[Sunnyways]

The Liberals under Trudeau have moved to the left, creating a clear opportunity for a centre-right party to appeal to fiscally conservative voters in the Chretien/Mulroney policy region of the spectrum. Erin O’Toole could have played that role but the troops kept dragging him towards the PPC rabbit hole. A guy like Polievre will have the same problem if he wants to run the country.

[Scape]

[Thanos]

Here's the interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada proudly wearing a MAGA hat:



Guess we know what direction these people are now determined to go. No breaking away at all from the new locked-in course.

[DrCaleb]

Thanos Thanos:

Guess we know what direction these people are now determined to go. No breaking away at all from the new locked-in course.

Rocks ahead, and no one at the wheel.

[Scape]

Bad enuff they tried a coup in their country they need to do it in ours as well...

GoFundMe suspends truckers convoy fund at $10 million, some donors receive refunds

Large number of donations to support convoy came from aliases, unnamed donors

George Soros I bet.

[DrCaleb]

OMG, Andrew Coyne just destroys the Conservative party, for all the reasons listed here.

[llama66]

Here is a photo of the CPC sailing away towards success.

[DrCaleb]

Here is evidence of that photo:

Race for the next Conservative leader begins as Poilievre announces his bid

[raydan]

Vote for Skippy.

[CDN_PATRIOT]

The plot thickens. I shall keep an eye on this going forward.

-J.

[JaredMilne]

Poilievre's efforts might play well to the base, but whether he can sell that to the broader public whose votes he needs to win is up in the air.

I remember how Stephen Harper first won back in 2006. The Conservatives stuck to a clear, concise five-point platform of things that could appeal to a broad number of people like a GST cut. Harper also kept a firm leash on the social conservatives, refusing to let them bring forward abortion restrictions or rollbacks to gay marriage.

Remember the political consequences he suffered in Alberta?

Me either.

Meanwhile, in 2012 one "lake of fire" comment pretty much destroyed the Wildrose Alliance's chances of winning the Alberta election.

So whoever wins the Conservative crown is really going to need some political salesmanship skills.

[raydan]

JaredMilne JaredMilne:

Poilievre's efforts might play well to the base, but whether he can sell that to the broader public whose votes he needs to win is up in the air.

I remember how Stephen Harper first won back in 2006. The Conservatives stuck to a clear, concise five-point platform of things that could appeal to a broad number of people like a GST cut. Harper also kept a firm leash on the social conservatives, refusing to let them bring forward abortion restrictions or rollbacks to gay marriage.

Remember the political consequences he suffered in Alberta?

Me either.

Meanwhile, in 2012 one "lake of fire" comment pretty much destroyed the Wildrose Alliance's chances of winning the Alberta election.

So whoever wins the Conservative crown is really going to need some political salesmanship skills.

I voted for Harper as I thought that he was the best man for the job back then. I'll reserve my decision for Pierre until I get to know him, or until he puts his foot in his mouth a few times. Problem is just the word "Conservatives" leaves a sour taste in my mouth right now.

[raydan]

If you guys wonder why Québec isn't more Conservative and things seem to be getting worse, here's my thought. Blame the move towards "religious" values by the Conservatives, definitely something that won't bring you more votes from us and probably to a lesser extent, other provinces from coast to coast.

In Québec the reason is simple, we were essentially ruled with a iron fist by the Catholic Church for 100 years. The Quiet Revolution may have brought an end to that, but our aversion to religion in politics won't end any time soon.