Conservative support is strongest among the poorest and least educated. It’s always a bit odd how Conservatives gain support among these groups whom they absolutely have no intention of helping. But I guess they are the ones most likely not to be thinking it through too carefully. Just “taxes bad, immigrants bad, trans people bad.”
Sure but during this election what do I vote for? More of Trudueau or the right. Carney seems to have the same issues as the Democrats down south they can’t and won’t change. Brining back people who had cabinet positions and where responsible for the mess we are in is a mistake.
I know. There’s no perfect answer, especially under FPTP. But holding your nose and voting strategically isn’t the worst thing to do just to buy time, prevent the utter destruction of the public institutions, preserve free expression, and slow the rise of the far right. The USA shows us that in hindsight a strategic vote can look more clearly like the thing to do than it did at the time, even when it’s a vote for wishy-washy liberalism. I consider myself further to the left than any mainstream party in Canada, yet I look at the USA and think they would have done a lot better to re-elect the (genocide-supporting) Democrats. It would have been more neoliberal imperialism, but it would have bought time for the people to organize against fascism, and perhaps for the fascists to make mistakes and lose support, that the USA now doesn’t have.
I don’t like to be saying this, but a strategic vote may be more necessary than ever this time. I don’t want my friends and family persecuted and disappeared off the streets, academics censored, science defunded and suppressed, and public institutions systematically dismantled, as is happening in the USA, and Poilievre intends to lead us in that direction.
Oh yes let’s vote in our little submissive trumplover then so he can remove qualified people from positions for not being white enough then we too can disappear people for free speech, have planes fall out of the sky, and also ignore what operational security is and lie about it because it’s going so well down there. He would have us join the us and then give away our natural resources for free, and have us follow their recession so long as it put money in his pockets.
How very educated of you.
Regardless of the poll numbers. Dont forget to vote!!
You can vote most days at most Elections Canada Offices across Canada before April 22nd. There’s also the advanced polling days as well and other ways to vote.
Ways to vote -> https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=vote&document=index&lang=e
Keys dates related to the upcoming election -> https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=kdt&document=index&lang=e
As a reminder, poll numbers fluctuated wildly in the US last year before the election, and many of them had Kamala leading by a wide margin. She had all the main celebs endorsing her. Virtually no reputable person was promoting Trump
Vote.
Honestly what is the point. The liberals are just going to be more of Justin and Pierre trump lite. I was hoping Carney would be a nice change for the liberals but nope just a new face same shitty party.
This is nice and all but I really want to end FPTP eventually.
Great, another 4 years of absolute nothing. 🤦🏻♂️
