It’s great that Pierre lost and he probably lost to someone better, but were there better candidates for the common people on the ballot? How are liberals as a whole for Canada? Would another party have been better - greens for example?
I’ve seen a community about better vote counting system, so it seems Canada is still a first past the post country?
Canada is still first past the post.
“Better” depends on what you’re talking about.
They promised similar things: tax cuts, more housing. IMO it’s fair to say that the Liberals said more about their policies (although I only looked at the Conservative housing platform).
They’re both pretty corporate. I don’t think either of them will shrink the growing disparity between rich and poor, or do anything to mitigate climate change.
From your response, I gather that it seems like the answer would be “not really but at least they aren’t pro Trump”. Unfortunately, quite common around the world.
Yeah. They’re both establishment/status quo parties, that aren’t going to address root causes of problems. The Liberals may make minor improvements, but it’s still the path to oligarchy and climate crisis.
The Liberals are definitely better than the Conservatives, but only by degrees.
In Carney’s book he repeatedly makes that case that climate change is a threat that needs to be prioritized in government action as well as corporate action (using a regulatory framework that pushes stubborn companies in a more sustainably green direction)
Meanwhile the last 2 CPC policy conventions have voted agasint even acknowledging the reality of climate change.
Those are not the same.
The key is action. As a society, we made the “case that climate change is a threat that needs to be prioritized in government action” since at least the Kyoto protocol, which was almost 30 years ago. Since then, we’ve repeatedly missed our own targets, and failed to significantly reduce our emissions.
I really like that Carney admits climate change is a thing, but it isn’t gonna matter to my kids. His organizations need to do something about it. From what I’ve read, the Glasgow Alliance was ineffectual at best, and a marketing exercise at worst.
The proof will be in Carney’s actions over the next few months. I hope he’s able to put his words into action, but I’m not holding my breath.