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[–] Arts251@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Not an Avi Lewis fan but at least he is on the correct side of logic on that issue.

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[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca [S] 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I definitely am enjoying the fact that at least someone on my screen is shifting the Overton window as far left as he does. Otherwise Canadian politics would've been a much sadder affair.

Are you not a fan because you don't like something in particular?

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[–] Arts251@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

I am not a fan because of his stance on the core economic issues in western Canada, and his overprioritization of social issues. I find too many politicians and too many of their supporters are working to try to force people to behave certain ways (beyond their legal duties to pay taxes, not commit crimes or legal wrongdoings etc), embrace certain beliefs that they just might not hold, and basically be someone that the government approves of or sanctions. There is too much focus on inequality and not enough acknowledgement on the already existing legal equality that we do have. All levels of government these days need to relinquish control over individual's autonomy more. It's a concerning trend that has really amped up over the past 10-15 years and the NDP under Lewis wants to go even harder.

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[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I agree that most political discourse from the left, in the last 15 years, has been shifting towards protecting victims of inequalities that the common law should already be protecting, and in so doing shifted focus from "what unites us" to "what separates us". I feel this inevitably leads to a divided society.

I fail to see why people feel forced to embrace beliefs they don't hold, though.

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[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 5 months ago

Can you give specific examples? Most of the rhetoric I've seen was about workers rights, because those are being trampled on often.

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[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 5 months ago

I assume we're talking about oil if we're talking about Western Canada. I agree that he hasn't discussed oil production in a positive way.

But I also disagree that he's focused on social issues versus economic ones. His focus has been on national solutions to reduce the cost of housing, groceries, telecoms, etc. Unless that's what you meant by social issues.

Either way, I can't say that provincial politics have even allowed the very provinces producing oil to even benefit from them suitably (expansion or not).

I'm not looking at the federal government to protect/expand my career prospects/industry - that's mostly a provincial matter. But I definitely want the federal government to make everyday life cheaper for me.