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It must be easy to be a conservative. You don’t have to do anything, just complain about what the other guys are doing. I wish I could have that job.
It's not about being Conservative, it's about being the Official Opposition. The Liberals did the same thing when the Conservatives were in power and they'll do the same thing when the Conservatives are in power again.
It's gamesmanship is what it is: why offer up ideas that your opponent will then proceed to attempt to take full credit for (and many will fall for it)? This is part of the NDP's big failing: lots of people will ignore that they were the reason any of the good stuff got passed (the other major failings are the fact that what they did get passed is extremely watered down and that although they keep calling out the Liberals on bad policy/failings the continue to support them; they look like massive hypocrites)
Because it is literally the job of the Canadian Government to do what is best for Canadians.
Anyone paying attention will know that the NDP is working to help Canadians, unlike the Conservatives and Liberals. They’re actually doing their job as opposition by getting the party in power to get things done that are good for Canadians.
Anyone not paying attention will vote Conservative.
"Canadian Government" refers to the executive (ministers and Cabinet) and the federal civil service. By definition, no party other than the Liberals is the government until the Liberals decide to add non-Liberal MPs as ministers or cabinet members. This is further supported by titles used, such as "His Majesty's Government" and "His Majesty's Loyal Opposition" in the House of Commons or "the representative of the Government" in the Senate (who is responsible for introducing and representing Government bills in the Senate after the pass the HoC).
This is how the Parliamentary system we inherited from the British works. Perhaps you are confusing our system for a republic (like the US) where all elected members collectively form the government.
That's not evident given the current decline of the country during the time period over which the Liberals have required NDP support.
Define government however you want. One party that’s not in power does nothing but bitch and moan and get in the way. Another party that’s not in power is helping to get things done that will help you and me.
But I can see from your comments you don’t actually give a shit. Politics is like sports to you and you’re team blue all the way.
I don't know, they seen pretty effective at getting supremely dumb shit passed with the help of the other parties except for the governing party who simply wants their own version of the supremely dumb shit (S-210 and C-63)
You must really like your (potentially underage) porn.
Right? He can just smugly munch on an apple while thinking of low-iq rhetorical questions to interject with, and that's the entirety of his politics. That's all it takes to become champion of the reactionaries.
This is what frustrates me
Before reading the budget: it's an inflammatory inflationary budget (except mathematically, it isn't)
After the details are out: it's too much spending! Plus they throw in some straight out lies about the pharmacare.
Why the fuck would anyone support this clown? If he was honest I could understand it, if he actually said anything of substance I could understand it. But it's just "that's bad" with no elaboration and clear as day lies.
Wake me up when Pollievre, the former god damn finance critic, actually says something worth listening to.
Oh and fuck the press for even airing the clips of Pollievre lying. They should be censured for that. Even CBC is just clips of Pierre so they look balanced.
There is a huge demographic of people who are angry, dumb, and see their world changing in ways that scare them. They are told that they need to suck it up, their opinions are bigoted and racist, and that they are the bad guy in this story. Then chuckle-fuck comes along and validates them.
They don't care that he is lying only that he tells them "it's ok to be an ignorant shit."
That's a bit of a mischaracterization. They do in fact have to put annoying attack ads on every other party once per election season.