politics

I wonder if Trudeau actually loses this election

housing/ cost of living crisis is making people way more mad than usual

does canada have a term limit for PM pika

no

you can in theory run and win forever

Mckenzi King was like 15-20 years, but that was during the wars

most pms only last 8-10 years

i wish more positions had term limits

a PM can also call an election whenever they want

so Trudeau called one 2? years into one of his terms

so he is technically on his 3rd elected run as PM

wait you can pre-empt an election?

The rule is you must have an election after X amount of time

you can have it whenever you want before

so just call it when it looks easiest to win

Usually early elections are a gambit

"I want to pass this thing, if you really hate it, vote me out"

Harper and Trudeau both did it in recent memory

i wish US congress had term limits

some of those dinosaurs have been in there since pre-historic times

No term limit, just age limit

you can start running at like 40, you must retire at 65 or something

too old and too young both have problems

Honestly, easy fix for poltiics

you cannot run if your immediate family held a political position

so if your dad was a congressman, you cannot be a politician

your kid can, but you can't

that kills generational politics

obviously that would never get passed

unfortunately

Yeah of course

lmao

the last time a political party passed rules that limited themselves was probably 200-300 years ago

well well well

(translink is not a tranny thing)

Also pika for the record Pelosis laptop was stolen

But they tracked it down instantly

yes I know

thats why I specified nothing was leaked

making it meaningless

They are cutting it down from over a million to 350k

(its a 2 year cap because its a gambit to try and win the election)

In America, colleges make their money from foreign students, so there are a lot of them but there are so many colleges, and the big ones have in-state quotas too. There's also the pressure that you will get deported if you overstay your visa (or fail 2 classes) and once its over, it's not much easier to parlay that student visa into a permanant one

I can't imagine Canada, with 10-15 total universities, dealing with that many foreigners

its degree mill colleges

I think the stat I saw was we actually take about as many international students as the US does despite our pop difference

which is why it is fucked

...

that's

insane

it is

again, 2.5% of our pop in international students

was the figure I was seeing

and 90% of those from india

we're 10x bigger by population, and probably 20x by number of colleges

Yep

It is actually insane here

dude

I was close

it's actually ~20x

there is a reason why Gent does not get when I talk about Indians and Chinese being more of a problem here than black people that I am not lying for effect

it is actually really bad here

3,900 vs 230

Also spooky, consider this

90% of our schools are within 20km of the US border

so not only way less, way more condensed

so Ontario in particular is absolutely flooded with international students

I feel like Canada's demographic problems are going to become a big issue

which is also part of why housing right now is like 2-4k in rent a month

and there are no houses for sale since they are being bought to rent out by companies

yep, that's the problem everywhere

it's imo pretty easy to fix

You guys are just catching up to us though

but it's a direct impact to boomers (taxing rental income) so it's inconcievable

until more die off

The millenium project by the current government is the big issue

they want 100 million pop by 2100

and they do not intend to do that through increasing birth rates

that's not feasible

at all