You can be unpopular and still be democratically elected. That’s so awful. Gotta fix voter apathy.
→ proportional representation mitigates voter apathy and also greatly mitigates polarization and strategic voting
I’m happy to heap scorn on my province’s weenie premier for his constant folding to regressive bullies and wealthy lobbies, but I gotta admit that he’s got nothing on Smith, Legault, Moe, Ford, or Houston.
This country’s had some real shithead premiers in its history but it really does feel like a race to the bottom these days.
Surely Doug Ford deserves a dishonourable mention. Bike lanes are getting systematically removed ffs
And corruption scandals, totally effective ‘buck a beer’, a ridiculous tunnel. Its astonishing that the people of Ontario could be worse off.
No, let’s focus on the bike lanes.
He wants you focused on the bike lanes so you don’t question him pushing along new highways without any environmental assessments.
Highways above and underground. How about we all try and remember that stupid fucking “underground highway below the 417” idea to “reduce traffic” in that eternal hell hole. However many billions (possibly even trillions) that ends up being.
Well, one is a traitor. Plain and simple.
Genuinely surprised Smith is that low. Like, if it took into account how people nationally felt about Smith I’d see this as expected, but the Angus Reid poll referenced seems to be based on the approval ratings of the premiers by their constituents.
I swear not long back Smith had a 60% approval rating here, which is absurd to think about as expected as it is. Wonder if the podcast surfacing pissed people off.
The longer she stays, the more crap she does and says, the harder for people to justify this nutcase. And the US threats have even hardcore conservatives’ neck hair up. They don’t trust her not to sell us out. I believe a very, VERY small group actually wants to join the US.
I think the sentiment of “just let PP take office and then we can help you fuck us over” really irked people for some reason.
Insert surprised pikachu meme here.
