Thank you Alex for so eloquently writing what I have been trying to compute in my head. I still have no words so I shouldn’t even try. Perhaps just to quote Bambi’s mother… “If you can’t say anything nice - don’t say nothing at all”. Grrrr
More fear mongering and group think seem to have won the day (“we’re all in this together” elbows up etc.) . Brilliant play by the Libs… and I hope my creepy sense that Trump intentionally timed his threats are just my paranoia…. However, I truly do believe Canada is starting to get its wits about it. The younger generations coming up are starting to listen to what we’re trying to tell them and are engaging. I have three sons spanning 30 to 20 years old and they are clued in… keep the momentum folks.
Well said Alex. The incredible changes in fortune for both the federal Conservative Party and its leader during the past three months have been hard to digest for anyone who lives their life practicing common sense. The anti-U.S. rhetoric employed by the libs during the election was as sophomoric as it was ignorant. Canada has always been, and will continue to be, dependent upon the world’s largest economy - despite the ambitions of delusional leftists. It will be interesting to see how our elitist mandarin is able to negotiate with a guy who cut his teeth in the Manhattan real estate arena dealing with shrewd competitors, less than cooperative civil servants, unions and the mafia.
Ted! Terrific hearing from you. Wasn't the same around these parts.
Hard to digest, for sure. I believe the Conservatives should be proud of where they ended up, and keeping their values as a campaign, not that they aren't worthy of some criticisms. But the external dynamics, at the worst possible time, all but doomed then. Even in being doomed, they managed to make massive gains with young voters, their total, and in red pockets of Ontario. When you aren't handed the luxury of rallying around the flag as the incumbent, I'm not so sure there's anything else they could have done. Now we get to see how lousy the next year or two will be...
I’m retired in AB and the mood is much more anxious here because we already know Carney wants to decimate our province by killing our oil and natural gas industries and that he likewise doesn’t give a shit about Saskatchewan either is also very clear as he’s said/done absolutely nothing about China’s 100% tariffs on their canola.
I have a 33 yr old daughter who married an American and now they live in Northern California but she left all her friends behind some of whom she’s known since grade school and she told me all of her friends were “all up in arms” about Carney getting elected.
They and their husbands all work in different sectors of our economy but it is our oil and gas that powers our entire economy… take that away and we have nothing hence our premier Danielle Smith has already been preparing us for a Carney attack. I fear whatever is coming for us is coming quickly as my daughter’s friends must also be feeling.
It feels pretty dire here, a looming threat is coming for us and we can all feel it.
All our trade is north south we don’t do east west and Carney is not removing Bill C69 aka the no more pipelines bill.
We pay a fortune in transfer payments, we have far less seats for representation than the eastern provinces yet a far larger population and we get treated like shit non stop from the ruling Liberal machine and their Laurentian elites and the many progressive premiers in other provinces and CBC and CTV biased reporting and we are so very tired of it.
It is time for change! I welcome it whatever form it takes and our young people deserve a decent life in a province as rich in natural resources as ours is.
I’m sorry but screw Carney and his extreme green agenda and ideology destroying our economy and destroying our middle class!
Well said, Sonya! Your feelings were very much echoed in Danielle Smith's speech to the province, just know. Anxious time to be a Westerner. Anxious time to be in your thirties. Anxious time to be retired, not voting for "elbows up," and watching Liberal policy self-immolation. Much to fight for these next few months.
Thanks Alex.. I think it is as former Liberal mp Dan Creasy said on Northern Perspective on voting night 40% of us are hurting and feeling the pain while the remaining 60% of us do not and to give it another year or two under the Carney Liberals and every Canadian will be feeling the pain and then will vote Conservative the next election.🤞
The poor and the working poor feel it first and now add in the middle classes, next will be people who are well off.
Thank you Alex for so eloquently writing what I have been trying to compute in my head. I still have no words so I shouldn’t even try. Perhaps just to quote Bambi’s mother… “If you can’t say anything nice - don’t say nothing at all”. Grrrr
More fear mongering and group think seem to have won the day (“we’re all in this together” elbows up etc.) . Brilliant play by the Libs… and I hope my creepy sense that Trump intentionally timed his threats are just my paranoia…. However, I truly do believe Canada is starting to get its wits about it. The younger generations coming up are starting to listen to what we’re trying to tell them and are engaging. I have three sons spanning 30 to 20 years old and they are clued in… keep the momentum folks.
Sam, thank you. Hah, you can leave the lack of niceties to me on this one. Happy to take it on! lol.
Not sure if you've seen the age demo breakdown on exit polls yet, but it's what we expected: https://x.com/NatCitizens/status/1918032001392886028
Major growth for the moderate, common-sense, centre-right, right, libertarian crowd. The kids and the future are alright. We just need it to arrive!
Well said Alex. The incredible changes in fortune for both the federal Conservative Party and its leader during the past three months have been hard to digest for anyone who lives their life practicing common sense. The anti-U.S. rhetoric employed by the libs during the election was as sophomoric as it was ignorant. Canada has always been, and will continue to be, dependent upon the world’s largest economy - despite the ambitions of delusional leftists. It will be interesting to see how our elitist mandarin is able to negotiate with a guy who cut his teeth in the Manhattan real estate arena dealing with shrewd competitors, less than cooperative civil servants, unions and the mafia.
Ted! Terrific hearing from you. Wasn't the same around these parts.
Hard to digest, for sure. I believe the Conservatives should be proud of where they ended up, and keeping their values as a campaign, not that they aren't worthy of some criticisms. But the external dynamics, at the worst possible time, all but doomed then. Even in being doomed, they managed to make massive gains with young voters, their total, and in red pockets of Ontario. When you aren't handed the luxury of rallying around the flag as the incumbent, I'm not so sure there's anything else they could have done. Now we get to see how lousy the next year or two will be...
What you said Ted… exactly
Amen.
I’m retired in AB and the mood is much more anxious here because we already know Carney wants to decimate our province by killing our oil and natural gas industries and that he likewise doesn’t give a shit about Saskatchewan either is also very clear as he’s said/done absolutely nothing about China’s 100% tariffs on their canola.
I have a 33 yr old daughter who married an American and now they live in Northern California but she left all her friends behind some of whom she’s known since grade school and she told me all of her friends were “all up in arms” about Carney getting elected.
They and their husbands all work in different sectors of our economy but it is our oil and gas that powers our entire economy… take that away and we have nothing hence our premier Danielle Smith has already been preparing us for a Carney attack. I fear whatever is coming for us is coming quickly as my daughter’s friends must also be feeling.
It feels pretty dire here, a looming threat is coming for us and we can all feel it.
All our trade is north south we don’t do east west and Carney is not removing Bill C69 aka the no more pipelines bill.
We pay a fortune in transfer payments, we have far less seats for representation than the eastern provinces yet a far larger population and we get treated like shit non stop from the ruling Liberal machine and their Laurentian elites and the many progressive premiers in other provinces and CBC and CTV biased reporting and we are so very tired of it.
It is time for change! I welcome it whatever form it takes and our young people deserve a decent life in a province as rich in natural resources as ours is.
I’m sorry but screw Carney and his extreme green agenda and ideology destroying our economy and destroying our middle class!
Well said, Sonya! Your feelings were very much echoed in Danielle Smith's speech to the province, just know. Anxious time to be a Westerner. Anxious time to be in your thirties. Anxious time to be retired, not voting for "elbows up," and watching Liberal policy self-immolation. Much to fight for these next few months.
Thanks Alex.. I think it is as former Liberal mp Dan Creasy said on Northern Perspective on voting night 40% of us are hurting and feeling the pain while the remaining 60% of us do not and to give it another year or two under the Carney Liberals and every Canadian will be feeling the pain and then will vote Conservative the next election.🤞
The poor and the working poor feel it first and now add in the middle classes, next will be people who are well off.
Right on Alex!
Ted said it all, I have nothing to add.
Thank you, Peter!