Canada's federal election: Monday, September 20, 2021

Like the virus itself, the prospect of enduring an election campaign is a plague most Canadians will gladly forgo. Notwithstanding that, if we are now 'reopening' and being made to return to our workplaces, shouldn't the bloodsucking politicians have to return to theirs also? If it's not yet considered safe for them to do so, why do they imagine it is safe for the rest of us?

NorthReport wrote:

Most Canadians back postponing elections until after COVID-19 pandemic

https://globalnews.ca/news/6933109/coronavirus-delaying-elections-canada/

That wouldn't be postponing, actually-there was an election last year, and the government that was returned with a minority is in no danger of being defeated in the House anytime soon, especially with most of the House unable to actually set foot in the chamber.

North, why did you think there WOULD be another election this early?

Whenever the election happens the Liberals will stand a good chance of winning a majority again because they've done a generally admirable job during this crisis, the Cons have no-one running for their leadership who would be an acceptable PM for the majority of Canadians, and sadly the NDP has been virtually invisible.

Yes, that poll shows the Liberals with a large lead- a lead that will almost certainly vanish if Justin is foolish enough to force the voters to go to the polls during a pandemic.

Even Justin wouldn't be THAT stupid.

Aristotleded24 wrote:

R.E.Wood wrote:

Whenever the election happens the Liberals will stand a good chance of winning a majority again because they've done a generally admirable job during this crisis, the Cons have no-one running for their leadership who would be an acceptable PM for the majority of Canadians, and sadly the NDP has been virtually invisible.

How do you see the Bloc doing in Quebec? That played a key role in the Liberals losing majority status last year.

That said, I agree that the government has faced little actual opposition for its handling of coronavirus. There are legitimate questions about what the government knew and when, and why the government didn't act sooner, and why our airports were left wide open long after the WHO declared a global pandemic and urged social distancing. Unfortunately the Conservatives are ignoring that and going in on anti-China nationalism, as if taking their cues from Donald Trump.

I admit I am not up-to-date at the moment on the Bloc's prospects in Quebec right now, or how Covid-19 might affect those prospects. You're absolutely right to point out that how Quebec votes has a substantial impact on the potential for any party to be able to form a majority government or not. 

NorthReport wrote:

Brilliant!

Canadian Politician HAMMERS Jeff Bezos over Amazon Wage Cuts

Last week Jeff Bezos and Amazon announced that they would be cutting the wages and overtime pay of workers in Canada. This was all while Jeff Bezos was announced to be on pace to become a Trillionaire off the backs of his workers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_uDjiZS1wg&feature=em-uploademail

No one should be suprised this crisis prompts a new class war.  Saying hey you have to go to work, but I can stay home and get paid is actually evident of that.  Some will even spin it like the Amazon chief, which does come off as he does not care and that he's better. The only hope right now, is people are more empathetic to what they feel is wrong.

Yet, Jeff is likey placing a safe bet, many are buying online and that they'll never see his comment.

NorthReport wrote:

Now that's a scary thought!

‘Like Churchill,’ Bring Harper Back to Lead Tories, Urges Riding President

Email to CPC members floats ‘trial balloon’ while shooting down Scheer.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/05/24/Bring-Harper-Back-Urges-Riding-President/

It should be noted, though, that in the first election Churchill fought as Tory leader, he led his party to a cataclysmic defeat, and that the only electoral "victory" Churchill ever scored as leader, in the 1951 election the Cons actually lost in the the popular vote and only ended up with a governing majority in the seat count because of the way the constituency lines were drawn-with Labour's vote largely bottled up in safe seats-and in a coalition with the National Liberals, a right-wing splinter from the old Liberal Party which existed as a distinct grouping in parliament until 1959.

Here is my read on how this is shaping out:

The NDP has done a great job arm-twisting the Liberals into providing relief to Canadians during the pandemic. Jagmeet Singh, however, as not been able to effectively communicate that, and so Trudeau is taking the credit. May and Blanchet deserve credit for saying that oil is dead, and exposing the Liberal government's moves around issues relating to the fossil fuel economy.

By far the biggest losers in the pandemic are the Conservatives. There are several questions about the government's preparedness for this pandemic that they are well equipped to ask. Questions like when our intelligence agencies realized that this thing would be worse than what China was saying, how bad, why the government didn't act immediately upon receiving those reports, and why our nursing homes were so badly prepared. Instead, they are taking on Trumpian talking points about how this is China's fault and that China is the reason that the WHO failed in its response. It's true that public opinion in Canada may not be pro-China at this point. Canadians understand, however, the difference between the failures of the Chinese government and why it's not appropriate to take that out on individual Chinese Canadians, although there have been some racist incidents here. Furthermore, since (with the exception of Northern Saskatchewan and the Toronto and Montreal metropolitan areas) Canada is doing well at this moment and can proceed with re-opening without risking large-scale infections, the need to find a foreign scapegoat isn't there like it is in the US. Such a shame. We want a loyal opposition, an opposition that can credibly challenge the government on its failures, not this clown show going on right now.

NorthReport wrote:

 

L 37%

C 31%

N 17%

B 7%

G 5%

http://angusreid.org/federal-politics-june2020/

That's comparable to how the Liberals were polling for much of the 1972 election campaign, when his dad was running for re-election.  I assume Justin knows what the result of that contest was.

double post

Pondering wrote:

We should promote mail in ballots. 

I agree.