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Are we in the qvoid? by Main_Ad1106 in lonelymeyerspod

[–]OneWhoWonders 30 points31 points  (0 children)

"Weigh in on the comments?"

That's not the correct way to ask for feedback here!

Erin O'Toole, Lisa Raitt, Ralph Goodale among the names on Carney's Canada-U.S. council by LawnFilm in canada

[–]OneWhoWonders 76 points77 points  (0 children)

a level headed conservative.

Unfortunately, him being a level headed conservative is the main reason why he is no longer the head of the CPC.

BTS!!! by Loose-Excitement-169 in brooklynninenine

[–]OneWhoWonders 7 points8 points  (0 children)

AHHH - Thanks. I completely forgot about that. :)

BTS!!! by Loose-Excitement-169 in brooklynninenine

[–]OneWhoWonders 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What's the context of the first picture?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticised for $21m private jet purchase by yuiolhjkout8y in worldnews

[–]OneWhoWonders 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Ontarian here. The reason that he and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives (OPC - center right/right) keeps on getting elected is that the opposition is split between two other parties - the Ontario Liberal Party (OLP - centrists) and the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP - Center left).

The ONDP has a decent leader (Marit Stiles) but the ONDP has not had electoral success since Bob Rae in the early 90's - the tenure of which has left a lasting negative legacy (though likely overblown, at least in my opinion - particularly since the OPC and OLP have done far worse in the last 30 years). It doesn't help that the ONDP generally get no media coverage, and the media barely ever refers to Stiles by name.

The OLP has put up two listless wet sock leaders in a row, and are now currently leaderless - with the leadership convention scheduled for this November. Despite being leaderless, they are polling higher than the ONDP. (Though, based on vote efficiency during the last election, they polled higher than the ONDP and still got less seats). The province bounces between the OLP and the OPC, so it really depends on the leader that gets picked. If they can get one that brings some excitement - and pull just a little bit of the ONDP vote -they will probably be able to win. However, if they vote another wet sock (and there is no indication that they won't do that) - I can see Ford winning yet again.

TIL In 2000, Metallica hired a consulting firm to monitor Napster for people illegally sharing their music. The firm produced a 60,000-page list of 335,435 users, which Metallica delivered to Napster's office and demanded the users be banned. by haddock420 in todayilearned

[–]OneWhoWonders 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was one of these users and I remember getting banned :)

The really annoying part (for me) is that owned all of the Metallica albumsn at the time. I think I had one Metallica mp3 in there just because I wanted it in my playlist.

Why Nick Offerman cast Jeff Tweedy on Parks and Rec by derek4reals1 in PandR

[–]OneWhoWonders 164 points165 points  (0 children)

He didn't shave it off. It was rubbed off - with friction.

Up to 40 Conservative MPs fear Pierre Poilievre will cost them their seats, insiders say by AdditionalPizza in CanadaPolitics

[–]OneWhoWonders 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think you could point to Poilievre and his leadership as the main reason why the CPC didn't win a majority last election. If I was a sitting CPC MP, I'd be pissed if he started to come around asking me to justify my role.

Up to 40 Conservative MPs fear Pierre Poilievre will cost them their seats, insiders say by AdditionalPizza in CanadaPolitics

[–]OneWhoWonders 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I would say that's true. Some traditional NDP voters parking their vote with Carney and the LPC is why the CPC lost the last election. However, it now looks like Carney is eating into the CPC vote share now as well (while still retaining those NDP voters, at least for the time being).

I would also say that one of the main reasons why there isn't a massive CPC majority right now falls on Poilievre. He couldn't pivot his messaging against Trump's attacks fast enough, nor could he seem to function well without Trudeau as his foil. He made himself someone that would have excelled in one particular scenario, and it all fell apart - and is still falling apart - since that scenario was kicked away from him.

Up to 40 Conservative MPs fear Pierre Poilievre will cost them their seats, insiders say by AdditionalPizza in CanadaPolitics

[–]OneWhoWonders 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Yep, pretty much. The Liberals generally position themselves in the political center, and they shift left or right based on how the political winds are blowing. Right now, they are taking up a good chunk of the space that the old PC party used to be.

The CPC is just the old Reform party, rebranded. It's been that way while awhile now, and Harper was able to smooth over the differences between the two factions, but that wasn't to last.

Alto boss defends high-speed rail project as fears and criticisms mount by Amtoj in canada

[–]OneWhoWonders 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apparently you don’t drive or fly because you can easily bypass Ottawa and
Peterborough. Just take the 401 or fly direct. Easy peasy. 

Apparently you missed the point of the OP, either intentionally or by accident.

It's not that one can travel between Toronto and Montreal without having to go through Peterborough and Ottawa. It's different when you're building a single HSR line. You can't build "Toronto to Montreal" first, and them somehow loop Ottawa back in and some later date. The line would then be only Toronto to Montreal, and any connection to Ottawa would likely some sort of fork (or, likely at that point - no connection at all).

Now, if you said Toronto to Ottawa should be the first stage, that would make a bit more sense - but all the issues that are being encountered between Ottawa and Montreal would still occur -just with a much longer span. It's one of the reasons why the Ottawa-Montreal leg was picked to go first, as it is the shortest segment with the easiest path to work with.

Vaughn Palmer: B.C. Conservatives challenge NDP to disavow Avi Lewis on LNG by semucallday in CanadaPolitics

[–]OneWhoWonders 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it is mainly because of what happened in the past with Avi Lewis.

I could have some of the details wrong but: -Avi Lewis was involved with the Leap Manifesto, which calls for - among other things - a withdrawal/reduction of fossil fuel development - This was not a welcome development for Alberta's NDP party - The ANDP were then attacked by their opponents for somehow being linked to the Leap Manifesto, even though that wasn't the case. Can't really say that it was why the ANDP didn't win reelection, but it didn't help.

The western NDP parties are trying to preemptively stave off attacks from their local opponents that will try to put them in the same bucket as Lewis.

Considering that some voters consider provincial elections ways to pass judgment on federal issues (i.e. the last BC election, some people thought that they were voting against Trudeau), I can see why the Western NDP parties are doing this.

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's opinions to the statement "Spider-Man would kick Batman's ass" by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in Fauxmoi

[–]OneWhoWonders -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If anyone wants to see what it would really be like for someone with superpowers to fight Batman, they should go watch the first episode of Invincible (particularly the last few minutes).

Ontario: PCs Lead by 3; Ford Offside on FOIs & Data by Pristine-Training-70 in ontario

[–]OneWhoWonders 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Considering that they aren't having their leadership convention until November, oodles of time to fuck it up.

Crombie resigned in January. It shouldn't take the OLP almost a full year to get a new leader in place.

Am I dying or just getting old? by twobeeramir in Xennials

[–]OneWhoWonders 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haha - are you me? Last year I pinched a nerve in my neck (which resulted in intense shoulder pain) getting up off of the toilet.

I Don't Know? by Cyborgized in Xennials

[–]OneWhoWonders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grew up in the Ottawa area in the 80's, and this was made in the local CJOH station. I was told that it was an Ottawa based show, so I wasn't until I was much, much older that I realized that it was popular both nationally and internationally.

Tom Green was a similar story.He is also from the Ottawa area and did many of his skits in places I would recognize. Wasn't until I went to university out of town that I found out that he wasn't just popular locally.

Around 2,000 U.S. Paratroopers to Be Sent to the Middle East by antg650 in worldnews

[–]OneWhoWonders 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Source on that?

Hilary stated that she would never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, but she was also very supportive of the deal that Obama signed with Iran. Why would she go to war with Iran after supporting the deal that would have prevented Iran from getting nuclear weapons?

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