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Thepotholeman

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  • This election was supposed to be about restoring hope for young Canadians. What happened?

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  • I'm sorry, the liberals were responsible for trump attacking us with tarrifs on crucial industries like lumber, steel and aluminum in his first term? They were responsible for covid19? And the latest rounds of attacks on our sovereignty?

    The liberals are at fault for the CONSERVATIVE provinces declining to work with them and then continued to ignore housing? It was their fault the provinces abused foreign students by letting them into our schools and charging them obscene fees so they didn't have to use taxpayers dollars so they looked more fiscally responsible? They were the reason the provinces like Alberta and Ontario got rid of their own carbon pricing system, making them have to pay the federal carbon tax? And then blaming the federal government for it? It was their fault that the conservative provinces kept trying to privatize our healthcare?

    This is the goddamn fucking problem. Canadians by and large DONT KNOW WHO TO BLAME and for WHAT. "TeN YeArs oF lIbErAL ruLe" yeah. And during that time we have gotte: $10/day childcare, school foods programs, dental care for the most vulnerable and working class, pharmacare, legalized marijuana (which brings in bank btw), the first home savings account, federal student loans are interest free, the housing accelerator program, 30yr mortgage with 5% down for first time homebuyers, $10000 tax credit for first time homebuyers, EV rebates, the housing retrofit program to help make homes more energy efficient. And much more.

    But nah people will still whine and bitch about how it's all the liberals fault after doom scrolling for ten fucking years and not paying attention only to absolutely fuck our progress up because why? They saw a fucking Instagram reel or a podcast talking about it?

    YOUR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT is responsible for: EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, INFRASTRUCTURE, EMPLOYMENT, AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION.

    So it's high time everybody wakes the fuck up and starts taking this shit seriously because a lot of you don't even know where to fucking start because you just think "PM MEANS HE FIX ALL"

  • This election was supposed to be about restoring hope for young Canadians. What happened?

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  • Honestly both the liberals and conservatives numbers are both high AF and seem impossible to do in five yearsnwothout more immigration and training inbthe trades. They are both offering to do that, but the liberals HAVE a plan, like they are actually producing results and are ready to go with the pre approved homes catalogue that can buy used across the country to build homes faster and cheaper because they are pre-approved.

    The conservatives are just offering to.... Cut the taxes involved in building?🤷 Oh and Punish municipalities for some reason? Idk. The conservative argument has just been "we're not Justin" for ten fucking years with zero alternatives or substance. And to see dudes saying they will vote for Pierre even though if Carney was running for the conservatives they would vote for him in droves.

  • This election was supposed to be about restoring hope for young Canadians. What happened?

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  • They should be indeed, but also where the fuck are the parents of these kids and who raised them? Remember growing up and being told "you can't believe everything you see on the internet" and now we got those kids who were told that raising kids who are perpetually online and consuming endless brain rot? I even get stuck on an Instagram reel to some dipshit spouting about how things are so bad and the liberals are bad and that Pierre will fix it.... And like... This is a RANDOM FUCKHEAD talking. No credentials, now proof, no statistics.

    Get your kids off of social media and make them think objectively

  • This election was supposed to be about restoring hope for young Canadians. What happened?

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  • Yeah but you're saying that as if these people don't have access to the entirety of human history in the palms on their hands, and on their tvs. They are fucking consumed with non important bullshit instead of realizing that we have been downt he road before, and the solution to it is not what Pierre and the cons are suggesting.

  • This election was supposed to be about restoring hope for young Canadians. What happened?

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  • I know the article mentions 30 yr olds, I'm almost 30 myself but I'm just talking about people 18-25. They are ALL talking about Pierre as if he's the guy to fix their problems and I believe it really is because they aren't able to simply look at history to show them what happened with shit that Pierre is proposing and how it Infact does not make their lives easier

  • Tax Cuts Won’t Make Life More Affordable

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  • It was wrong but I also understand it for the moment as something that should be cut to draw in capital investments. Not saying it should never go back up, but it is something that should stay lower to reward those who want to invest capital in Canada and reap rewards of that investment.

    Plus is disengenuous to say this as if the conservatives aren't cutting it too, along with the entire carbon tax, the largest tax cut out of all the parties that will cost the government even more, and they will cut childcare, dental care and pharma care and the school food program.... Because, y'know... They voted against it everytime

  • This election was supposed to be about restoring hope for young Canadians. What happened?

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  • I would say that any young person thinking that Pierre is going to make your life better is so fucking full of cope. Pierre won't make your life better. More and more young people have part time jobs, no benefits, and are struggling to find a home and if they do it's an old outdated piece of shit going for half a million.

    Atleast the liberals and NDP have been giving them dental coverage, pharmacare coverage and affordable, quality childcare. The liberals and NDP are also proposing plans that will help FIRST time home buyers buy new, Pierre is suggesting to "axe the tax" on ALL new homes without limit of how many you can buy. (Rich people will buy them all).

    The liberals plan to do as we did after ww2 is the proven method to do this, and for young people looking for a home or a career, this is how we do it. This housing program will generate hundreds of thousands of trades positions that we desperately need and they pay decently. Using new technologies and new methods while also cutting development fees.

    Idk, just baffles me that young 20 somethings are talking about how Pierre is their guy because..... They say life has been harder then ever? When those 20 somethings have only just began to enter the work force enmasse? Like I'm sorry but these kids were in elementary school when Trudeau got elected and every day since their parents have been paying for less and less of their stuff. They are still under their parents insurance if they're in college or university and it's just wild to me that they would actually think this.

    Maybe it's them scrolling social media endlessly and seeing random fucking people there repeating "lost liberal decade" or "things have never been worse" (when they have in fact been much much worse).

  • NDP, Greens pledge to end unpaid work for flight attendants - while Liberals and Conservatives go radio silent

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  • It pisses me off to no end. The liberals ARE LITERALLY the best party for the job right now at this given moment. And the NDP needs to really work on their messaging and social outreach if they want more seats. For those voting conservative..... Honestly they need to go fuck themselves because this isn't a fucking hockey game, this is politics and it impacts everyone's lives. And determines what kind of country we want to be, one that's more like America? Or ones that maintains our values and independence and one that's closer to the EU

  • NDP, Greens pledge to end unpaid work for flight attendants - while Liberals and Conservatives go radio silent

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  • Yeah, ok bud. It's not the fault of the liberals or the conservatives that the NDP hasn't been able to Run a successful election. The NDP sucks at being vocal during government and attacking the liberals when they should be attacking the conservatives.

  • NDP, Greens pledge to end unpaid work for flight attendants - while Liberals and Conservatives go radio silent

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  • Your argument is at the wrong party bud. The CONSERVATIVE VOTERS should be flocking to the NDP because every single fucking conservative I talk to just complains about "CorrUpT LibErAls" who are in the pockets of the big business. "The conservatives are for the working man" is what they say.

    Fuck no. The NDP is. And imagine a world where the NDP had the amount of seats the conservatives do right now, and where the conservatives have the number of seats the NDP currently have. How does that look? Much much better

  • Canada’s Oil Habit Is Wrecking Its Future

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  • I don't think the liberals imposing an emissions cap, doubling the carbon tax on industrial emmiters to pay for rebates on people's houses and vehicles, and building a national energy corridor that will allow us to transport critical minerals, hydrogen, clean electricity is far from changing course..... It's foolish for people to think that this decoupling from fossil fuels would be quick.

    Our cars run on gas, our homes are heated by gas, our transport trucks run on diesel, construction equipment runs on diesel. Gas stations, fuel transport to remote areas, these are things that our country has been built on for over 150 years and it needs to change. Homes/apartments being ablebto charge vehicles, heat pumps in homes, electric stoves, power hungry grids for all the new technology that needs electricity and our rapidly growing population.... We need to BUILD it first. And for the last ten years.... The provinces have been DRAGGING their feet on this.

    Our best bet for a self sustaining and low carbon future is Carney and the liberals

  • Where the parties stand on gun control in the Canadian federal election

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  • They can ignore those bylaws, sure. But giving the police more tools and means to curb those illegal guns coming in is a good thing no?

  • Where the parties stand on gun control in the Canadian federal election

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  • I understand that legal handgun owners are not the problem, but that it's the illegal ones coming over the border. The original bill the liberals wanted to pass did say that municipalities will be able to determine if they want to ban handgun ownership in their cities though if I'm not mistaken. I'm for any new laws that gives law enforcement more tools and regulations to curb illegal handgun smuggling into this country through.

    Again, I understand that LEGAL handgun owners are not the problem, but municipalities should be able to make that call for themselves if handguns should be legal or not to own within their boundaries.

  • The Heart of the Conservative Election platform is pure MAGA - here's a quote from it

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  • That was the biggest red flag to me when Pierre said that he would us the not withstanding clause to do that. Wtf. Anybody who believe in him using that clause to get what they want is no doubt the crowd that was crying out that Trudeau was another Vladimir Putin during COVID. Absolutely rediculous

  • Where the parties stand on gun control in the Canadian federal election

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  • I'm pretty sure the handbun ban is more of allowing municipalities to make that decision for themselves no? Large metropolitan cities are much different than smaller rural communities and should be able to ban the ownership, sale and possession of them don't you think?

  • Where the parties stand on gun control in the Canadian federal election

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  • I see new laws being passed as being able to give law enforcement more tools and resources to intercept ones crossing the border, where they all come from tbh and to allow municipalities to ban handguns if they wish. Fuck America and that shit hole country. I myself understand the frustration with some gun owners as I myself want to get my PAL soon as I just bought my first home with my wife, and with the entire annexation threats going on. Wouldn't hurt for me to get practicing lol.

  • The perils of per capita GDP: No, Canada is not poorer than Alabama

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  • These people who complain about our economic growth (Pierre) want to whine about the economy and why nothing gets built, yet kneecap our source of labour aswell. Conservative voters complain about immigration a ton yet Pierre doesn't say anything about lowering immigration from where it's at right now, why is that? Hmmmmm. Every province will say the same thing "we need skilled labour to build the things we want to build" period.

    Hopefully eventually we can, with the incentives and tax breaks were giving new families like the CCB, and cheaper childcare, we can see a rise is families being started here at home for the future.

  • Op-Ed: The health-care crisis no candidate is talking about—and the fix we need

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  • The kind of fix we need is for people to care about provincial elections

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    Liberal platform: Carney pledges to cap non-permanent resident population at below 5%

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  • The conservatives want the GST off ALL new homes. The liberals just want the GST of First time home buyers buying new homes. The conservatives plan is just a 5% break for rich people buying houses, the liberals housing plan might actually see the new houses being built as affordable for first time home buyers over 30yrs with 5% down.

  • Fifty years in the making of Ontario’s housing crisis – a timeline - Canadian Centre for Housing Rights

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  • That's why I'm intrigued by Carney proposing the build Canada homes company..... Will be interesting to see since we did something like that during WW2 that saw the feds build the housing and set the price?