippy]

53 minutes ago, Optimist Prime said:

In fact, from Harpers shameful 2014 defence spending until today the military budget has increased by 70%!!!

LOL, now do Alberta and oil and gas transfers/funding by the feds.

 

Really make their heads pop.

[NewbieCanuckFan]

3 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

Haha. I knew you would. You should take a shot at politics. I hear the pensions are really good.  

Isn't Pee Pee's government pension multiple times larger than Angry NDPer?  Sounds like Pee Pee isn't such a wee wee.

[NewbieCanuckFan]

Even Herr VonSh*tsHisPants is trying to copy Pee Pee!:

 

 

 

[The Arrogant Worms]

Earth to millennials: Pierre Poilievre is playing you on housing. Poilievre’s focus is always about politics,

 

“He clearly doesn’t care who he has to drag through the parliamentary mud in order to score a point on his opponents.” In parliament Poilievre has targeted David Eby Premier of BC, as having “Probably the worst housing record of any politician on Earth.”

 

He has blamed high housing prices on Eby, as if this problem started when he became premier a year ago. Poilievre’s political tactics become even more obvious when he purposely fails to mention that Eby “Has transformed the housing market in his province, implementing a raft of hugely ambitious and aggressive reforms that target everything from short-term rentals and restrictive local zoning bylaws to design-oriented regulations that can unlock more supply.”

 

As Poilievre tries to paint a prettier picture of Conservative governments, “He’s conspicuously silent about Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s track record.” Poilievre purposely avoids mentioning how since the Progressive Conservatives took power in 2018, “Most of his government’s legislative efforts on this file have revolved around trying to enrich Ford-friendly developers.”

 

He also leaves out that “While housing starts were up 11 per cent in Eby’s B.C. in 2023, they dropped 36 per cent in Ford’s Ontario.” Poilievre also lies about being Harper’s housing minister, when that role didn’t even exist at that time. Perhaps most importantly, Poilievre will never tell millennials that he voted against affordable housing/low income housing in 2014, 2018, 2019, and 2023. When Poilievre talks about encouraging building of more homes, his goal will not be more affordable housing. https://nationalobserver.com/2024/03/04/opi