[nfitz]

With gems like Gladu in the party, the LPC whip will have their hands full

There are so, so many inappropriate comments I could make about this. My tongue is bleeding from my biting it!

 

[FullMetalEngineer]

You're not hearing me argue against the virtues of recreation centres; I'm simply arguing this is a poor use of Federal funds. Brampton can afford to fund its own Rec. Centres.

The same argument could apply to bike lanes or bikeshare or virtually anything tangentially related to physical activity. Which again, I'm all in favour of......but its just not efficient to fund that from federal dollars.



Don't disagree.

I know we are generally on the same page with the value of recreation.

In the context of this announcement: The Federal government has a relationship with municipalities to build healthier communities, boost local economies, and upgrade essential infrastructure.
things like Recreation, sports grants is all par for the course and part of their mandate for decades. Embleton Rec Centre will have childcare spaces badly needed in the city, a library in a city that doesn't have very many despite being the second largest city in the GTA after Toronto.


If we cut out such type of targeted funding to municipalities, I start to question what is the point of having a local MP in the city? This is the largest recreation centre expected to serve hundreds of thousands of residents where many more homes and jobs are intended to still be built towards Winston Churchill. The existing residents there have been underserved for over a decade.

The Canadian World Cup Soccer Team who have qualified twice now, has 6-7 players exclusively from Brampton. Investing in sports/recreation pays off nationally here than any other city in Canada. We have the lowest average age with the highest population growth rates.


I feel Brampton has been underfunded across the board for decades by all levels of government, and anything we receive is more than deserved with how much the community has been neglected across many major files for decades.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Under Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada created Petro-Canada so Canadians had a direct stake in their own oil.
Then Brian Mulroney’s Conservatives privatized it, selling off public ownership piece by piece and handing control back to the market.
That’s the difference.
Liberals built a national energy company so Canadians could benefit from Canadian resources.
Conservatives sold it off.
Petro-Canada is now part of Suncor, a private company. The public stake is gone.
And this is the pattern:
Build it → sell it → lose control → pretend it was “efficiency”
You don’t strengthen a country by liquidating its assets.
You weaken it, and call it policy.

Conservative governments have repeatedly used austerity as a justification for selling off major Canadian public assets, but the beneficiaries have consistently been their political and corporate allies.
Under Brian Mulroney, major public institutions were privatized, including: Connaught Laboratories, Petro‑Canada, Air Canada, Canadair,Teleglobe Canada, De Havilland Aircraft of Canada.
Under Stephen Harper, the sell‑off continued, including: The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), Nexen Inc., Progress Energy Resources Corp.
The federal government’s remaining shares in General Motors (sold in 2015 at a loss to taxpayers).
Nine key federal office buildings, sold in 2007 to Vancouver‑based Larco Investments and then leased back by the government

From https://www.facebook.com/groups/DoufusFord/posts/3549078015239344/

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

There are so, so many inappropriate comments I could make about this. My tongue is bleeding from my biting it!

...since my riding is up for by-election next week I will be speaking my unmentionable views at the polls. In that, I know who I won't be voting for then.

 

[adma]

If it's a situation where they picked her crossing over others currently looking at it I like the intention. So far all of the floor crossers have been in toss-up ridings, but Gladu is the first to be in a firmly CPC riding.

Well, superficially. But again, we're dealing with a riding that was a bellwether until relatively recently; and its falling out of bellwether status has to do with the generic recent-times collapse of the Libs in rural and blue-collar SW Ontario together with the more "local" matter of a curiously overaggressive NDP feeding off what might otherwise have been Lib energy. And said generic collapse is a recent-times phenomenon that echoes Obama/Trump patterns elsewhere--but it's not necessarily a *permanent* condition, particularly in a post-Justin era

And Matt Jeneroux's riding didn't really become toss-uppish until the last election, because Alberta's gonna Alberta.

 

[nfitz]

...since my riding is up for by-election next week I will be speaking my unmentionable views at the polls. In that, I know who I won't be voting for then.

Me too. My Liberal MP has said he's resigning soon. I voted for him 3(?) times in a row. It's increasingly unlikely I'll vote for them again. This is 100% not what I signed up for.

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

For some lighter news...

Canadiens get a visit from PM Carney after big win over Lightning

Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the Montreal Canadiens dressing room after the team’s 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in a thrilling game Thursday night.

www.tsn.ca

Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the Montreal Canadiens dressing room after the team’s 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in a thrilling game Thursday night.
Carney was in Montreal for a Liberal party convention running through Saturday, attending the game following a day of media appearances and speeches across the city.
He met with Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki, forwards Alex Newhook and Jake Evans, and defenceman Mike Matheson after an eventful game that featured fights, a dramatic finish and Cole Caufield scoring his 50th goal of the season. “I’m going to be honest, I haven’t had that much fun in over a year,” Carney said, drawing laughs from the players. “Fantastic game.”
Carney arrived at the start of the second period with the score 0-0 and sat three rows behind the Canadiens’ bench, shaking hands and chatting with nearby fans.
When Caufield scored his milestone goal six minutes into the period, Carney jumped up and hugged those same spectators. He joined the energetic crowd in doing the wave, took photos on his phone and high-fived fans once Juraj Slafkovsky’s late goal sealed the win for Montreal, the only Canadian team to clinch a Stanley Cup playoff spot so far.
Carney placed a hand on his chest and applauded as he entered the locker room, telling players they needed no introduction. “It’s a real, real honour,” he said while shaking Suzuki’s hand. “It was a key moment in the game, the way you stood up, it was unbelievable.” Suzuki answered that it was a real pleasure to meet him. “Is that all you got?” Carney joked. Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis, meanwhile, said he discussed “leadership” with Carney when they briefly met after the game. Carney wore two different Canadiens hats despite being a lifelong Edmonton Oilers fan. He grew up in Edmonton during the Wayne Gretzky era and was a third-string goaltender at Harvard University. Last March, he joined Connor McDavid and the Oilers at practice and previously posted a photo of himself wearing a “McJesus” T-shirt. The Liberal convention in Montreal — and Carney’s visit to the game — comes ahead of three byelections on Monday, and a day after a fifth opposition MP crossed the floor to join the Liberal caucus.

Also....

WATCH: PM Carney, Jeremy Hansen share a laugh during call with Artemis II crew

Prime Minister Mark Carney praised astronaut Jeremy Hansen during a call with the Artemis II crew, saying he was proud to see a Canadian in space and to hear French spoken.

www.ctvnews.ca

WATCH: PM Carney, Jeremy Hansen share a laugh during call with Artemis II crew​

Prime Minister Mark Carney chatted with astronaut Jeremy Hansen on Wednesday about Canadian pride, U.S.-Canada relations in space and how the mission has inspired people across the country to look up at the moon. “We have all been watching and inspired by what you are doing,” said Carney. He also said asked what lessons the team in space had learned about working together. Hansen pointed to the side-by-side Canadian and American flags posted aboard the capsule. “We have our flags here together,” answered Hansen. “We are better together.”
A moment of levity came when the prime minister asked for reassurance that the crew’s preference was for maple syrup, rather than Nutella, on pancakes in the morning. This was after a jar of that chocolatey breakfast staple was spotted floating in the capsule earlier in the mission. Carney also mentioned that he was proud to hear French spoken in space.
Industry Minister Melanie Joly also took part in the call. The event was livestreamed from the John H. Chapman Space Centre in Longueuil, Que. “I’ve heard, time and time again, people from across the country saying, ‘We’re not only proud, but it’s good news. We’re following because they’re providing hope. Jeremy is actually helping us go through our days,’” Joly said.

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

...since my riding is up for by-election next week I will be speaking my unmentionable views at the polls. In that, I know who I won't be voting for then.

The riding most likely will go Liberal anyways but yeah it certainly helps the NDP a bit, even if they don't have the money or attention, and even if their candidate isn't as good or well known as the Liberal one is