If it wasn’t a photo op a simple Teams / Zoom call would suffice. Hell even FaceTime would work.
But gotta get those photos in. Not his money.
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CBC gets a trim
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But gotta get those photos in. Not his money.
How about Contribution rewards?
People that fix things reduce waste. It takes a lot more energy and material to build a car than it does to fix one. I'll bet people that fix things are easier on the environment than the sign carrying protesting eco warriors. Do they get any credits to offset their politically incorrect toys?
This is why I have to check other sources to get news:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/toronto-st-pauls-byelection-referendum-trudeau-1.7239518
CBC talked to exactly 15 people and then published the enclosed headline:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/toronto-st-pauls-byelection-referendum-trudeau-1.7239518
CBC talked to exactly 15 people and then published the enclosed headline:
"Toronto voters say federal byelection is a referendum on Justin Trudeau's future"
Liberal marketing 101. Fear the con boogeyman. "I will be voting for Leslie Church. I am scared ******** — if I can say that — about Pierre Poilievre. He's a mini-Trump. He cannot be trusted. And he's a bad actor,""
Mad Mike
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CBC grasping a few last breaths as they try to save their King.
To say it’s a referendum is a CBC positioning “Hail Mary”. The riding is a perennial liberal stronghold, historically this riding averages 2x Liberals votes over Conservatives, that’s a large margin to overcome. If the libs win, does that mean the referendum on JT is positive?
Aside from the crap reporting it is meaningful if the Liberals lose, but not meaningful if they win.
Lose a safe riding...
Lose a safe riding...
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Another FU in our electoral system, 84 candidates.
Our mayoral race had 102, one being a dog.
We need to up the entry fee.
"We need to highlight the fact that our voting system is a joke and it's producing results that are completely inaccurate and distorted," said Glen MacDonald, a candidate in Toronto-St. Paul's and a volunteer with the group Longest Ballot Committee.
Our mayoral race had 102, one being a dog.
We need to up the entry fee.
"We need to highlight the fact that our voting system is a joke and it's producing results that are completely inaccurate and distorted," said Glen MacDonald, a candidate in Toronto-St. Paul's and a volunteer with the group Longest Ballot Committee.
The entry fee for many elections is already crazy high (six figures). You need to show you are good at fundraising as that's more important to politics than policy. Upping the number of signatures on your entry petition seems reasonable. Right now you need 25. Make it at least 5K signatures to get on the ballot. Start knocking on doors.
I didn't think the fees were that high, more like Canadian Tire money area. 84 candidates at $100K each?? $8.4 M?
Mayor is only $200. I agree, that should be at least an order of magnitude higher (probably two orders of magnitude). If someone can't scrounge up 20k, they have no business at all running a >$17B budget.
Why should one have to be rich in a meritocracy?
Tough call...you want everyone to have a fair shot at it because democracy...but allowing the local douche to run is just asking for issues.
Let's say good people can't scrounge up the 20k, but the rich can...automatically excludes anyone that doesn't have those types of funds, or capability to gather them.
If you can't convince enough people out of 6.5M to scrounge up $20k, there is no point in running. Sure, the rich have an easier job of it but a well intentioned, well spoken candidate should be able to get 1000 people to give them $20. Hell, setup a square account and the donations go into escrow. If you don't make the $20k, they either get refunded or donated to charity (candidate picks path up front). If they make the $20k, they're in.
Hell, to make it harder for rich people to dominate, require a minimum of 1000 donors. If you can't convince 1000 people you have a chance, you don't and don't need to be on the ballot.
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Not bad for CBC.
This has now been "updated" and vastly expanded, I think by a new author, and the reference to 15 people removed. Some new parts sound like advertising copy.
It's back. Maybe I got an intermediate version or my conscious bias kicked in and I missed that part.
I saw a number of different people being interviewed on the street in St. Paul's from a variety of sources over the weekend. A good number of people who claimed to be liberal and supporters of the Liberals and their policies last two trailing words as the started to walk away were "......but Trudeau." Church's husband being a Liberal lobbyist and a possible conflict of interest is a factor as well (possible? he's a LIbEral lobbyist - guaranteed is more appropriate). I'm thinking less than a thousand vote spread and a recount.
I knew it was going to be close, but........
Ha. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. I was surprised that even liberal fear-mongeeing was not able to pull out the win. They have nothing left in their playbook.
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