Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

[The Bread Guy]

To be fair it was an open competition with many contenders and he won due to his experience producing ventilators. Right?

Well, at least it looks like he may have some cash to throw into a campaign, according to this from 2021, so there's that ...

Boston Scientific Corporation to acquire Baylis Medical Company

/CNW/ - Baylis Medical Company Inc. is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement to sell its cardiology business to Boston Scientific Corporation. The...

www.newswire.ca

Brought in about $1.75B according to this from the Globe & Mail.

And those ventilators apparently did help India, Nepal, Pakistan and Ukraine, which has gotta count for something, right?

Unused ventilators bought during pandemic donated to Ukraine

pandemic ventilators never used

torontosun.com

AND he has a bit of a drama background, too - from the Globe ....

While there's a TON of things to be done from get him from former MP/current entrepreneur/actor/screenwriter, what's not to like, especially for a scapegoat?

 

[RangerRay]

Looks like former MP Frank Baylis intends to step up to the plate (trough). You might remember him as the guy who got 237,000,000 to produce ventilators.

I saw the headline of the article and my response was “Who?”

 

[The Bread Guy]

I saw the headline of the article and my response was “Who?”

Some guy who had to bid fair and square for government contracts without the safety net of a full-time government bureaucrat's salary and benefits, apparently

 

[Navy_Pete]

Well, at least it looks like he may have some cash to throw into a campaign, according to this from 2021, so there's that ...

Boston Scientific Corporation to acquire Baylis Medical Company

/CNW/ - Baylis Medical Company Inc. is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement to sell its cardiology business to Boston Scientific Corporation. The...

www.newswire.ca

Brought in about $1.75B according to this from the Globe & Mail.

And those ventilators apparently did help India, Nepal, Pakistan and Ukraine, which has gotta count for something, right?

Unused ventilators bought during pandemic donated to Ukraine

pandemic ventilators never used

torontosun.com

AND he has a bit of a drama background, too - from the Globe ....
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While there's a TON of things to be done from get him from former MP/current entrepreneur/actor/screenwriter, what's not to like, especially for a scapegoat?

I think that's the nice thing about Canada election finance rules, he really can't inject money into his campaign, and even if he's got a lot of rich friends they are limited as well.

It was funny seeing Kevin O'Leary try and get into the CPC leader convention and then have big debts that he had to fundraise to cover because he wasn't allowed to pay it himself.

When you look at the campaigns and realize that a 'warchest' in Canada is measured in tens of thousands of dollars, compared to tens of millions in the US, really levels the playing fields, and keeps some of the more obnoxious practices out of play. Harder to corrupt people at $1k a head.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Looks like even an NDP-Liberal merge will not derail the Conservative train of doom:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806352750151979199

 

[dapaterson]

New record: zero votes.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/first-candidate-zero-votes-election-loss-1.7247339

 

[QV]

New record: zero votes.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/first-candidate-zero-votes-election-loss-1.7247339

When you won't even vote for yourself... how bad are you?

 

[dapaterson]

When you won't even vote for yourself... how bad are you?

Not a resident of the riding, so not eligible to vote in the by-election.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Let's see what the Liberals are up to today to help their popularity.

Sajjan instructed special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs during fall of Kabul​

Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan instructed Canadian special forces to rescue about 225 Afghan Sikhs after the Taliban takeover in August, 2021, in an operation that three military sources say took resources away from getting Canadian citizens and Afghans linked to Canada on final evacuation flights out of Kabul.

Sajjan instructed special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs during fall of Kabul

Former defence minister Harjit Sajjan says the request was not a direct order to Canadian Forces

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[Booter]

Let's see what the Liberals are up to today to help their popularity.

Sajjan instructed special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs during fall of Kabul​

Sajjan instructed special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs during fall of Kabul

Former defence minister Harjit Sajjan says the request was not a direct order to Canadian Forces

www.theglobeandmail.com

Good lord

 

[OldSolduer]

Good lord

No kidding. Our nation has fallen so far under this government

oU

 

[Maxman1]

When you won't even vote for yourself... how bad are you?

Hamel couldn't even cast a ballot in Toronto-St. Paul's — he doesn't live there.

 

[QV]

Not sure if that is a better or worse situation..

 

[lenaitch]

"Former Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the request was not a direct order to the Canadian Forces"

Sure, direction from the Minister responsible is always a suggestion. I don't care how it is worded, anything coming from that level is an order, even if it looks like it isn't. And he should know that.

 

[Haggis]

"Former Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the request was not a direct order to the Canadian Forces"

Sure, direction from the Minister responsible is always a suggestion. I don't care how it is worded, anything coming from that level is an order, even if it looks like it isn't. And he should know that.

And if he was still in uniform as a LCol and he received a "request" from the MND, how would he have taken that? As an order, maybe?

 

[Good2Golf]

Not a resident of the riding, so not eligible to vote in the by-election.

Surprised there wasn’t even a single vote from the PLA someone in the riding…

 

[mariomike]

And there are more votes in downtown Toronto than Atlantic Canada.

And growing, according to National Post,

June 27, 2024

Toronto’s population is the fastest growing in Canada and in the United States, a new report says.

Toronto's population growth higher than major U.S. cities due to 'surge of immigration': report

The report by Toronto Metropolitan University analyzed population growth data in both countries over the span of a year, starting July 2022.

nationalpost.com

 

[Jarnhamar]

Good lord

Sajjan figured out what the problem is. He's getting picked on (again) because he's wearing a turban.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Sajjan figured out what the problem is. He's getting picked on (again) because he's wearing a turban .

Or, more likely, because he’s in trouble.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

New record: zero votes.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/first-candidate-zero-votes-election-loss-1.7247339

The Marxist-Leninist candidate here always got about 25 votes, that would likely include him, his mother and I guess his drinking buddies.