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Canadian Conservatives are discussing how to emulate Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency north of the border should they win the upcoming federal election — and they think they can make cuts even more quickly than the Trump administration has.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah because that’s saved so much money and worked so well

I heard today they’re no longer checking the safety of milk. I actually like not getting horribly sick from milk.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah because that’s saved so much money and worked so well

It's hurt a lot of people though, and cruelty is the point.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Also think of the massive reserves of unemployed workers that will let employers drive wages into the ground.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I really hope the Cons lose massively in this election and back off from this alt-right Trumpian swing they've been on under Poilievre.

Not that the previous versions of the Conservative Party were any better, but at least they tried to hide how hateful and stupid they were. Now it's all just out in the open. It's exhausting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Do wish liberals had done the electoral reform they promised. Without electoral reform, we will just continue down the two party road, so the overton window can go between the robbing the poor party and the 'you have no choice but to vote for us or the other party wins. We'll still move the overton window in that direction and serve the rich though,' party. Hopefully they didn't also kill the momentum we had for electoral reform as an urge of the populace.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I will never truly forgive the Libs for that. "2015 will be the last federal elections under first-past-the-post", just to turn around mere weeks after being elected and saying "people just wanted electoral reform because they were tired of Harper, now that they have a government they're satisfied with they no longer feel the need for reform" (this is essentially exactly what Trudeau said in an interview with Le Devoir in late 2015)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

Please go vote!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How you cunts can look at the US and think to yourselves “FUCK YEAH MCGA!!1!1!” Is just mind boggling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

At least the veneer of how stupid and awful the MAGA ideas are is being pulled back these last few months.

I agree with you, I do not understand it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

Conservatives in Australia are publicly backing away from emulating DOGE and Trump. Publicly but I’m sure that it will change if they win in May. Can’t trust them as they are rabid.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pierre's record speaks for itself, no need to muddy waters

https://pierresrecord.ca/

  • Received a government pension at 31, then raised the retirement age on hard-working Canadians
  • Defined marriage as a union between ‘one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others’ (in front of his gay parent)
  • Visited and courted far-right extremist groups
  • Said Indigenous Peoples needed to learn the value of hard work more than they needed compensation for residential schools
  • Worked to bring American-style, anti-union laws to Canada
  • Said he’d use the notwithstanding clause, overriding Canadians’ rights
  • Committed to free votes, allowing his MPs to bring forward anti-abortion legislation

Timbit Trump has had a terrible history as MP, I don't want to see him as PM. Spread far and wide if you agree.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Said he’d use the notwithstanding clause, overriding Canadians’ rights

All of those are horrible but I think this one is especially chilling. He outright told us he will violate our rights. Who the fuck in their right mind would vote for that?!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Chuds gonna chud, not much else to say unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

the good news: they're going to lose this election, 95% sure.

the bad news: 40% of canadians are going to vote for them.

I'd like to think that most of that 40% is voting because of their fiscal policy. (Can you blame them? The libs haven't done so well.) This keeps me sane.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

As someone who has family who votes in that 40%, I can confirm (anecdotally) that they only care about fiscal policy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Polievre wants to copy Trump.

https://youtu.be/R59JmC0u63I

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Carney said he would use AI to cut government costs and balance the operational budget. Isnt that DOGE?

@3:80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spsK_vDhfXE

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Didnt carney say he will essentially phase out positions once the workers naturally retire? Big difference from mass firings across the board, I’d say

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Pierre said that, cutting via attrition.

https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/conservative-platform-public-service

I'd not heard Carney say that I don't believe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I believe i read/listened to him say this in a globe&mail news article. Unless it was in a podcast he recently did with a US economist.

Sry i cant find receipts at this time. Perhaps I misread/misheard while being overloaded with info.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I’ve found this position weak.

AI is a tool. Yes, the government should find a way to make it accessible to government employees, but if it is a good tool you don’t have to force people to use it, they just naturally will use it because it makes their lives easier.

Tech companies are also guilty of this wishful thinking — Shopify just came out saying employees should be 100x more productive with AI. Frankly that number is pure fantasy.

(Forgive the X link) https://x.com/tobi/status/1909251946235437514

The things that make me more productive have always been having more ownership of decisions and committing to projects, and having tools to make my workflows easier — and I have been automating everything I can since I started working.

AI is at best 30% improvement on boilerplate code completion. Deep research tools can save a few hours sifting through content, but the bottleneck is still me studying and deeply understanding a concept and AI won’t resolve that. That’s not a 10x multiplier though, it’s in that 30% range again.

Even the latest AI agents are not super impressive to me, I can generally get the task done faster and more reliably.