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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Makes me feel a lot bettter about losing high quality men such as Jagmeet Singh and Jonathan Pedneault!

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can't agree! Muclair and Singh moved so far to center they destroyed the party. Not just my words, the party removed all reference to socialism from the party constitution.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It was a strategy that made a half-assed amount of sense during the years where the Liberals were struggling. Canadians (particularly Ontario) seems to like their politics roughly center. So if you want to supplant the Liberals as the main party representing the Left, you can't be too far left. Same thing happens to the Conservatives. Every time they drift too far right to appease the Alberta crowd, they start losing the Ontario suburbs.

Plus, "socialism" is still a bad word for most of the older population. You can get rid of the word, change none of the policies, and that will be enough to keep the "socialism bad" crowd happy.

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 days ago

This is how the Overton window shifts right. Socialists need to be louder and more visible than ever.

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[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Oh no, did Jagmeet lose his seat too? I'm a liberal but Jagmeet is a good guy, didn't deserve that.

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[–] poseur@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago
[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Are people watching fox news in canada as well? Or is it twitter and facebook?

[–] el_muerte@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago

Yes to both. Also, Tiktok, Joe Rogan, and Jordan Peterson for the younger ones, and every newspaper being part of the American owned right wing Postmedia behemoth for the olds who still read the paper.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And Tiktok and youtube.

I hear people bring up the first and second amendment in Canada, they clearly have strong feelings about Rupert's Land and its governance.

If you have a different idea about something like how taxes should be spent, I can hear you out. If all you do is bring up points that don't apply to you from a different county, well, it's embarrassing for both of us.

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[–] discomatic@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (5 children)

As a woman, a lesbian, a disabled person, and someone who thinks all humans deserve rights.. I am so relieved. I voted Liberal for the first time in my life, and was glad to do it - Carney makes me hopeful again for the first time in a long time.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

PP gone forever? Or is CPC somehow going to give him another seat so he can stay leader?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Yes, that's where the drama will unfold next. Will there be a civil war, and how many factions will be involved?

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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They can’t give him someone else’s seat. They can ask someone else to resign their seat and he can run in a byelection for that seat but the prime minister (Carney) can wait up to 6 months before calling the byelection, which itself can have a campaign period of up to 50 days.

So if Carney wants to, he can keep PP out of office until at least next year.

The other cool thing is that PP is no longer eligible to occupy Stornoway House, the residence of the leader of the official opposition, since PP no longer has a seat. This means he has to move out and he loses access to the $200k year budget for household staff. So he’ll have to get out there and look for housing like the rest of us plebs (though he can easily afford it).

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago

Well done.

Please let Dutton (also, Voldemort, Potatohead etc, Australian conservative leader) be next :)

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