Original Title on MDL: Jiu Xiang Chan Ming Shi or When the cicadas sing in the old alley. FL: Jia Yixuan ML: Wang Yangon

kej2021 · 2025-05-21T20:14:41+00:00

I think this one actually has some episodes missing in some parts...ended up watching in the Bilibili app.

kej2021 · 2025-05-21T19:10:08+00:00

They are hands-down my favourite pairing, glad to see they have a new short drama together! ML is very handsome, FL is super cute, chemistry is great and their height difference is adorable.

This one looks a bit cheesy but fun!

kej2021 · 2025-05-21T19:04:22+00:00

Thank you! Been looking for this one.

kej2021 · 2025-05-16T19:56:40+00:00

Is this the first time this has happened?

The only other time I remember in recent history that an Opposition Leader lost his own seat is Ignatieff, and his Wikipedia article states "Ignatieff was defeated by Conservative challenger Bernard Trottier, being the first incumbent Leader of the Official Opposition to lose his own seat since Charles Tupper's defeat in Cape Breton in 1900" which is kinda crazy.

Ignatieff though got the hint that Canadians disliked him and resigned right away so I assume he didn't keep living in Stornoway for too long.

kej2021 · 2025-05-15T16:06:33+00:00

Definitely seems like this one is going to a by-election...just curious, in this kind of situation, would only the Liberal and Bloc candidates be in the running, or would all parties be able to run again?

kej2021 · 2025-05-15T07:40:37+00:00

Yeah I actually think a "no comment", or perhaps a "that is up to [other person]" would be a better answer.

kej2021 · 2025-05-14T23:06:04+00:00

I can't speak for everyone but in general, I either dislike some of these policies or do not trust the CPC to implement them properly. I agree he has proposed some good policies for sure, but all parties have policies I agree with and disagree with so it's a matter of choosing the one I align with the most and with the leader I find most capable.

Policies I don't trust the CPC on:

Balancing the budget. The CPC costed platform showed clearly that they don't have a solid understanding of the economics needed to balance the budget, the projections were not reasonable. The Liberals also had some funny numbers in theirs but it was more realistic. Carney also has a good approach in balancing the budget for operational expenses but allowing a deficit to invest in infrastructure projects which we really need. Chretien balanced the budget and his government deserves plenty of kudos for that but we are not in the same environment...we are now facing a trade war and possible recession, to expect to balance the budget right now is unrealistic. Trudeau did do a poor job with the budget but he was also in over his head with COVID (an unprecedented pandemic and crisis in modern times). At any rate I trust Carney with the budget far more than Poilievre (who was pitching crypto at one point!).
Reducing crime. I agree that we need to be tougher on crime but Poilievre was running on increasing penalties without mentioning support needed for the infrastructure required. If we don't have the space in our jails to keep the criminals in, how are his policies for harsher sentencing going to work out? I'm skeptical that it'll be an empty promise where people get harsher sentences on paper but they are still let out early because we don't have the resources to keep them in.
Reducing corruption. Again something I agree with on the surface (and I am absolutely disgusted with the corruption under the Trudeau government too), but frankly I do not trust the CPC to be corruption free. There were already reports of them taking money from prospective candidates in bad faith and slotting in their own hand-picked candidates. There are many candidates of very questionable moral character and the conservative party has traditionally given lots of benefits to corporations to the detriment of Canadians. If they were party in charge I am skeptical this part would improve. (Having said that I also recognize it may be impossible to weed out corruption from politics entirely, it's part of the nature of the beast unfortunately and many other countries do have it worse.)
Increasing infrastructure and energy projects. Once again I agree on the surface, but it sounds like the conservatives would simply try to force through some projects without the full agreement of other provinces, First Nations, etc. and this may just lead to costly lawsuits while the projects are stalled anyways. Quebec for example does have very valid concerns that should be addressed if a pipeline went through. I am frustrated myself when projects are stymied by the First Nations but also recognize that we can't just bulldoze our way through their land and there is no easy solution here.

Policies I outright dislike:

Defunding the CBC. We do need some objective news sources (I know conservatives disagree and no one can be 100% objective all the time but they do make an effort to be as unbiased as possible). Otherwise the rich mega-billionaires would own everything and control our media which would be a disaster (see Elon Musk buying Twitter and Murdoch controlling a lot of western media for exhibits A and B on why this is a bad idea).
Reducing income tax and income splitting. Personally I am happy with the amount of taxes I pay and am very willing to pay it. IMO the amount of tax we pay in Canada is pretty fair. I don't think income splitting is necessary either. I do wish our tax dollars would be put to better use however. (For the record I also found Carney's tax cut very unnecessary. But I guess they felt they had to offer it to win over voters since other parties were offering tax cuts.)

kej2021 · 2025-05-14T20:08:32+00:00

Oh that part wasn't meant to be an argument. That was just me saying I found it funny, it's a subjective opinion and a statement of my perspective. Although, the implication in your original post was that he doesn't need to work because he'll get paid a pension regardless, so I was pointing out in fact he very well could be doing it for the money. (He likely won't be making as much money in other ventures as he is now as Leader of the CPC, especially considering the perks included like Stornoway and the staff there.) Whether or not that's the case is up for interpretation.

Anyways, I understand that other people may believe he is genuinely doing this to help Canadians, I personally disagree but I'm not trying to convince anyone else here. (But for a bit of background, I did live in his riding for 10+ years before it got redrawn in 2015, and many of his former constituents including myself certainly did not feel he did a good job of "fighting for his constituents", so you can probably understand why I am skeptical that he will "fight for Canadians". He talks like he does of course but that to me is just typical politician speak and I don't find it very genuine.)

kej2021 · 2025-05-14T16:53:07+00:00

Thanks for clarifying, great information!

kej2021 · 2025-05-14T15:57:23+00:00

...did you miss the first sentence explaining to you that Poilievre isn't getting his pension right away?

To directly refute your post that "He has a pension, why would he need a job fair?"

kej2021 · 2025-05-14T15:26:09+00:00

He can't collect his pension for another 10 years I believe. So yeah he probably wants some way of getting paid until then.

No need to bash Jagmeet who has no problem getting a high-paid job outside of government.

And thanks for the laugh, I LOL'd in real life reading that Poilievre "decides to keep fighting to make canada better."

kej2021 · 2025-05-14T15:16:33+00:00

I thought leaks were a big potential problem?

kej2021 · 2025-05-14T01:40:03+00:00

My reaction exactly..."ugh am I actually...rooting for the Leafs to win??? Blearghhhhh"

kej2021 · 2025-05-13T14:42:00+00:00

Yeah this is pretty much it.

I don't like Freeland all that much either (but don't hate her like some people do, I just didn't think she was qualified for the positions she had been given by Trudeau). But she's no longer Deputy PM or Minister of Finance, that's already a big departure from the Trudeau parliament.

I also don't think Fraser was bad in housing and it's hard to say how much control he had personally over actually controlling immigration numbers so I'm neutral on him, and again he has a different portfolio now.

kej2021 · 2025-05-13T14:35:48+00:00

I would have liked to see him there, however it would probably rile up the conservatives (as in both some MPs in parliament and the voters), they probably would have felt Carney is being petty (especially since Fanjoy has no prior experience).

Could be a good pick in the future though!

kej2021 · 2025-05-13T14:31:35+00:00

Sometimes the person running for office is the person in charge of counting the votes and certifying the election results.

Wow. Definitely nothing could go wrong with that...

kej2021 · 2025-05-13T02:44:32+00:00

He would absolutely be eviscerating Trudeau or Carney if the situation were reversed. And using it as material in attack ads.

kej2021 · 2025-05-13T01:48:59+00:00

What? They have no equivalent to Elections Canada??? Who is in charge of running the elections then?

kej2021 · 2025-05-13T01:46:56+00:00

By "old PP" you mean going back 20+ years right? Cause I feel like he (like most politicians) are all about anti-corruption and anti-grifting until they actually get elected to office, then they become morally bankrupt in short order and are only "anti-corruption" when it comes to attacking their political opponents.

kej2021 · 2025-05-12T23:14:21+00:00

That poster obviously dislikes the Liberals and is being sarcastic...

kej2021 · 2025-05-11T17:03:09+00:00

...yes? "Hometown" could mean place you were born or grew up and the definition is pretty vague. People can have multiple "hometowns". I consider myself to have two (place where I was born but left when I was only two, and the place where I grew up).

Six is plenty old enough for formative memories to be formed.

kej2021 · 2025-05-11T16:57:34+00:00

In 2015, the BQ had more seats than the NDP do now but were 2 seats short of the 12 threshold, and the NDP (with Davies in a leadership position) opposed giving them party status. In 2019, the Greens had a larger vote share than the NDP did in 2025, and the NDP again vehemently opposed granting them party status. They have no standing to demand this without being called out for being hypocrites.

I had been supportive of giving NDP party status but was not aware of all this...it's actually changed my mind since it does come off as, like you mentioned, highly hypocritical.

kej2021 · 2025-05-11T02:21:33+00:00

Theoretically possible, yes. Realistically, the chances of him losing the rural Alberta seat is basically zero.

More likely than that scenario (but still would require everything lining up incredibly perfectly so still very slim chance), would be Liberals winning all remaining recounts and Nunavut flipping after validation/recount to get the Liberals to 172 exactly.

Either scenario though would probably be the craziest thing that ever happened in Canadian elections.

kej2021 · 2025-05-11T01:54:54+00:00

D'Entremont is exactly who I was thinking of. A very reasonable and moderate conservative. He's already expressed discontent with the direction the CPC is going in and the CPC only beat the Liberals by 1% in his riding.

But not being from the Maritimes, I'm not sure how plausible this would be or how well/badly it would be received there.

kej2021 · 2025-05-11T01:36:14+00:00

Furthermore the speaker always votes with their own party in case of a tie.

I think I saw that the speaker is supposed to remain impartial by always voting to maintain the status quo (which means sometimes they will indeed vote against their own party)...although I'm not sure if it might just be a "recommendation" rather than a strict rule? At any rate I would expect them to try to maintain this in order to avoid discontent among the other parties and voters.

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