meh I've already heard that sort of statement a whole bunch, and personally don't give a shit anymore.

The BC Liberals were a corrupt, shitty party. That doesn't mean the NDP deserve support, especially as they've made a bunch of gaffs lately, and have generally done a poor job at managing various parts of the provincial portfolio. Lots of people myself included, are sick of voting for "the lesser of two shitty options" -- the NDP ought to be putting out things that make people want to follow them / elect them. Their approach to this election call does the exact opposite, and runs a high risk of passing control of the government over to the Conservatives YEARS earlier than they had to. And at a time when such a hand over could cause serious damage, given what's going on in Alberta, the USA's new regime/international aggression, etc.

They could've waited till like 2028? 2029? Hell, even if Eby had waited until the various fringe parties had 'settled', so that the vote split on the right was more assured, they'd have a better shot at maintaining power in a FPTP system. With all that time they could've had, they could've worked on setting up proportional representation -- something that a splintered right-wing would likely be more agreeable to, and which would encourage better governance going forward.

We get Eby taking a huge risk with a stupid election call at a stupid time. Like a ship entering a dangerous arctic passageway, suddenly declaring they need to elect a new captain mid voyage, it's just ridiculous and reckless. Or, sitting down at a restaurant and the waiter brings you a plate of moldy food -- and defends it as the "best option" because the other meals are literal piles of feces. Fuck telling people to vote to eat the mold -- tell the restaurant to do better. Personally, I'm voting green this time around, largely because fuck the other two parties -- even if there are a bunch of things in the green platform I don't like.

Oh pish posh Sunshine. That comment is perfectly fine within the context it was written, and isn't a jab at the party in specific. Noting that they're 1 of the only 3 parties that are potentially viable to form a government, albeit unlikely, is a nod to them being an actual party if anything -- compared to the whatever the fuck that centre/one parties are or w/e.

Noting that they didn't manage to field candidates in quite a few lower mainland districts is also worth highlighting. I don't expect the greens to 'win', but it's still worth watching what they do / where the spend resources, given that they have a new untested leader. Are they not fielding candidates in those ridings because they don't want to split votes / dedicate limited resources to races they don't think they can win? Who knows. But scrutiny of the greens is warranted. I shouldn't have to remind you how much of a cluster fuck the federal greens were under Annamie Paul -- a mark on their record that cost them many longtime supporters, and is a situation that drove away many moderate-green leaning voters. She and the federal greens are basically the poster child for "DEI is fucking stupid" too, which is just... I mean fuck me, they fucked up equity stuff so badly that they practically handed right-wingers a gift basket.

Regardless, you don't need to imagine insults to the greens everywhere -- I'm sure you have far too many subs to astro turf with your biased news spam to question every "not positive and glowing" comment about the greens on the site.

I mean.. I'd love to see that but let's see.

Especially since David Eby squashed proportional representation from passing and John Horgan made the mistake of allowing the elites to sabotage electoral reform in the form of a referendum.

I’m referring to the “Assault Style Compensation Program” or what most of us call the confiscation program.

This started after the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting involving an individual who murdered 2 police officers, dressed up as an aforementioned officer, and went on a mass killing spree murdering a total of 22 individuals.

Justin Trudeau a month after this incident prohibited 1500 makes and models of firearms and any variants of the firearms via Order In Council, so this did not go through Parliament or the House of Commons, ultimately the prohibitions would’ve not at all prevented the mass shooting In NS whatsoever as the perpetrator obtained their firearms illegally to begin with.

Now that we’re 6 years into this prohibition, up to 2400 makes and models (including all variants) of firearms are now prohibited and with a public safety minister who was caught on a open mic disavowing the program claiming that he did not believe it was an effective public safety measure but kept chugging along as it was a promise Mark Carney made in his election campaign.

The firearms types that were prohibited also include the .22Lr variants, if you don’t know what a .22Lr is refer to the image below it’s the top row 12th from the left, essentially a caliber you use to teach beginners on firearm handling and safety (or plinking pop cans out in the wilderness).

Cutting this off here as it’s already a long comment, I moderate /c/ca_firearms_rights@lemmy.halstead.host if you want more information regarding firearm ownership in Canada shoot me a dm! (pun intended)

I don't think provinces really have that much control over gun policy? That's more federal.

While you’re correct that firearm policies & the Canadian Firearms Program is associated more closely with the federal government opposed to individual provinces however, the sale of goods and services and property rights have historically been left up to the provinces to decide, it’s unusual for the federal government to outright prohibit thousands of items that have been 1) approved by the RCMP and 2) for sale in this country for decades without registration (except in Quebec, all firearms must be registered upon sale).

Saskatchewan found a nifty loop-hole in the firearms act, essentially government employees can posses prohibited firearm so long as the province approves it, so Saskatchewan appointed a firearms commissioner who’s job is to hire firearms owners, firearms owners enter an agreement with Saskatchewan government that they will sell their firearm to the federal government after they receive what is to be fair market value, this allows firearms owners to hold onto their firearms indefinitely until the federal government pays them for what it’s actually worth.