SpankyMcFarland

That sums up the new right - just echoing criticism instead of explaining your position. I don’t know anybody who thinks domination by China would be a good idea. It’s a grim totalitarian dictatorship. Your problem is the fact that many of you want to see our country disappear as an independent state. You haven’t addressed the issue of your treacherous MAGA-wing and Canadians can see that. The notion that people like me are on ‘the left’ is preposterous. I have voted PC in my time and I support low corporate taxes, low national debt and a free market. Only in an American worldview could somebody like me be described as on the left. Which is the problem. So many of our right-wingers have become pale replicas of the Americans they worship.

Many on the right seem to have given up on Canada. They want to throw themselves on the mercy of the worst elements in America. Sad to see.

With his actions Jivani has publicly challenged Poilievre’s leadership and made the case for a MAGA-friendly Tory party. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-post-poilievre-leadership-race-has-begun/?login=true

We live in a representative democracy. We choose MPs who represent us in parliament. They are free to support any MP to lead the country. I see the term ‘will of the people’ is being used, a very lefty slogan historically.

America has traditionally had an opaque policy on defending Taiwan. I would prefer unambiguous support. A reply along the lines of not wanting to usurp the president’s role in this delicate matter, which could lead to nuclear war, would also have been appropriate.

A perfect thread for this forum.

He wants to be a dictator. Only his own supporters or the wilfully ignorant can deny that. The courts have been a bigger obstacle than his own party to his obvious intent.

The British are talking about removing Andrew from the line of succession. The implications for other countries will be discussed but only after the decision has been made over there. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/20/mps-parliament-consider-removing-former-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-from-line-of-succession Any time these matters pop up we are an afterthought at most. It’s humiliating. A proper country needs its own resident head of state. That’s not too much to ask.

Say the king was accused of unsavoury behaviour and their govt decided to leave him there. We’d have to accept that which is utterly pathetic. Such a decision should always sit with us.

Imagine if Andrew was our king and the Brits decided not to remove him. We’d be stuck with him like ridiculous colonials. This system is not fit for purpose. Our head of state should be chosen by us and live here.

I have no problem whatsoever acknowledging the awfulness of what happened in North America since 1500. But we’re talking about the twentieth century here, a few generations ago. The people of the territory were betrayed by the British. Indeed, the same man who blocked the immigration of Eastern European refugees to Britain took it upon himself to welcome them to Palestine.

Why would they? British Palestine was a small place with limited resources. Why would the existing population welcome vast numbers of immigrants from Europe just because a foreign power that had just invaded the area made a promise to this effect? Put this debate in a Canadian context. Are you an open borders guy here?

I think only women born as women should compete in female competitions. Over the longer term, one could imagine four categories that people could compete under if the numbers justified it. On the Russia thing, it would hardly be fair to expect Ukrainians to compete against them esp. in any sport with physical contact.

This happens all the time in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Pinheiro_Braathen Look at all the people born in Australasia and Pacific islands who play rugby for other countries.

Did the Liberal Party really campaign on those items last time out in exactly the way you describe there? Representative democracy is the system we have and it has served us well. The PM is never as secure in their job as a US president and that’s a good thing. No, than they have become. Were not talking another decade. Canada had run out of patience with Trudeau but they’ll give Carney some extra time, a few years, because his biggest problem is a foreign one for which he cannot be blamed. In many ways, he does represent a break with JT.

If that’s true, it will be revealed over time. Given that Canada‘s biggest problem is a foreign one, I think Canadians will be more more patient with this particular Liberal government than they had become with the previous guy in charge.

If I were asked to help the Tories, a rather unlikely proposition, I would advise PP to: 1. Play the long game. There’s bad news coming for Canada from the Americans and it’s probably going to hurt our economy something serious. Think of Clement Attlee, stoically applauding Churchill’s self-serving rhetoric for years as Deputy PM only to beat the hell out of him in 1945. Patience, mon brave. 2. Smile sadly and cut the snark. Remember that Carney is Captain Canada at the moment. Point out government failings in a tone that suggests sorrow more than anger. Whether you like it or not you’re part of a Canadian political team right now. 3. Talk about groceries. Keep the crazy culture war stuff for the party faithful and get tough with any Bernier-types in the party who make you look like a MAGA fifth column ready to sell us out and do Trump’s bidding.

Countries should try and protect themselves from Trump and his ilk in the US as much as possible. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/16/uk-bank-bosses-plan-visa-mastercard-alternative

The whole thing sounded comical to me at first until the scale and level of violence were obvious. We have to go after it systematically.

I didn’t realize the gravity of the problem. It is terrifying and ramifies in multiple directions beyond the trucks and repair shops to health care, law firms, the courts and, as we have seen, the police. When lawyers are being threatened with death by people willing and able to carry out such threats, we are in trouble as a country. It deserves a serious examination in a statutory inquiry, either provincial or national. https://www.thedrive.com/news/44749/inside-the-tow-truck-mafia-how-organized-crime-took-over-canadas-towing-industry

Firstly, it’s the Vichyite searching for excuses for Trump’s behaviour. He was a bit over the top there but…You can see that in the NP and here constantly. And then there’s the indulgence of fringe ideas: crypto, convoys, anti-vaxxerism.

I’m talking about Poilievre if he wants to run this country for any significant length of time. Some of the Tory support has a distinctly MAGA whiff off it - that much is obvious here. PP can take their votes but he has to distance himself from them if he wants to win and retain fiscally conservative, centrist voters. Harper’s lesson should not need to be relearned. Canada does not want the Reform Party under any label.

It’s not just style that divides us. We need to know the PM will stand up for Canada against the thugs in charge down south.

I’d rather take my chance with the bears than with random armed campers. Although in northern Labrador I’d like to have assistance. The polar bears are mean up there.

Poilievre did an excellent job here. The appearance with Carney reminded me of Mitterrand and Kohl holding hands at Verdun in 1984 to symbolize reconciliation between France and Germany. It was a genuine moment too. The more PP behaves normally, the more people like me will look at his ideas on taxation and the economy. Over the long term I want to see balanced budgets and lower taxes in this country.