Canada

“Liberals” have rebranded what used to be conservatism as “abundance”.

The NDP have been running as centrists, and the Conservatives are Nazis.

This all happened so quickly.

Does protest even do anything? I voted for Carney because I dreaded what the conservatives wanted to do and I voted liberal for the first (and now will be only) time in my life. Almost immediately all the shit I dreaded was happening anyway.

Well we don't have a respectable conservative party in this country that could push back, especially since this is exactly what they would have proposed.

But a few questions:

What provisions would likely be in danger of override?

Is there any regulatory efficiency measures that would be acceptable?

What would proper oversight look like?

Here's the relevant part of the bill copied below, and the link to the bill on parl.ca. Scroll down a little bit to section 208. There are some things I trimmed out for brevity. This is not the whole thing, just the parts I considered most relevant.

208 Section 11 of the Act and the heading before it are replaced by the following:

#Exemptions to Encourage Innovation, Competitiveness or Economic Growth

Order
12 (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (7), a minister may, by order, for a specified validity period of not more than three years and on any terms that the minister considers appropriate, exempt an entity from the application of

• (a) a provision of an Act of Parliament, except the Criminal Code, if the minister is responsible for the Act;
• (b) a provision of an instrument made under an Act of Parliament, except an instrument made under the Criminal Code, if
• • (i) the minister is responsible for the Act, or
• • (ii) the body that made the instrument is accountable, through the minister, to Parliament for the conduct of its affairs; or
• (c) a provision of an Act of Parliament, except the Criminal Code, or a provision of an instrument made under an Act of Parliament, except an instrument made under the Criminal Code, if the minister administers or enforces the provision.

Conditions
(3) A minister may make an order under subsection (1) only if the minister is of the opinion that

• (a) the exemption is in the public interest;
• (b) the exemption would enable the testing of, among other things, a product, service, process, procedure or regulatory measure with the aim of facilitating the design, modification or administration of a regulatory regime to encourage innovation, competitiveness or economic growth;
• (c) the benefits associated with the exemption outweigh the risks;
• (d) sufficient resources exist, and appropriate measures will be taken, to maintain oversight of the testing, manage any risks associated with the exemption and protect public health and safety and the environment; and
• (e) a feasible implementation plan has been developed.

#Transparency and Parliamentary Oversight

Accessibility
14 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a minister must, as soon as feasible after making an order under section 12, make the order and the following information publicly accessible:

• (a) a description of the decision-making process and a summary of the reasons for the order; and
• (b) a description of the process for providing comments or information to, or requesting information from, the minister in relation to the order.

Exception

• (2) The minister may exclude information that, in the minister’s opinion, would be inappropriate to make publicly accessible for reasons that include safety or security considerations or the protection of confidential or personal information.

I am a naturalized citizen who came to Canada to escape bullshit like this. Yet we are getting more of this crap and I feel like there is no hope. More and more authoritarian shit and weaker economic outlooks and even the rapid fire gun bans that do nothing other than want to eliminate sport shooting (I enjoy guns and I enjoy sport shooting. No I do not believe people should be carrying loaded guns on the street or form militas against the gubnament. Don't be ridicules). Is making Canada unlivable for me.

plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books

What can I say? Libs gonna Lib.

If you can ignore laws whenever you want then they're not laws.

How long before a new government amends it again to strike the Criminal Code exception?

These people think we won't do anything about their bullshit, and they can't wait to call us all Convites if we show up in Ottawa to protest.

I think it's time for a general strike, regardless of whether or not they back down. This won't stop until we show them where it leads.

Hidden in the federal government’s 634-page omnibus bill C-15, the Budget Implementation Act, is a measure that has so far escaped scrutiny. Under the pretext of regulatory efficiency, Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years.

Well fuck. I had high hopes for this man based on his leadership during the '08 crash. I was an idiot to think he'd be any better than the rest of the political scumbags who lead our cities, provinces and country.

Maybe it's time we have a nation-wide strike, before things get worse than they are now.

What happened to the rule of law? This is undermining public transparency and the role of parliament in much the same way that Trump has neutered the US Congressional branch and centralized power in the admin. If you're pissed off at Danielle Smith and Doug Ford, this is just as bad!

Gee, I can guess what laws these will be used to bypass 🙄

Carney is doing everything PP wishes he could do. Nothing but a scam.

For anyone else who likes to go straight to the source, it's on pages 300-302 of the bill.

I wasn't expecting much from a literal banker, but what the heck Carney? Just... what?