Thepotholeman

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[–] Thepotholeman 1 points 5 hours ago

I mean by the housing accelerator program getting teeth and going directly to municipalities instead of through the provinces. That's that the liberals want to do. They announced this approach back in late 2023 or early 2024 I believe, including the catalogue. And then the conservatives MOCKED them for producing one.

[–] Thepotholeman 1 points 9 hours ago

I'm sorry, the liberals were responsible for trump attacking us with tarrifs on crucial industries like lumber, steel and aluminum in his first term? They were responsible for covid19? And the latest rounds of attacks on our sovereignty?

The liberals are at fault for the CONSERVATIVE provinces declining to work with them and then continued to ignore housing? It was their fault the provinces abused foreign students by letting them into our schools and charging them obscene fees so they didn't have to use taxpayers dollars so they looked more fiscally responsible? They were the reason the provinces like Alberta and Ontario got rid of their own carbon pricing system, making them have to pay the federal carbon tax? And then blaming the federal government for it? It was their fault that the conservative provinces kept trying to privatize our healthcare?

This is the goddamn fucking problem. Canadians by and large DONT KNOW WHO TO BLAME and for WHAT. "TeN YeArs oF lIbErAL ruLe" yeah. And during that time we have gotte: $10/day childcare, school foods programs, dental care for the most vulnerable and working class, pharmacare, legalized marijuana (which brings in bank btw), the first home savings account, federal student loans are interest free, the housing accelerator program, 30yr mortgage with 5% down for first time homebuyers, $10000 tax credit for first time homebuyers, EV rebates, the housing retrofit program to help make homes more energy efficient. And much more.

But nah people will still whine and bitch about how it's all the liberals fault after doom scrolling for ten fucking years and not paying attention only to absolutely fuck our progress up because why? They saw a fucking Instagram reel or a podcast talking about it?

YOUR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT is responsible for: EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, INFRASTRUCTURE, EMPLOYMENT, AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION.

So it's high time everybody wakes the fuck up and starts taking this shit seriously because a lot of you don't even know where to fucking start because you just think "PM MEANS HE FIX ALL"

[–] Thepotholeman 2 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Honestly both the liberals and conservatives numbers are both high AF and seem impossible to do in five yearsnwothout more immigration and training inbthe trades. They are both offering to do that, but the liberals HAVE a plan, like they are actually producing results and are ready to go with the pre approved homes catalogue that can buy used across the country to build homes faster and cheaper because they are pre-approved.

The conservatives are just offering to.... Cut the taxes involved in building?🤷 Oh and Punish municipalities for some reason? Idk. The conservative argument has just been "we're not Justin" for ten fucking years with zero alternatives or substance. And to see dudes saying they will vote for Pierre even though if Carney was running for the conservatives they would vote for him in droves.

[–] Thepotholeman 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

They should be indeed, but also where the fuck are the parents of these kids and who raised them? Remember growing up and being told "you can't believe everything you see on the internet" and now we got those kids who were told that raising kids who are perpetually online and consuming endless brain rot? I even get stuck on an Instagram reel to some dipshit spouting about how things are so bad and the liberals are bad and that Pierre will fix it.... And like... This is a RANDOM FUCKHEAD talking. No credentials, now proof, no statistics.

Get your kids off of social media and make them think objectively

[–] Thepotholeman 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah but you're saying that as if these people don't have access to the entirety of human history in the palms on their hands, and on their tvs. They are fucking consumed with non important bullshit instead of realizing that we have been downt he road before, and the solution to it is not what Pierre and the cons are suggesting.

[–] Thepotholeman 3 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

I know the article mentions 30 yr olds, I'm almost 30 myself but I'm just talking about people 18-25. They are ALL talking about Pierre as if he's the guy to fix their problems and I believe it really is because they aren't able to simply look at history to show them what happened with shit that Pierre is proposing and how it Infact does not make their lives easier

[–] Thepotholeman 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It was wrong but I also understand it for the moment as something that should be cut to draw in capital investments. Not saying it should never go back up, but it is something that should stay lower to reward those who want to invest capital in Canada and reap rewards of that investment.

Plus is disengenuous to say this as if the conservatives aren't cutting it too, along with the entire carbon tax, the largest tax cut out of all the parties that will cost the government even more, and they will cut childcare, dental care and pharma care and the school food program.... Because, y'know... They voted against it everytime

[–] Thepotholeman 28 points 15 hours ago (26 children)

I would say that any young person thinking that Pierre is going to make your life better is so fucking full of cope. Pierre won't make your life better. More and more young people have part time jobs, no benefits, and are struggling to find a home and if they do it's an old outdated piece of shit going for half a million.

Atleast the liberals and NDP have been giving them dental coverage, pharmacare coverage and affordable, quality childcare. The liberals and NDP are also proposing plans that will help FIRST time home buyers buy new, Pierre is suggesting to "axe the tax" on ALL new homes without limit of how many you can buy. (Rich people will buy them all).

The liberals plan to do as we did after ww2 is the proven method to do this, and for young people looking for a home or a career, this is how we do it. This housing program will generate hundreds of thousands of trades positions that we desperately need and they pay decently. Using new technologies and new methods while also cutting development fees.

Idk, just baffles me that young 20 somethings are talking about how Pierre is their guy because..... They say life has been harder then ever? When those 20 somethings have only just began to enter the work force enmasse? Like I'm sorry but these kids were in elementary school when Trudeau got elected and every day since their parents have been paying for less and less of their stuff. They are still under their parents insurance if they're in college or university and it's just wild to me that they would actually think this.

Maybe it's them scrolling social media endlessly and seeing random fucking people there repeating "lost liberal decade" or "things have never been worse" (when they have in fact been much much worse).

[–] Thepotholeman 3 points 1 day ago

It pisses me off to no end. The liberals ARE LITERALLY the best party for the job right now at this given moment. And the NDP needs to really work on their messaging and social outreach if they want more seats. For those voting conservative..... Honestly they need to go fuck themselves because this isn't a fucking hockey game, this is politics and it impacts everyone's lives. And determines what kind of country we want to be, one that's more like America? Or ones that maintains our values and independence and one that's closer to the EU

[–] Thepotholeman 10 points 2 days ago

Yeah, ok bud. It's not the fault of the liberals or the conservatives that the NDP hasn't been able to Run a successful election. The NDP sucks at being vocal during government and attacking the liberals when they should be attacking the conservatives.

[–] Thepotholeman 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Your argument is at the wrong party bud. The CONSERVATIVE VOTERS should be flocking to the NDP because every single fucking conservative I talk to just complains about "CorrUpT LibErAls" who are in the pockets of the big business. "The conservatives are for the working man" is what they say.

Fuck no. The NDP is. And imagine a world where the NDP had the amount of seats the conservatives do right now, and where the conservatives have the number of seats the NDP currently have. How does that look? Much much better

[–] Thepotholeman 7 points 2 days ago

I don't think the liberals imposing an emissions cap, doubling the carbon tax on industrial emmiters to pay for rebates on people's houses and vehicles, and building a national energy corridor that will allow us to transport critical minerals, hydrogen, clean electricity is far from changing course..... It's foolish for people to think that this decoupling from fossil fuels would be quick.

Our cars run on gas, our homes are heated by gas, our transport trucks run on diesel, construction equipment runs on diesel. Gas stations, fuel transport to remote areas, these are things that our country has been built on for over 150 years and it needs to change. Homes/apartments being ablebto charge vehicles, heat pumps in homes, electric stoves, power hungry grids for all the new technology that needs electricity and our rapidly growing population.... We need to BUILD it first. And for the last ten years.... The provinces have been DRAGGING their feet on this.

Our best bet for a self sustaining and low carbon future is Carney and the liberals

 

C'mon guys this is such an easy win for us as a country. Justin went a little too far with his style of governing for a lot of you and now the liberals have voted this guy to be it's leader and new PM. This is who we want to lead us into the second half of the 20th century, this guy is so fucking smart. Pierre just sings slogans and simple pretty things that sound nice but in reality he's just going to sell us off to American interests and cut the things that help working people.

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Go Read Carney's Book (www.indigo.ca)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Thepotholeman to c/canada
 

As the title says, you NEED to go read this guy's book if you were ever unsure about who he is as a person and if he is progressive. I started reading this yesterday and am almost a third of the way through already. The way he explains markets and economics and how they can be utilized to fight climate change and our biggest issues is fascinating.

So far I can see that this man is legit and he wants to see Canada leading the world economically and morally. We have a golden opportunity here and any fiscal conservative should see this guy as the number one guy for the job. We had our time with Trudeau laying the foundation for a lot of social justice for the next quarter century, and now Carney is here to focus more on the economy and scale it to make us a global super power. Never before have I found economics so interesting and this book of his is really opening my eyes about the history and functions of markets.

Ok, off I go to continue!

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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by Thepotholeman to c/canada
 
 

We have yet another example of the conservatives having only short term gain and quick profits on their mind. Turner and the liberals were right when they said that we have been building this country east to west for a century plus, and that we should have continued doing so. And now we are seeing Turner's predictions coming true, and a conservative sold us the fuck out and took the easy way Instead of nation building.

 

Just saw this groups and on YouTube and it was fucking rediculous. Literally had a picture of Justin when he was younger and then phased in a picture of Carney right over him🤡.

This group is a western separatist group who wants to see YOUR tax dollars from Sask and Alberta put into: ThE BuFfALo PEnsioN PlaN.

I wouldn't be surprised if Danielle or road kill Moe is behind this absolute bullshit. All they do is whine on it about the money Alberta has sent to the federal government.... As if we don't all do that? It's called fucking taxes? And then complains about how Ottawa has kneecapped the Oil and Gas industry. As if they didn't buy a fucking pipeline and help a LNG exporting project in BC gain its footing. Albertans reading this, do you really want to continue letting that sack of horseshit ruin your province?

 

We were complicit in letting people bully trudeau out of office. But honestly how could any Canadian with half a brain not see that the liberals led by Mark Carney is the best choice for us in this Turbulent time. I could never see the Conservatives showcasing their values like this, it just screams Canada

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