Queenmandy85

In a thread about the next Prime Minister, it is the current Prime Minister who is getting all your attention. Are you suffering from TDS? (Trudeau derangement Syndrome). Even after he is gone, he will be living rent free in your minds.

The above were all provided for in the estimates. The deficit is a combination of the demand by the electorate to spend and the refusal of the electorate to pay for it. Mr. Poilievre's governments will have the same problem. Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die to get there. Aid to the middle-east is there to help stabilize the region to avoid creating a vacuum that ISIS and the Taliban would love to fill. It was voted on in the estimates. The subsidy for EV battery plants provides jobs that would otherwise go to the Americans. The Carbon tax is rising in line with the estimates. If we don't give the people the incentive to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the government will be forced to bring in rationing and force people to stop burning fossil fuels. That is a possible course of action in the future if we don't start making the sacrifices required to save unborn generations from a hellish short life. It is not just global warming but if we use up our petroleum, coal and iron reserves, future generations will not have the resources needed to survive. God did not provide these resourses for our generation only. These resourses belong for future generations and were meant to last for thousands of years, not just a couple of centuries. The National Defence budget is mostly wasted on things like conventional weapons to fight nuclear powers. Tanks, advanced air combat aircraft and frigates are cosmetic. We can save billions by building a large force of ICBM's. The home heating oil carve out was forced on the government by MP's from Atlantic Canada. The government knew it was a bad idea but if they hadn't, the government would have fallen. See? MP's do have power.

You finished with the most profound statment of this thread. "There are other things in everyday life that take priority to politic activities." That is very true. Thank you.

An election day team is a marvel to behold. Each poll has a scrutineer for the Party. She sits at the table with the DRO and the scrutineers of the other parties. They cross off the voters as they vote and runners from the campaign periodically come by and pick up the data sheets and provide new ones. The data is taken to the campaign office where they keep track of who has voted, and more importantly, which supported have not voted yet. The office will contact thos supporters to find out why they haven't voted and do what ever they can to get those people to the polls. That is where elections are won or lost. The deadliest phrase in any election is "It's in the bag." I heard Vic Stevens actually use those very words a month before election day in the by-election in which he was the PC's star candidate. He came third. There was a woman working in a diner in PEI in the 1972 election who was closing up early to go vote. She called the campaign office and asked if there was anyone else who hadn't voted. "Just those guys working on a construction site, but don't worry about it." She knew the guys on the crew and knew there were eight conservative voters among them. She borrowed a van and picked them up and got them to the poll at the last minute. She only picked up the tories. No grits. The Conservative Candidate won by 4 votes. You can't make me believe an individual does't have a significant influence. If campaign workers in two other ridings had shared her dedication, Pierre Trudeau would have lost the '72 election and Bob Stanfield would heve bee Prime Minister.

Geography dictates where the population lives. That is why eastern Canada has the economic and political power. It is worth bearing in mind that 10 years ago, the grits were in third place so we can't say they have some kind of lock on the votes in Quebec. In another year an a half, they will be the third party again and it will be the CPC with the lock on power. Will having 200 seats make Prime Minister Poilievre a dictator? The transfer of power won't have a significant change. Equalization payments won't change. The Liberal Government is investing 35 billion to increase the flow of oil from Alberta to tidewater. So, it isn't just Quebec that is getting paid off. You under estimate the Bloc as a factor in Quebec. The only province in which the Liberals are dominant is Prince Edward Island. They are leading in three out of four seats. In Quebec, the Liberals are almost tied with the Bloc (33-32), and the CPC are dominant in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The only factor that puts the CPC victory in peril is if Mr. Poilievre implodes in the next few months. Not likely. (Based on the polling analysis of Canada 338 posted on Jan. 7, 2024) As for individuals having an influence, an election has phases. In a riding, when the writ is dropped, canvassers go out and knock on doors. The purpose is to identify voters who support the candidate. On election day, a special campaign crew swings into action. Their purpose is to keep track of every supporter to ensure they vote. No excuse is acceptable. The campaign will provide rides to the polls, and overcome any obstacle. Bob Stanfield lost the 1972 election because approximately 100 Progressive Conservative voters across the country in very close races, were too busy to vote. He lost by 2 seats. The election day team in those two ridings did not do their jobs.

Coming from a person who makes a point over and over again that you do not know anything about politics and you refuse to learn, you may wish to take your own advice and stay away from it. If you do not like politics, what are you doing here? In your own words on Christmas Eve, "You don't have to play."

Actually, I am a loyal Progressive Conservative, so I have no party to affiliate with. My MP is in the CPC caucus and he is an excellent MP. If you are unhappy with your MP's efforts to curb the Liberals, why don't you work to elect an MP closer to your views. Remember, the government can only do what Parliament lets them. If your MP lacks the backbone to vote against the Trudeau government, nominate someone who will, get out there and campaign for them and get them elected. Remember, elections are won by the candidates who get all of their supporters to vote. Of course, if other voters want someone different than you do, then your candidate will lose. But every MP represents every Canadian. Find an MP who represents your views and work through her. When a government misbehaves, it is because too many voters are too lazy to put in the work. That old saying, "government by the people, for the people, etc.," only works if the people participate. Politics is a participation sport. You refer to the Prime Minister as a "dictator." How can he be a dictator when he depends, not only on the support of cabinet, but also the support of caucus and Parliament. If he was a dictator, how were a group of east coast MP's able to force him to do that home heating oil carve-out? Because you know the Prime Minister really did not want it. It was a gift to the CPC and he knew it but MP's have power and they forced him to do it.

I have to respectfully disagree. The government proposes and Pailiament decides. The person you elected to make these decisions on your and my behalf, is your MP. Can you imagine the chaos if the government had to ask the voters to approve every piece of legislation? I do not have the resources to research the pros and cons of aid to Iraq. Nor am I equiped to make decisions on how to fix the healthcare system. It is interesting that the two example you provide are foreign aid and healthcare. One is federal responsibility and one is provincial. The problems in health care are partly the result of the deadliest pandemic in a century (over one million Americans and almost 60,000 Canadians dead) and the reluctance of voters to pay taxes. If voters had to make all the decisions, they would want all the services to be first class and not have to pay for them. No country can operate that way. So, we elect the best and the brightest of our neighbours to go to Parliament. Their job is to learn as much as possible about the legislation the government proposes. They have access to resources you and I don't, and they have the time to spend studying the feasibility of each decision to make a decision on our behalf. They do these things as part of a group of other MP's called committees. They also meet in a caucus of generally like minded MP's to further examine the business of government. If your MP is not good enough, that is on you. You should have worked harder to elect some one better. If you didn't campaign, you can't complain.

Do you have some examples of things that were not approved by Parliament?

Putin is going to be so disappointed in his pet American.

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Our vote does mean something. We elect our Members of Parliament. Parliament and the Crown have a symbiotic relationship. The fact that neither can work without the other is the key to the democratic part of the system. For Canada, there are other advantages. It symbolizes our French and British heritage. It separates us from the Americans. It costs us nothing.

If anyone needed proof that Mr. Trump is a slave to the Russian despot Putin, this is it. Has the US gone crazy?Trump is the Moscow candidate and he will win. The rest of the world is going to lose.

The historic record of elected politicians compared to constitutional monarchs shows monarchs are the better selection process. Canada has been a monarchy for 400 years and only two have been duds out of 13. The combined reign of George IV and Edward VIII was 11 years out of 400. The advantage of a constitutional monarch is they are trained for the role from birth. The fact is when you look at elected Presidents, you have a lot of mediocre politicians, some really bad ones and not that many who have the gravitas of a King. Putin, Trump and Waldheim are some of the worst recent examples. Each one was democratically elected by people who knew who they were electing. Voters do not make informed choices. The King of Canada cannot become a dictator. He is bound by the constitution and convention. His role is to lend his authority so long as the politician with the power has the confidence of Parliament. The King does not control the money so he has no ability to abuse his authority.

You misunderstand what I said. The Head of State has most of the authority, the head of government has the political power. Usually, as in Canada and the UK, the Head of State has no authority over taxation and spending. He is also bound by the laws and the constitution. The power lies with the authority over the purse. I am not sure, but I suspect the same is true in Germany and Israel. King Charles actually has more authority than the POTUS. He has the authority to declare war. The President of the United States does not. In other words, the King can declare war on Belgium in his right of Canada. But he cannot conduct the war unless Parliament grants the money to pay for it. The Head of State acts by conventions. He appoints the Prime Minister and the Governor General, but convention governs whom he appoints, ie., the leader of the party with the most seats in the House of Commons. On the other hand, the PM has not official authority but his standing in Parliament and the existing conventions gives him the power. The position of Prime Minister is unofficial and is hardly mentioned in the constitution. He acts in the name of the crown, but only as long as he has the confidence of the House and the crown. The crown is there to apply the breaks on a would-be dictator, just like the President of Germany.

It is not germaine. I was responding to CanFox's statement. Thread drift. On that point, the King of Canada has the same powers as the Presidents of Germany and Israel and several others. It is an important aspect of checks and balances to divide authority and power. The Head of State has all the authority and the head of government has the political power. The Head of State should always be above politics.

I think you and I live in different realities. That is what this forum is for. 😉

I have searched for any reference that would support your claim but there is none. I can come up with two possible explainations for your error. A. He was referring to Self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada" Romana Didulo — known for her QAnon beliefs. B. He was referring to me. Since I've never met Mr. Harper, that is unlikely. Cheers

This statement is the antithesis of Canadian values. The author is making a false allegation against our Head of State. That is the opposite of Conservatism. To answer your question, it is a scam. The author is ignorant of Canada, appears to be uneducated in basic biology, chemistry and physics, hence his dismissal of the established research into mitigation proceedures to halt the spread of contagion and the irrational denial of the effects of greenhouse gases on temperature re-radiation of the earth. He is out to sell books and nothing sell better in the book store than a treatise full of lies. Blackbird, as a friend, I implore you to spend your money more wisely.

Then you can rejoice because in about 18 months, Pierre Poilievre will be appointed Prime Minister. You say Rosenberger is not a communist, but he is against the very foundation of Canadian conservatism. His praise for the revolutionaries who attempted to hold the nation hostage with an illegal occupation of the capital, forced the closure of the Rideau Centre, blocked border crossings putting tens of thousands of people out of work, and allegedly conspired to murder Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers near Coutts, Alberta. They did all this while flying foreign flags. They issued a threat to overthrow the government. If that doesn't smack of the stench of the Red Guards, I don't know what is.

I don't know what the American election has to do with Canada any more than the recent election in Bangladesh. In 2020, the US election was held during a deadly pandemic in which over a million Americans died. President Biden avoided encouraging large gatherings to prevent more deaths. He was elected because he received more votes from the electoral college. I presume you were campaigning for the candidate of your choice in the last election. Did he or she win? While you were out knocking on doors for your candidate in the election in your constituency, did you see any hint of election abnormalities? If so, did you report them? Did your candidate have a srutineer at the polling stations to observe the casting and counting of ballots? Did any of them percieve any irregularities? Now, you allege that the 338 separate elections held in 2021 were rigged. Were all of them rigged or just some? If your accusation is accurate, why would the people rigging it have ensured the Government did not receive a majority? You speak of multiculturalism as if it was something new. The government of Sir John A. MacDonald brought in immigrants from the Ukraine, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Germany, China, and people of colour from the United States 150 years ago. Under the Laurier and Borden governments this grew to include south Asians, Japanese and Italians. Going further back, in the 17th century, we had immigrants from France, and in the 18th century, tens of thousands of American conservatives arrived as refugees from the United States. If that is too new for you, we took in thousands of East Asians between 15,000 and 12,000 years ago. You try to bind globalism with communism. Globalism is the trading philosophy of free enterprise and communism is the virtually extinct extremity of totalitarian Marxism. That would be far more incongruous than a union betweem Maxime Bernier and Jagmeet Singh. oil and water. My opinion is a bit different than yours my friend. 🥰

Have faith. Pierre Poilievre will be appointed Prime Minister in just about 18 months.

Are you saying you weren't saying something different when it was the protesters who shut down Ottawa who were breaking the law? (ie. criminal mischief Sec. 430 (1) Criminal Code of Canada)

I don't know if he is a globalist eleite WEF, but he does sound like a communist to me. He is the author of the book referred to in th OP.

The latest polling analysis by Canada338 shows the CPC down by one seat and the Liberals up 3 seats. CPC 190, LPC 86, Bloc 32, NDP 28, Greens 2. Mr. Poilievre will be appointed Prime Minister after the next election.