Watching an interview with the Prime Minister of Alberta and would like you folks from up north to explain your government to us poor folks down here. I understand there appear to be 3 political parties, that Alberta seems to be getting the shaft due to the left leaning eastern provinces support of formally Trudeau and now Carney, and the belief in the eastern provinces of forever green, even though real facts don't support that position.

So, what about Manitoba, Sask, Alberta, and British Columbia. Other than Alberta are they all to left leaning to prevent all of those provinces together from making important change for overall better economy for Canada?

I was goose hunting in Saskatchewan when trump was in office the first time.
We went into a small bar for dinner and tastey beverages.
They knew we were American and asked if we liked the Donald,,,, yes of course….
They purchased drinks for us all night…..

What ever happened to French Quebec pulling out and starting their own country? And what about Nova Scotia, PE Island and Newfoundland? Whose side are they on?

Tangle

Today's topic.

Canada’s election.

On Monday, Canada held a federal election for members of the House of Commons to the 45th Parliament. The Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, won a plurality of seats, securing a fourth consecutive term in power. The Conservative Party placed second, and party leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat, casting his political future into doubt. While the Liberals did not take enough seats to win a majority, as the party that received the most votes they will now put forward their party leader, Carney, to retain his position as prime minister.

The Liberals’ victory marks a rapid turnaround from the start of 2025, when the Conservatives were heavily favored to win. The race shifted in early 2025, when President Donald Trump proposed tariffs on Canadian imports and comments about annexing Canada became a defining issue of the race.

Back up: In January, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party, which then elected Carney as his replacement. Shortly after becoming prime minister in March, Carney called for a snap election. The maximum time between federal elections in Canada is five years, but they can be held sooner if the prime minister asks the governor general to dissolve Parliament, prompting a snap election.

The four largest parties competing in Monday’s election were the Liberals, Conservatives, the New Democratic Party (NDP), and Bloc Québécois (which only fields candidates in the province of Quebec). These parties compete for seats in 343 ridings — or electoral districts — across Canada, with each riding representing a seat in Parliament’s House of Commons. Before the Parliament’s dissolution in March, the Liberals held 153 seats, the Conservatives held 120, the Bloc Québécois held 33, and the NDP held 24.

As of Tuesday, the Liberal Party had won 169 ridings, the Conservatives 144, Bloc Québécois 22, and the NDP 7. 172 seats are required for a majority — and to elect a prime minister — so Liberals will now have to work with a minority party to elect Carney as prime minister and pass legislation.

Poilievre, the Conservative Party leader since 2022, built his campaign on affordability issues, tax cuts, and criticisms of Liberal Party rule under Trudeau. He also pushed back on President Trump’s calls to make Canada a U.S. state, pledging to “put Canada first” if elected, which drew a rebuke from Trump. Poilievre’s leadership guided Conservatives to a 24-point polling advantage before Trump’s inauguration, but that lead had dwindled and was nearly erased by the time Carney called for a snap election in March.

Carney ran as an outspoken critic of President Trump, promising to maintain Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports and diversify the country’s alliances and trade relationships. In his acceptance speech on Monday, the prime minister said, “As I’ve been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country… President Trump is trying to break us so he can own us. That will never happen.” However, Carney also spoke with Trump in late March and said the two agreed to open talks on a new economic and security deal with whomever won the election. On Tuesday, Trump called Carney to congratulate him on his victory, and Carney’s office said the two agreed to work together “as independent, sovereign nations.”

Where I’m from it’s almost all conservatives. And that’s all that matters to me.

As long as Canadians appreciate their government, that’s all that matters. Lord knows I don’t understand ours well enough to explain it to Canadians. So I don’t want to raise feathers trying to get Canadians to explain theirs to me. This is a trapping site. Let’s stick to what we agree on.

I've watched more Canadian resident podcasts since yesterday. Lots of discontent up there. Just like down here. And I see a partnership at the hip between our green people here, in Canada, and the elites that attend the WEF annual meetings.

Ignoring world facts won't make things better.

Most of us agree Democrats/Liberals are the biggest threat to Wildlife management. It doesn’t matter what side of the border you reside on !

Try see how that goes on a spring goose hunt now…lol. Until a few months ago, there was trump paraphernalia all over.
Gotta remember what demograph of people live here in the green circle.


But that doesn’t explain it either when you look to northwestern Ontario and northern Alberta? It’s a mess and we can all agree that a Dem/Lib government is trouble for all of us. We’re lucky enough that for now, our fur is managed on science for the most part. The Natives & Metis have a lot of pull and they don’t want to destroy their heritage anymore than they already have.

Eastern province of Quebec is forever green and the evidence suggests that. No drilling, no mining, no pipelines but they want albertas cash cow. Interprovincial trade barriers leave Alberta no choice but to sell to the United States. Canada, because of its resources might possibly be the richest country on planet earth but because of liberal policy has a smaller GDP than our poorest state.

That’s pretty accurate.
But I guess I’ll have to give Carney a chance. The NDP & Bloc (Bloc shouldn’t even be in there cuz they’re Que only) will hold the swing in parliament. But the NDP is in the situation they’re in right now because of backing the Libs basically turning them into a majority government…..we’ll see.

Western Canada gets the shaft because of an unfair electoral system




Too many takers in eastern Canada ,,,,,not enough makers

The confederation experiment has failed,,,,40+ years of “screw the west,,,we’ll take rest” is about to come home to roost

It’s actually an exciting time for western Canadians

An amazing new country may about to be formed

Spjones, what will you do if the rest of Canada tries to forbid Alberta from becoming independent of its users?

Keith

Keith,
The is a referendum poll being taken currently on the discussion of Alberta succeeding from Canada. Not a vote. They are trying to get all of the ducks in a row so when/if they attempt a vote is likely to succeed.

Check out the Jasmin Lain podcast.

Been following Canadian politics more than ever before and it seems confusing to me. Is it true that a party leader can take over representation of another riding from another party member that won their riding? I read where Poilievre would probably do this since he lost his riding.

He can't just take it. Someone would have to volunteer to give theirs up.

Here's another podcast to check out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC7UjBXsrKg

Its trumps fault we're stuck with these morons again. Him talking about 51st state and tarrifs scared all the old people out east into voting liberal because pierre the conservative reminded them of Trump. And they all figured carney would be the best to handle the big bad trump. Trump wanted the liberals to win again for a reason he's not stupid.

Have you guys reached the point of no return, as in are the conservatives outnumbered to the point they won't win again like some of our states are now?

No this was very close. Pretty much the east is liberal except half Ontario and the west is mainly conservative. Before Trump started all the 51st state talk the conservatives were smashing the liberals In the polls, we also still had moron Trudeau as the PM so that was a big part as well. He was hated by almost all of canada at that point.