Right now all folks are getting are delays.

How did Canada get to this point? We went from being a trade priority, close to a deal with Washington to not having a deal and not being a priority.

Friday came and went and there was no trade deal with Donald Trump. Mark Carney's point man on Canada-U.S. relations, Dominic LeBlanc left Washington for Moncton, New Brunswick, a clear sign that talks were not continuing in a serious way.

This is really bad for Carney, both in terms of what it means economically for Canada but also compared to what he promised voters.

Other countries are getting deals, and we are getting higher tariffs, but it didn't have to be this way.

Right now, his knowledge of President Trump seems weak, his negotiating skills appear absent.

I know many Canadians, across all political stripes simply hate Trump and appear willing to cheer on anyone who stands against him. My email inbox and social media feeds are regularly filled with people saying you can't negotiate with a lunatic, meaning Trump, and no one can get a deal with him.

Well, Keir Starmer the British PM got a deal. European Union President Ursula von der Leyen got a deal with Trump, one that includes buying billions of dollars' worth of liquefied natural gas that the Europeans asked us to sell them and that the Liberal government said there was no business case for.

Mark Carney told Canadians he was the man with the plan, the man with the experience to deliver, but so far, he's failing.

Quote from: Herman on August 04, 2025, 03:35:46 PMA very large portion of this crisis is the fault of the Liberal Party of Canada. That's not a talking point—it's a fact. It's a fact backed by years of missed opportunities, ideological sabotage, and deliberate inaction by two successive Liberal regimes. And now the consequences have arrived, right on schedule.

one hundred percent

A very large portion of this crisis is the fault of the Liberal Party of Canada. That's not a talking point—it's a fact. It's a fact backed by years of missed opportunities, ideological sabotage, and deliberate inaction by two successive Liberal regimes. And now the consequences have arrived, right on schedule.

The answer of every liberal when confronted with their incompetence: "Not my job!"

Carney was elected to do one thing, and it took him four months on the job to FAIL!

Conman Carney has already FAILED at the job he was elected to do.

Conman Carney aint even doing the negotiating with Trump. His elbows must be broken already. He has an ambassador doing it for him. But despite that, still no budget, no transparency and Canadians are still in in the dark. No wonder his ratings are dropping.

What happened to all that "fast-tracking" that Conman Carney said he'd do?

Despite what Conman Carney says, he's not building anything with steel.

None zero zilch nada one

Where are those elbows?

Quote from: . on July 23, 2025, 07:31:29 AMThey are catching up a bit I've noticed. An example might be the recent election promise by their Labor party to draw down the immigration numbers, numbers which have spiked tremendously in the post election months. Or you might care to look at the amount of times the "think of the children" trope gets trotted out to move a piece of legislation which ends up doing bugger all to protect the kiddies, yet seems to always favour the pockets of the ruling political elite. Right now they are attempting to force Google and Microsoft to further their ambitions for a digital identity for all Australians under the auspices of curtailing a minor's access to pornography. And the professed aim is as laudable as it is unrealistic, but they're pushing it anyway as it does get them the digital identity which is the actual prize which will ultimately be used to screw political dissenters to the wall.

Most Australians are too invested in treating politics like a football match to see the truth. The end result has been a succession of offices throughout the decades that are exceptionally adept at sleepwalking the public into a never ending parade of yielding the freedom for more authoritarian governance from globalist interests than you would think possible.

I'm waiting for the inevitable overreach. I'm waiting to see another Pauline Hanson take the stage there. Like Ross Perot, Pauline represented the first hint that a third party option might just be able to make the difference the population were clamouring for. If Australia gets a Trump analog, we might see some real change in that neck of the woods, along with all the drama that comes with it.

Not holding my breath for it mind you, but I will cheer for them if and when it happens, just as loudly as I would cheer for Alberta and Saskatchewan if they should get out from under the boot of the kiddie diddling pigfuckers who are milking them dry. The truth however is that Australia isn't that much of a prize as it was decades ago. Too much of it has been sold off to foreign interests and its people beaten and cowed into slavering obeisance for their jailers who really couldn't give a fuck about them, past what they can steal from the poor stupid bastards.

Thanks for that. It is is interesting to learn about politics in a country similar to Canada and how they both seem to be following the same trajectory.

Quote from: DKG on July 18, 2025, 10:11:20 AMI don't know enough about the internal politics in Australia. Caskur posts about it once in a while. But, I would assume it is not all that much different than Canada. Just not as blatantly corrupt like you said.

They are catching up a bit I've noticed. An example might be the recent election promise by their Labor party to draw down the immigration numbers, numbers which have spiked tremendously in the post election months. Or you might care to look at the amount of times the "think of the children" trope gets trotted out to move a piece of legislation which ends up doing bugger all to protect the kiddies, yet seems to always favour the pockets of the ruling political elite. Right now they are attempting to force Google and Microsoft to further their ambitions for a digital identity for all Australians under the auspices of curtailing a minor's access to pornography. And the professed aim is as laudable as it is unrealistic, but they're pushing it anyway as it does get them the digital identity which is the actual prize which will ultimately be used to screw political dissenters to the wall.

Most Australians are too invested in treating politics like a football match to see the truth. The end result has been a succession of offices throughout the decades that are exceptionally adept at sleepwalking the public into a never ending parade of yielding the freedom for more authoritarian governance from globalist interests than you would think possible.

I'm waiting for the inevitable overreach. I'm waiting to see another Pauline Hanson take the stage there. Like Ross Perot, Pauline represented the first hint that a third party option might just be able to make the difference the population were clamouring for. If Australia gets a Trump analog, we might see some real change in that neck of the woods, along with all the drama that comes with it.

Not holding my breath for it mind you, but I will cheer for them if and when it happens, just as loudly as I would cheer for Alberta and Saskatchewan if they should get out from under the boot of the kiddie diddling pigfuckers who are milking them dry. The truth however is that Australia isn't that much of a prize as it was decades ago. Too much of it has been sold off to foreign interests and its people beaten and cowed into slavering obeisance for their jailers who really couldn't give a fuck about them, past what they can steal from the poor stupid bastards.