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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well you see, she doesn't support sovereignty, and has to stop them from starting their own party, so obviously she has to give them what they want, stoke the flames, and make it easier to hold a referendum.

It's so simple!

At this point, "one crank neurologist" seems to be the most likely explanation by far.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This was an independent study, not the government investigation.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm by no means suggesting that the FDA cuts are good (they are, to be very clear, dumb and bad), but in theory, food is still being tested at the state level.

I can only hope that the Government of Canada is aware of the state programs, and whether they are suitably robust.

Another thing to consider is that many people simply aren't that engaged, and the news ecosystem on both sides of the border has deteriorated to the point where it's very easy to go through life with bad information, or no information at all.

It's probably not that hard for a low-information voter to be swayed by big talk, even if they're not a cultist.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think it's a nuanced question - I've heard that the Cuban community in Florida is very Republican because they're seen as stronger against the Cuban regime.

In other cases, I think people are very willing to vote for people who promise to help them with their most immediate problems (regardless of how credible those promises are), and overlook the rest.

And we should never underestimate the willingness of people to close a door behind them once they've gotten through it.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

One thing he doesn't touch on (much) is that a significant number of NDP supporters - probably "working class" supporters - seemed to flip to the Conservatives, and not the Liberals.

The party is going to have to reckon with that, too.

It's probably another move to distance himself from Trudeau's choices.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 18 points 4 months ago (16 children)

That's up to the CPC.

Carney said a byelection should be held as quickly as possible to give Poilievre an opportunity to win a seat in the House of Commons, if that’s what the Conservative Party wants.

Carney's message is that he's not interested in playing Parliamentary games. I'm not convinced it's a good idea, but it's an interesting move.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No sitting PM wants to be seen spending millions on "their" house, and costs have skyrocketed thanks to decades of neglect.

On top of that, the house itself doesn't really meet the needs of the role, and both the house and grounds are considered inadequate from a security perspective.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That is definitely an assumption you could make.

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and blame a technical glitch, and totally not human error.

Fixed.

 

I’m a senior reporter covering the Conservative campaign this week.

We've seen unprecedented efforts at message control from the Poilievre campaign that have broken with tradition in a number of ways.

The CPC is the only party to bar media from its campaign plane and buses. The Stephen Harper, Andrew Scheer and Erin O'Toole campaigns all allowed media to travel with the leader, and charged sometimes exorbitant amounts of money for the privilege. The other parties do the same, and also charge.

Poilievre takes fewer questions than other leaders, a maximum of four per event, and insists on choosing which reporters are allowed to ask. After a week following the campaign, neither I nor my CBC colleague Tom Parry have been permitted to ask any questions.

Sometimes, CPC staffers try to get reporters to say what they plan to ask — a question a reporter is not supposed to answer. However, we have seen local media pressured into answering. Obviously, if a reporter declines, that could factor into the decision of who gets to ask questions at all.

The decision on who asks questions is always last-minute. A CPC staffer holds the microphone, ready to pull it away. No follow-up questions are permitted.

On occasion, CPC staffers have gotten physical with journalists, such as on the public wharf at Petty Harbour, N.L., where there was pushing and shoving.

Today, in Trois-Rivières, we asked to be allotted a question. Party staffers said yes, so long as it was asked by my colleague Tom Parry. We responded that I would prefer to ask it. At that point the party took away our question and gave it to another outlet.

The difficulty of trying to keep up with a campaign that has its own chartered aircraft is a logistical problem that can be mitigated to some extent. But the extreme message control makes it all but impossible to bring the same level of accountability to the Poilievre campaign that other campaigns are subject to. It also protects the campaign from having to answer tough questions and is a marked departure from previous Conservative campaigns I have covered.

 

The overall security advice remains green, "take normal security precautions/"

 

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