8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

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Once seen as the man to oust Trudeau, voters are now looking for someone to take on Trump.

As a giant of industry and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk wields influence across the global economy. He’s leveraging that success to extend his influence into the democratic process in Canada and elsewhere.

His target: millions of Canadians who inhabit the murkier realms of the internet.

The return of the Liberals to power in 2015 has basically been a continuation of the years from Jean Chrétien to Stephen Harper.

917 votes, 101 comments. Canada isn't a blameless victims. In fact, they forged the axe that is going to cut them. Most people of this sub know that…

Mark Carney won the federal Liberal leadership race in a landslide victory on Sunday, and a Memorial University political scientist believes there could be a shakeup as the party changes course.

The Liberal party just elected Mark Carney as their new leader. In the end the race wasn’t even close. He got 85 percent of the vote and his nearest rival, former deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, didn't get to the 8 per cent mark. Carney is seen by many commentators and Liberal voters as the man to handle the impending economic crisis caused by Trump’s trade war with Canada.

Canada now has a former banker, never elected to any political post in his life, in the most important seat of the country. He has miraculously resuscitated ...

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Who seeks to lead a country without knowing the dangers it faces?

When it comes to lying, Poilievre won’t be able to match Trump — if only because that’s not humanly possible. His lies are appropriately Canadian, by comparison: more modest in scale, less adventurous in content.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre argues that accepting classified intelligence would stop him from holding the Liberal government to account.

The conservative leader trivializes bail reforms and drug policies, issues that are serious and significant to the lives of many Canadians.

When it comes to Pierre Poilievre's relationship with the incoming American president, the early signs aren’t exactly encouraging — not, at least, if you care about Canada’s ability to resist the gravitational pull of Trump’s black hole of bullshit.

Conservative attacks on the Canadian economy are not based on solid math, and in some cases are outright misleading.

Anaida Poilievre’s uncle lived undocumented in Canada and received help from her and a MP. The Conservative leader has said such individuals should be ‘tracked down’ and ‘deported’

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By being responsive to die-hard conservatives, he puts himself at their mercy

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Koch Industries, Elon Musk’s X Corp., Loblaws, Enbridge, Pathways Alliance, the Canadian Gas Association, Rumble Canada, Rebel News, Canada Proud, and Facebook. These are just a handful of the corporate interests and right-wing communications platforms linked to the inner circle of Pierre Poilievre and his federal Conservatives as Canada heads into a snap federal election […]

The rise of an unusually tame right-wing populist reveals how Canadian democracy stays strong — and why the world should take notes from Ottawa.