Next, we really need proportional representation.
Proportional representation only looks good on a spreadsheet. It’s terrible when you consider power dynamics, which you should when thinking about political systems.
Which power dynamics? Like, coalition building?
As if First Past the Post didn’t have shitty power dynamics.
You love to see it.
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Alt-right pipeline is alive and flourishing. Check on your loved ones mental health and reach across the aisle with open arms if you can, block if you can’t. Try not to feed the trolls, and Godspeed!
E: can to can’t
Check on your loved ones mental health and reach across the aisle with open arms if you can, block of you can
Are you advocating to block loved ones if their mental health is too far gone or am I misreading this?
Their more progressive parents should’ve tried parenting.
I saw Liberals leading Alberta, which made me do a double take.
Then I read the small print. Yeah, keep your expectations in check it’s not that hype.
Better than UCP? Or they don’t run federally I guess? Idk much about Alberta
UCP was and no longer is the combination of the old AB Progressive Conservative Party and the alt right party Wildrose. Jason was a shortsighted greedy twit and Wildrose cannibalized his party from within as everyone could’ve and did predict. It was the only quick way to win an election again after the PC’s disgraced themselves with a string of incompetent/corrupt leaders in a row and the ANDP finally won a single term. Unite The Right was the slogan. United Conservative Party. Straight forward naming.
UCP is a provincial party only. They’re basically Republicans, and work with Take Back Alberta which are kinda like the Heritage Foundation behind Project 2025 in the USA. They’re currently preoccupied with forcing diversity policy out of Edmonton Public Libraries.
Provincial Liberals are irrelevant here because the ANDP is closer to the political alignment of the federal Liberals than the federal NDP, so they’re redundant. Federally the Liberals name has been mud in Alberta since Trudeau Sr. and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Energy_Program
edit: ANDP only lost the last election by a couple thousand votes. Notley stepped down, Nenshi won leadership for opposition, the ex mayor of Calgary. Moved party further to center? I guess. That’s the speculation, and Nenshi mused about changing the color from Orange to Purple. As in, mix conservative blue with center-left orange.
idk may as well give a better overview.
Please not another liberal government, getting tired of the restrictions they place on law abiding citizens.
Which ones? Is it the “can’t not pay for social services” restriction? The “can’t secretly own a firearm” resteiction? Or the “can’t overrule other countries’ entry requirements” restriction?
Is it the “can’t not pay for social services” restriction?
You mean unnecessary use of resources tax.
The “can’t secretly own a firearm” resteiction?
Secret? The firearms bans are only affecting people apart of the Canadian Firearms Program, people who have gone through the CFSC and daily background checks.
You think criminals are actually going to follow the law and abide by these bans? It’s literal abuse of OIC just to take law abiding citizens property.
the “can’t overrule other countries’ entry requirements” restriction?
I assume you’re referring to the B.C women who was recently arrested over at the US border. Ultimately she went down there with incomplete documentation, like everyone else she should’ve sorted that out before even attempting to cross.
You can literally see a direct link between difficulty of acquiring a gun legally and difficulty acquiring a gun illegally.
Statistically, majority of guns used in crime were legally purchased at some point in their existence
Statistically, majority of guns used in crime were legally purchased at some point in their existence
That’s really not at all baffling? We’re talking guns over 100 years old ending up on these ban lists.
The recent public safety announcement they claim that the rifles banned were meant for war. Guns like the GSG (German Sports-Shooting Gun) were banned while not banning the SKS (Made literally for ww2).
The logic here is admittedly flawed and not enough Canadians realize that.
Do you have a coherent point to make or was that the attempt?
Asking as an rpal holder who finds the new round of restrictions poorly written and ill-informed, but that isn’t going to drive me to vote for an idiot like PP.
Asking as an rpal holder who finds the new round of restrictions poorly written and ill-informed, but that isn’t going to drive me to vote for an idiot like PP.
That’s disappointing to hear. PAL/RPAL holders are a dying breed among Canadians and the liberals intend to solidify it.
So… no coherent point. Thank you for clarifying.
Anyone can earn my vote by:
Prioritizing healthcare and social services (including education) Protecting basic human rights. Not being a shit-bag of a human nor tolerating them in government. Focusing on green economic growth.
I don’t base my votes off who can get me the most irrationally mad about issues that are invented or overblown. And while I have a whole list of complaints about the uselessness of the changes to gun laws here, the biggest one is how effective it is at mobilizing otherwise happily dissconnected voters into actually taking the time to go vote. It’s like 8d chess where the Liberals are looking for a way to get the Conservative vote out and found the key…
I’ll be voting libs but man those firearm restrictions are straight bullshit.
