RE: https://cosocial.ca/@dyckron/116406905153235068

It’s not broken, it has completely disappeared.
First job?
Impossible.
Saving for education? Better get a loan.
Rent an apartment, with 4 friends, or live with your parents.
Down payment? Only if you have parents with the means.

#bcpoli #canpoli #usa #canada

Suspension de la taxe fédérale sur l'essence : une facture de 2,4 milliards de dollars

La pression montait sur les gouvernements pour alléger la facture à la pompe.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/1-10642090/suspension-taxe-federale-sur-essence-une-facture-24-milliards-dollars

#MarkCarney #Canada #PolCan #CanPoli

Suspension de la taxe fédérale sur l'essence : une facture de 2,4 milliards de dollars

La pression montait sur les gouvernements pour allĂ©ger la facture Ă  la pompe. FraĂźchement majoritaire Ă  Ottawa, Mark Carney annonce la suspension de la taxe d’accise sur l’essence, une mesure qui doit faire baisser les prix d’environ 10 Âą le litre, mais dont le coĂ»t atteindrait 2,4 milliards de dollars. Le Canada peut-il se permettre ce rĂ©pit pour les automobilistes? HĂ©lĂšne Buzzetti, Michel David et Alec Castonguay en dĂ©battent Ă  l’émission En direct avec Patrice Roy.

Radio-Canada

So FWIW, I'm saying 5 more floor crossers to the #Liberal Party by the end of the summer, precipitating a snap election call for October, to deliver a firm mandate for #Carney.
Which will also finally bring an end to the long national horror of us having to see Pierre Poilievre's face on the national news.

#cdnpoli #canpoli

Élections partielles : tour du chapeau pour les libĂ©raux de Mark Carney

Le gouvernement de Mark Carney est désormais majoritaire à Ottawa.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/1-10642083/elections-partielles-tour-chapeau-pour-liberaux-mark-carney

#MarkCarney #Canada #PolCan #CanPoli

Élections partielles : tour du chapeau pour les libĂ©raux de Mark Carney

Le gouvernement de Mark Carney est désormais majoritaire à Ottawa. En raflant les trois élections partielles lundi soir (13 avril 2026), les libéraux reprennent le contrÎle des Communes et remportent au passage la bataille historique de Terrebonne, longtemps bastion bloquiste. Le reportage de Laurence Martin.

Radio-Canada

I have a problem with the House of Commons floor crossers, as I think most people do.

But I havent been able to come up with a more palatable alternative or at least a different scenario.

The biggest problem, for me, is the act of poaching. The trickle of MPs.

It gives the impression, falsely or not, that these people needed just a little more time, a little more convincing, a little more... ? to eventually turn on their constituent's choice of party.

What would be more pallatable? How about a group? Rather than a trickle.

People tallk, it is naĂŻve to think it isn't known between individuals who may be thinking of leaving or switching parties.

So if there is more than one with that thought I think it would be better for our democracy if those MPs banded together and made their concerns known privately in their caucus first, then if nothing changes, they communicate to others including the public, and make it clear this is something that could happen en masse.

Then at least it takes away the transactional nature of it and frames it more as a democratic choice, informed by whatever situation is happening and done for the benefit of constituents and Canadians.

How does this change get made? Unfortunately that's the hard part. It would be hard or maybe inappropriate to "legislate".

It would need to be an expectation, a habit, a "norm".

It could happen. Though today, politicians following "norms" seems to be a little out of vogue.

#canPoli #cdnpoli #canada #democracy #houseofcommons
https://halifax.citynews.ca/video/2026/04/13/floor-crossing-raises-questions-on-canadian-voting-stability/

Floor crossing raises questions on Canadian voting stability

Political scientists Elizabeth McCallion explains the implications of Carney's slew of floor crossers joining his party and the questions it has raised by critics on voting stability.

CityNews Halifax

L'essence 10 ¹/L moins chÚre cet été au Canada

Mark Carney a annoncĂ© mardi matin la suspension de la taxe d'accise fĂ©dĂ©rale sur l'essence et le diesel du 20 avril jusqu'Ă  la fĂȘte du Travail, le 7 septembre prochain.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/1-10642093/essence-10-Âą-l-moins-chere-cet-ete-au-canada

#MarkCarney #Canada #PolCan #CanPoli

L'essence 10 ¹/L moins chÚre cet été au Canada

Mark Carney a annoncĂ© mardi matin la suspension de la taxe d'accise fĂ©dĂ©rale sur l'essence et le diesel du 20 avril jusqu'Ă  la fĂȘte du Travail, le 7 septembre prochain. On en discute avec Patrick Gonzalez, professeur agrĂ©gĂ© au dĂ©partement d’économique de l’UniversitĂ© Laval.

Radio-Canada

I'm not always a huge Nora Loreto fan but I thought she was right on the money for a lot of this discussion. Worth a listen
https://hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-promise-and-peril-of-avi-lewis

#NDP #CanPoli #AviLewis #CdnPoli

The Promise and Peril of Avi Lewis (w/ Nora Loreto)

Is Lewis the socialist saviour or doomed to be another Dipper dud?

The Hatchet

Suspension de la taxe d'accise fédérale : bientÎt 10 ¹ de moins le litre d'essence

Est-ce que cette mesure sera suffisante pour offrir un rĂ©el rĂ©pit Ă  la pompe aux automobilistes? Fort de sa majoritĂ© Ă  Ottawa, Mark Carney annonce la suspension de la taxe fĂ©dĂ©rale sur l’essence jusqu'Ă  la fĂȘte du Travail.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/1-10642084/suspension-taxe-accise-federale-bientot-10-Âą-moins-litre-essence

#MarkCarney #Canada #PolCan #CanPoli

Suspension de la taxe d'accise fédérale : bientÎt 10 ¹ de moins le litre d'essence

Fort de sa majoritĂ© Ă  Ottawa, Mark Carney annonce la suspension de la taxe fĂ©dĂ©rale sur l’essence jusqu'Ă  la fĂȘte du Travail. Est-ce que cette mesure sera suffisante pour offrir un rĂ©el rĂ©pit Ă  la pompe aux automobilistes? Patrice Roy en discute avec Nicolas Ryan, directeur affaires publiques du CAA QuĂ©bec, et Carol Montreuil, vice-prĂ©sident Est du Canada et Économie de l’Association canadienne des carburants.

Radio-Canada

If an MP from some party resigns from parliament, should their seat just go to whoever that party picks, no byelection?

Seems like the logical thing to do if we're going from the premise that people only voted for the original MP because of their party.

#cdnpoli #canPoli

Carney s'engage à former un gouvernement majoritaire fondé sur la collaboration

Au lendemain de la victoire des libéraux dans trois élections partielles, leur permettant de former un gouvernement majoritaire, le premier ministre Mark Carney a déclaré que les Canadiens pouvaient s'attendre à ce que le Parlement se concentre davantage sur le fond et moins sur la politique spectacle.

La Tribune