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Jude's avatar

I'm so grateful you put all this in writing and on this platform. When you asked the other day for issues any of us might be concerned about I wanted to say the crappy politics no longer suitable for our country and maybe never was. The arguing and demeaning crap that took us nowhere. Thank you Fred. I'm sure there are millions of us Canadians feeling the same way. Canada is growing up. Division is not helping. Lay out opposing issues that are helpful if that's the case but be grown ups about it and not traitors to the country you are supposedly helping. There's a better way. Learn it.

Fred Ferguson (GeezerWise)'s avatar

Jude, this nails it.

That’s exactly the rot people are tired of...

Cheap shots, constant demeaning noise, and political theatre that solves nothing.

Canadians are hungry for grown-up leadership and grown-up public behaviour again.

We can disagree without acting like vandals in our own house.

Thanks for saying this so clearly.

Brian Rosen's avatar

Yer a wise geezer!

Fred Ferguson (GeezerWise)'s avatar

Haha… I’ve had a few years Brian to mess it up and figure a bit of it out 😄

Appreciate that.

Truth is, I’m just trying to keep things simple and honest… and not drift back into the kind of thinking that doesn’t help anyone.

Glad it’s landing.

Keith Power's avatar

I can't say anying else but, well said Fred!

LCG's avatar

Great points...I thank the universe every morning that Mark Carney decided to take on a usually thankless job in such unprecedented times. I never knew how much I loved this country. Vive Le Canada True North Strong and Free 🇨🇦

John's avatar
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I am excited about Canada’s future under a Carney majority. We are finally taking aggressive control of our own national future. No more waiting to see how other nations react. We will have an aggressive Canadian strategy , based on Canadian values. representing the Canadian

mosaic.

Build big, take calculated risk, adjust as necessary , keep moving forward.

Canada, finally has a

“Richly Imagined Future”

Frank Fulton's avatar

Well stated Fred. Unlike you, I voted Conservative in the last election but to be honest I had to plug my nose to do so. I've sent three letters to the Conservative Party of Canada over the past three years strongly suggesting that Poilevre was just too unlikeable and untrustworthy to vote for and that if they wanted to win a federal election, they'd have to run another horse. All I got in response was being added to their mailing list asking for donations.

Justin Trudeau was such a disaster for Canada and I was afraid that Mark Carney would be "Trudeau 3.0". Has he ever surprised me. He's pulling Canada up by its bootstraps, stating our vision, our priorities, and then moving on them to get them done. That's something that as Canadians we are just not used to and I applaud and support everything he's trying to do.

There are a lot of MAPLE MAGA voices trying to tear Carney down. I'm so sick of seeing their negative crap that I'm just ignoring it now. As Canadians, we have the right leader in place, finally, and I'm fully supportive of his efforts.

Dean Midyette's avatar

🇨🇦A leader for Canada. A leader for the world🇨🇦

🇨🇦 Natalie Woodn’t 🇨🇦's avatar

I voted for Mark Carney not for the party. But, I have voted Liberal before and proud of it.

Lola Lala's avatar

I'm with you 110% Fred. Now, can you say something about the Data Centre Kevin O'Leary and Danielle Smith are proposing for the Grande Praire area, where fracking is already using up all the water, causing earthquakes, and drought like conditions for years in a row. Of course exacerbating forest fires, and loss of wild life, etc. Thank you for your insights. Interestingly, I have always voted person not party...yet I see eye to eye with you on so many topics. Isn't it great being Canadian ❤️🇨🇦

LAS's avatar

I heartily agree with your stance. Tired of the nitpicking—abandoned his values by accepting Gladu. Tired of the rage farming—backroom deals for a majority. Tired of the complaining—makes staff dress like the professionals they are. Tired of the negativity and fence sitting—get on board or get run over. And as an Albertan, fed up and disgusted with that excuse for a human being and Premier, Daniel Smith, and the 53% of low information Albertans who support her!

The Control Group's avatar

🇨🇦 Watched the highly-sanitized Carney highlight reel from yesterday’s Libtard convention and not a single line landed as anything but spin, euphemism, or narrative management. It was not a vision for recovery. It was a standing ovation for managed decline.

Manufactured momentum, choreographed outrage, and applause for the same dead-end formula: more DEI theatre, more corporate welfare dressed up as net-zero virtue, and more managerial slogans while housing and affordability keep circling the drain.

Same script. Same class. Same failure. Just louder applause.

Mary Margaret's avatar

Hmm, this reads like you're describing the CPC and Poilievre as they are seen by everyone outside your bubble.

Geri's avatar

Every accusation is a confession...

The Control Group's avatar

Lmfao. Gold Mary. Sounds like you’re in the CCP bubble. 🇨🇳