Canada is a failed state

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Maker's Mark said:
Lots of smug Reddit Liberals celebrating Pierre remaining as leader. As if Carney has already secured Canada’s future when all it takes is for our quality of life to worsen for Pierre to win.
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With the mental processes libshits use im not surprised
 
Maker's Mark said:
Lots of smug Reddit Liberals celebrating Pierre remaining as leader. As if Carney has already secured Canada’s future when all it takes is for our quality of life to worsen for Pierre to win.
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The Liberal party absolutely hates Pollievre and has been trying to get the Cons to throw him out for ages. We all saw the massive amount of news posts about strife in the party after the floor crossing and people leaving because of Pollievre's leadership style. I have no strong feelings on the matter and figure that PP is probably the best the Cons are going to get.
 
Scale Smerch said:
In other news PP has secured the federal Con leadership with 87.4%. Probability of the Libs pulling the trigger on a spring election has edged up slightly.
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The fact that we can have federal elections as little as 7 months apart shows what an absolute joke the Canadian system is.

There is no stability whatsoever.

Jean Chrétien won something like 7 elections in 13 years, because he just kept calling them every time the Bloc Québécois or the PC party lost a few points in the polls.
 
Samuel Fuller said:
The fact that we can have federal elections as little as 7 months apart shows what an absolute joke the Canadian system is.

There is no stability whatsoever.

Jean Chrétien won something like 7 elections in 13 years, because he just kept calling them every time the Bloc Québécois or the PC party lost a few points in the polls.
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It was 3 elections in 10 years. 93, 97 and 2000. The 2000 one was called because Paul Martin was trying to set off another cabinet revolt. The cons were split between Reform and the PCs and the Bloc was only an issue in Quebec. At the time the NDP were about as big of a joke as they are now. Harper tried to reign in the Liberal strategy of calling elections right before bad news was about to drop. By setting the election date to October 15th on the fourth year of every term. However, they can always call one early.

The Westminster parliamentary system is obsolete. It also is useless for administering a nation as large as Canada. We end up with 4 year dictatorships that we hope, means the PM won't use that time to do as much damage as possible.
 
I don’t see why the Liberals would call an election. I think it would genuinely upset people with how much of a waste of time it would be. Worse than Trudeau’s COVID election power grab. Which failed to give the Liberals a majority.
 
Maker's Mark said:
I don’t see why the Liberals would call an election. I think it would genuinely upset people with how much of a waste of time it would be. Worse than Trudeau’s COVID election power grab. Which failed to give the Liberals a majority.
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The only reason I could see them calling it is Ego. With a majority they wouldn’t even need to pretend to debate the shit they’re trying to push, which is the second likeliest reason.

And while I can see it happening and backfiring spectacularly, the Ontario Panhandle is even more retarded than the rest of this frozen shithole and might just gift wrap the Majority for him, nevermind the national TDS that means we might fuck ourselves over just to potentially spite the Orange Man. I fucking hate it here man…
 
Maker's Mark said:
I don’t see why the Liberals would call an election. I think it would genuinely upset people with how much of a waste of time it would be. Worse than Trudeau’s COVID election power grab. Which failed to give the Liberals a majority.
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But the hecking amerikkkans are threatening our sovereignty!!!! Elbows up!!! We need even more race communism!!!!
 
Lord Xenu said:
That sounds like my town. I posted one of those commie posters a few months back as well. It was a little different than that one, but I've seen this exact design around recently as well.
Here's another one that I saw around here:
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That is the exact design I saw at the University of Calgary in the University District. It was right next to an advertisement for the People’s party of Canada, which is kind of ironic. If you ask me, I mean, if you were a university student you would obviously go with a nationalist group like dominion society or hell, even second sons, if you wanna really be even. Not a group that’s like Trump and kind of boomer cucked if you ask me
 
Why does Transport Canada decide to hide consumer complaints about vehicles? A blog requested for records of car customer complaints for 2015-2026, but Transport Canada declined the request, saying that the 32000 records would be too hard and take too long to provide. / Archive

Compare that to the USA's NHTSA, which provides a publicly accessible database of customer complaints, as well as TSBs that automakers put out for cars:

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The other possibility is that Transport Canada is locking down this information in preparation for Chinese EVs being forced onto the masses, and they'll attempt to crack down on any form of criticism (either valid or fake ones), just like how China does. So recording videos of Chinese EVs catching fire in Canada would get the video deleted and you arrested.
 
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Talking about hockey has given me insight into the minds of most Canadians.

So a lot of people will acknowledge that the 1st overall pick in a draft might be stronger in some years than others, most people will vehemently argue against the idea that the top goalie, or the top power forward are of different qualities between different draft years.
 
For further (tangential) evidence we aren't serious about resource development Imperial Oil has officially announced the closure of Norman Wells:

Imperial Oil says it will end more than a century of oil production in Norman Wells later this year.

The closure has been in the works since 2022, but until now, there has been no solid timeline for the shutdown.

In a news release Friday, the company said the move is needed because of declining production at the site.

It said production is slated to end in the third quarter of 2026 "as the facility comes to the end of its lifespan."

“Today marks the first of many milestones in our closure journey with communities that have been our home for more than a century,” said Cheryl Gomez-Smith, Imperial’s senior vice-president of upstream in the release.

“We’re proud of our contributions to the northern economy over generations. We remain committed to supporting our employees through this transition and to collaborating with local communities and stakeholders through the closure process.”

In addition to drilling for oil, Imperial also operated a power plant that provides electricity to Norman Wells. The company said it plans "a smooth transition of power generation for the community, and there are no near-term changes to the fuel supply arrangements currently in place."

In a statement, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson said the news is not a surprise given the age of the facility, declining production and the low price of oil.

"It is still disappointing," Simpson said. "It also comes at a time when stability matters. In the immediate period ahead, our focus as a government is on support, certainty and a responsible path forward."

Doug Matthews, a Calgary-based oil and gas analyst, said the closure is simply the product of cold economic reality.

"It was still fairly small potatoes in terms of the total Imperial Oil production, and with the price of oil being where it is, around about $60 [per barrel], and depending on what firm you want to talk to, could go to $50 next year," he said. "The income generated from the field is just not that good."

N.W.T. MP Rebecca Alty said in a statement that news of the closure is difficult.

"My thoughts are with the workers, families and community members who are affected," she said. "A change of this scale is never easy and the uncertainty it brings can be especially hard."

Alty told CBC the federal government will work with the company, the territorial government and local leadership to figure out what kinds of resources people in the community need and who is best able to provide them.

But she said it's too early to provide specifics.

She invited people to contact her office if they need anything.

Ottawa will continue to work to diversify the northern economy and build up infrastructure, Alty said.

“Without roads and ports and good quality airports and energy, it's difficult to grow those economic opportunities.”

Imperial Oil said it's working on a final closure and reclamation plan for the site. Reclamation work is not expected to start until after 2030.

In an email Friday, Imperial declined an interview with CBC News, saying it did not "have additional information to share beyond what was announced today."
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While a relatively unknown location for those not involved with O&G, it was one of our first extraction sites and made oil sands work look tame given the access route (ferry only) and more extreme weather. As a powerlevel I did some work there years ago and its closure, alongside Imperial shuttering its Calgary campus, is a sad feeling.

The place was always going to shut down sooner than later given the trickling output and stupidly expensive opex, but quite telling how news is only ever about shutdowns and site closures rather than expanding production and development. Elbows up indeed.
 
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