Canadian Conservatives are discussing how to emulate Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency north of the border should they win the upcoming federal election — and they think they can make cuts even more quickly than the Trump administration has.
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Pierre’s record speaks for itself, no need to muddy waters
- Received a government pension at 31, then raised the retirement age on hard-working Canadians
- Defined marriage as a union between ‘one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others’ (in front of his gay parent)
- Visited and courted far-right extremist groups
- Said Indigenous Peoples needed to learn the value of hard work more than they needed compensation for residential schools
- Worked to bring American-style, anti-union laws to Canada
- Said he’d use the notwithstanding clause, overriding Canadians’ rights
- Committed to free votes, allowing his MPs to bring forward anti-abortion legislation
Timbit Trump has had a terrible history as MP, I don’t want to see him as PM. Spread far and wide if you agree.
Said he’d use the notwithstanding clause, overriding Canadians’ rights
All of those are horrible but I think this one is especially chilling. He outright told us he will violate our rights. Who the fuck in their right mind would vote for that?!
Chuds gonna chud, not much else to say unfortunately
the good news: they’re going to lose this election, 95% sure.
the bad news: 40% of canadians are going to vote for them.
I’d like to think that most of that 40% is voting because of their fiscal policy. (Can you blame them? The libs haven’t done so well.) This keeps me sane.
As someone who has family who votes in that 40%, I can confirm (anecdotally) that they only care about fiscal policy.
I have absolutely no idea why so many people still support these clowns.
Massive lying campaigns with no accountability.
People who want simple clear answers.
Amygdaloids who comprise about 20% of any population and are driven by various flavours of fear.
People who believe success like wealth or fame is evidence of merit.
People who believe that social hierarchies are necessary and immutable in some ways.
People who want simple clear answers.
I’m constantly reminded of this quote:
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
– H. L. Mencken
Well that’s certainly not what I wanted to hear, but I have a hard time saying it’s actually wrong.
Yeah because that’s saved so much money and worked so well
I heard today they’re no longer checking the safety of milk. I actually like not getting horribly sick from milk.
Yeah because that’s saved so much money and worked so well
It’s hurt a lot of people though, and cruelty is the point.
Also think of the massive reserves of unemployed workers that will let employers drive wages into the ground.
I really hope the Cons lose massively in this election and back off from this alt-right Trumpian swing they’ve been on under Poilievre.
Not that the previous versions of the Conservative Party were any better, but at least they tried to hide how hateful and stupid they were. Now it’s all just out in the open. It’s exhausting.
Do wish liberals had done the electoral reform they promised. Without electoral reform, we will just continue down the two party road, so the overton window can go between the robbing the poor party and the ‘you have no choice but to vote for us or the other party wins. We’ll still move the overton window in that direction and serve the rich though,’ party. Hopefully they didn’t also kill the momentum we had for electoral reform as an urge of the populace.
I will never truly forgive the Libs for that. “2015 will be the last federal elections under first-past-the-post”, just to turn around mere weeks after being elected and saying “people just wanted electoral reform because they were tired of Harper, now that they have a government they’re satisfied with they no longer feel the need for reform” (this is essentially exactly what Trudeau said in an interview with Le Devoir in late 2015)
Please go vote!
Conservatives in Australia are publicly backing away from emulating DOGE and Trump. Publicly but I’m sure that it will change if they win in May. Can’t trust them as they are rabid.
How you cunts can look at the US and think to yourselves “FUCK YEAH MCGA!!1!1!” Is just mind boggling.
At least the veneer of how stupid and awful the MAGA ideas are is being pulled back these last few months.
I agree with you, I do not understand it.
Carney said he would use AI to cut government costs and balance the operational budget. Isnt that DOGE?
I’ve found this position weak.
AI is a tool. Yes, the government should find a way to make it accessible to government employees, but if it is a good tool you don’t have to force people to use it, they just naturally will use it because it makes their lives easier.
Tech companies are also guilty of this wishful thinking — Shopify just came out saying employees should be 100x more productive with AI. Frankly that number is pure fantasy.
(Forgive the X link) https://x.com/tobi/status/1909251946235437514
The things that make me more productive have always been having more ownership of decisions and committing to projects, and having tools to make my workflows easier — and I have been automating everything I can since I started working.
AI is at best 30% improvement on boilerplate code completion. Deep research tools can save a few hours sifting through content, but the bottleneck is still me studying and deeply understanding a concept and AI won’t resolve that. That’s not a 10x multiplier though, it’s in that 30% range again.
Even the latest AI agents are not super impressive to me, I can generally get the task done faster and more reliably.
Didnt carney say he will essentially phase out positions once the workers naturally retire? Big difference from mass firings across the board, I’d say
Pierre said that, cutting via attrition.
https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/conservative-platform-public-service
I’d not heard Carney say that I don’t believe.
I believe i read/listened to him say this in a globe&mail news article. Unless it was in a podcast he recently did with a US economist.
Sry i cant find receipts at this time. Perhaps I misread/misheard while being overloaded with info.
