Getting the federal government to stop doing things like that begins with getting Big Oil’s political influence and propaganda out of Alberta.
This is the result of them promoting an astroturf separatist movement which they weaponized to force the federal government to let them pollute the planet unhindered, under threat of destroying the country.
Surprise, surprise. Carney is still a neoliberal.
We all knew it, the alternative was a dumb fuck hell bent on dividing the country
Man this sub really hates the guy. Other places I see people praising him, and the other half hating him. No one in the middle even. Last I saw his polling numbers were at their highest peak, not sure where they are at now.
What makes this place so hostile?
I don’t “hate” Mark Carney. This isn’t personal. What I hate is many of his policies.
People here lean left more than most other places. Carney is, without a doubt, more right leaning than Trudeau, who many already struggled with his neolib policies. Shifting FURTHER into those policies isn’t going to make this place like him
Yes. This. Lemmy seems to attract a lot of people who think we are on the brink of an imminent socialist revolution. While I admire many things about socialism, living in SW Ontario way outside Toronto I would just settle for not seeing anti-abortion billboards and F*CK CARNEY stickers everywhere and continuing to resist the right-wing nonsense taking over many other Western countries. (No, not just the US…Le Pen, Meloni, the list goes on…)
In all reality, we will never be able to get a party in majority that supports eradicating corporate entities, banning ICE (by this I mean gas powered vehicles btw - anything related to the American government agency should absolutely never be present here) vehicles immediately, establishing UBI, etc etc - these things will not happen in extremes that will slowly happen here and there and some won’t at all. The goal right now is “least shitty” not “The Great Socialist Revolution” but this is a community with many idealists and that’s cool but just remember that when you read some of these posts.
To anyone reading this, I’d remind you that local politics are THE MOST important. You can far more easily get local politicians in who are extremely progressive, and begin movement from there. The lack of parties means its much simpler to run, and most people don’t even bother voting. Plus those changes can have drastic impacts on what you see and do on a daily basis.
This is absolutely true - while my riding is a complete waste and shithole that will always vote Conservative, we have had many progressive people on our town council and in mayoral positions.
Especially so in Canada. The politics that affects like 95% of your daily life is local and provincial. It infuriates me when I hear people blame all their problems on the PM that are actually the responsibility of your local or provincial government. Blaming Trudeau (or now Carney) for Doug Ford’s faults.
Housing, healthcare, education, public transport, urban planning, welfare, labour standards? It’s all exclusive jurisdiction of the provinces.
I admit I voted for this scumbag’s party for the first time ever strategically (I thought) in order to prevent an even bigger scumbag in PP from becoming PM. Considering his actions in office re: climate I will NEVER vote Liberal again
