TheOddApple

Canadian

[Purrlitics 🇨🇦 @purrlitics]

The CPC has shown they are economically illiterate. Other than "red party bad" what is the reason to not vote Liberal?

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

Who are young people who want better future supposed to vote for?

This is just a rat race to the bottom, and young people will be the ones stuck with the bill.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

Party A: We’ll help the seniors using leftwing economics.

Party B: We’ll also help the seniors but by using slightly more right wing economics.

[Gabriel Hardy @Gab_Hardy]

What are we doing here? Since I help a lot in this by-election, I’ll answer … It’s actually pretty simple.

1️⃣ Listening to the people we represent.
In a region with one of the oldest populations in Quebec, talking to voters, understanding their reality and proposing solutions that respond to it seems to me like a pretty good way to earn their trust.

2️⃣ Rewarding work, experience and contribution.
Offering people who want to re-enter the workforce the opportunity to earn up to $35,000 tax-free is about as Conservative as it gets: make work pay.

We want experienced workers—with their knowledge, skills and wisdom—to have every reason to come back, help our businesses, mentor the next generation and contribute to our economy.

And when they do, they should be rewarded by keeping more of the money they earn.

3️⃣ Recognizing the reality of inflation—and proposing a solution.
Inflation has affected everyone, but its impact is especially difficult for people living on fixed incomes. That isn’t partisan. It’s economic reality.

Recognizing a problem is important. Finding an intelligent solution is better.

Instead of simply asking government to spend more money, we proposed a solution that rewards work, helps employers find experienced workers and leaves more money in people’s pockets.

4️⃣ And here’s the part some critics seem to have missed: this isn’t new.
This proposal was already part of our platform in the last election.

So why the sudden outrage?

Before criticizing these announcements, it might be worth understanding the reality of the communities they are designed to serve—and checking the facts.

We listened. We proposed solutions. And we’ll keep working to make sure experience is valued, work is rewarded and Canadians keep more of what they earn.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@CdnElectWatch Winnipeg is actually quite nice, just has a bad reputation, even among locals.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

I don’t even like the guy, but have some self respect and blame the people our country, not the leader of a foreign country.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

Is anyone else sick and tired of hearing about Trump? I work at a grocery store and routinely hear my older coworkers constantly complaining about him. One complained about immigrants openly, and then in the next breath blamed Trump and Covid for inflation.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@BagelPolling I agree

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@BagelPolling The Laurentien elite have set this country on a path of accelerating decline since WW2. Harper stalled the acceleration, Mulroney was a participant, and Deifenbaker needed more time.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@agnosticnixie @comedicanadian I would be happy with that, the 4 western provinces should not have less than a quarter of the senate representation, it should be less than half though.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@agnosticnixie @comedicanadian As it should be, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador, should be over represented in the senate and every other province should be underrepresented.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@agnosticnixie @comedicanadian It should be purposely lower in the Senate, because the senate is supposed to represent regions irregardless of their populations. The fact that British Columbia and Saskatchewan are in the same region is the issue here.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@agnosticnixie @comedicanadian It’s tied with Ontario for having the most Senators despite having half the
population. The current arrangement helps small provinces ie the maritimes, while hurting the larger provinces besides Quebec. Quebec is a larger province, it should not have accurate representation

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@comedicanadian *Not considering the West as one region

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@comedicanadian My suggestion would be a rebalance of the Senate, (Something like per province, or at least not considering as one singular region). And then have the Senators appointments not be done by the Prime Minister, but by the Provinces, ie Premier or provincial parliament pick senators.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

Generally I would want any province separating from Canada to be avoided, but I also want Canadians to not feel a need to separate. This ruling doesn’t really affect the former, but exacerbates the latter.

[Bryan Breguet @Prominent_Bryan]

Judge says democracy can't happen

https://t.co/byjmNfoWQQ

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

My Hero (I too am a western populist who hates the LPC more than life.

[Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z]

Diefenbaker was a western populist who famously hated the LPC more than he loved life, so I am not sure how you got there?

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

It’s the same thing that happened to liberal voters right after Trudeau resigned. The Liberals were never actually as low as the polls said, their voters were just so demoralized that they weren’t answering polls. Causing the dip we saw for them in December of 2024.

[David Coletto @DavidColetto]

I don’t believe the Liberals are leading by double digits and I’ll have a new analysis of 10+ years of Abacus Data and the under representation of conservative voters in samples coming out next week.

The 2025 election is also an interesting case study.

If you aren’t trying to correct for this in your weighting then I think you’re introducing error into your estimates.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@BagelPolling I don’t think there is anyone in the party who fits the bill.

[TheOddApple @TheVeryOddApple]

@BagelPolling On a more serious note, the Conservatives need the antithesis to Carney. Someone who is young, from the lower/middle class atleast spiritually, minimally educated and runs on hope instead of fear. They have to be bold, look to the future instead of the 90s and they need dynamism.