cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29061644

We’ve done it, we got rid of another soulless right wing politician!

Peter Dutton first made his party lose this election and now also lost his own seat much like Pierre Pullover

We’ve still got a government that green-lit new coal power plants in it’s last term, screwed over the Aboriginal community with a poorly run referendum, and still doesn’t give a shit about climate change, but baby steps hey.

    • piskertariot@lemmy.world
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      It’s about 3 seconds of googling to find out that there will be byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot, which went 81.8% in favour of the Conservative candidate. Polievre will run there, get swept in, and pretend that he represents Canadians.

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        Telling people to google stuff is so fcking reddit mate.

        Thanks for providing context.

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            The burden of proof lies with the person making the claim. Whether or not something is easily confirmable

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              I don’t think a comment asking for a source is very interesting conversation.

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                I don’t think a comment stating that you don’t think a comment asking for a source is very interesting conversation is very interesting conversation, yet here we are.

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                Only if you respond with a link and no explanation.

                What would you prefer? No sources? Talking only about insubstantial things that don’t need them? Obviously you’re here to talk about something.

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                  What would you prefer?

                  For someone to take 3 seconds to Google something before asking for a source. Why is that so controversial?

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      Not op but https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-to-run-in-alberta-byelection-1.7525104

      Basically he asked a con in the highest % of con votes to step down to trigger a by-election. It’s an area where the other parties don’t even campaign, they just hand it to the cons.

      There are already talks of “liberals rigged the election” so that he can deflect and not make it a personal failing that he lost a riding that’s historically always been conservative and lost a 25 point lead in the polls in a few months.

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        What even is the point of “representing your district” if they could just nominate a random person from across the country that never before stepped foot in that district?

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          Welcome to Canadian Parliamentary politics, where every good step forward has an equal and opposite step backwards.

          While I still prefer it to the alternative system to the south; where it’s all bad steps. I’d be lying if I said our own system was perfect by any means.

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          Carney could deny the by-election or at least delay it, but that’d cause conservative tears so he’s avoiding the drama.

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        Oh god… We had Jacinta Pryce (extreme right winger in Oz) try the same here tonight. How do they expect this to work? I suppose because it worked for Diaper Don…

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      Sorry, didn’t check back until now, but looks like it got sourced in the meantime.