Singh was DOA, he should have been dropped two elections ago, but the NDP is too mired in identity politics and single issue candidates. Pollievre is a the worst human in Canada and the CPC is a cancerous lump. The Greens are a joke, they can’t even pick a leader.

You had that vs a guy who wrote a book on managing the environment (which yeah, he’s not following) and the best financial and professional record of any politician in my life.

At the time, there was no other choice. To this day I know 100% hrs doing better than Singh or Pollievre would be.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

Singh is such a disappointment.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

which yeah, he's not following

ok so then Canadians got scammed and should be critiquing this government rather than continually re-litigating an election that happened 18 months ago. Corporations understand that elections are only a small part of how governments are influenced. Time for regular folks to wake up to this fact too.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I’m not saying you can’t criticize this government.

I’m disagreeing with the statement “LPC voters should be ashamed”. That’s a bad take. We should be angry, but I don’t see a world in which I should be ashamed for picking the best option of the few available.

I’ve written my MP with how unhappy I am with the party in specifics, and how much I’ve donated, and that I’m no longer supporting or donating. Until there’s someone I can support, this is the action I can take.

I tried getting involved supporting someone who wanted to run for the NDP, but they got passed over and basically harassed by Avi Lewis jackasses. So I have tried, and I feel like all the parties are kinda hugely shit.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

you continue to bring this back to an electoral framing. If you are upset with what the government is doing then say that. The "oh no but who else was there" is the excuse that Carney supporters are soothing themselves with because they don't want to admit they got hoodwinked. Some of us were calling out Carney's real goals prior to the election and were shouted down mercilessly by people reacting to Trump

[–] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

LPC armed a genocide, subsidized ecocide, lied about electoral reform, refused to reign in property barons or grocery oligarchs. They're also a huge pulsating cancerous lump.

Carney's dumping money into ai bubbles, offensive submarines, property acquisition corps. Every British person I've ever communicated with about him says he is a nightmare.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 minutes ago

the folks downvoting you are cowards

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

The British don’t like him because he said brexit was a mistake and they don’t want their central bank making political statements, despite its objectivity

[–] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

He assisted the Brexit gov.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

He advised not to do Brexit, and then had to deal with mitigating the consequences after they did it anyway.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

No, he told them it was a stupid idea and he got roasted by the government for being "political".

I love how brits blame government now when it was a fucking REFERENDUMB.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They didn’t lie about electoral reform, nobody agreed and every party wanted the system that favoured them the most. Every party played politics on that instead of asking what’s best for Canada.

Imagine they change it and the second the CPC get power they change it to what they want? They’d never shut up about it either, it would have been a disaster. Imagine Alberta separatism with that feather in their hat.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Not true. The nationwide public consultations and the committee all came to the conclusion that Proportional Representation was the way to go, and recommended a mixed-member proportional system. The Liberals pulled the rug out because it wasn't their preferred outcome.