picard102
Senior Member
Of course he was. He was the best PM in most people's lifetimes.I think Jean Chretien was more popular then Trudeau Jr
Of course he was. He was the best PM in most people's lifetimes.I think Jean Chretien was more popular then Trudeau Jr
Why not both?Can someone tell Trudeau we have a gang problem, not a gun problem. Go after the perpetrators, not the tools.
Why not both?
Besides they need to after the mafia and biker gangs too.
Because I’d argue we don’t have a gun problem. It’s no easier today to buy a gun either legally in Canada or at a US gun show and smuggle it into Canada than it was ten or twenty years ago. Nothing has changed on the availability of guns. What has changed is the gangstas.Why not both?
Of note:
The West Has a Resentment Epidemic
Across the West, the main trigger of populism has been the growing inequality—and hostility—between urban and rural regions.
BY ROBERTO STEFAN FOA, JONATHAN WILMOT. SEPTEMBER 18, 2019, 4:31 PM
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The West Has a Resentment Epidemic
Across the West, the main trigger of populism has been the growing inequality—and hostility—between urban and rural regions.foreignpolicy.com
Because I’d argue we don’t have a gun problem. It’s no easier today to buy a gun either legally in Canada or at a US gun show and smuggle it into Canada than it was ten or twenty years ago. Nothing has changed on the availability of guns. What has changed is the gangstas.
If we can eliminate the gangs, it won’t matter if there’s millions of guns. I’m done with the basket ball courts and after school programs. I want to see TPS, and where applicable OPP and RCMP kicking in some doors.
There is certainly some of that in Canada now; and the potential for more.
BUT, I will say, that I see less potential for it here; in as much as we have equalization payments to even out the fortunes of different provinces; we're also a very urbanized nation, even in comparatively more rural areas. (ie. in Newfoundland, St. John's is often referred to as the City-State. Such is its outsized importance in a fairly rural region.
That said, there is need to keep an eye on that issue; I think an equally large, if not larger issue in Canada is income inequality in large urban centres, notably, Toronto and Vancouver, where the cost of housing and polarization of incomes has potential to create serious social dissonance.
Important to get out in front on such things; before society pays a price for not so benign neglect.
I think the LIberals will win but some big news will follow the elections
JT will announce he will not be seeking another term
The Greens and Ndp will merge
I doubt the NDP and Greens will merge and quite honestly I like them as distinct parties.
I don't see how the Ndp can last on its own much longer there bleeding money.
Definitely so, but I would also say that the problem still occurs as an intraprovincial one. Hence Doug Ford as one instance in Ontario.
(Not to mention the various inter-provincial resentments that come out of equalization, as it's still a very flawed system that benefits Quebec over other provinces).
I doubt they will last much longer as well. The problem is they focus too much on low income working class individuals who have little money to spare. Most times the individual ridings are ill prepared for elections financially.
That said if they did merge with anyone they would be the lesser partner in the merger.
If they were decimated this election and drop below the Greens in terms of support I can see them folding like the CCF did. They won't have the money to survive another election especially if we end up in a minority situation.
If we have a minority government next month the NDP will be finished.
Given how Jagmeet's been performing so far, decimation/below-Greens seems less and less of a certainty as the campaign inches along.