1st of all…18% is not a lot of support.

2nd of all…as long as she keeps pushing this idea, there is literally ZERO incentive for the Federal government to invest in any infrastructure projects that include Alberta. That means no new pipelines. No new housing investments. Why would they dump potentially tens of billions of dollars into a province that is actively threatening to cut itself off from the rest of the country? It would be pointless.

Unfortunately, in Canada it has little to do with Carney himself, and more to do with keeping the Conservatives out of office. In my riding, it was either vote Liberal or let the Conservatives have the seat.

I have a feeling this will be the last time the Liberals are going to be in power for a long time. Trudeau was bad enough…but this is worse.

I completely agree. But, try telling that to them.

One guy I work with was dancing around praising Trump’s name, when he heard they joined in on the bombing. He’s gay, and originally fled the country to avoid being forced to have a sex change. Dude would love nothing more than to see Israel assassinate every single one of Iran’s religious leaders.

I don’t know, man. A lot of Iranians in Canada have no love for the government there…I don’t personally know any that do. Most of them have no illusions about the potential collateral damages, but see it as the only way to free Iran from the current regime.

I’m confused. Does she want him to stop with his plans to expand extraction and exports?

They can try all they want. If it violates the Charter, it will never get past the debate stage before getting scrapped. There’s no point in passing legislation that will just get thrown out the first time it goes to court.

You don’t have to worry. There are already legal advocacy groups preparing to challenge it. It will never make it to a vote.

If it violates the Canadian Charter, then it won’t pass the debate stage, which means it won’t even make it to a vote.

This will never pass.

There’s also a certain element of “You can’t tell me what to do!”…followed by doing something incredibly stupid and self-destructive, just to “own the Libs”.

This is yet another astroturfed conservative movement. This whole topic is only supported by a very small number of people, yet it’s being amplified in the media in order to make it seem like a big deal. It isn’t.

Well, that’s awfully vague.

For all the alarmists acting like this is going to pass…it won’t. This is part of the normal process that all new legislation goes through. Politicians propse a bill, which contains everything they can think to include…throwing it all at the wall, just to see what will stick. Then it gets torn to shreds during the debate session, by legal advocacy groups and human rights organizations, who know exactly what kinds of legal challenges they can see coming a mile away. Anything that’s garaunteed to get tossed out in court is discarded from the legislation.

Why? Because there’s no point in passing legislation that can’t actually be legally enforced. Law enforcement has been trying to get these kinds of “tools” implemented for decades. And the courts have all said, all the way along…no. You need a warrant for that kind of intrusion. They need probable cause to look at these things. They need a reasonable justification beyond, “I want to look, just in case”. None of the shit in this bill is going to pass the legal smell test. Period.