• masterofn001
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    492 days ago

    Watch the next Canadian election and be equally dumbfounded / terrified.

    • @garbagebagel
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      117 hours ago

      Ugh make it stop. Watching this past BC election was stressful enough.

      The sad part is, as much as I hate PP, I’m so mad at Justin and the libs supporting him for not smartening the fuck up on this. People don’t like you, move the fuck on so that your party has a chance FFS. (But for the love of god don’t let Christy Clark step in lmao) 😭

    • @[email protected]
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      432 days ago

      At least that election season won’t last more than 7 weeks. Instead of this insane 2 year marathon the US has.

      • @cmbabul
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        131 day ago

        2 year marathon is underselling it, I feel like we’ve been in election season since he came down that fucking escalator

        • @Passerby6497
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          131 day ago

          We kinda have been. The media has realized how much their viewership (and therefore ratings/money) goes up when they constantly doom and gloom, and that orange fuck has been running a reelection campaign from the moment the previous election was called.

      • masterofn001
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        282 days ago

        Funny, I was watching tv and had a Canadian station on. Every other commercial break was a Pierre Putinfever ad.

        In Canada, Elections campaigns can last a MAXIMUM of 50 days.

        Somehow, in the past few years, the laws for campaign ads changed (thanks Crtc!) and they no longer fall into the category of a campaign.

        And there are newish election laws that set out a ‘pre campaign period’ that allows further erosion of the campaign time limit restrictions.

        That period - anytime after the last election.

        Wtf.

      • @[email protected]
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        42 days ago

        What makes it worse though is that the outcome is a lot less uncertain, and the picture is really bleak.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 day ago

      Hey, remember when the liberal party of Canada ran and won on electoral reform? And then just went “nah bro” and didn’t get anything done about it?

      Oopsie daisy gee golly isnt governing hard? Not that you would know because youre not in their club and you will never get a chance to govern.

      Looks like now you have to vote for the liberals again or yous gets the conservatives again. Ahhh shucks ding dang it. What a conundrum. Quite the pickle ain’t it?

      Sound familiar?

      • @[email protected]
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        020 hours ago

        Yeah sounds familiar and I’ll vote Trudeau if it is needed to stop conservatives from getting in power.

        • masterofn001
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          116 hours ago

          Why? We are a multi party nation.

          NDP is always pushed aside because people are scared of the cons.

          The liberals are just as bad as the cons but in a different way.

          Canada’s national identity is basically the results of the work of the NDP. Yet they are never given opportunity.

          Look what happened in the States.

          The fucking Antichrist now had another 4 years because the dems focused on their own interests instead of the common folk.

          The liberals have ignored everyone but their faces in a mirror.

          Nothing would have been accomplished if the NDP hadnt pushed them to.

          Anyway, welcome to the tribulations.

          People are clueless the literal hell they’ve unleashed.

          • @[email protected]
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            113 hours ago

            Let’s face reality. The first time that Trump was elected, everyone was surprised, sure.

            Now that he will be elected again, there is no more surprise. A lot of Americans still chose Trump after everything he’s said and done and he’s won the popular vote.

            The US have been toeing the line of fascism for a while now and a good proportion of their citizens just told us they embraced it, regardless of if they know what that entails or not.

            Donald Trump is just a symptom, not the cause. If there wasn’t any fascists, he wouldn’t even be in the race yet here we are.

            With that said, if the polls are really close between the Libs and Cons for a majority government, I for sure will vote for the Libs. The Cons are the worst possible majority government we can have.

            Otherwise, I am free to choose NPD, as I did in every elections before.

        • @Jeanschyso
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          119 hours ago

          I’m federalist and I’m voting Bloc. That’s how you know shit’s dire.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 day ago

        Because he’s delusional, and he’s surrounded himself with sycophants, everyone else in the party who thinks he should’ve taken a cue from Biden and stepped down has been moved to the “backbenches”

        • Wugmeister
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          51 day ago

          To be fair, Justin is a prodigy at convincingly blowing hot air. It’s an essential skill for any politician, and he’s the best at it by far.

          • @[email protected]
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            222 hours ago

            Undoubtedly, I just wish we didn’t suffer for it. He knows how we feel about him, but he only cares about how the world sees him.

      • masterofn001
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        61 day ago

        No term limits.

        An election must be called every 5 years at most. Sometimes an election will be a year or two after the last. The PM can call one anytime.

        Technically, the PM is never elected. They’re the leader of the party. They don’t have to run. Or win.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 days ago

      Our politics are nowhere near as toxic and disturbing as the US. At least our Conservative party respects election results.

      • masterofn001
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        131 day ago

        The social media chatter during the convoy was all about how jt stole the election.

        We have the crazies.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 day ago

        For now. Morons in Alberta fly Confederate flags, they’re getting fed the same right-wing bullshit. Everyone thought the Republicans would respect the transfer of power until January 6th.