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He can thank Donald Trump for the increasing support for the Canadian Liberals since doubtlessly most Canadians regardless pf their political views are disgusted with Trump's silly comments about international comments including those of Canada.

It really can't work any other way at this point: the credibility of the U.S. as a trusted security partner will take decades to recover, in the very best, absolutely best scenario. Threats to NATO allies, Denmark and Canada? New territorial claims? Who, with a grain of a sound mind would dismiss them as some sick jokes. The U.S. can control these assets, the episode with Ukraine showed it clearly, and it's a clear weakness and a huge risk to national security to acquire them now. There's no avoiding this argument. The contract will be cancelled, one way or another.

The article argues that the Freedom Convoy was not an insurrection but a legitimate protest against government overreach. It refutes claims that the convoy was violent, extremist, or attempted to overthrow the government, highlighting inconsistencies in media and political narratives. The author criticizes the use of emergency powers, freezing of bank accounts, and the treatment of convoy leaders like Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, calling it an authoritarian overreach. The piece also challenges accusations of foreign funding, Nazi affiliations, and business disruptions, citing legal rulings and intelligence reports that found no security threats. Ultimately, the article warns that labeling protests as insurrections sets a dangerous precedent for democracy. Read the article here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-158630451

Trump is a reality TV star all he cares about is conflict and associated headlines, he will turn on a dime in the opposite direction whenever it suits him, there is no policy objective other than controversy

Canada has to get over its phobia of coalitions. They work well in many countries.

Yes. Reparations! Reparations! Reparations! And the Democrats owe Reparations as well.

Only you could ask such a stupid fùcking question. LMAO!

I'm sure Carney will emulate Trudeau and be flying all over the world with a huge entourage to spread the word.

They have also done a lot of things, mismanage almost every federal file, plenty of scandals, lied to Canadians, pocketed taxpayers funding into their own companies, not to mention other thefts, screwed up immigration, border security, military, RCMP' the whole security apparatus really, got your passport yet, spending , climate change, it would be quicker to list the thing they did right...Pot....got rid of Justin...

Because they did once already?

The NiH - AKA Fauci's faux-science factory - funded the research on the coronavirus that escaped from the lab. How is it just China's fault when Fauci and the US had a hand in making that virus? IMO the US is making the case that "The US and China owe the rest of the world reparations".

So now anyone who doesn't deny climate change is a fanatic, eh? Nice f*cking try. PP Puppet.

Sad that so many Canadians are so gullible that they would fall for carbon tax Carney. He is much the same as Trudeau and the Liberal cabinet. Liberals are the ones that put Canada in a huge debt and threw our money around the world like it was nothing. Only a few years ago, Carney said in Europe that he was a European. He was a big figure in the World Economic Forum and some kind of climate change representative in the U.N. So he is a globalist and a fanatical believer in Trudeau's war on climate change. He also opposed pipelines in Canada. He will be no better than Trudeau. Trudeau said to the Liberal crowd at the liberal leader election results convention today that Canada is not guaranteed. Sound familiar? He reportedly said in the past Canada is a post-national state. Does this sound like a strong patriotic Canadian? Who could trust Liberals to really defend Canada? Just look at the countless homeless encampments since Trudeau became PM in 2015. The rampant crime with the Liberals soft-on-crime and catch and release policies. I thought after all the Premiers and chiefs of police lobbied the government a couple years ago that things would change and the courts would stop the catch and release business. Nothing changed. Only the gullible fall for Carney and the Liberals.

after listening to Carney's speech I'm fairly convinced he intends to go to an election right away. In fairness he either had to go right away or somehow try and work a deal to wait till end of next year and that would have been tricky. But it got me thinking that it would be stupid of him to be sworn in as the liberal leader and prime minister if he is about to go to an election immediately. It would tie him to the Trudeau liberals and their years of failure. That doesn't help his message of change. And it takes time to be actually sworn in - that may not be to his liking. .He may want to go right now while the iron is hot. So it made me wonder if what we'll see is Monday Justin Trudeau go to visit the GG and call an election. Before carney is even installed as leader. Carney goes literally from the leadership race directly into a campaign. The liberals could put forward an 'interim prime minister' or trudeau could technically stay on till the election is over (but that'd be a bad idea) and Carney can run without any direct ties to the current administration and he can start his campaign tomorrow and try to catch the others off guard. Call for a short 5 week campaign and hit the ground running. That has never been done before in Canadian history but just off the top of my head i can't see a reason why he woudln't be able to do it that way legally. So there's my crazy prediction for the night Tomorrow (maybe tuesday) trudeau calls an election before carney can be sworn in as prime minister and 5 weeks from now we go to the polls.

I think it’s prudent to assume that Trumpism isn’t going away and will be part of their make-up going forward. Leftist and socialist are losing their meaning as adjectives. The MAGA movement isn’t libertarian, for example. Most of its supporters like the benefits big government provides. If Musk and his oligarch friends actually go ahead with radical cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and social security, for example, they will split Trump’s coalition.

Like Elon?

This is no hypothetical matter anymore. It was done already with F-16 given to Ukraine. We aren't talking about hypothetical risks but real and present ones.

Looks like they've already capped and they have even slid a bit. That was to be expected, you always get a flash in the pan for a new leader. Look at Kamala Harris. The way the poles are settling down right now does look a little better than it did under Justin. Looks like the liberals have about 28 % and the CPC has about 43% and the NDP is somewhere in the neighborhood of 12 to 14. Which means that there is some soft conservative vote that still isn't convinced that carney is a good idea having taken a couple of second looks at him. A good campaign could start to theoretically win some of them back but it would be very difficult. I would point out that the rallies held on this weekend were a standard rally for Poilievre and a massive leadership rally for the liberals including some old faces that are hyper-popular and the Poilievre rally was still considerably larger. Campaigns matter but he would have to chip away at that vote. And considering his policies are the same that's going to be a challenge the NDP are basically abandoning their party to jump on the liberal train to try and get carney in and that's where most of the new liberal support that's actually sticky seems to be coming from. Which means Carney in particular and the liberals in general will be targets for the NDP which will put a lot of pressure on him, and if his polling numbers fall during the campaign and people don't think he can beat the conservatives then chances are they'll begin to move back to the NDP. Having said that carney has a certain amount of momentum and if he can think of a way to translate that into additional momentum he could outperform. Also you can bet that the CBC will be very aggressively looking for opportunities to make him look good and Poilievre look bad. But definitely time is not his friend, he has a little momentum right now, if he's got a good plan and a good team he should immediately go into an election and try and salvage as much of that new leader smell that he can and see if he can't turn it into if not a victory then at least a respectable defeat.

quote Experts have pointed out that the U.S. retains control over F-35 software. Mission programming for these jets is handled entirely in the U.S. The Pentagon can update or modify the aircraft’s systems remotely. This has led to speculation that the U.S. could theoretically shut down foreign-operated F-35s if it wanted to. unquote The U.S. Maintains Control Over Canada’s F-35 Fighter Jets He's an American and MAGA guy.

So what are you advocating here? No change at all? I would say that as in everything else we have to diversify over time and move away from complete dependence on one foreign country whose policies have just changed radically.

Just pull your head out of your ass. Will resolve most of that problem and it's easier to breathe.

Poilievre is vulnerable on the Trump issue. The Liberals clearly believe that because they’ve started those lines already. More fundamentally, a likeability deficit has dogged him for years - now people question whether he can unite the country. He’s got to look more like a PM in a national crisis and less like a snarky attack dog who appeals to angry losers. A word in defence of Carney. Since when did making it into ‘posh’ circles, ie success, become such a liability on the right?

Why would we cancel a program for the air force that is a 5th generation aircraft, that is now the cheapest and best on the market, the only NON american fighter that is worth anything is the Euro fighter which is far more expensive , and is only a 4.5 generation which it's replacement is being worked on as we speak. This has the makings of some dumb liberal decision, like our canceling our maritime helicopters contract or justins saying no he would not buy f-35 in the first place...., it would take years to pick a new fighter and get a place on the production line, at double the costs....why would that make sense.... because you don't like trump, he is going to be gone before our first F-35 aircraft is operational.

Carney has done nothing, he had just said to coworkers rise the interest rate or lower it or such things to dump people or help others according to what real workers told him to do.

Depends a little on whether or not they are white with black markings or black with white markings. The debate rages on

China leads the world in Greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas emission growth. So your comment is puerile. China has been expanding its greenhouse gas emissions by about the same amount of in Canada's entire production every year and a half or so. So china does not lead the world in green energy. Trying to leads the world in greenhouse gases. And as a percentage of their energy that is still the mainstay

Obviously they do work if the NDP got what they wanted.

Blah, blah, blah. You sound like myata now ffs. How "in the pocket" was Biden, after Ukraine filled the Biden family bank accounts with loot?

So trump is your moral compass now? My me my

Speaking from experience?

I listened to Carney just now and I have to admit that as a leader he stands levels, in my estimate seven or eight above Poilievre.

There is more to being united than buying a flag, and cursing trump....Most Canadians are pissed at the fact this is going to hit them in the pocket book, that and they don't like being told what to do by another nations' leader even if it was our fault in the first place...Then thee is the fact that Alberta is threating to leave if Carney becomes PM, or Quebec saying no way to pipelines, or the fact we still have many inter provincial tariffs in place, sounds united to me... If anything the lack of leadership shown by justin Canadians have gotten use to the fact we don't really have leadership to follow...and it has nothing to do with being able to tell bad from good, its has everything to do with what can the government give me today...We have already been exposed to trump 1.0 and china tariffs, back then we talked a good talk about diversifying our trade partners, even talks about interprovincial trade...once tariffs were lifted and the all clear sounded, Canadians forgot everything, and today we are going through the same thing, lots of talk going on...about pipelines, borders, arctic security, new carbon taxes, lifting provincial tariffs, everyone singing kum ba ya.... Trump has twice made us see what our shortfalls are, most Canadians agree with the solutions....and yet after the election what do you think is going to get done....to prevent this from happening again... You should be happy with how things are going for PP....we will see shortly after the election...who wins....

Yes it is "you" stated that We Canadians are doing our part as a member of NATO. When we are clearly not even meeting the minimum GDP contribution. which is effecting's not only our obsolete equipment, our manning issues, what we put into benefits for our people, it effect's our size, and that effect's our ability to force generate anything over a battle group...Not much of a member when all you dan deploy in 2500 personal at best...SO it has a major role in what we do or can't do... That seems to be a common answer lately with the liberals it has not been done since 1980....which means what exactly, we knew it was not right , but it is ok because everyone else has done it....It is the federal governments job to ensure we can defend the nation and they failed like those that came before them...., Well sir, liberals have had the ball for almost 9 years now, and had the chance to correct all of that,They have been in charge...and they decided not to correct it why....

The evidence of what has happened is already there. The investigation will look at how deep it goes but at the end of the day the facts we have are already damning enough

When it comes to limits on free speech, I usually defer to the 'yelling fire in a crowded theatre' example. There has to be limits. Do not encourage violence towards others or promote hate. However, what constitutes hate speech is debatable. If one points out that there may be evidence that suggests that people of a certain faith may be more prone to violent acts, is that hate speech? Or if certain people are responsible for more crimes, is that hate speech even if the statistics back up that assertion?

And you believe that Trump and Vance don't have access to the video recording of that meeting, and/or a translator? You don't think that they would ever find out? And what would be the difference if they understood it in real time? Zelensky's tone and message were already insulting, that fight was going to take place regardless of whether or not that word was said. The only difference is the meeting would have been a bit shorter, and might have ended with a midget-toss. Britain is only 8x worse than Russia. That's not so bad, is it?