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This election was supposed to be about restoring hope for young Canadians. What happened? (archive.is)
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the plight of young people has faded into the background, as the trade war with the U.S. takes centre stage in Canada’s federal election. Meanwhile, political parties have said more about protecting seniors’ retirements than helping young Canadians get a head start.

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New polling conducted by Nanos Research for The Globe and Mail and CTV News suggests that while the trade war is the top issue for Canadians 55 years and older, the cost of living is the priority for younger Canadians. Only one in 10 Canadians polled under the age of 35 said the trade was their main issue.

Canadians under the age of 35 are also more likely to trust Mr. Poilievre (38 per cent) – who has made the cost of living a central focus of his campaign – than Mr. Carney (26 per cent) to help young people.

The trade war has “taken the oxygen out of the room,” said Mike Moffatt, founding director of the Missing Middle Initiative, a project housed in the University of Ottawa’s Institute for the Environment with the stated goal of reviving Canada’s urban middle class.

“Other than housing, there has been a real absence of any policy to help struggling young people.”

From: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/federal-election/article-federal-election-2025-young-voters-housing-affordability-economy/

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[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

They have direct access/experience with Liberals making promises for election campaigns, and then doing whatever they want once in power. They have direct experience with a Liberal government causing housing prices to skyrocket at rates previously unseen -- the Liberals have literally presided over a period of Canada's history that utterly destroyed the dreams of many younger folks. They also have access to historical information highlighting how much easier it was for older generations, older generations who have voted consistently to 'pull the ladder up' from the next generation. And, most importantly I think, most people aren't fussed with researching years and years of history before voting.

And the disparity on fronts like housing has grown to a point where lots of younger people are basically saying "We'd rather watch it all burn, so you old people feel the same hopelessness as us". And again, I can't fault them for it.

It's not so much about "pro pierre", as it is "pro change". Carney hopefully will do things 'differently', but doing stuff like axing carbon taxes and removing environmental reviews from projects, isn't exactly a "hopeful future" for younger people who are watching things like Jasper and Lytton burn to the ground due to climate change. Carney is essentially an 'older' generation of Conservative, who was parachuted into the Liberal leadership because they feel like the Cons move right gives them an opportunity to move 'right' to garner more of the disenfranchised conservative voters, while the fear of a hard-right wing movement will keep their left-leaning supporters in line. It's a gamble that'll likely pay off, but it's not one that carries a whole lot of 'hope' given the circumstances. There's a reason more 'active' forms of left wing principles, like what you see AOC and Bernie touring on, have more appeal to the younger demo.

[–] Thepotholeman@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

I'm sorry, the liberals were responsible for trump attacking us with tarrifs on crucial industries like lumber, steel and aluminum in his first term? They were responsible for covid19? And the latest rounds of attacks on our sovereignty?

The liberals are at fault for the CONSERVATIVE provinces declining to work with them and then continued to ignore housing? It was their fault the provinces abused foreign students by letting them into our schools and charging them obscene fees so they didn't have to use taxpayers dollars so they looked more fiscally responsible? They were the reason the provinces like Alberta and Ontario got rid of their own carbon pricing system, making them have to pay the federal carbon tax? And then blaming the federal government for it? It was their fault that the conservative provinces kept trying to privatize our healthcare?

This is the goddamn fucking problem. Canadians by and large DONT KNOW WHO TO BLAME and for WHAT. "TeN YeArs oF lIbErAL ruLe" yeah. And during that time we have gotte: $10/day childcare, school foods programs, dental care for the most vulnerable and working class, pharmacare, legalized marijuana (which brings in bank btw), the first home savings account, federal student loans are interest free, the housing accelerator program, 30yr mortgage with 5% down for first time homebuyers, $10000 tax credit for first time homebuyers, EV rebates, the housing retrofit program to help make homes more energy efficient. And much more.

But nah people will still whine and bitch about how it's all the liberals fault after doom scrolling for ten fucking years and not paying attention only to absolutely fuck our progress up because why? They saw a fucking Instagram reel or a podcast talking about it?

YOUR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT is responsible for: EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, INFRASTRUCTURE, EMPLOYMENT, AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION.

So it's high time everybody wakes the fuck up and starts taking this shit seriously because a lot of you don't even know where to fucking start because you just think "PM MEANS HE FIX ALL"