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PL1 said:
I really need to know what people, particularly these younger people, see in the PP CPC party.
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I am not sure what you mean by PP. Is this the Peoples Party?

Edit: oh - you mean Pierre Poilievre. I think a better question might be what people see in Mark Carney. Seeing as he gets a lot of support from the Retired cohort - one wonders if senility is a factor. In December 2024, Liberal support was below 20%. People decided that the Liberals were too dishonest, too immoral, too inept, too corrupt and had destroyed pretty much every file they worked on. People of sound mind do not turn around and vote Liberal 4 months later.
 
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Canadian Chocho said:
Lack of a sense of greener pastures ahead and PP being a doom-and-gloomer par excellence.
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Exactly this.

- Increasingly impossible path to home ownership for many (and thus gambling, in its various forms, becomes a very interesting prospect,
- increasing youth unemployment rate (where this cohort will negatively benefit from the government's immigration policy of the past years, but also the slowdown of entry-level hiring done by larger corporations and governments, partially a consequence of AI. Both the bearish and bullish outcomes for AI, i.e. AI replacing even more entry-level, white-collar jobs; or the AI bubble collapsing, could bring about really ugly outcomes for this demo),
- lack of alternatives on the left (in comparison, Germany's election saw die Linke's slogan of "there should be no billionaires" win 25% of the 18-24 vote, AfD with 21%, and no other party above 13%),
- and Poilievre saying attractive slogans (without really proposing any solutions of substance), that get amplified throughout social media

leads to that gap.

To be fair, the Liberals have done a few things that have benefitted youth, e.g. the creation of the FHSA, or eliminating interest on student loans; but none of those things matter if you can't even get a job in the first place, or if you've given up on owning a home (yes, I know the FHSA can still be rolled into a RRSP..)
 
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Westey said:
I am not sure what you mean by PP. Is this the Peoples Party?

Edit: oh - you mean Pierre Poilievre. I think a better question might be what people see in Mark Carney. Seeing as he gets a lot of support from the Retired cohort - one wonders if senility is a factor. In December 2024, Liberal support was below 20%. People decided that the Liberals were too dishonest, too immoral, too inept, too corrupt and had destroyed pretty much every file they worked on. People of sound mind do not turn around and vote Liberal 4 months later.
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The Liberals shat the economic bed slowly, almost imperceptibly at first, then quickly after covid hit. Carney has been a pleasant surprise and seems to govern pragmatically rather than dogmatically compared to the previous admin. His strong CV bolsters perceptions a lot as well.

The public service under Trudeau grew at nearly 3 times the rate of population growth. Was 370k by early 2024, up from 260k in early 2015. I'm a big proponent of the federal public service and even I think that growth was uncalled for. I'm all for improving things like CRA phone wait times, but 43% growth was not justified. Times are tough, so cuts to the bloated public service along with nation building fiscal stimulus seems well thought out to me. I don't fully agree with everything on the party platform, but that can be said for any party, as perceived by any Canadian.

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Under Trudeau, the civil service has grown twice as fast as Canada’s population - National | Globalnews.ca

More than 110,000 people have been added to the federal payroll since 2015 when Justin Trudeau became prime minister - a 43 per cent increase.
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Public servants to learn about job cuts in January | Globalnews.ca

Federal public servants are expected to learn about job cuts in their departments when they return from their holiday break when leaders share their plans.
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Westey said:
I am not sure what you mean by PP. Is this the Peoples Party?

Edit: oh - you mean Pierre Poilievre. I think a better question might be what people see in Mark Carney. Seeing as he gets a lot of support from the Retired cohort - one wonders if senility is a factor. In December 2024, Liberal support was below 20%. People decided that the Liberals were too dishonest, too immoral, too inept, too corrupt and had destroyed pretty much every file they worked on. People of sound mind do not turn around and vote Liberal 4 months later.
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Change in leadership was a key factor. But you know that.
 
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She asked, "how is the Carney government going to manage the growing population of expired visa holders"

Does she forget that it was not long ago that her leader Poilievre was championing mass immigration at a time housing costs were going through the roof?

In the video clip below the pandering PP promised direct flights between Amritsar India and Canada because apparently the daily direct flights between Delhi and Mumbai to Toronto and Montreal and Vancouver weren't enough for the pandering Pierre. The "conservatives" quickly changed their tune when the liberals under Carney announced a needed emergency slash in immigration figures. The "conservatives" are complete frauds.

The latest immigration statistics show a net decline of immigrants to Canada this year which is exactly what you want to see when housing is scarce, and too expensive and jobs opportunities are evaporating under Trump's economic war on Canada.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744593729464512777
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Is he going to bribe Air Canada to offer flights on that lane? Bizarre.
 
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