politics favors short-term thinking
So does biology. Immediate gratification wins out over delayed gratification almost every single time.
It's so weird to hear it referred to as "Netflix series" in the American trades...
In any case, I've been meaning to check it out. The buzz has been positive, and CBC has been promoting the hell out of it.
These are strange times indeed.
This election was so weird in so many ways, I think it will be some time before we fully understand what it all means.
It's a weird situation. Like it or not, Polievre just achieved the highest Conservative vote share since the 1980s.
That he still lost is astonishing, and it'll be a while before anyone can sort out the path forward.
But I suspect they'll keep him around.
Yeah, they'll probably just parachute him into an Alberta riding. We're not rid of him yet.
A few scattered thoughts on this:
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The NDP are leaderless, and are therefore agendaless until they can get organized again.
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They're also probably broke, and in no position to fight another election.
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While they certainly hold a good position in the new HoC, there's bound to be some introspection about how that worked out for them last time.
That probably means you keep good company - I would trust polls over anecdotes.
It's worth noting that in the months preceding the 1995 referendum, the "yes" movement was hovering around 37%. They managed to propel that to 49.42% result in the referendum itself.
Definitely not to be taken lightly.
That poll is cited in the piece, and the fact that separatist sentiments in AB and SK are roughly on par with QC (where it's still treated as a serious threat) is kind of the central point.
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I reject the framing of DEI as a "right buzzword." Don't let them co-opt it.
Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and blame a technical glitch, and totally not human error.
Fixed.