Justin Troodo

[Adolf Oliver Bush]

Justine says Muslim parents influenced by the far right.

[Herman]

Justine says Muslim parents influenced by the far right.

[Oerdin]

Will you guys ever be able to get rid of this lying thieving authoritarian?

[Melson Gibson]

Will you guys ever be able to get rid of this lying thieving authoritarian?

I think his time is starting to fizzle out.  I'd be willing to bet the Conservatives will win, which is unfortunate because I'd really like to see the PPC gain power, but that will never happen because the media will smear them 24/7 as racist, bigots, and misogynists...

[DKG]

Will you guys ever be able to get rid of this lying thieving authoritarian?

It's going to be difficult. The Tories won more votes than the Liberals in the last two elections, but won fewer seats. The Tories have to win a clear majority(170 or more seats) in order to form a government because they have no potential coalition partners. Trudeau's party can win fewer seats than the Conservatives and still be prime minister, because he can forma coalition with the extreme left New Democratic Party.

[Herman]

In an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News and released Tuesday, 37 per cent of Canadians said they would vote for Pierre Poilievre's Conservative Party, signalling a four-point jump since February.



If a federal election were to take place tomorrow, the Liberals would fall behind with 32 per cent of votes, which is one point lower than they got four months ago, when Ipsos last conducted its poll.

[Oliver Clotheshoffe]

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[Herman]

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The Natives are restless.

[Herman]

Canada's climate change policy is now being driven by U.S. President Joe Biden's absurdly named Inflation Reduction Act, since the legislation isn't about reducing inflation but providing US $369 billion ($486 billion Canadian) in taxpayer subsidies to energy developers.



Not just to so-called "clean" energy companies in order to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions, but to the fossil fuel sector as well — which is pleased the IRA means the U.S. is not going to impose a national carbon tax on its fossil fuel industry, unlike Canada.



The difference is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault believe in taking a "carrot and stick" approach to reducing emissions — green energy gets the carrots, fossil fuels get the stick.



Biden's approach is carrots for everyone.



Prior to the IRA being passed last year, Canada already had a climate change plan — committing more than $200 billion of taxpayers' money to it, in addition to imposing a national carbon tax/price in 2019.



But now we're suddenly engaged in an additional, ruinously expensive bidding war with the U.S., offering tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to foreign companies.



Biden's IRA is the reason the governments of Canada and Ontario just committed $14 billion in subsidies to Volkswagen to build a $7-billion electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas, Ontario and $16 billion in subsidies to Stellantis to build a $5-billion EV battery plant in Windsor, Ont.



These are mainly in the form of tax credits contingent on production levels, but so many things have to go right to make these investments work — including getting permits for controversial mining operations in northern Ontario's ring of fire to provide the raw materials for EV batteries — that the whole thing is a crap shoot.



Canada scored a win last year when it got Biden to agree Canadian-made EV vehicles will qualify for consumer tax credits in the U.S. — the absence of which would have destroyed Canada's auto sector.



But the wave of the future is Canada engaging in never-ending subsidy wars with the U.S. on this file — with an economy nine times the size of ours — putting us in the unenviable position of sleeping with an elephant.

[DKG]

Our carbon tax and no resource development will have no impact on global emissions and certainly will not budge the climate needle. Supplying countries like China and India with low C02 LNG will. But, Trudeau is ignoring the science.

[Oerdin]

Leftists always ignore science.

[Herman.]

Nearly the entirety of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet will be new, or find themselves in new roles after a federal cabinet shuffle on Wednesday, CTV News has learned.

In addition four cabinet ministers that have announced they will be bowing out of federal politics before the next election, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, Justice Minister David Lametti, and Treasury Board President Mona Fortier will be leaving cabinet.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray, Public Services and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek, and Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett have all said they won't be running again, and they will be losing their positions in cabinet as part of this shuffle.

[Herman]

Looking good. We got to get Justine out.

New Poll Shows Liberals Trailing Conservatives by 10 Points As Trudeau Reshuffles Cabinet
https://thedeepdive.ca/new-poll-shows-liberals-trailing-conservatives-by-10-points-as-trudeau-reshuffles-cabinet/

Abacus Data's national survey conducted from July 20 to 25, 2023, has revealed significant shifts in Canadian politics and public sentiment.

The new poll shows that federal Liberals and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau face a challenging national landscape. With only 19% believing the government deserves re-election and trailing the Conservatives by 10 points nationally, the Liberals have lost their advantage in Atlantic Canada and likely in Ontario as well. Additionally, the Prime Minister's negatives remain elevated, and cost of living, healthcare, and housing continue to be top priorities for Canadians.
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[Herman]

Pierre Pollivere is finally doing better than Justine with women. It is like thirty two percent for Pollivere and twenty eight for Justine. Among non government unionized employees, Pollivere has a ten point lead.

[DKG]

Over the past 24 hours, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been accepting the resignations of seven of his top cabinet ministers in what is clearly a move to try and erase many of the Liberal government's policy failures.

So far the ministers that have resigned are:

David Lametti - Justice Minister and Attorney General

Omar Alghabra - Transporation Minister

Mona Fortier - President of the Treasury Board

Marco Mendicino - Public Saftey Minister

Joyce Murray - Minister of Fisheries

Helena Jaczek - Receiver General of Canada

Carolyn Bennett - Minister of Mental Health


Of the seven who are resigning, Alghabra, Murray, Jazek, and Bennett are also not going to be seeking re-election in the next Canadian federal election scheduled in September 2025.

While yes governments often shuffle cabinet before an election to give some important roles to their candidates in tough reelection efforts, Trudeau is way too far back in the polling and fundraising numbers to be cutting apart his cabinet to become election ready.

The reason I do not believe Justin Trudeau cutting loose some of the Liberal deadweights and replacing them with new (or less abused) faces will help is that fundamentally Canadians see the failures of the Liberal government as a product of Trudeau's leadership.

Nobody is foolish enough to believe Alghabra, Mendocino, or Lametti were granted any level of independence in their roles. What Justin Trudeau and his top advisors wanted is what they got, and so a cabinet shuffle will be seen as nothing more than Trudeau admitting he has failed as prime minister.