Halifax Tar
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Crazy how that is eh ?
LPC leadership race - 2025
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Crazy how that is eh ?
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We really need to start a Canadian Libertarian party for you.
Halifax Tar
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Hmmm no candidates in HRM. You should take up the flag!
Halifax Tar
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Maybe when I retire. Who knows ?
I would lean more towards municipal government though.
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I'll sign your nomination papers.
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Whichever of those two wins, they then have to put their money where their mouth is. I’m doubtful that would happen, but it’s up to them to come up with some concrete positive policies, not just promises to take away bad policies.
I’ll wait to see if either addresses the O&G-to-Tidewater issue…
Only till the election.
Then liberals forget their promises or just change them.
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I find it extremely strange that Carney is willing, if he wins, to serve as PM for just a couple of months, or maybe til Oct, but I don't think Singh can back them that long without committing political suicide.
I find it hard to believe he is also willing to spend 4 years as the leader sitting over in the corner with almost zero chance to talk, depending on their seat numbers.
Perhaps someone can tell me why Carney would want to pursue those two points. Especially with his autocratic demeanor and his zealot like singular focus on Net Zero. So, why is he willing to subject himself to that? Being leader of the wilderness party, likely doesn't carry much weight on the world stage.
Another thought occurs. Perhaps it has something to do with maybe influencing the House through a stacked Senate? IDK.
Edit - Two election campaigns back to back are expensive and extremely tiresome for the electorate
I find it hard to believe he is also willing to spend 4 years as the leader sitting over in the corner with almost zero chance to talk, depending on their seat numbers.
Perhaps someone can tell me why Carney would want to pursue those two points. Especially with his autocratic demeanor and his zealot like singular focus on Net Zero. So, why is he willing to subject himself to that? Being leader of the wilderness party, likely doesn't carry much weight on the world stage.
Another thought occurs. Perhaps it has something to do with maybe influencing the House through a stacked Senate? IDK.
Edit - Two election campaigns back to back are expensive and extremely tiresome for the electorate
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Because they will squeeze another year out of it. We won’t see an election until 2026. Plenty of time to completely destroy the O&G sector with NDP support.
And how does he do that?
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But that's been argued against with possible evidence of truth. How do you think he can extend his mandate past October 25? This of course assumes he defeats every non confidence vote until then. Singh be damned.
I'd like to see some of the ones of the view it can't be done take a stab at my questions at post #528. I'm not arguing any points, just wondering if people have an opinion.
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More Net Zero wisdom from Carney. Don't forget these are the companies he will reward or punish, depending how they follow his orders.
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I don’t know exactly, just saw this:
Charterpedia - Section 4 – Maximum duration of legislative bodies
Department of Justice Canada's Internet site
Note that Lilley doesn’t actually speak to ‘how’. He pretends that Carney or whomever could just wave their hand and make it so. That is of course not the case. He doesn’t address mechanisms at all.I don’t know exactly, just saw this:
Charterpedia - Section 4 – Maximum duration of legislative bodies
Department of Justice Canada's Internet sitewww.justice.gc.ca
Conceivably could the LPC and NDP amend the Elections Act to remove the four year limit? They could; a majority of Parliamentarians can pass that as a bill. They would be a question of completely routine legislating.
There is no emergency power, short of literal war or insurrection, that delays elections the way some are now imagining. There is no ‘economic emergency’ that could be declared to bump the election back.
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Extending election date to 20 October 2026 legislatively through majority vote entirely within the Government's parliamentary available action. Past that date (5 years) would require the Constitutionally-defined exception in section 4(2).
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So with a simple majority vote in parliament we could have the LPC until Oct 2026. Would Singh support that? Probably yes.
That would give the LPC and NDP time to reverse the polls. With no Trudeau, they could indeed repair themselves significantly.
That would give the LPC and NDP time to reverse the polls. With no Trudeau, they could indeed repair themselves significantly.
Yes. It was a simple act of the legislature to put in fixed election dates in 2007. It would be a simple act of the legislature to revert back to the five years under the Charter. Only a party that has the confidence of the House of Commons could do that.
There’s no unilaterally executive option whereby Carney could simply achieve anything like this by some declaration of emergency.
From their standpoint it would probably objectively make sense to. They should probably ask Rick if it’s OK first though.
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He will be removed as leader at the 2025 NDP leadership convention if he continues this charade any longer.
The riding associations are sharpening their knives in the corner over the "well, what do you say we prop them up one last time... for the tariff relief?"
Edit to add: NDP Constitution states leadership review votes are mandatory after 2 years and the leader must maintain 50% plus one delegate approval in that vote to stay on as leader. If not, automatic leadership race. Happened to Thomas Mulcair in 2018.
