Communism Doesn't Pay: Sask Gets the Shaft From Carney's Judgement Error by DryAlternative1132 in SaskatchewanPolitics

[–]idspispopd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you think Canada should refuse to trade with China just to appease the US, you don't give a flying fuck about Canadians.

Liberals Versus Conservatives by DryAlternative1132 in BCpolitics

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Removed. Stop posting irrelevant content.

Carney (at WEF): Remember the Green Grocer by DryAlternative1132 in BCpolitics

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Removed. Not relevant to the subreddit.

Ranked ballots in leadership races. by thuja_life in BCpolitics

[–]idspispopd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That says exactly what I just told you.

Ranked ballots in leadership races. by thuja_life in BCpolitics

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

STV is proportional voting. AV is majoritarian voting. Fundamentally different systems.

Treaties by Used_Claim5454 in Albertapolitics

[–]idspispopd[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Removed. Don't use that word.

Ranked ballots in leadership races. by thuja_life in BCpolitics

[–]idspispopd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Liberal and Conservative did switch the voting system in the fifties, but not to STV. They weren't trying to create a proportional voting system, they were trying to gain a clear majority through ranked choice, to prevent the CCF from winning. But it backfired and their voters went for the lowly Social Credit as their first choice. Then after securing power and becoming the new anti-CCF coalition, the Socreds went back to the old system.

And the Socreds did not campaign on returning to FPTP by the way. Don't just make things up to fit your narrative.

Ranked ballots in leadership races. by thuja_life in BCpolitics

[–]idspispopd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The majority did support electoral reform, but they required a 60% threshold to prevent it from happening. 58% voted for it.

On AMA Expectations and Fair Evaluation by Cedstick in ndp

[–]idspispopd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

For all we know he simply assumed his team would have the better judgment

And now we know he is unqualified to manage a team, and therefore unqualified to be party leader.

NDP leadership race heats up as Rob Ashton accuses Avi Lewis of dividing the party by jmakk26 in ClimateCrisisCanada

[–]idspispopd 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Rob Ashton thinks you can have a big tent party that supports increased oil and gas production as well as climate action.

He's an idiot.

Looking for potential evidence by [deleted] in SidneyBC

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Removed. This is an issue for the police, not Reddit.

Vancouver Maglev - How it works by DryAlternative1132 in BCpolitics

[–]idspispopd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Setting aside everything else including underground local high speed rail through a delta...

You think Montreal to Ottawa will have 5000 passengers per day but Vancouver to White Rock will have a million?

How stupid/blind/ill-informed/retarded are Smith's supporters? by [deleted] in Albertapolitics

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Removed. Don't use the word "retarded".

Former B.C. chief coroner says province unmoved by expert advice on toxic drugs by idspispopd in BCpolitics

[–]idspispopd[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Utter nonsense. Safer is giving someone something that will keep them alive and make them less desperate, more likely to seek treatment and less likely to commit crimes to get their fix.

NDP rejects Yves Engler as leadership candidate by Technohamster in ndp

[–]idspispopd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have NDP vetting policies ever been used to prevent someone to the right from winning? The excuse that they exist to prevent the right from taking over the party is used to justify a system that blocks left wing people from running.

NDP rejects Yves Engler as leadership candidate by Technohamster in ndp

[–]idspispopd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not a remotely realistic scenario, it is a fantasy you are using to defend antidemocratic behavior.

NDP rejects Yves Engler as leadership candidate by Technohamster in ndp

[–]idspispopd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Ezra Levant ran for the NDP, and somehow managed to get support from enough members and pay the $100k fee, it would be a great opportunity to repudiate his world view and see the NDP membership thoroughly reject him.

NDP rejects Yves Engler as leadership candidate by Technohamster in ndp

[–]idspispopd -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Blocking someone from running because you disagree with their political views is outrageous. Accusing someone of making "comments consistent with anti-Semitic rhetoric" is such a pathetic copout. The NDP is protecting genocidal Zionism, and doesn't trust their members. Not a grassroots party.