we would still be in a better position in a minority big C Conservative government than we are right now with a majority small c conservative governent.

You might not have been aware of the full stakes and nuances of the situation in late 2024, early 2025. At around December 2024, Trudeau was so unpopular that Poilievre was in clear majority territory, not minority if an election were held then.

This is more a matter of opinion, and I agree what we have is not a great situation, but do you really think that having Pierre in charge, with a cabinet of emboldened racists and a coalition of a group of conservative Liberals would be better than this? Metaphorically I see it as having Pierre in the driver's seat with Liberals with them in the front and the NDP backseat driving in the opposition, versus Mark in the front, with the NDP and the Cons together in the back with PP unable to find a compelling message.

Plus, getting Lewis to unapologetically push left-wing ideas for us I think is a better strategy than Singh's centre-left conciliatory approach that had exhausted its usefulness. The orange wipeout was, rightfully IMO, a wakeup call for the Canadian left.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

...the Singh centre-left got lots of stuff done in Canada like a dental plan.

The left needs simpler ideas, like 'we'll just hire your kids right out of trade school, and give them a job building 500,000 social housing units' so they can make money and get experience'.
The left also needs to get tough on crime. Get rid of the violence in prisons by making them safe, but put lots more people behind bars.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed with your first and second points, crime definitely is a separate discussion, I'm mixed on that.

Recall that I wrote "...had exhausted its usefulness", implying it was good, but unlikely to be as effective going forward.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The police forces are controlled by very right wing people, they don't put any energy into causes that they don't like, like loud and reckless driving cars.
It would be good to make the police forces more responsive to the communities they serve, but the left has no interest. Legalize drugs, make they only available through license sellers...and go after the unauthorized seller very very very hard, because those people don't care about you, or making Canada better.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

but the left has no interest.

You mean the centrist liberals right? Progressives are 100% on board with changing the way law enforcement is done, top to bottom. Its a core of their platform.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Progressives are 100% on board with changing the way law enforcement is done

The left can't communicate what it wants law enforcement to be.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

Ah I see, its all the out of power progressives fault. Darn those progressives. Powerless and maligned but completely at fault for the abuses of leadership.

Aslo you frame it as if it was simply a problem of progressives communicating what centrists and the right just somehow cant see, or the centrists and right being willing to listen.

Could it be the centrists and right know exactly what the problems are and choose not to address them?