Trudeau Popularity - or not (various polling, etc.)

[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.

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[QV]

New record: zero votes.

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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.

 

[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..

 

[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

 

[Colin Parkinson]

New record: zero votes.

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

 

[Maxman1]

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

It helps to actually live in the riding to be legally allowed to vote there.

 

[QV]

What are the odds that at the same time both the Canadian PM and the POTUS are each thoroughly garbage to the extent they both should resign to save their party, but instead are hanging on for dear life. And both have some nefarious connection to China.

 

[Quirky]

What are the odds that at the same time both the Canadian PM and the POTUS are each thoroughly garbage to the extent they both should resign to save their party, but instead are hanging on for dear life. And both have some nefarious connection to China.

The radical left is falling like a house of cards across the globe. It's a wonderful sight.

 

[mariomike]

Setting political mud-slinging aside, by any objective measure she is very experienced and accomplished, and she’s only 55.

Nothing wrong with retiring before age 55. There's a lot to be said for loafing.

Setting political mud-slinging aside

Worse things than retirement,

Public instances of threats and intimidation of women in public life have intensified in recent weeks, with significant examples of abuse targeted toward politicians — most recently, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland — as well as activists and journalists.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harassment-women-public-life-journalists-politicians-1.6564376

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

O'Leary telling it like it is:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806296966478917669

 

[Kirkhill]

O'Leary telling it like it is:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806296966478917669

Issued a brewery.
Tasked with a piss up.
And screwing it up.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Cracks in the dyke, or spitting into the wind?

In email to caucus, Liberal MP says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should step down

OTTAWA - One Liberal MP who is not seeking re-election has sent an email to fellow caucus members calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as party leader.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

By itself, meh. If this leads to others piping up publicly, maaaaaaaaaaybe the snowball can begin?