Honesty and authenticity remain essential and we can’t shy away from sharing ideas simply because they might be taken out of context by bad faith political attacks. But we can avoid making it personal when our politics should be about ideas.
Dear Nate, thank you for your thoughtful critique of Budget 2025. I just ignore what Poilievre and his gang say. As you say, he’s only deflecting from his own lousy leadership and disunity in his caucus. If we had been forced into another federal election so soon after the last one, I don’t doubt that our part would have won a majority. If the CPC membership is so stupid as to continue with his leadership after the review in January albeit with a new campaign manager, the CPC will once again fail to form government. Our PM is working extremely hard to shore up existing trade agreements with other trading partners and build new ones. Until such time as Trump decides he needs to deal with Canada again, frankly I agree with PM Carney: who indeed cares. Trump is already having to backtrack on tariffs on certain food items that Americans struggle to afford. Time is on our side. Trump will have to relent soon on steel and aluminum. The US automobile manufacturers are complaining about the tariifs on these commodities. MAGA is fragmenting. Trump is losing his grip. He could even be impeached again.
Your perspectives on principles and integrity are what originally drew me to support you. Now they are the things that I share with friends as a example of what electoral politics could be, when discussing PR or Electoral Reform.
It's good that you note PM Carney viewed it as constructive criticism and positive feedback. In this century, the PMO has often centralized power too much... under both colours of lawn sign who have formed government. We must remember that our system is intended for citizens to vote for MPs, not parties, and that MPs represent first and foremost the interests of constituents. Not parties.
When party is put before country and constituents, the wheels come off the cart really fast.
Nate offers reasoned, reasonable and measured ideas, not just grandstanding. Glad that we have a PM who is able to see the worth of ideas freely exchanged.
Okay. You've won me over by controlling the budget's negative media narrative and it is interesting having the only constructive criticism of it hitting headlines being intra-party.
On the flipside, it also presents a whole ton of Liberal and that itself becomes a problem when the voices of Quebec, or the West and those debates are overshadowed by All This TM.
Whatever, medium-term risk, the fun was seeing a government that could Fight Club itself and still walk away with a budget deal.
Dear Nate, thank you for your thoughtful critique of Budget 2025. I just ignore what Poilievre and his gang say. As you say, he’s only deflecting from his own lousy leadership and disunity in his caucus. If we had been forced into another federal election so soon after the last one, I don’t doubt that our part would have won a majority. If the CPC membership is so stupid as to continue with his leadership after the review in January albeit with a new campaign manager, the CPC will once again fail to form government. Our PM is working extremely hard to shore up existing trade agreements with other trading partners and build new ones. Until such time as Trump decides he needs to deal with Canada again, frankly I agree with PM Carney: who indeed cares. Trump is already having to backtrack on tariffs on certain food items that Americans struggle to afford. Time is on our side. Trump will have to relent soon on steel and aluminum. The US automobile manufacturers are complaining about the tariifs on these commodities. MAGA is fragmenting. Trump is losing his grip. He could even be impeached again.
Your perspectives on principles and integrity are what originally drew me to support you. Now they are the things that I share with friends as a example of what electoral politics could be, when discussing PR or Electoral Reform.
I'm with you on this Nate, and very pleased that Carney took your comments positively. Hat's off to both of you.
It's good that you note PM Carney viewed it as constructive criticism and positive feedback. In this century, the PMO has often centralized power too much... under both colours of lawn sign who have formed government. We must remember that our system is intended for citizens to vote for MPs, not parties, and that MPs represent first and foremost the interests of constituents. Not parties.
When party is put before country and constituents, the wheels come off the cart really fast.
Nate offers reasoned, reasonable and measured ideas, not just grandstanding. Glad that we have a PM who is able to see the worth of ideas freely exchanged.
Thank you Nate. You exemplify why authenticity matters in this age of fake news, grandstanding and trying to get ahead by casting stones at others.
Okay. You've won me over by controlling the budget's negative media narrative and it is interesting having the only constructive criticism of it hitting headlines being intra-party.
On the flipside, it also presents a whole ton of Liberal and that itself becomes a problem when the voices of Quebec, or the West and those debates are overshadowed by All This TM.
Whatever, medium-term risk, the fun was seeing a government that could Fight Club itself and still walk away with a budget deal.