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@drunklibshill He's a boring centrist technocrat who's smart enough not to axe social programs (Starmer take note) and who's positioning vs the US and economic policies broadly make sense. His main opponent is also a lame-duck who doesn't realise it yet.

Pierre Poilievre, once again, is showing Canadians that he has no vision to create jobs and grow the economy.   For decades, Canadians have advocated for a modern, fast, inter-city rail network. Alto is a generational investment that will transform travel and connect communities. It will boost GDP by $35 billion annually, create over 51,000 well-paying jobs, and help Canadians work, study, and travel more efficiently.   Pierre Poilievre is turning his back on Canadians from Quebec City to Toronto and the communities in between. Investing in High-Speed Rail means building a more connected, competitive Canada, and proves Canada can get big things done.   The Conservatives, as usual, think small. Turning away from nation-building investments is the wrong choice, and one Canadians reject at a time when we need to build and grow.

@BagelPolling # of RIM was never confirmed either, all decisions have been made by RCN, no political input in ship design on this side of the border.

@BagelPolling The BAE gun was the original design from the RN nothing to do with USN choices. Leonardo is being difficult with many navies abt it. The other changes had been announced long ago, for cost.

Quietly while nobody was looking the Liberals changed the River class design again. Its now even easier to fully integrate into the USN since they've dropped Sea Ceptor capabilities and replaced Leonardo's guns with BAE guns used by the USN. Funny that.

Dude would have voted against the St Lawrence Seaway

@JohnDonald32650 @SpaceWalkerReal What percentage of the population is subsidized when housing is funded in Vancouver, Hamilton, Edmonton or Moncton?

@Bone348 @SpaceWalkerReal What percentage of the population lives outside of Ontario and is now subsidising Toronto real estate?

It's finally fucking over holy shit, the Conservative Party of Canada under Pierre Poilievre is DONE! We need a new leader and new ideas, this is fucking ABSURD.

@JohnDonald32650 @SpaceWalkerReal What percentage of the population lives between Quebec and Toronto?

@Bone348 @SpaceWalkerReal Why are Liberals unable to comprehend that spending this amount of money to benefit a small part of Canadian population is a huge waste of money? Millions are lined up at foodbanks yet Carney is spending 10s of billions just days before 2 byelections. It's a huge waste of money.

Oh this is big. Would be our version for the role the f-22 plays. Basically the same set up the yanks have with their top tier (f22) and do everything f-35 jets

@SpencerFernando I say let's stick to 48 F35 and add~60 GCAP fighters plus 50-100 CCA drones, you've got yourself an air force for the next 40 yrs.

GCAP observer status is a wise move. Full membership would be wiser. spencerfernando.com/2026/03/31/gca…

@JimmyDunphy1 @sarobertsonca Investments in infrastructure aren't social spending which was the majority of COVID spending... Facts are clear: the US did it w/ the New Deal, Europe w/ the Marshall Plan, and we also did after WW2 and in smaller scale after 2008, smart infra. investment delivers growth.

@Bone348 @sarobertsonca Only an idiot would look at the worst GDP growth per capita in the G7, the highest debt to income ratio in the G7 and the worst affordability in the developed world and think: "If we just spend more money..." We've already more than doubled the national debt lol. How much more?

Pierre Poilievre on the Toronto–Quebec City High-Speed Rail Network: "Conservatives oppose the $90b Liberal-Alto train ... a future Conservative government will cancel this $90b boondoggle altogether."

@JimmyDunphy1 @sarobertsonca That is some proven Infrastructure investment economics that Stephen Harper put in practice on the advice of a team that included a man named Mark Carney to have the best post-2008 recovery in the world.

@Bone348 @sarobertsonca Lmao that's some liberal "the budget will balance itself" bullshit right there.

@CoopTory Pierre Poilievre is THE prophet of gloom, merchant of fear and embodiment of defeatist thought in Canadian politics.

Defeatist loser thinking. This just holds Canada back. Pierre wouldn’t stand in the way of expropriating private land for a pipeline, or a road to a mine. We shouldn’t stand in the way of developing our resources. We also shouldn’t stand in the way of rail.

@JimmyDunphy1 @sarobertsonca If u want to solve affordability u can only make sure ppl make more money, bringing prices back down=deflation aka complete economic crash. How do u grow salaries; INVEST, especially in infrastructure and locally-made equipment, bc they're local, i.e a massive steel HSR line.

@Bone348 @sarobertsonca If anything you just said was anywhere near true; Why aren't all the other g7 countries ranked near the bottom of the OECD in affordability like Canada is?

Victory is so close... Gotta pray a little bit harder... We're almost there, imagine this beauty in RCAF colours...

@NoahGairn Here we go! F-35 > GCAP should be the path. GCAP will offer such a leap in capability over even the F-35, let alone the archaic Gripen. The range will be an absolute game changer for the RCAF. It also opens the possibility of the plane carrying A2A missiles with massive range.

@MattShel1989 @NoahGairn It's the perfect plane for us in terms of range, lethality and future proofing...

From the Japanese side of things: Canada to allegedly be offered spot in GCAP open.substack.com/pub/truenorths…

@AlexRMcColl @NoahGairn Don't be salty Mr. McColl, we had this discussion already...

@NoahGairn 35/GCAP would be a hugely expensive mixed fleet with significant overlap in strengths & weaknesses. 30xF35 & 80xGripen into a 40xGCAP/80xGripen makes more sense, but again the costs are high. Even USAF leaders think it’s a giant waste of money to use stealth fighters for NORAD.

@JimmyDunphy1 @sarobertsonca The Cdn govt spends less than the US govt per capita, it's not even close. The affordability crisis is the result of COVID related inflation. Housing is a policy failure of all lvls of govt honestly. Large infrastructure projects is exactly what we need, Harper did it after 2008.

@Bone348 @sarobertsonca We have 2.2 million people visiting foodbanks every month - its such a crisis that foodbanks are telling people they can only come ONCE per week. We have record homelessness. 40% of Canadians report being $200 or less from insolvency. You liberals just spend, man.