2022 CPC Leadership Discussion: Et tu Redeux
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He's also smart and very, very well briefed by a good staff.
He sticks pretty close to his assigned knitting ~ finance, the economy, industry ~ which makes the leader happy. And he learned at the feet of some good political leaders.
Is he likely to be a good leader? Did the best soldier, the CO's and the RSM"s favourite, work his/her way up to RSM? Did the best subaltern become a good colonel and a general? Or did the best sergeants and the best officers work their way to the top of heap by being ~ rather then just acting ~ better?
Please, I am NOT anti-Polievre; but I am not persuaded ... not yet.
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He isn’t my style, for sure, but your two points above…point 1…which politician isn’t?…point 2…well at least he’s that…many others are not.
He seems to do it more than most. But he has ambition I guess.
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Well now...that would get the Quebec vote
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I would vote for him.
Halifax Tar
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I can't see the party electing him if Erin O'Tool was considered too far left.
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I have voted for him and many years ago when I was heavily involved in the PC party I helped work on his leadership campaign back in the Windsor area.
I’m just not certain if that ship has sailed or not. I still like Mike Chong.
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One would have to do the math, re: Vancouver vs Quebec realignment to blue, to offset the LPC’s vote efficiency. I like both Charest and Chong. I have met Charest in person; he’s very personable, mindful and dedicated. He was and would make again an excellent leader, very much in the type that Mr. Campbell notes earlier - he knows how to rebuild and move forward. Mike Chong I think would also be an excellent leader, both for his personal dedication, but also his strong principled stand against manipulation of Canadian citizens and national institutions by China. My concern lies in the introspective, retrenching view of the CPC party ship, vice visionary forward movement…I’m not sure the CPC has it in them.
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I'd have to agree with you & Halifax Tar on this one -- if the incumbent was turfed (in whole or in part) because he wasn't extreme enough, as much as I like Charest, too, I wouldn't bet my loonie on him right this second.
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Bring back Joe Clark lol
Tim Houston is doing pretty well out here and our NS PC party is not connected to the CPCs. Perhaps the bluenosers can create a way forward for those of us who are red torries and blue liberals.
I voted for Joe. The man had a good grasp of the country as a whole.
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Possibly someone from the PC will join the fray, Mr. Jean Charest.
I hope that Mr. Michael Chong will throw his hat into the ring too.
Despite being a long time PC Supporter I hesitated in buying a membership in the CPC after I retired. With the ongoing Trucker's Convoy Protest and the CPC's early stance I decided not too. If any of these two individuals join the race I will join the CPC for a chance to vote for one of them.
Bring back the PC.
I hope that Mr. Michael Chong will throw his hat into the ring too.
Despite being a long time PC Supporter I hesitated in buying a membership in the CPC after I retired. With the ongoing Trucker's Convoy Protest and the CPC's early stance I decided not too. If any of these two individuals join the race I will join the CPC for a chance to vote for one of them.
Bring back the PC.
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I've voted for Mr Charest before and I would do it again.
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John Iveson sees a case for something out there for the moderate progressives.
John Ivison: Do we need a new party for the politically 'homeless'?
As it stands, centrist voters are going to have a challenge knowing where to place their 'X' in the next election
nationalpost.com
John Ivison: Do we need a new party for the politically 'homeless'?
As it stands, centrist voters are going to have a challenge knowing where to place their 'X' in the next election
nationalpost.com
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A good article by John Ivison. He writes on topical issues of interest and I generally agree with what he says.
He hits the head with the hypocrisy of Mr. Pierre Poilievre with his stance to the Trucker's protest vice his attitude towards 2020 Indigenous rail blockades. IMO the CPC is more of a pouplist party now swaying to whatever is the changing moods of the most vocal, not the majority, of the population.
Whatever happened to the PC / CPC Party that took a well reasoned principled stance that was based on the best interests of the country as a whole and not for political grandstanding? Today they look very much like the Liberal Party in this regard.
I detest the current Liberal Party which is now even more left than the NDP - to be clear their policies not the people.
I honestly don't know who to vote for if a federal election was held today. I would probably spoil my vote and write in where are the Progressive Conservatives?.
He hits the head with the hypocrisy of Mr. Pierre Poilievre with his stance to the Trucker's protest vice his attitude towards 2020 Indigenous rail blockades. IMO the CPC is more of a pouplist party now swaying to whatever is the changing moods of the most vocal, not the majority, of the population.
Whatever happened to the PC / CPC Party that took a well reasoned principled stance that was based on the best interests of the country as a whole and not for political grandstanding? Today they look very much like the Liberal Party in this regard.
I detest the current Liberal Party which is now even more left than the NDP - to be clear their policies not the people.
I honestly don't know who to vote for if a federal election was held today. I would probably spoil my vote and write in where are the Progressive Conservatives?.
Pierre Polievre is trying to capture the populist vote. The F*ck Trudeau crowd love him. That is the level of discourse and politics that he represents and is courting.
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