Reduce taxes on workers, increase taxes on ownership of natural resources, including land values.

Economists love it, yet it isn't in the interests of the rich or even the upper middle class multi millionaire homeowner that makes up so much of the Liberal constituency. If we are ever to shift tax policy in a helpful direction, workers have to understand it and want it.

There is no good reason someone making $40k or $50k is paying even a dollar in income tax.

First, hats off to Trudeau for his amazing efforts on dealing with this chaos. I hope this cements a positive legacy for him as a Prime Minister. But I think Liberal candidates need to keep the Canadian nationalistic fervour going to meet the political moment and address the current anxiety in Canada. I think most people understand that whether tariffs happen or not in 30 days, what this weekend represents to us is that our country has a serious structural weakness by relying on the USA. They are not reliable anymore. It's not business as usual now. We still have a threat of annexation by economic coercion hanging over our heads. A generation ago, certain Liberals in Canada resisted NAFTA in the 1980s for this very reason. Dependence on the US can become slavery if the US decides to abuse its power like it is still threatening to. It is not just Trump, it is the entire Republican establishment and voting base supporting him. This bullying stance won't die with Trump. We need to take their words seriously when they say crazy things about annexation.

In the meantime, Liberal candidates must pivot their campaign plans as if the tariffs were in effect. New trading partners, CANZUK, EU association agreements, and a major new investment in Canadian domestic value-added industries, including defence industry.

We also need Liberal candidates talking about a Finland-style defence strategy designed to face a much-larger army (e.g. Soviets & Russia). That may mean we invest in civilian bomb shelters, bunker armouries, and hard points along key choke points. We also need to seriously look at how our reserve forces, so more citizenry can be trained and be called up for mobilization at a moment's notice. We cannot resist the US military in a conventional war with ours, but we can try to make it too costly for them to contemplate to preserve our nation's sovereignty and democratic values while living next to a tyrannical neighbour.

Let's hope that the US turns back to normalcy in 4 years, but that hope shouldn't dull our campaign rhetoric to prepare Canada for the real possibility that it does not.

Trump and his lunacy especially in regards to this tariff situation has proven that Canada needs to start looking at new ways to situate ourselves.

We need to see a new diversified trading framework.

We also need to develop our economy so it is more robust and multidimensional outside of our relationship with the USA.

This will be an important area of policy and by how united Canadians have proven themselves in wake of this attack on our people/nation whoever inspires the populace the most in this area will probably reap heavy electoral success from it.

Along with a great platform, which hasn't really been established yet, Carney should instruct Liberal MPs to do their best to answer questions as fully as possible, admit when they dont know stuff, and make themselves available to all kinds of critical perspectives.

Imagine the contrast it would create between not only the other parties, but also the Liberals themselves historically. Carney needs to show he is different.

Strategy aside, It would be good for society. Part of why politics and policy is so opaque is the same reason question period sucks. They basically don't answer questions.

Now, they have happened is Carney going to be able to successfully deal with the tariffs? He’ll probably be PM for three weeks before a non confidence vote. I feel with the surge of support of the Liberals, we might be able to form government again but if it’s another minority, it’s not good. But all the blame will be placed at the feet of whoever is in power at the time, Pierre or not. Will he be able to effectively deal with Trump and get rid of the tariffs? I’m a a Carney supporter but the one good thing about Freeland is that she already has experience with Trump.

The LPC caved to conservatives’ pressure on immigration, capital gains tax, and the carbon tax (the two leading contenders for LPC leadership are promising to abolish the carbon tax); is the LPC moving dangerously to the right? There are some LPC voters who claim the party has moved too far to the left, but it’s precisely left-wing policies that pivoted the party from third place in the polls to winning the federal election in 2015. Put a stop to this nonsense please.

Hello

I used to be a liberal party member but I left the party a couple years ago because of Trudeau

I signed up to rejoin and to vote in the leadership election but I remembered that I unsubscribed/blocked the LPC on my email list

I didn't get any email when I signed up and I was using the same email I had used before (my primary)

Now I can't sign up again with a diffrent email because I don't want to get accused of trying to vote twice and I don't know how I am going to be able to verify my ID when they ask for verification soon

I can't figure out how to undo my blocking on Gmail

What do I do?

I registered as a liberal before the deadline on the 27th, but have not received any kind of confirmation of my membership. I did receive election oriented email yeseterday seeking donations including a link to register as a liberal which made me concerned my registration did not go through. I have never voted in a leadership race before. Should I receive some sort of membership confirmation? If I don't have it, will it be a problem when it comes time to vote?

Will mark carney continue the firearms bans? Or will he drop them?

Hey folks - So Doug Ford has called a snap election in Ontario (in winter) despite already having a majority. I’m not fool enough to think he’ll lose the election, but it would be fair for him to lose some seats at least for putting his people through an unnecessary, expensive, election when there are SO MUCH MORE important things that need doing. So. Can you help out, regardless of where you live, by following Liberal candidates on their social media platforms ? When many candidates being very recently nominated, their reach is super limited. Help out a fellow Liberal and let’s see if we can flip a few seats 🔴🔴🔴 I will update with links and further info. ✌🏻

I've seen comments suggesting that some right-wing voters are allegedly registering as Liberal members to sway the leadership vote. I assume the idea is they’d vote against Mark Carney, believing he has the best chance of beating PP in a general election.

Does anyone know if there’s any truth to this, or is it just speculation? Since the LPC doesn’t charge a membership fee, I’m curious what safeguards are in place to prevent this kind of interference?

Edit: just found an example of this over at r/CanadianConservative

https://imgur.com/a/kZKN9p4

https://imgur.com/a/S5304aO

Is there one? I can’t seem to find it. Thank you 🙏

Very loose rules to register as a liberal member which leaves the party vulnerable to foreign interference and manipulation by non-party strategic Canadians. It's free, just fill out a little form. Deadline to be able to vote is tomorrow for the upcoming leadership race. I hope motivated people will register and vote!

https://liberal.ca/register/

Edit: as of this month you have to be citizen or PR 👍