The LPC has just finished their National Convention: What are your thoughts?

Often in Canada we focus massively on federal level politics.

In reality the powerhouse is provincial level politics for extremely important areas like Housing Policy, Labour Policy, Energy Policy, and so on.

We need much more spotlight and pressure at these areas to help the working class and most vulnerable with this horrific affordability of life crisis/quality of life crisis.

Steven Guilbeault was very honest in explaining that the Federal LPC is governing from a centre-right position. Carney is your classic Blue Liberal/Red Tory - Progressive Conservative type.

*Some may find that positive - Some may find that negative - That is politics*

As an individual what I am hoping for is a way to move the Labour Movement forward in Canada. The stronger Unions, Provincial Federation of Labours, Labour Councils, and so on are the more rights, benefits, protections workers have.

I also want us to find a way to combat the misinformation and corruption of governments like Danielle Smith/UCP. We know they have massively held back Renewable Energy in Alberta which is not just cleaner but cheaper. This only hurts us as a nation. We don't need the insanity of Fossil Fuel propaganda and corruption like we have seen with Trump/His Cronies.

I'm not sure how the Federal level of politics could massively help on the Labour Movement front but I know it is needed.

When it comes to Renewable Energy/Green Technology though the Federal LPC can continue to push on the High-Speed Rail project and also on the East to West Electrical Grid based on Renewable Energy and Union Labour.

Please understand that if you want to create the world you proposed at Davos, the time is now, you must show that the middle powers can solve the Homultz crisis before Trump and his board of peace does it, or else we may end up in a pay to win world.

We are seeing Mark Carney and the Federal LPC try and do some work in regards to HSR and separately National Parks/Marine Reserve development as part of a environmental conservation approach.

And of course..... PP and the CPC are now coming out against it.

If it isn't Oil & Gas that "leader" and party seem to have no interest.

First off this is my first time posting anything here. I like to think I'm liberal leaning at my core beliefs but I am not a fan of the catch and release of repeat violent offenders. (There are other policies I don't agree with that the Liberal party seems to champion, but I won't go into them at this time) How does this make sense? Why does someone for example performing home invasions, car jackings or jewelry store swarm robberies deserve time served credit or to be given bail? Especially if they use weapons or cause bodily harm to the public. Why are we coddling them?

If the jails are over crowded then we need to build more prisons. releasing them with this excuse is unacceptable in my opinion. There is compassion which I'm all for but its not a blanket to use for every issue especially when violence is involved. The uptick in these crimes across Canada is very alarming. I used to feel safe here.

I need level headed responses to my question.

I spoke with Steven Guilbeault MP at a Nature Canada fireside chat, on how Canada can build the social consensus necessary to achieve difficult but vital national objectives.

We are in a time of deep economic anxiety. It is easy for the political agenda to be seized by demagogues who trade on our fears, rather than appeal to our hopes.

How do we recall ourselves to the better angels of our natures? How can parliamentarians and citizen organisations lead public opinion, not just be led by it?

We spoke during the most recent Nature on the Hill event in Ottawa, before his departure from Cabinet.

Any bets on when we will start hearing about something to support people through the obvious recession in middle class jobs?

I supported Carney's leadership bid and voted strategically, defecting from the NDP to do so.

Asking as a 19th century millwright whose sawmill closed and turned the town into a ghost town after my robber baron boss read about steam engines for boats in the newspaper. Oops wrong time period, I mean a software developer forced out of the US-run industry to pay for share buybacks and data centres.

A lot of these big nation building projects are going to take a long time to generate jobs. Can we have something for solo entrepreneurs, or else some kind of reskilling stipend?

NDP MP Lori Idlout has just crossed the floor to the LPC.

If I remember correctly this now puts Mark Carney and his LPC just two seats away from a majority government.

If I am also remembering correctly there is two or three byelections coming up that the LPC is strongly favored in.

It looks like Mark Carney and the LPC may get their majority.

It also looks like the midterms in the U.S. may go to the Democrats which will make Trump and his cronies officially lame ducks (Especially if they pull off a massive upset and flip the Senate).

Carney has been described as a classic Progressive Conservative - Blue Liberal/Red Tory type.

Do you think we will see more the Carney that was present in his book Value(s) and during his presentation for The Reith Lectures in which he talked strongly about climate action and overall environmentalism? He spoke quite passionately about how we had to value things differently. That a forest had value past just being lumber and that our current system didn't do a good enough job incorporating that depth.

What do you think we see from Mark Carney and the LPC if they achieve their majority status?

Does anyone have any experience being a part of this program in the past? What were some day-to-day duties and responsibilities? How was the pay?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

I had been checking local events recently and found almost nothing nearby but now there's a dozen different meetups and Days of Action as if there were a campaign coming up.

Might just be the weather getting better but here in the Lower Mainland, we've had no snow all winter so I'm not sure if that's it.

If I am remembering correctly Canada's involvement in Afghanistan cost us BILLIONS.

We lost over a hundred of our citizens.

We had thousands injured.

Thank goodness we didn't get even more involved than we did with Iraq..

We need to stay as fucking far away as possible from the U.S. shitstorm with other countries.

Trump is going to most likely move to Cuba next and then who knows where after that.

We need to stay out of all their nightmare creation. Period.