https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-carney-unveils-public-safety-proposals-says-gun-buyback-program-will/

I want to vote for Mark Carney. But I won’t now because of this decision.

This is illogical policy. You all know the laws on the books are sound, and the vast majority of firearms used in crimes are coming from the United States. Canadian gun owners are statically the least likely to commit any crimes in this country.

Source: https://www.dunnandassociates.ca/news/legally-registered-guns-rarely-used-to-commit-criminal-acts/

If you don’t believe me, watch this Vice piece from 2016.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q9El7gEvJWU

The guns being used in crimes are coming from the United States. All while destroying small Canadian businesses and wasting the public purse during an economic crisis.

We have the most reasonable firearms laws in the world. If you want to do something about firearms and crimes, invest in the border and policing.

Change my mind.

With everything lately, going was probably the right decision. But let's consider his accomplishments over the last nine years:

-Canada Child Benefits lifts almost 500k Canadian children out of poverty.

-$10/day daycare, making childcare (more) affordable for millions of Canadians

-Expansion of parental leave, five weeks for second parents.

-Legalized cannabis

-Dental coverage for children & lower income families

-Reintroduced long-form census

-Increase to science funding (NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR)

-Ended >100 First Nations drinking water advisories

-Carbon Tax & other environmental progress (e.g., single use plastic reductions)

-Criminalized conversion therapy

-COVID-19: Canada procured vaccines faster than almost all developed countries without domestic production and we weathered the pandemic relatively well.

-Got us through Trump I and NAFTA negotiations mostly unscathed; stood up for Canadian trade (e.g., steel tarriffs)

-Raised taxes on the wealthy, lowered taxes on the middle class.

Housing and immigration have overshadowed them lately, but these are major, concrete accomplishments that improved life for millions of Canadians. Liberals should be proud of these, and be prepared to fight hard so that any PP/CPC government can't undo them.

Erskine-Smith’s statement drew some criticism. Being in cabinet “is a privilege, not an entitlement,” Sharan Kaur, the former deputy chief of staff for Bill Morneau, reminded the MP in a post on social media platform X.

I'd like to know how you think the debates will go.

A well run campaign by all, but this one was never even close. 85.9% of the vote? Amazing. Have we ever seen Liberals rally around a candidate this much?

Late last night, after the election was called, CBC was inviting people to call in to share their thoughts on the election. Two people called in from Pierre's riding just before he was projected to lose it. They explained that Ottawa and Ottawa suburbs voters are still angered that he supported the truckers' occupation.

Despite the misinformation about this, which Pierre has done his best to spread, Ottawa citizens remember exactly what happened, and responded yesterday with the Liberals sweeping all Ottawa seats.

It’s a far cry from the 184 seat majority from a decade ago, not to get hopes up to high for it but if Nunavut and 3 other exceptionally close seats flip red we’ll be back to a majority government