LPC leadership race - 2025

[Halifax Tar]

So a male white millionaire career politician in a fight with another older male white millionaire about their stances on women.

Sounds about right.

I was more meaning the process of electing the new LPC leader.

How feminist is the LPC ? This will be a good test.

For myself, I'm voting for a female either way.

 

[Remius]

I was more meaning the process of electing the new LPC leader.

How feminist is the LPC ? This will be a good test.

Sorry. I’m sure that will be a thing but to be honest the best person should be chosen.

My guess is Freeland won’t even mention it but some of her proxies might.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Sorry. I’m sure that will be a thing but to be honest the best person should be chosen.

My guess is Freeland won’t even mention it but some of her proxies might.

I'm really interested to see this play out. And excited to be able to have a say!

 

[Rifleman62]

That’s why Singh will support the new PM right through to October…27th. Singh can easily justify it by saying that the Trudeau menace is gone, and he’s here to help PM Carney shield Canada from Trump.

And or Pierre as stated above.

Singh is going to support the LPC again. Absolutely no doubt. Keeps him in the limelight for one thing. He will use the dental/drug plans as excuses.

 

[MilEME09]

That is rather interesting eh ? Especially with Carney being another rich, white male.

Rich who started from nothing in Fort Smith NWT, moved to Edmonton at age 6, not exactly a born with a silver spoon elite. More like the embodiment of if you work hard you can achieve anything. Anyway if Carney becomes PM, I believe he would be the first PM from any of the territories.

 

[RangerRay]

I can actually see where Carney appeals to a lot of disgruntled blue and centrist Liberals who walked away from the LPC, and Red Tories as well. A serious person in serious times has appeal.

Most people don’t know or don’t care who Butts and Telford are. They have a record of making their principals toxic, but not till after they’ve won. And they also have a record of winning.

 

[Remius]

I can actually see where Carney appeals to a lot of disgruntled blue and centrist Liberals who walked away from the LPC, and Red Tories as well. A serious person in serious times has appeal.

More than a few people I know are looking at him a bit more and have gone from not voting red to considering it now if he wins. I might be one of those. But campaigns matter and he’ll need to show more than just his past competence on the economy to earn that vote.

Most people don’t know or don’t care who Butts and Telford are. They have a record of making their principals toxic, but not till after they’ve won. And they also have a record of winning.

True. But their tendrils are very long and it’s hard to remove their effects. Jenni Byrne just demonstrated that this week…

 

[RangerRay]

Good summation on Clark and her fumble...

Absolutely spot-on except she was always a Liberal, save for the time she wanted to vote for Charest.

It was always lazy to describe the BC Liberals as “conservative”. While further to the right than other Liberal Parties, it was more of a free-enterprise coalition. They were business-friendly (not market-friendly) and socially centre-left.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Rich who started from nothing in Fort Smith NWT, moved to Edmonton at age 6, not exactly a born with a silver spoon elite. More like the embodiment of if you work hard you can achieve anything. Anyway if Carney becomes PM, I believe he would be the first PM from any of the territories.

Absolutely, pretty middle class beginnings. His father was an LPC candidate in the early 80s.

Anyways is pretty hard to miss his inclusion in the rich and the power now.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Absolutely spot-on except she was always a Liberal, save for the time she wanted to vote for Charest.

It was always lazy to describe the BC Liberals as “conservative”. While further to the right than other Liberal Parties, it was more of a free-enterprise coalition. They were business-friendly (not market-friendly) and socially centre-left.

I don't know why she tried to hide that she only joined the CPC to try and stop PP.

 

[QV]

I can actually see where Carney appeals to a lot of disgruntled blue and centrist Liberals who walked away from the LPC, and Red Tories as well. A serious person in serious times has appeal.

Most people don’t know or don’t care who Butts and Telford are. They have a record of making their principals toxic, but not till after they’ve won. And they also have a record of winning.

To me, Carney seems too close to the Trudeau party and I am incapable of trusting the LPC at this point.

Had there been someone in the LPC who was outspoken against Trudeau on policy and scandal all this time and had some support within the party, I'd give them a look. But that just isn't the case.

 

[QV]

I don't know why she tried to hide that she only joined the CPC to try and stop PP.

Natural instinct to lie. Cannot be trusted.

 

[RangerRay]

I don't know why she tried to hide that she only joined the CPC to try and stop PP.

I think she was thinking in the minds of most partisan party members, being a member of another party would be a deal breaker. To an extent, she would have been right.

But yeah, things might have gone better for her if she hadn’t tried to gaslight everyone so blatantly.

 

[RangerRay]

To me, Carney seems too close to the Trudeau party and I am incapable of trusting the LPC at this point.

Had there been someone in the LPC who was outspoken against Trudeau on policy and scandal all this time and had some support within the party, I'd give them a look. But that just isn't the case.

I agree. But we pay attention to this stuff. Most middle-of-road Liberal voters probably don’t so he could appeal to them.

 

[FSTO]

According to those in the know, Carney's launch in Edmonton was a bit of a wet squib and I heard his French won't stand up to debating with PP and Blanchette.

 

[Good2Golf]

According to those in the know, Carney's launch in Edmonton was a bit of a wet squib and I heard his French won't stand up to debating with PP and Blanchette.

If LPC is going hard French, that’s their prerogative. That would be an own goal in the ROC, come October 27th…

 

[YZT580]

I don't know why she tried to hide that she only joined the CPC to try and stop PP.

habit. When you are not used to telling the truth, One has to stop and think before replying to a question whilst the lie comes automatically.

 

[IKnowNothing]

To me, Carney seems too close to the Trudeau party

That's 100% by design. Poilievre's communications department is a well oiled machine. They have recognized that Carney can be a threat, and the best way to combat that threat is by making him seem as closely linked to JT as possible. Case in point- trying to make him wear the deficit overrun since he was the was the chair of the economic growth task force- ignoring that said appointment came in Sept- too late in the fiscal period for him to have played any meaningful role.

 

[IKnowNothing]

More than a few people I know are looking at him a bit more and have gone from not voting red to considering it now if he wins. I might be one of those. But campaigns matter and he’ll need to show more than just his past competence on the economy to earn that vote.

True. But their tendrils are very long and it’s hard to remove their effects. Jenni Byrne just demonstrated that this week…

I'm in the same boat. Pretty sure I've posted on here (years ago) that Carney would be a slamdunk for me over PP.
The last few years have changed that. I do worry that he's too close to Trudeau, and connection to Telford/Butts is sending up huge red flags.

 

[Remius]

According to those in the know, Carney's launch in Edmonton was a bit of a wet squib and I heard his French won't stand up to debating with PP and Blanchette.

It was ok but not anything awesome. Which may be the tone they are going for. Less populism is fine by me.

His French sounded ok-ish. But he was reading. We’ll need to see how he converses in an interview or when questioned.