Der Vorsitzende des liberalen Repräsentantenhauses „beginnt, sich Sorgen zu machen“ über die Unterstützung für den kommenden Haushalt
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-budget-support-vote-9.6947268
Der Vorsitzende des liberalen Repräsentantenhauses „beginnt, sich Sorgen zu machen“ über die Unterstützung für den kommenden Haushalt
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-budget-support-vote-9.6947268
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Interest free loans for first time home buyers is an absolutely bonkers request by the Bloc.
CPC won’t support the massive deficit they’re about to put forward with no plan to reign spending in, instead creating a new accounting definition so they can argue perpetual deficit spending is sustainable.
That leaves the NDP, who really couldn’t have done worse than last time and might stand to gain the most from a snap election.
I still bet a few people cross to pass it but it won’t be a resounding win for the liberals
I can see why. The Liberals are facing a pretty tough crowd in Parliament.
The CPC is guaranteed to vote against it, regardless of what is in it, and there was no point attempting to negotiate with them. They are a party whose new ethos is built on uncompromising and total struggle against the Liberals and liberalism generally. Compromise would be a betrayal of what they promised their supporters they would stand for.
The BQ released its demands, including six non-negotiables, which are diametrically opposed to Carney’s goal of reducing operating expenses to direct funds to investment. The Bloc said they will be hard to sway, even if those demands are met. Traduction pour le Reste du Canada: That’s gonna be a hard no from them. EDIT: Worth mentioning, the main goal of Carney for the next four years – „Nation Building“ infrastructure projects carried out at a national level to create more integrated internal and international trade – is diametrically opposed to the entire raison d’etre of the Bloc. There is zero chance of the Bloc not opposing this agenda with all of their might.
So it all comes down to the NDP.
The NDP has declared they will not negotiate in pubic or private, nor will they release specific demands or requirements. They have only said they will not support „austerity“. They have not defined what they mean by austerity, but its safe to assume its not the conventional definition of „reducing government deficits by decreasing overall spending and/or increasing taxes,“ but instead the new leftist version of „any cuts to any programs or public salaries of any kind at all.“
The extreme vagueness of the NDP is perhaps heartening. Their refusal to make demands suggests that they don’t want to wear voting for a budget that didn’t meet them. However, their usual take on „austerity“ will make adhering to their one signal of how they’ll decide basically impossible.
Most likely, they’ll abstain.
If the NDP abstain, the Liberals will have 168 votes (169, minus the Speaker) to the 167 for the rest of the opposition including E May.
If even one Liberal is sick, late, has car trouble, eats a bad burrito, or decides to do the funniest thing, the budget fails and we go to a snap election. The polls have the Liberals and CPC in a dead heat in terms of popular vote, and the resultant election would be chaos.
*has a deficit*
“oh god ppl aren’t gonna like this”
Maybe if the spending was on society and not militarization it might come across better
Lol thats not a worry , hes pressing the opposition with the facts .. act ridiculous and youll get crushed .
If the opposition triggers a election with dramatics , they’ll get absolutely crushed by swing voters in this „snap “ election.
Basically he just said bring substance if you want compromise in the budget or will see you at the polls .
This is putting pressure on the opposition. There’s a lot of swing ridings that could go CPC –> LPC if the election gets called (which is not likely to happen). The pressure is going to come from Quebecers and towards the BLOC and some CPC. There was a comment on here that the NDP could abstain which they can do and swing over Elizabeth May pretty easy.
There’s also dissent in the CPC caucus right now with Pierre’s anti-RCMP stance.
If the NDP were smart, they’d abstain and let the budget pass, then use the time to rebuild and focus on what’s coming next. Nothing the Liberals are doing will meaningfully address affordability, which is the core issue driving voters toward right-wing populism across Western democracies. All the NDP needs to do is let the Liberals sink themselves while positioning as an alternative to the CPC. By the next election, voters won’t be looking for more Liberal band-aids, but they might be looking for an alternative to Conservative rage-bait.