• @[email protected]
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    3 months ago

    They picked that riding for a reason. The Cons got 81.8% of the vote in the recent election in that riding.

    I wish we had the requirement that you must LIVE in the riding you’re running for and have lived there the past 2 years at least. Should also have to live there the entire time in office as well.

    • Pyr
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      203 months ago

      Exactly, your MP is supposed to represent your local interest. If they don’t live there why the fuck would they care about you and your interests?

    • @[email protected]
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      203 months ago

      The last thing I would change is you only get paid the median wage of the people who you represent.

      Truly a person of the people

      It would encourage you to do a better job and try and lift your community to greater heights

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        123 months ago

        That’s actually a decent idea. Imagine if Trump’s income was capped at $66k/year, the US median income. He might actually give a shit about income inequality and raising the minimum wage.

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      523 months ago

      Hilarious that a bunch of Albertans that hate Ottawa politicians are about to vote in an Ottawa politician.

      • @[email protected]
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        123 months ago

        Because they’re not consistent. It’s not about anyone being an Ottawa politician, it’s just their tribalist victim complex.

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        283 months ago

        Perfectly on brand, tbh.

        They love freedom, but not for trans or gays.

        They love their country, but they hate paying the taxes to support it.

        They love democracy, but they hate when anybody else wins.

        They hate tyranny, but they love to back traitors.

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        103 months ago

        I’d love to see Albertans reject him as an “Ottawa elite parachute candidate”.

        They won’t, of course, but a guy can dream…

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          13 months ago

          Maybe shame the libertarians in that riding into presenting an independent candidate that would defeat Peter Rabbithair easily.