Politics

[Abby_wx]

Carney says he'll launch gun buyback program later this year.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politic ... gram-will/

Wow... talk about an unforced error at this stage of his campaign. It's like he's literally trying to lose votes to the Conservatives. I thought Carney might be more pragmatic on this issue, but he's following the same old Liberal playbook of failed gun control policy. This is not only a pointless policy that will do virtually nothing for public safety (98% of gun crimes are committed with illegal guns), but also a massive waste of money that could be spent on more pressing needs like our military. It's pure virtue signalling, which is something I'd expect from Trudeau, but not someone with Carney's supposed intelligence.

PS. Not a gun owner -- I just know terrible policy when I see it.

[Glacier]

Something like 65% of Canadians approve of gun buy-backs though, so it might not be as out to lunch as you'd think. Still a terrible policy, but politically it might actually help him.

BTW, 4 years since the gun buy-back was first announced and still not a single gun has been bought back. The government hasn't even told us how we are to turn over the guns. They just keep extending the "amnesty" for owning illegal firearms every year when the old "amnesty" expires.

I suspect they never actually intend to buy them back, but only pretend to because it makes sense politically to make it seem like they will.

[stuffradio]

There has been some talk of the workers at the Mark Carner riding stealing and surrounding conservative signs with a bunch of Mark Carney signs. Also he called out a reporter for saying The Globe and Mail reported that Mark Carney met with a pro-Beijing group. There is photo evidence of Mark Carney meeting with them and the group themselves had a photo from the meeting stating how great of a meeting it was. It was apparently a long meeting. Mark Carney is lying to us and expects us to take his word at it.

[Forrest Gump]

There has been some talk of the workers at the Mark Carner riding stealing and surrounding conservative signs with a bunch of Mark Carney signs. Also he called out a reporter for saying The Globe and Mail reported that Mark Carney met with a pro-Beijing group. There is photo evidence of Mark Carney meeting with them and the group themselves had a photo from the meeting stating how great of a meeting it was. It was apparently a long meeting. Mark Carney is lying to us and expects us to take his word at it.

Yes, I posted the sign theft story yesterday. Conservative candidate Barbara Bal seems like a very formidable opponent, that would be something if she knocked him out.

Yup,Once again Carney gets testy with a reporter, saying you can't believe everything you read, even if your colleague wrote it, lol. He's not happy that the China connection is dogging him.
https://torontosun.com/news/national/fe ... bout-china

Ford said he was surprised the states didn't lift the tariffs against Canada. Well, not really, when we're the only country to retaliate other than China. Many people now think Canada looks foolish.

[Abby_wx]

Ford said he was surprised the states didn't lift the tariffs against Canada. Well, not really, when we're the only country to retaliate other than China. Many people now think Canada looks foolish.

I think the retaliatory tariffs are the one thing the majority of Canadians actually do support, regardless of party affiliation. I believe that even Poilevre supports them, at least for the time being. He has been a bit wishy-washy on them, but I'd be very shocked if he completely backed down and called for their removal. I think that would be a very unpopular position to take, even though it would appeal to some of his base.

Foolish or not, one could argue that Canada and China have the most at stake in a trade war with the US, so they have the most incentive to stand firm. After all, you'll never stop a bully by giving in to his demands.

The EU has also adopted retaliatory tariffs as of yesterday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ls-dispute

[AbbyJr]

Something like 65% of Canadians approve of gun buy-backs though, so it might not be as out to lunch as you'd think. Still a terrible policy, but politically it might actually help him.

BTW, 4 years since the gun buy-back was first announced and still not a single gun has been bought back. The government hasn't even told us how we are to turn over the guns. They just keep extending the "amnesty" for owning illegal firearms every year when the old "amnesty" expires.

I suspect they never actually intend to buy them back, but only pretend to because it makes sense politically to make it seem like they will.

It's shocking that so many people would support such an ineffective and unnecessary policy. Prior to the Liberals sweeping gun ban, Canada's gun laws were already so strict that it would be very difficult for a criminal to purchase one legally. Not to mention the fact that the vast majority of our gun crime is committed with guns smuggled in from the US. Therefore, rather than punishing law abiding citizens, why don't we instead secure our borders and introduce tougher penalties on criminals? That seems to be the most common sense solution. Hopefully people will start to realize that Carney is no better than Trudeau. We need change in this country, not another four years of economically damaging and ineffective Liberal policies.

[Forrest Gump]

I think the retaliatory tariffs are the one thing the majority of Canadians actually do support, regardless of party affiliation. I believe that even Poilevre supports them, at least for the time being. He has been a bit wishy-washy on them, but I'd be very shocked if he completely backed down and called for their removal. I think that would be a very unpopular position to take, even though it would appeal to some of his base.

Foolish or not, one could argue that Canada and China have the most at stake in a trade war with the US, so they have the most incentive to stand firm. After all, you'll never stop a bully by giving in to his demands.

The EU has also adopted retaliatory tariffs as of yesterday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ls-dispute

Yes, most Canadians including party leaders support retaliatory tariffs, with many getting very emotional thanks to Trump's 51st state and governor comments, but is it the right course of action, I don't really know, but for election purposes no doubt it is, especially for the liberals as that is pretty well the only card they got. Some point to Trump's playbook "the art of the deal", and perhaps all those countries who want to negotiate instead of retaliating have read it?

EU have adopted but not implemented due to Trump's 90 day pause announcement. But who knows, maybe Trump's 90 day reprieve was the result of EU's threat.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... -der-leyen

[AbbyJr]

Yes, most Canadians including party leaders support retaliatory tariffs, with many getting very emotional thanks to Trump's 51st state and governor comments, but is it the right course of action, I don't really know, but for election purposes no doubt it is, especially for the liberals as that is pretty well the only card they got. Some point to Trump's playbook "the art of the deal", and perhaps all those countries who want to negotiate instead of retaliating have read it?

EU have adopted but not implemented due to Trump's 90 day pause announcement. But who knows, maybe Trump's 90 day reprieve was the result of EU's threat.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... -der-leyen

The problem with the retaliatory tariffs is that they are simply ineffective. On the other hand, we do need to send the message that we don't support this unjustified attack on our economy. But as you said, it's politically wise to campaign on the policy given that most if not all Liberals support it.

[AbbyJr]

I think the retaliatory tariffs are the one thing the majority of Canadians actually do support, regardless of party affiliation. I believe that even Poilevre supports them, at least for the time being. He has been a bit wishy-washy on them, but I'd be very shocked if he completely backed down and called for their removal. I think that would be a very unpopular position to take, even though it would appeal to some of his base.

Foolish or not, one could argue that Canada and China have the most at stake in a trade war with the US, so they have the most incentive to stand firm. After all, you'll never stop a bully by giving in to his demands.

The EU has also adopted retaliatory tariffs as of yesterday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ls-dispute

You'll never stop a bully by merely retaliating either. Probably the best option is to negotiate while keeping some degree of retaliatory measures.

[stuffradio]

I think the retaliatory tariffs are the one thing the majority of Canadians actually do support, regardless of party affiliation. I believe that even Poilevre supports them, at least for the time being. He has been a bit wishy-washy on them, but I'd be very shocked if he completely backed down and called for their removal. I think that would be a very unpopular position to take, even though it would appeal to some of his base.

Foolish or not, one could argue that Canada and China have the most at stake in a trade war with the US, so they have the most incentive to stand firm. After all, you'll never stop a bully by giving in to his demands.

The EU has also adopted retaliatory tariffs as of yesterday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ls-dispute

The EU paused the tariffs today, or they said they would be removing them as a result of Trump hitting pause on the tariffs. I do agree that Pollievre has a stance in favour of retaliatory tariffs.

[AbbyJr]

Canada now lumped with China as the only two countries to retaliate, while 75 other countries are willing to negotiate. Does that make Carney look smart or stupid? Anyways, now that Trump has taken the tariff card off the table for the duration of the election campaign, the liberals will now have to scramble and pivot, probably steal more Conservatives policies. Repairing the economy jobs, affordability, crime and safety, taxes, government spending, and immigration should be the deciding factors for most.

Next week's debates will be must watch 🖥

I wouldn't say that the we are out of the woods with the tariff threat. If Trump doesn't get what he wants in the upcoming negotiations, he will likely reimpose tariffs on us. That said, I do agree that our focus should be on rebuilding our country rather than solely worrying about Trump's trade war.

[Forrest Gump]

Lol, Justin 2.0 promoting the same housing scam as Justin 1.0
https://youtu.be/MAQPpyYCrEo?si=slJmBAKLhGHq2mHA


The lies starting to accumulate for Teflonman 2.0
https://youtu.be/O8jZ9tCRubY?si=Ddbdj-Xw_CJ0paN6

[Forrest Gump]

Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s former firm Brookfield has registered more than a dozen business entities to an infamous address in the Cayman Islands that former U.S. president Barack Obama once described as either “the largest building in the world or the largest tax scam in the world.”

CTV News reviewed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings between 2015 and 2024 that show the global investment firm registered limited companies and limited partnerships to a five-storey building in the capital of the self-governing British Overseas Territory.
That building is known as Ugland House, and is home to at least 18,000 corporate entities. The Cayman Islands charges no income or corporate taxes.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/federal-election ... the-world/

[Hound]

Corruption 101.. and Canadians let this continue/happen with no consequences.

[Forrest Gump]

Corruption 101.. and Canadians let this continue/happen with no consequences.

Lieberals rule.