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Poilievre calls for law to block long ballot protests ahead of Alberta byelection

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  • Sunshine (she/her)S Sunshine (she/her)
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    sirmaple__@lemmy.ca
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    #22

    How about we change it so you have to LIVE in the riding you’re running in?

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    • S sirmaple__@lemmy.ca

      How about we change it so you have to LIVE in the riding you’re running in?

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      Sunshine (she/her)
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      PP is the parachute candidate 🤡

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      • H hertzdentalbar@lemmy.blahaj.zone

        How about we ban these by-elections that only exist to give a loser a second chance. Idgaf I’d it’s libs, cins, NDP, bloc, crab people, no one should get to run a second time just because they are party leader.

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        ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca
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        How do we fill the seat then?

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        • T teppa

          Tying immigration to housing completions seems better than “housing shouldn’t fall in value”.

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          ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca
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          That was Singh’s plan

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          • A Hemingways_Shotgun

            To be fair. It’s Alberta.

            There’s a not insignificant chance that if someone named Peter Polliver was on the ballot, a number of albertans would be too irritated by the original’s quebecois name and immediately vote for the “proper canadian” guy instead.

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            awkwardparticle@programming.dev
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            #26

            He is not Quebecois, he does not even speak French with a Quebecois accent.

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            • I ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca

              That was Singh’s plan

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              teppa
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              #27

              No it wasn’t. He wanted to open up more PR and family reunification so the elderly can come into our already failed healthcare system.

              Its basically the only issue I voted on.

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              • I ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca

                How do we fill the seat then?

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                capybara@lemmy.ca
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                The only reason the seat is vacant is because they wanted to give PP another chance. Without that, they still have their MP.

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                • I ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca

                  How do we fill the seat then?

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                  hertzdentalbar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                  The person who wins gets it…

                  Personally I don’t think we should even select a prime minister till after the election so people don’t just vote for the “leader” over the local candidate. PM is chosen by winning party from winning MPs

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                    panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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                    “These aren’t real candidates. They aren’t campaigning. They aren’t engaging with constituents,” Poilievre wrote.

                    Boy, that sounds a whole lot like how none of the CPC candidates showed up to any of my local debates or showed up on a single local news or radio program, or took a single interview.

                    Frankly, I don’t think we should be limited from running for office based on their percieved level of seriousness or that it’s a protest. That’s a slippery slope right there. We can increase the signatures or whatever, but it’s still not going to be particularly useful and will primarily increase the floor of how much money you need to actually campaign.

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                    • A awkwardparticle@programming.dev

                      He is not Quebecois, he does not even speak French with a Quebecois accent.

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                      skozzii@lemmy.ca
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                      It’s all fake, like his whole persona. He is a Chameleon who has 3 word slogans…

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                        Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ
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                        @Sunshine When is this irrelevant, unelectable turd going to shut the fuck up?

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                        • J justOnePersistentKbinPlease

                          Housing completions is a fake statistic and is functionally the same as “housing shouldn’t fall in value.” Dont be fooled.

                          E.g. last two years Vancouver BC led North America for the most housing starts, and was among the highest in the developed world.

                          Because the price was increasing thanks to investors and speculators.

                          Now that the price increase has cooled though? All of the developers simply stop building. Since feb 2025, housing starts in Vancouver are down by almost 50%.

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                          revan343@lemmy.ca
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                          What we actually need is government housing, built en masse and rented out below market value

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                          • H hertzdentalbar@lemmy.blahaj.zone

                            The person who wins gets it…

                            Personally I don’t think we should even select a prime minister till after the election so people don’t just vote for the “leader” over the local candidate. PM is chosen by winning party from winning MPs

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                            ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca
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                            All MPs vote on who the PM is after the election already, they just usually vote for their party leader

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                            • C capybara@lemmy.ca

                              The only reason the seat is vacant is because they wanted to give PP another chance. Without that, they still have their MP.

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                              ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca
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                              In this case but people vacate for numerous reasons

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                                No it wasn’t. He wanted to open up more PR and family reunification so the elderly can come into our already failed healthcare system.

                                Its basically the only issue I voted on.

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                                ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca
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                                #36

                                Under assumption you voted for PP, the guy that wanted to give all Indian nationals Canadian citizenship if requested

                                I feel like you don’t actually know what you voted for

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                                  slartybartfast@sh.itjust.works
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                                  I call for Polievre to go fuck himself!

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                                  • I ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca

                                    In this case but people vacate for numerous reasons

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                                    capybara@lemmy.ca
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                                    Sure. Then you run the election and if anybody else in the area wants to run in the same party as the person who left then the party can put them on the ballot. If not, then no candidate for that party. Don’t drop somebody in from elsewhere. Pretty simple. Just pick a time period that a person needs to have lived in a riding (say, one full election cycle) before running to represent the area.

                                    If the person wins the election and moves (other than to government housing in Ottawa so they can do their job) then they give up their seat.

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                                    • I ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca

                                      In this case but people vacate for numerous reasons

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                                      greyeyedghost@lemmy.ca
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                                      To add on to this, unless we enact political slavery, which while it might sound fun is not likely to make politicians who are subject to it vote in the best interests of the country, then politicians are going to be able to leave their positions at any time anyways, so a by-election is the only reasonable way to ensure the constituents of their riding are properly represented. And if you put some kind of significant delay before people can run in a by-election keep in mind this one is already going to be about 6 months since the last one, and that becomes less of an impediment the richer you are, meaning it gives an advantage to wealthy parachute politicians with no real benefit to citizens.

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                                      • N nyan@lemmy.cafe

                                        Well, in theory it could be an issue if there were three John Smiths or something all running as independents, but to my knowledge even these extra-long ballots have not produced an example of that yet.

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                                        greyeyedghost@lemmy.ca
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                                        That issue can be solved by means other than saying, “Sorry, there’s already a John Smith on the list, try again next year.” Let’s focus on the real problems.

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                                        • A awkwardparticle@programming.dev

                                          He is not Quebecois, he does not even speak French with a Quebecois accent.

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                                          Hemingways_Shotgun
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                                          No. But his name is french, and that would be enough for uneducated Albertans. That’s the joke.

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