New Canadian Politics Thread

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

If Alberta hadn't been run by a series of Cons for the past 40 years they'd have made better use of all that oil boom money, the way Norway did.

 

[MindzEye]

If Alberta hadn't been run by a series of Cons for the past 40 years they'd have made better use of all that oil boom money, the way Norway did.

I used to have this argument all.the.fucking.time up in the patch.

 

[worm]

I used to have this argument all.the.fucking.time up in the patch.

fucking equalization payments

 

[Deckie007]

If Alberta hadn't been run by a series of Cons for the past 40 years they'd have made better use of all that oil boom money, the way Norway did.

I love that channel, one of my faves.

 

[MindzEye]

It's amazing how easily corporations can both make money and serve the public good when they're told that they have to.

 

[manny]

It's amazing how easily corporations can both make money and serve the public good when they're told that they have to.

communist

 

[Aberdeen]

Appropos of nothing. Just flying domestically right now and there's zero checking of vaccine status at the airport.

 

[Preston]

Been to a few places where they apparently check for vaccine status. Nada. Have never been asked once. No one wants to monitor that shit.

 

[anne25]

Appropos of nothing. Just flying domestically right now and there's zero checking of vaccine status at the airport.

The requirement doesn’t take effect until the end of October.

 

[Wayward DP]

Been to a few places where they apparently check for vaccine status. Nada. Have never been asked once. No one wants to monitor that shit.

Lol everywhere here they are supposed to ask they have been for me!

 

[hockeylover]

I’ve been asked at every restaurant I’ve been to… and mini putt.

 

[Neurospasm]

There’s been a lot of confusion any place I’ve been since coming to Ontario. We only have the QR code to the health record in BC. Most places have wanted a paper copy with your birth date which we don’t have.

 

[Wayward DP]

We can just use the CANImmunize pdf that is automatically emailed to us after vaccination, plus photo ID

 

[Aberdeen]

The requirement doesn’t take effect until the end of October.

Well that's dumb.

 

[UWHabs]

Anyone with a star subscription, a good read on the progress through the campaign for the Liberals: https://www.thestar.com/politics/fe...ering-campaign-and-won-the-2021-election.html

 

[worm]

Calgary and Edmonton did it right. Rural Alberta not so much.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Calgary and Edmonton did it right. Rural Alberta not so much.

Yes, Edmonton now has one more Liberal who can live rent free inside the heads of every redneck.

You could tell that Nickel was getting desperate near the end as he ran attack ads against Sohi where he accused him of the unpardonable sin of being a friend and colleague of Justin Trudeau, the eternal Albertan bogeyman. The ads were beyond juvenile but hey, it worked for Kenney so Shoeless Mike figured he'd give it a whirl too.

I guess that in the end the supporters of angry white grievance who were prolific on social media as they railed against bike lanes, property taxes, speed limits, photo radar, immigrants and "liberal commies" couldn't be bothered to get off their asses to actually vote when the time came. Sohi won by over 10K votes.

 

[worm]

dood has been campaigning for mayor for 2 years and he never even came close

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

dood has been campaigning for mayor for 2 years and he never even came close

You should read the comments on Nickel's Facebook page in the wake of his crushing defeat.

"It's rigged!"
"As soon as I saw the electronic voting machines I knew the fix was in."
"Alberta is conservative but a Liberal wins the election by 10K votes? Something fishy is going on."
"Trudeau bribery got his buddy elected."
"I'm moving. This city is fucked. Enjoy your tax hike."

And my personal favourite...

"We need to do a forensic audit to check for voter fraud."

Needless to say, Fox News is available here.

 

[LeafGm]

Looks like the CPC somehow still thinks it’s a good idea to double-down on their strategy of appealing to the anti-vaxx minority of Canadian voters: