Canadian Politics Redux

Parksy

erebus said:

Anyone watch the interview with Mr. Poilievre on Sunday morning with Rosemarie Barton?

Could not answer a question with a straight answer.  He comes across as very arrogant.  The liberals must love having him as the leader of the opposition as in my opinion he will never be prime Minister. 

And yes, the liberals have faults of their own,  but at least you feel you could have a conversation or rational debate with them.

Carney has essentially usurped the conservatives. Why vote for PP when you have a conservative platform without having to be led by a petulant child. 

Caught both interviews with Barton and Kapelos (sp?)   

The man has nothing. It's beyond over for him. If they (Conservative Party) had half of a brain, they ditch him now and lick their wounds. Interestingly... if and when they do, it will be fascinating to see who they vote as leader. 

Parksy

@HughFreakingDillon .. I chose this excerpt from your post:

"Second, Canada must invest in real autonomy focused on defence, Arctic security, cyber capacity, and supply-chain resilience. Not to oppose the U.S., but to avoid being cornered by it."

I think in general, everything this person is opining on comes from a viewpoint of hope, not realism. 

I don't think we're anywhere close to being able to invest in our country right now. To me this is based on our already high taxes, lack of infrastructure, in-fighting, lack of global investment. (see Stellantis, etc.) 

To be equally as blunt and honest as they are being... the grim truth to me is that we are too small and too weak. 

I agree that more than ever we should be united... but we are not. Even if we were... we still require money and people that we just don't have. 

I've said it before... I think our best option is to wait out the Trump storm.  An allegiance with the U.S. is our very best option to be prosperous and to also make America prosperous. 

I think Trump is literally expecting our leaders to be having the same conversation we are. Trying to figure out how to not only survive, but thrive without the U.S. I think he knows they are coming to similar conclusions. 

HughFreakingDillon

I think where we need to be is somewhere in the middle of that opinion and what some say we should do just "kiss the ring". But I don't think we're weak. But I do think we have depended on a handshake and trust for far too long. It worked for the most part, until douchebag came into it. Which is a good thing. Carney is diversifying, which we probably should have done a long time ago. Putting all or most of our eggs in one basket is never a good idea, even with your "best friend".