[Richard White]

Lol. Hungary is hardly a country we want to be emulating.

No but my point is we are not the only place banning them.

 

[narduch]

No but my point is we are not the only place banning them.

So you found 1 country. And it's one also being run by a fascist piece of shit.

Hardly making a strong point here

 

[Mihairokov]

Just saw the Carney government is banning Irish group Kneecap from performing in Canada.

Absolutely pathetic move.

And people want to laughter at the growing fascism in the US. We already have our own brand here

This has to do with the band calling for the killing of MPs, no?

 

[narduch]

This has to do with the band calling for the killing of MPs, no?

I thought it was for waving a flag

 

[zang]

It fundamentally changes how people vote. I don't think we can assume this carries over as neatly as you're saying.

Except that Mamdani had 44% of the first-choice round, against a well-known, well-funded candidate. The fact that Cuomo couldn't beat that first round all but guaranteed it was going to be Mamdani, regardless of whether it was FPTP or ranked.

Yes, maybe Mamdani would not have entered had it not been ranked ballot, but the man seemed pretty determined to enter it to begin with.

FPTP represses interest in running because anyone who doesn't finish top is automatically a loser.

The same with Ranked Ballots. As I said, they make sense in races where proportions aren't needed, but certainly aren't fair when parties or multiple regions are involved.

Although this is true I don't expect turnout to be all that great as it is a general by-election. LPC will name some C-list celebrity to run in the riding and that will be that. We saw in the last election that having NDP MPPs had very little to no impact on how the federal ridings swung.

Sure, but the last election was much a reactionary one, a vote for the guy people thought would stand up most to Trump. This by-election has almost no stakes, it's not going to fundamentally change parliament, and thus no reason for strategic voting. And I'll point out, the runner up in 3 out of 4 of the past elections in U-R has been NDP.

 

[picard102]

This has to do with the band calling for the killing of MPs, no?

No, it has to do with pressure from groups like the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and B’nai Brith who are calling this a victory.