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  1. What writing indicated that? Direct quotes please
  2. Of course under a Trump DOJ when its a right wing extremist their official communication doesn’t mention what kind of extremist he is. You better believe if he was left wing, Muslim, pro-Palestine or anything that could be remotely associated with the left that would have be the first detail they’d announce
  3. Evergreen High School Shooter’s Online Activity Reveals Fascination with Mass Shootings, White Supremacy Like many attackers, Holly assembled his gear in a piecemeal fashion, drawing inspiration from the equipment used by previous mass shooters. For example, Holly posted a now-deleted TikTok video in which he modelled a tactical helmet and a gas mask; the post’s background music featured a Serbian folk song that Brenton Tarrant played while livestreaming the 2019 Christchurch Mosque shootings.… This exchange suggests Holly may have intended or hoped to livestream his attack, emulating prior white supremacist mass shooters that he admired, including Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist terrorist who murdered 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019, and Payton Gendron, who killed 10 Black people during the 2022 Buffalo shooting. Under a TikTok post from June 2025, Holly had liked a comment asking, “is bro gonna become a Hero." Some white supremacists use the term “Hero” to refer to successful ideologically motivated attackers. Holly had also liked a comment telling him to acquire a white supremacist sonnenrad patch like Tarrant and Gendron wore, replying that he had made some and sharing a photo of patches featuring a Totenkopf and sonnenrad. Both are Nazi-era symbols used today as hate symbols. https://www.adl.org/resources/article/evergreen-high-school-shooters-online-activity-reveals-fascination-mass-shootings
  4. A correction to the article above, the German/Norwegian sub cannot fore ballistic missiles. The designers are working on ways to fire some limited types of small missiles out of the torpedo tube such as the NSM anti-ship missile (which has a limited land attack capability) and a unique wire-guided anti-aircraft “self defence missile” (which to me sounds impractical) but even if they do manage to figure it out I think it will have limited practical use beyond maybe the NSM as a viable anti-ship weapon. But even so I imagine that in order to carry those missiles it would have carry fewer torpedoes which at 12 is already lower that the KSS reported ability to carry 20 torpedoes PLUS missiles.
  5. German or South Korean subs? Ottawa's pick will hinge on economic windfall Spending on major military projects must boost economy, says Carney's defence procurement secretary of state Daniel Leblanc, Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Sep 16, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged to invest $9 billion this year to strengthen Canada's military capability — with a significant amount of that funding dedicated to training and salaries. But he plans to spend far more in the years to come, including through major equipment purchases. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press) Ottawa will favour the pitch that creates the most Canadian jobs when it decides whether to award a contract for a dozen new submarines to a German or a South Korean consortium, the government's point person for military procurement says. The comments from Liberal MP Stephen Fuhr highlight the Carney government's attempts to build up the Canadian industrial base while ramping up defence spending to levels unprecedented in recent history. Ottawa is hoping that money will protect jobs at home — especially in sectors such as steel and aluminum that have been hit by American tariffs — and create new ones. Fuhr said both submarine proposals have been green-lit by the Royal Canadian Navy, and that the choice will come down to cost, delivery schedule and, crucially, the foreign companies' respective plans for a domestic windfall. Liberal MP Stephen Fuhr is the secretary of state for defence procurement. He said Canada's pick for a military submarine manufacturer would need to provide economic benefits to this country. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) "They meet the military requirements," said Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procurement, in an interview. Now, Fuhr said they must compete to provide "the best economic outcomes for Canada." The former CF-18 pilot said it is "very, very important that we make sure that we stimulate our economy when we spend this enormous amount of money in defence." Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in August that the government would pick between Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Ltd. for the submarine contract, which is expected to be worth more than $20 billion. New vessels are expected to start arriving in Canada in the mid-2030s, with the choice of the winning bidder set to influence Canada's military and industrial alliances in Europe or Asia for decades. Military spending boost Carney has promised to meet NATO's defence spending target of two per cent of GDP this year with a $9-billion boost to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). By 2035, the NATO benchmark will increase to five per cent of GDP — 3.5 per cent direct military investment and 1.5 per cent in defence infrastructure. Fuhr said his focus on economic benefits will continue with other major military acquisitions, such as munitions, surveillance airplanes, drones, artillery and ships for the navy and coast guard. Carney has said meeting new NATO spending targets could cost $150 billion per year. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press) Those benefits could come in the form of manufacturing or assembling jobs in Canada, or getting the winning bidders to invest in civilian production in the country. He said Ottawa wants to be "less reliant on our southern neighbour" in the context of a realignment of alliances. "I have to make sure the CAF gets what it needs to do the jobs that the government asks them to do. I have to stimulate the Canadian economy in a way that it just really hasn't been stimulated before in decades and decades," Fuhr said. Procurement bottleneck The hundreds of billions in promised military spending over the coming years comes with a centralized procurement process. The task is currently the shared responsibility of several departments: National Defence, Public Services and Procurement, Innovation and the Treasury Board. Critics argue this system bogs down projects with competing demands from different departments and agencies, and has an embedded aversion to risk that leads to constant delays. "We need to recognize that there is not always a perfect solution to our needs and that we can't totally eliminate all risks during a procurement," said Gaëlle Rivard Piché, executive director of the Conference of Defence Associations. Fuhr said the current system is "just not capable" of acting at the "speed and magnitude" that the government envisions. He said details on a new defence procurement agency will start rolling out in a few weeks, with a new defence industrial policy established by the end of the year. The Carney government is reviewing its order for 88 F-35s from U.S. manufacturer Lockheed-Martin. (Joseph Barron/The Associated Press) Fuhr is at the centre of a lobbying frenzy, having met with officials from over 40 companies and interest groups in recent months and touring facilities across the country. "There are lots of contracts to be awarded in the coming months and years, so it's important for companies to position themselves now in order to showcase what they have to offer," said lobbyist Hugues Théorêt of the Sandstone Group. "There is a lot of interest and buzz around the defence sector." Competing subs Both the Koreans and the Germans pledge to build sub maintenance facilities in Canada, but much depends on the direction of the federal government, they said. The consortiums said Canadian maintenance facilities would be separate from the purchase of the boats and would require additional investment on the part of the federal government. A model of a Hanwha KSS-III submarine is seen at a defence industry expo in Ottawa this summer. The Korean company wants to build 12 of the subs for Canada. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) The two submarine proposals are significantly different. The South Korean KSS-III, pitched through a partnership between Hanwha Ocean and Hyundai Heavy Industries, is bigger than its German-Norwegian rival. It displaces about 3,600 tonnes, while the Type 212CD proposed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems is 2,800 tonnes in size. Both the KS-III and the Type 212CD are diesel-electric attack submarines, capable of firing torpedoes and submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The German-designed, Norwegian-partnered Type 212CD is perhaps the most well known and heavily marketed of the contenders for Canada's submarine contract. (ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems) Rather than relying on traditional lead-acid batteries, both boats draw their power from lithium batteries, which allow for greater cruising speed and longer submerged times. Both proposals claim their boats can remain submerged for three weeks or more — a key requirement for operations in Canada's Arctic. The approximate cost of the South Korean proposal is $20 billion to $24 billion for 12 submarines, according to Hanwha officials who spoke to CBC News last spring. The cost of the German-Norwegian proposal is unknown. The Koreans are offering to deliver four submarines by 2035, when the Royal Canadian Navy expects to begin retiring the current Victoria-class boats. The Germans say there's the possibility one Type 212CD would be ready for Canada within that timeframe. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-submarine-contract-industry-1.7634711
  6. Submarines provide stealth and persistence. Aircraft cannot remain on station for weeks at a time and are easily seen on radar. Warships have sophisticated anti-aircraft systems but even the most advanced US warships have challenges detecting and defeating submarines especially conventional submarines which run quieter than nuclear submarines. A Swedish conventional submarine HSwMS Gotland loaned to USA even repeatedly “sunk” USS Ronald Regan aircraft carrier without being detected during in a recent US evaluation exercise. Also the German/Norwegian sub would probably be better in the Baltic and Mediterranean or Black Sea than the KSS sue to its greater stealth and maneuverability. PS forgot to add to my earlier comment that the German/Norwegian sub has NATO interoperability baked in to its core design whereas with the Korean sub this will have to be a retrofit. Not sure how simple/complex that is in this case, sometimes this involves complicated software and hardware configurations for secure datalinks, etc.
  7. Well as point of fact Fauci testified that the NIH did NOT fund “gain of function” experiments that make the virus more transmissible. But your batshit I was referring to is your vaccine conspiracy nonsense.
  8. YOU ARE THE CULTIST by any definition of that word. I know words mean nothing to you uneducated chumps you just started saying it to copying us bu “cultist doesn’t mean “I don’t agree with whatever you believe” Let’s start by just addressing the ridiculous conspiracy theory about why all of the healthcare amd government organizations are encouraging people to get the vaccine if it’s as deadly as you say Then explain the fact that >80% of the population is vaccinated in USA amd Canada and yet no massive die-off occurred I know that in the early days of the pandemic you nuts were claiming that the government was secretly hiding a million billion vaccine deaths from the public and we would all find out as soon as the lockdowns were lifted But now you need a new explanation The dumbass statistics you keep trying to flout about their being more vaccinated covid deaths than unvaccinated is simply because almost the entire population is vaccinated. There are also far more sober drivers killed in accordance than drunk drivers so by your dropout logic that means drunk driving is safer than sober driving, right?
  9. The uterus isn’t a shared resource that sits unused until a man comes along to give it meaning. It also performs an important function in women’s hormonal cycles and immune system And using a gun for its lawful purpose also requires a second person….the one on the receiving end. Do they get a say?
  10. Lol nobody believes your anti-vax conspiracy BS I can’t believe you’re still spouting that nonsense, totally off-topic as usual.
  11. He doesn’t say anything about it only applying to “violent serial offenders” and it’s not in the screenshot you dipshit. You’re hallucinating again
  12. Here’s another peaceful Republican Fox News Host Proposes 'Lethal Injection' for Homeless Fox News host Brian Kilmeade called for executing homeless individuals with mental health issues during a September 10 episode of Fox & Friends, suggesting "involuntary lethal injection" as a solution for those who refuse government assistance. The controversial remarks went viral on social media Saturday morning, drawing widespread condemnation including a biblical response from California Governor Gavin Newsom. https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-host-proposes-lethal-injection-homeless-2129492
  13. Office course those are right-wing editorials not actual news or facts. You talk about “immigration” like it’s just one figure instead of many different programs for different purposes. We are still accepting scare and rare talent but the main pathways have been all but closed Just because he appointed someone to a position for which they are qualified doesn’t mean he’s pursuing or endorsing a completely unrelated initiative that the person had supported in the past. It’s not like Trump and his appointment of Project 2025 ideologues. Here are the actual facts, once again you 2 are victims of political misinformation Have work permits under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program surpassed targets, as Poilievre claims? Janice RodriguesSeptember 9, 2025, 10:00 am Pierre Poilievre has claimed that the federal government has issued work permits in excess the planned “cap” for 2025. But the figures presented to support this claim are misleading. Join the Angus Reid Forum and get $5 in points! In a statement published on the Conservative Party website, the party writes that “Carney’s government has issued 105,000 new Temporary Foreign Worker permits in the first six months of 2025 alone. Despite a promised cap of 82,000, the Liberals are on track to issue the most TFW permits ever.” The figure of 82,000 comes from the federal government’s annual Immigration Levels Plan, and represents not a cap, but rather an intended target for net new arrivals under the TFWP throughout 2025 — that is, new foreign nationals entering Canada on work permits. The purpose of the 82,000 target is to limit the growth in Canada’s temporary resident population. The 105,000 permits issued from Jan – June 2025, according to the federal government’s data on Open Gov, are inclusive of all permits, including extensions or renewals of existing permits, as well as the issuance of work permits to foreign nationals already in Canada. In fact, only 33,722 TFWP work permits issued were to new workers entering the country, or roughly 41% of the 82,000 target for 2025, according to data posted by Lena Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship on September 3. Decline in temporary resident arrivals in 2025 Changes to immigration programs which began in Jan of 2024 have been having their intended effects in reducing temporary resident levels. Earlier this month, data revealed that new worker arrivals have in fact declined by 50% in 2025. In the period between January and June 2025, Canada welcomed 125,903 fewer foreign workers as compared to the same period in 2024, according to government data. In 2024, the government announced its aim to reduce the number of temporary residents in Canada to 5% of the Canada’s overall population by the end of 2026. In order to do so, the government introduced several changes to the TFWP over the course of 2024: Reducing LMIA validity period from 12 months to six months. Reducing the workforce cap for employers on TFWP workers from 30% to 20% (except in selected high-priority sectors like construction and healthcare). Within the low-wage stream of the TFWP, reducing the workforce cap from 20% to 10%, and limiting the maximum employment duration from two years to one year. A moratorium on the processing of low-wage LMIA applications in census metropolitan areas with an unemployment rate of 6% or higher. Increasing the minimum wagethreshold for employers looking to hire through the TFWP’s high-wage stream by 20% above the provincial/territorial median hourly wage. Making it compulsory for job offers to be assessed; employers are no longer able to use attestations from professional accountants or lawyers to prove business legitimacy. …. https://www.cicnews.com/2025/09/have-work-permits-under-the-temporary-foreign-worker-program-surpassed-targets-as-poilievre-claims-0959579.html/amp
  14. See the above thread. At this point it’s not clear if the advice is ongoing or was for a limited period
  15. Canada’s economy is bad. But the U.S. economy is worse JOHN RAPLEY SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires Fall and Twilight of the Money Gods. Things may be bad for the Canadian economy, but if it’s any consolation, they may be worse in the United States. The bad news is that Canada appears to be heading toward a recession. The good news is that, as typically happens in a rapidly decelerating economy, inflation is slowing. That makes the course clear for the authorities. Unless Tuesday’s inflation report from Statistics Canada reports an upside surprise in the inflation figure, the Bank of Canada will likely cut interest rates again at its meeting the next day. And while the federal government aims to cut its spending in its fall budget, lower interest costs and a comparatively low fiscal deficit will allow it some cushion to absorb the increased spending a recession would cause. With never-ending tariff drama, the Canadian economy limps along However, the picture emerging of the U.S. economy is a good deal murkier. Recent job numbers paint a picture of an economy which is slowing down rapidly – or not. Job creation has been steadily declining since last year and is now near zero. In manufacturing the layoffs have begun. Yet despite that the unemployment rate remains near historical lows and real wages remain positive (although there are early signs this may be changing). As a result, opinion among economists is deeply divided, with some saying the U.S. economy is already in recession, and some saying it’s doing just fine. The picture on the inflation front is at least less ambiguous, if concerning. Inflation is proving a lot more stubborn in the U.S. than in Canada. This week’s reports showed that prices keep rising, and food prices are becoming a real problem for Americans. Moreover, price pressures in the pipeline appear to be building further: Although producer prices fell this month, underlying core inflation actually rose. Producer prices gained 2.8 per cent while consumer prices rose by 3.1 per cent – both well above the Federal Reserve’s 2-per-cent target, and both trending upward. There’s some evidence that producers have so far been absorbing the impact of tariffs in order to retain their customers. If they continue to do that, it could eat into their profits, which would ultimately hurt share prices. But if the economy gains speed and consumers keep buying, they could pass on those price increases, driving inflation even further beyond the targets. U.S. employment growth revised down by nearly a million jobs These conflicting signals from the economy thus make the task of the Fed a good deal more complicated than the Bank of Canada’s. If the economy is weakening sharply, cutting interest rates at this week’s Fed meeting will soften the blow. But if inflation is rising, such a step could add fuel to the fire. For investors, that raises the risk of long-term bets: Cheaper credit will fuel spending and investment and help drive up share prices, but the risk of an inflation surge could also wipe out all those gains if interest rates go back up in a matter of months. Amid such rising uncertainty about the economy’s future course, global investors have begun quietly reallocating away from the U.S. The flood of money being unleashed in the U.S. via government spending, tax cuts and reduced credit costs has been quietly leaving the States to go elsewhere. Amid the policy confusion, that is likely to continue, since other countries offer a clearer investment picture. Thus, after years of underperformance, the Canadian stock market has begun to beat the U.S. one. Nor is this is trend peculiar to Canada. Despite the new records it is setting, the U.S. stock market is underperforming most of its peers’, mainly because one effect of the increasing availability of money in the U.S. is that Americans are joining the rest of the world and taking their dollars elsewhere. Although the U.S. market is now up by more than 10 per cent this year, China’s has risen by 15 per cent, Brazil’s by nearly 20 per cent and Spain’s an eye-watering 30 per cent. Therefore, a Fed rate cut may do more to juice the Canadian market than the U.S. one. And even though interest rates in Canada are nearly a full percentage point lower than the U.S.’s, the loonie has held its value this year, suggesting continued investor confidence. So, while the situation in Canada may look dire, the country’s prospects for navigating the coming recession don’t look too bad, comparatively. At 6.4 per cent of GDP, the U.S. fiscal deficit is four times Canada’s in proportionate terms and is on track to get worse. So, when Canada’s next budget is revealed, rather than squawk at the size of a deficit that is all but certain to increase, given the state of the economy, Canadians would do better to peer at the details to determine where the money is going. If it’s being used just to soften the pain, that wouldn’t be good; but if it’s being used to build for the future, shaping the economy that will emerge from the recession, it should be welcomed. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-us-economy-inflation-interest-rates/?login=true
  16. So far conservatives have been voting with Liberals in parliament because Carney doesn’t have a majority. Poilievre will vote to pass Carney’s budget soon too. Poilievre is the new Jagmeet LOL. Harper said Carney “gets it” and has been giving him advice, just a reversal of back in the day when Carney gave Harper advice and Harper awarded him the Order of Canada, our country’s highest honour. The spending is what is needed right now, we can afford it as we have by far the lowest net debt to GDP ratio in the G7 and low service ratios, which is why even Poilievre was also campaigning on running massive deficits. It never ceases to amaze me how some average people who are net beneficiaries of government spending can be so obsessed with ONE abstract metric that is not likely to ever affect them. It’s like worrying that truck a thousand miles away is driving too fast in your general direction
  17. How else do you explain the fact that Poilievre is propping up the liberals in parliament and that Stephen Harper is one of Carney’s advisors? You just have Liberal Derangement Syndrome.
  18. Except your link doesn’t say anything about Carney supporting the Century initiative or that there any planned immigration increases. In fact it says the opposite, that the liberals have already reduced immigration and the public supports the planned reduction. Almost three-quarters of Canadians favour reducing the number of new immigrants coming here, while two-thirds support the government’s plan to cut the number of temporary residents, a new poll shows… …More than three in five Canadians support or somewhat support the government reducing its targets for temporary residents until 2027, as set out in its levels plan last year, the poll also found. Canada’s population growth slows to a crawl after moves to curb immigration …In October, 2024, former prime minister Justin Trudeau and then-immigration minister Marc Miller unveiled plans to reduce permanent-resident numbers from 500,000 to 395,000 in 2025, and to 380,000 in 2026. They set a target of 365,000 permanent residents for 2027. As well as setting targets for permanent residents, Ottawa for the first time last year set targets for temporary residents at 673,650 in 2025, 516,600 in 2026 and 543,600 in 2027. …According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, there were 214,520 fewer new arrivals of temporary workers and international students in the first half of 2025 than in the same period the year before. I swear if you ever want to see the power of the emotional brain over the rational brain, get a conservative to read a political article and recite back to you what he thinks he read.
  19. He won’t be bringing US manufactured homes to Canada his policy is specifically for Canadian companies and Canadian materials. He just held a big press conference and policy announcement at one such company yesterday.
  20. Meanwhile back in reality President Obama has faced three times as many threats on his life as past presidents https://www.vox.com/2014/9/29/6859903/president-obama-has-faced-three-times-as-many-threats-on-his-life-as Election workers are being bombarded with death threats, the U.S. government says https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/election-workers-are-being-bombarded-with-death-threats-the-u-s-government-says Campaign of Fear The people who administer U.S. elections – from poll workers and ballot counters to county clerks and secretaries of state – have endured a year of terroristic threats from supporters of former President Donald Trump, inspired by his false assertions of widespread fraud in the 2020 vote. The result, as Reuters chronicled in this agenda-setting series of reports, has been a campaign of intimidation that is stressing the foundation of American democracy. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/campaign-of-fear/ STOP COUNTING VOTES, OR WE’RE GOING TO MURDER YOUR CHILDREN’ Election officials are under siege. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/election-workers-threats-trump/680362/
  21. He never said he would solve all the current challenges in 6 months. Stop being so dishonest
  22. Mark Carney is running the economy like a conservative. And that’s okay Kevin Yin is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail and an economics doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley. Imagine waking up again in early 2025, before the April election. A candidate who you do not recognize steps to the podium and lays out his platform: axe the carbon tax, drop countertariffs on the United States in adherence to free-market doctrine, foster rapprochement with the oil and gas industry, and cancel the capital gains tax hike. Without knowing which party he stands for, you might be forgiven for thinking he is running for the Conservative Party. Alas, this is exactly the approach Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney has taken. That the Prime Minister has now also paused the federal EV mandate only strengthens the case; Mark Carney could just as easily have run as a Conservative. The mandate, which once required Canadian automakers to guarantee that 20 per cent of their sales were electric by 2027, was a hallmark Trudeau-era policy meant to reduce carbon emissions. However, with the automotive sector under tariff pressure from the United States, the Carney government has decided that economic relief is more important at present. It is one more amongst a slew of decisions that make Mr. Carney an ideological blur. Story continues below advertisement LNG Canada expansion among first five major projects to be identified for fast-tracking, sources say Shannon Proudfoot: Carney was elected on a wave of tariff panic. Now he has other problems In fact, many of Mr. Carney’s actions in the first year of his premiership echo the spirit of proposals from the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre. Mr. Poilievre’s Conservatives also promised to eliminate taxes on carbon and a deal where Canada would remove tariffs on the U.S. They also stressed the need for cutting red tape on energy projects and infrastructure, as well as advocating for tax cuts for the middle class. And on issues where Mr. Carney came from the left, for example on deficits, the Conservatives were forced to converge to his stance. Of course, there are still reasons that Mr. Carney fits better within the large-tent Liberal Party, which has historically been home to a diverse leadership ranging from fiscal hawks to advocates of nationalized oil. He is a technocrat first and foremost, which the party leadership loves, and means circumstances determine policy direction more than ideology. His intention to recognize Palestine is an example where party values coincided with shifting global opinion and geopolitical realism. The Liberal label also gave him more flexibility on deficit spending, which he has made extensive use of – although this election also saw large deficits proposed by the Conservative Party. And while cutting the carbon tax was strategic, it is hard to imagine that Mr. Carney, an economist and former climate envoy to the United Nations, does not himself believe in their efficacy. Does this mean the Conservative Party was “right” in April? To some extent. Trudeau-ism, which was content to “let the bankers worry about the economy”and argued there was little “business case” for exporting liquefied natural gas, was rankling even moderate Liberals by the end, including his own cabinet. And as tariffs and wars now dominate the agendas of Western capitals, more classically right-wing notions like emphasis on the economy and military build-up are naturally in vogue. In that sense, Mr. Carney is simply responding to the times, and the Conservative Party deserves some credit for its foresight. Yet the manner and enthusiasm with which one embarks on this is also important. Whether one endorses tariff concessions to the United States because the costs of retaliation are perceived to be fundamentally too high, or simply as a conditional token of goodwill to reset talks, matters for how our negotiations with the U.S. ultimately play out. Whether one pauses EV sales requirements because of short-run economic realities, or a general failure to accurately weigh the risks of climate change, matters for how we should expect the government to deal more broadly with a rapidly warming planet. While I do worry about the long-run preservation of our green initiatives, it is perhaps a feature, not a bug, of the Canadian political system that a Conservative candidate can propose large deficits while Liberals can compromise on net-zero objectives. That parties are often not too far apart in actuality and that dogma can give way to rational policy (or at least what is perceived internally to be) when circumstances change is something to be celebrated. In fact it is probably this feature, that Canadians are in greater agreement than we think, that has protected Canada for decades from the worst excesses of U.S. polarization on social issues. Thus, while reasonable people can disagree on whether Mark Carney should govern as conservatively as he has, it at least says something of the quality of our politics that he does. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-mark-carney-is-running-the-economy-like-a-conservative-and-thats-okay/
  23. The office does exist, the projects are going to receive needed help from the government and whether it is funding or other support will come from the office which does in fact now exist. And given that Poilievre is supporting Carney’s initiatives in parliament while telling you otherwise in public I think you ought to really consider who is convincing who that left is right and up is down. As for your rhetoric please explain how Justin “filled his pockets”
  24. That’s a lie Because it is true. There are racist police. And even the police who aren’t consciously racist operate under such a culture impunity that they unnecessarily use excess force without consequences. There’s a reason the cops who killed George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Walter Scott, and others went to prison. You want to know how bad it is in USA with their trigger happy keystone cops, watch these 2 clueless buffoons both empty their clips at an unarmed black man who was already handcuffed in the backseat of a patrol vehicle because one was spooked by the sound of a nearby falling acorn which he mistook for gunfire and also somehow imagined he’d been shot Does it make it better or worse that despite the large number of bullets fired from relatively close range they missed him with every shot? And yet he was an outspoken Trump supporter that is an established fact so by definition not left wing even if he was obsessed with the single issue of Palestine for whatever reason. Trump supporters are not exactly know for coherent and consistent beliefs And he was know to be mentally ill so so probably had all kinds of incompatible nonsensical gibberish beliefs that don’t fit into left wing or right wing I repeat: the most GENEROUS count of trans killers is 5 out of more than 5,000 mass shootings including domestic violence and gang/crime-related activity. If you think you have proof to the contrary, show it. Secondly being trans doesn’t mean you have a left wing motive. If a disgruntled employee shoots up their workplace it doesn’t automatically make it a left wing attack if that disgruntled worker is trans. So you will have to prove that also. I gave you 3 different ways of measuring it in 3 different reports, none of them support your claims. But at least you’re willing to admit when it comes to actual acts of terrorism the right is worse. That’s progress!
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