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Northern Light
Superstar
Interesting piece in the Globe today, in which former BC Chief Coroner and Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell (on whom the TV series Da Vinci's Inquest was loosely based) has come out opposing 'safe supply' drug programs and generally espousing a shift away from harm reduction in favour of treatment.
www.theglobeandmail.com
This is notable, because Mr. Campbell was a champion of legalization of marijuana, of harm reduction, and other like measures, long before those ideas were fashionable.
From the above:
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So he hasn't gone all regressive and Lock'em up.............but rather has said, Canada has been over invested in an under-performing strategy due in large part to a lack of investment on the treatment/recovery side.
I'm 100% with him on this, and I hope we course correct thoughtfully.
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Interestingly, he spends some time speaking positively about Alberta's current direction, having established new in-patient treatment facilities where patients/residents can stay up to one year in order to get clean and stay clean before rejoining the community.
Very much worth a read.
B.C.’s former chief coroner Larry Campbell fought for drug decriminalization. Now he backs its reversal
The former Vancouver mayor says the government has not put enough emphasis on helping people quit using drugs
www.theglobeandmail.com
This is notable, because Mr. Campbell was a champion of legalization of marijuana, of harm reduction, and other like measures, long before those ideas were fashionable.
From the above:
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So he hasn't gone all regressive and Lock'em up.............but rather has said, Canada has been over invested in an under-performing strategy due in large part to a lack of investment on the treatment/recovery side.
I'm 100% with him on this, and I hope we course correct thoughtfully.
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Interestingly, he spends some time speaking positively about Alberta's current direction, having established new in-patient treatment facilities where patients/residents can stay up to one year in order to get clean and stay clean before rejoining the community.
Very much worth a read.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
‘Shocking and unjustifiable:’ Canada is deporting migrants at its highest rate in more than a decade
Advocates for migrant workers say the surge in deportations follows Ottawa's commitment to a 'regularization program' that would allow them to stay in Canada as the government responds to historic
www.thestar.com
Of course we have to spend money deporting those who are here illegally. What’s the alternative, we build a US-like permanent underclass of undocumented but economically essential workers? In the US, over 3% of the population is illegally residing in the country. Let’s not model Canada on this.
If you’re not a citizen, permanent resident, convention refugee (or on refugee case exam wait list), or on a student or work visa, you cannot stay in Canada. If we want to reduce the number of illegals we need to do a better job on who we let in, refugees aside.
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Northern Light
Superstar
We are well on our way to achieving this, regrettably. A higher percentage of said underclass is here lawfully than in the U.S., though not by so much.....
Northern Light
Superstar
A column from the Globe looking at the very high churn rate of Federal Deputy Ministers in the Federal government:
www.theglobeandmail.com
This is the key bit:
Opinion: There’s a troubling amount of churn at the top of Canada’s public service
Some measure of stability would be a good thing for Canada’s large and complex government. So why are senior public servants constantly being shuffled?
www.theglobeandmail.com
This is the key bit:
lenaitch
Senior Member
I can only see what you extracted, but it would be interesting to know the 'why'. Are they leaving the public service completely (even that has a lot of 'whys' behind it), moved between departments, etc.?A column from the Globe looking at the very high churn rate of Federal Deputy Ministers in the Federal government:
Opinion: There’s a troubling amount of churn at the top of Canada’s public service
Some measure of stability would be a good thing for Canada’s large and complex government. So why are senior public servants constantly being shuffled?
This is the key bit:
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Although their appointment is still a legally a cabinet decision, I recall reading quite some time ago that the the actual selection has been centralized the the PMO.
I am reminded of the quote attributed to Petronius Arbiter, that governments are firm students of:
"We trained hard-but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization."
Brands
Active Member
I think Justin Trudeau has given up on winning the next election. He has checked out. Since the Toronto St Paul byelection there has been no sense of urgency to change direction in terms of policy and even tone.
Doing the same things and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.
They know the carbon tax is costing them votes across the Country and they know that is party has gone too far left.
Justin Trudeau hasn't taken questions from the media since July 3 and has no plan to pull the liberals out the 20 percent hole they find themselves in.
You don't need Mark Carney to tell you what you are doing isn't working.
I believe he wants to go down with the ship he has created and let a new leader rebuilt the party after the Federal election. That may be good for him, but it is unfair to
the 155 liberal MPs who want to keep their jobs. In my view what he is going a very selfish.
He should step down so the liberals can find a leader who has a better chance at winning the next Federal election.
Doing the same things and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.
They know the carbon tax is costing them votes across the Country and they know that is party has gone too far left.
Justin Trudeau hasn't taken questions from the media since July 3 and has no plan to pull the liberals out the 20 percent hole they find themselves in.
You don't need Mark Carney to tell you what you are doing isn't working.
I believe he wants to go down with the ship he has created and let a new leader rebuilt the party after the Federal election. That may be good for him, but it is unfair to
the 155 liberal MPs who want to keep their jobs. In my view what he is going a very selfish.
He should step down so the liberals can find a leader who has a better chance at winning the next Federal election.
picard102
Senior Member
Evidence?
I'm sure this time you'll have proof of this claim the fourth time you've posted it?
Brands
Active Member
I have a question for you? Do you think Justin Trudeau has acted like someone who wants to win the next election? His party is projected to lose 89 seats in next election.
The Conservatives are projected to win 213 seats.
The Liberals have been down 20% in the polls for over a year and 70% of Canadians want Justin Trudeau to resign.
Have his policies changed? Nope Messaging? Nope Does he have a plan to turn things around? Nope
What more evidence do you want.
picard102
Senior Member
Yes, Yes, and Yes. You do know the election is a year out, right?
Some would be a start.
Northern Light
Superstar
The above may be a basis on which to discuss whether the Federal Liberal party has a solid strategy aimed at being re-elected...........
What it is not is proof of any kind that the party has gone 'too far left'.
You have yet to clearly articulate what that means, which 'left-wing' policies you feel they've adopted that are out of line with their own political base or the broader electorate.
In order to make that case you need to identify one or more policies, persuasively argue they they would be categorized as 'left' in the Canadian political context, and then show that said policies correlate with any shift in voter intentions.
There is no question the Libs are slumping in popularity, but I would argue this is a function of runaway immigration, particularly in the form of foreign students and TFWs, which has been approved as a sop to big business to suppress wages, while incidentally driving up the cost of housing putting it further out of reach for more people and making it more of a strain for many more.
I think that's bad public policy, but I would argue its closer to neo-liberal than it is leftist.
I see no one gritting their teeth over $10 per day daycare, or dental coverage for low or lower-middle income folks (to date, mostly seniors, youth, and the disabled).
While I think the deficit is too high (as it was under Harper as well), I don't see widespread complaints about that either.
Its housing, housing, housing, and wage stagnation.
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DSC
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kEiThZ
Superstar
The pay-responsibility ratio is poor. Authority is low. And governments these days (on both sides) are exceptionally partisan and meddlesome. The value of that rank level is to prove you can do it, to get a decent private sector job. At my last post, our one leaf general left to be an Amazon Canada exec after like a year and a half. At a luncheon visiting somebody else, said he got paid more and was doing less and responsible for less. And he was collecting his pension, so he was exceptionally better off.
kEiThZ
Superstar
A year is not a lot of time when you're down 20 points.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
If Harris wins in Nov 2024 Canadians might balk at their own mini populist in Oct 2025.