Well…

We will slow the growth of government spending, initially cap the size of the public service, and review our spending with an emphasis on outcomes and technology to reduce inefficiencies. By leveraging AI and machine learning to boost productivity and cut costs across government, we will build a highly competitive, technology-enabled public service focused on delivering for Canadians and ensuring funds are allocated where they best serve Canadians.

This is the appropriate level of cynicism - Carney hasn’t proven himself. We want him to be good, because we want him to be better than Poilievre, but he hasn’t shown us that yet.

He’s sorta kinda promising tax cuts, if we’re good:

A Mark Carney-led government’s fiscal policy will focus first on reining in wasteful and ineffective government spending, creating room for personal income tax cuts so that Canadians can keep more of their hard-earned money and better cope with the higher cost of living.

But when asked specifically about electoral reform and proportional representation, he says he’s uncertain and open to exploring options? Why would someone as smart as him be uncertain about ensuring every vote counts?

He’s trying to play both sides: if he says no, then he alienates NDP and other non-Libs; if he says yes, then he alienates those who like the current system or are afraid of change.

I’m not sure the rest of NATO would be falling over themselves to defend a different trading partner from a (theoretical) ally and nuclear power.

There would be some stern rebuke at the UN, but I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for boots on the ground.

Carney seems like he’s open to electoral reform

So was Trudeau. I hope you’re right, but it feels like a longshot.

I just think she couldn’t win the next fight (the general election)

She’s too closely associated with Trudeau. I think Trudeau’s popularity turned around partially because he was leaving - his replacement wouldn’t be able to use that.

Things are gonna get spicy. Before the trade war, I suspect many people would grumble that the packages should get through. Now though?

Tron 2. Daft Punk without lyrics is perfect for me.

The mods life is a lonely one. To live amongst the regular users, but to never be one. To never show weakness. To be an avatar of all that is good and pure in a sub.

reckless attempted mass murder

Does the article link to a proposal from CUPW that includes some similar stuff? I really like the idea of postal banking for rural areas. And acting as an ISP.

Edit: rewrite as a question.

But if the only way to do it is to have ads or selling our data etc, then I don’t want that.

Nobody wants that. It’s a bunch of lil features:

• following users in Lemmy,

• allow mods flair users in a community (so subscribers/patrons can show off),

• Make it easier to see popular posts on Lemmy and Mastodon,

Stuff like that.

Fight the power!

Pretty much this. The best thing about him is that he isn’t Poilievre.

But Carney appears to be a relatively right-leaning Liberal. Shrinking the federal government is fine, I guess; cutting taxes for might be boutique tax cuts for the rich - I didn’t see specifics; his housing policy seems to rely heavily on the private sector, which is pretty similar to everyone else’s (and doesn’t seem great, tbh).

That seems so long ago.

Agreed, except you’re wrong about your baby. Mine were the good looking ones.

It’d be interesting to know what’s more effective: programs preventing harassment in general, or programs preventing harassment against specific groups.

I much prefer the general strategy. It doesn’t feel exclusionary, and it’s easier to justify the overall need.

Having said that, women face more violence.

But:

researchers found that abuse directed at women in politics is viewed as more severe than those aimed at men, even if the nature and frequency of abuse received is similar. The study also explains why this occurs, showing that attacks on women are more likely to be perceived as motivated by misogyny and a desire to exclude women from public office, compared to abuse directed at men. In contrast, attacks on women are less likely than those on men to be seen as driven by other factors, such as policy disagreements.

Why doesn’t Congress, the larger institution, simply eat the president?

Globe doesn’t have much else: https://archive.is/POGRZ

I really hope we get a motive and background for this one. Police have been tight lipped about previous mass violence threats/events.