Pierre is skipping the whole leadership thing and going straight to being PM
A parliamentary system without primacy of MPs is not healthy. All democratic legitimacy flows through our elected representatives.
If they have a leader imposed on them without any recourse to remove that leader that is fundamentally undemocratic. Rick Mercer is just flat wrong.
To the extent that MPs are nobodies, that is a major failing in our democracy.
Jeez. Here’s how 2022 is going to play out. In April the Liberals present their 2022 budget. The CPC will vote against it, forcing the NDP to support Trudeau. Meaning the CPC has just given the rudder of the nation to the NDP. Nice work you redneck chumps.Pierre is skipping the whole leadership thing and going straight to being PM
Those were some of the most insincere smiles I have ever seen, and I spent nine years of my adult life with Stephen Harper as PM.
If they keep this up they really will cease to have ANY relevance.
Conservatives drop support for carbon pricing
The Conservative party is jettisoning an election promise to put a price on carbon, with its interim leader telling MPs the issue must be dealt with in their upcoming leadership race. https://www.thestar.com/politics/fe...rvatives-drop-support-for-carbon-pricing.html
'We cannot endorse him': Anti-abortion group accuses Pierre Poilievre of being 'pro-abortion'
'We cannot endorse him': Anti-abortion group accuses Pierre Poilievre of being 'pro-abortion'
In January 2020, Poilievre told a Quebec newspaper that if he became prime minister, his government would not introduce any bill on abortionnationalpost.com
Jean Charest, the former Quebec premier and ex-leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party, is preparing to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party, according to party sources who spoke with Radio-Canada.
Charest is fine-tuning a plan for his leadership bid, according to Conservative sources familiar with his plans.
"We have support in all the provinces. People will be surprised by the support we receive, even in Western Canada," a supporter of Charest's candidacy said.
Shades of the 90's when the right wing was split between Reform and PC...Charest is what the party actually needs, but he'll likely send 30% of it packing for the PPC too. Not that I'm sympathetic to Conservative struggles, but they are in a bit of bind here. Either they lose some of their party, or they lose a good chunk of mainstream Canada. It will probably take a few elections for this to sort itself out.
Charest is what the party actually needs, but he'll likely send 30% of it packing for the PPC too. Not that I'm sympathetic to Conservative struggles, but they are in a bit of bind here. Either they lose some of their party, or they lose a good chunk of mainstream Canada. It will probably take a few elections for this to sort itself out.