@ipoliticsca Why is it that climate advocates don’t realize that a minority government is a weakened position to implement these measures?
Do these opinion writers not understand how legislation is made in Canada? Do they not understand the limits our constitution?
@ipoliticsca I don’t believe they do. Or if they do, they’re actively confusing those who don’t for political gain.
Provinces hold purview over natural resources in Canada.
The Supreme Court basically just ruled that the federal government has jurisdiction to reduce carbon outputs.
@ipoliticsca Until that SCOC decision, several premiers blocked any meaningful legislation because of ideological values contrary to climate change reality.
But the door is now open for feds to implement some of those policies and measures to stave off climate catastrophe.
@ipoliticsca At the same time, we have covid, economic depression and hostile conservatives blocking any legislation in the senate.
Which the election of a minority government ensured the chairman of many of the committees remained conservative or became conservative.
@ipoliticsca Not only does the executive branch have the responsibility to table and champion climate measures legislation in house committees, they now have an uphill battle to gain support in senate committees.
Which a majority government would have been positioned to do more effectively.
@ipoliticsca You want to know why it’s so difficult to get climate change legislation passed and enacted? Because we have opposition parties more concerned about obtaining political power than climate realities.
Both NDP and GPC advocated PR and vote your conscience.
@ipoliticsca I have no doubt both Singh and May knew exactly how legislation is tabled and moves through the house and senate with multiple people influencing the final text.
Both are lawyers and experienced politicians.
Both pursued their political ambitions over climate change.
@ipoliticsca And delivered a minority government where they could attempt to gain political sway over legislation.
Neither of course considering the vehement opposition from federal and provincial conservatives and about 35% of voting Canadians.
@ipoliticsca Let’s hope the next election doesn’t produce the same result. Because if it does, Canada’s ambitions of becoming a green power will be lost in the ambitious pursuit of power for power’s sake.
@ipoliticsca It would be helpful if opinion writers would at least examine this aspect before opining that we haven’t advanced much on the climate file.
We’ve advanced significantly since 2015. Despite the power ambitions of flakey opposition leaders seeking to feather their own crowns.
The minister assessed the situation and called it a fundamental impasse.
There is no middle ground. The demands by both parties are so disparate, a stalemate was declared by the minister since the impact of the inability to move forward in negotiations impacts all Canadians.
Note that the minister is invoking his legitimate codified authority to secure peace and impose short term and long term solutions. Those solutions will be in the national interest of all Canadians.
Meaning the govt will not be siding with one party or another.
What part of YOU ARE NOT THE GOVERNING PARTY does MP Chong not understand?
Why is this a problem?
Because MP Chong is advocating for foreign govts to decide controversial federal elections.
Anyone aware of any elections in the next few months that may be contested?
Chong is trying to set the precedent that recognition by foreign govts can decide disputed elections for control of the nation.
That’s not democracy.
Democracy is when Venezuelans choose their leader and pick democracy themselves.
Canada does not decide the legitimacy of foreign elections.
Weird how Chong would promote Canada deciding who to recognize as the official leader of Venezuela so close to the American election in November. The one Trump is all but guaranteed to refuse to accept the results.
These type of events are going to become more common across western civilization. You need to prepare yourself & your network. The far right is baiting it’s own supporters to create angry mobs & riots using disinformation on X/Twitter.
This is how powerful social media has become. It’s been developed by Elmo into a weapon of war. Hybrid warfare creating local violent mobs.
Governments and police should be warning people right now.
Please read the embedded articles.
This is how much control those seeding disinformation on social media actually have. The medium provides for weaponization by manipulation of vulnerable people. By just using disinformation shared on social media, riots can be produced from partial truth and cultivated hatred.
As Jasper burns, Danielle Smith and her putrid UCP cronies have launched the bots and trolls to assign blame on federal govt.
Canada doesn’t have a federal firefighting force except for the armed forces.
Smith cut the budget and is now forcing the rest of Canada to support firefighting in Alberta.
That’s right Canada. (See you auntie) DS has saved Albertans from paying taxes to fight fires. Revenues from O&G royalties are sent to The Alberta Heritage Fund to invest in more O&G.
Don’t ya know, banks can’t finance O&G projects openly at sufficient levels anymore. So instead of royalties being used to benefit Albertans, they are being set aside to reinvest in O&G when financial institutions are completely unable to invest in development of O&G resources.