I’ll be honest, I have always liked Poilievre. My wife has always criticized his combative style, I didn’t mind it so much.
Now we have a Liberal party - Carney, that is loving stealing the best ideas from the Conservatives. Can Poilievre convince Canadians to vote Conservative? Is it time for a new type of leader?
Hated him since he was the youngest MP, and he hasn’t changed a damn bit. I can’t comment on what’s good for the party but if that’s synonymous with forming a federal government, ditch him.
Who do you see as a better replacement?
Carney is an obvious good ideological match to lead the CPC, but I don’t see that happening. More realistically, Freeland also comes to mind. Honestly, I think the CPC and LPC should just get it over with already and merge. CPC tries to cut harder right every once in a while and it never goes anywhere. They should merge so we can have a better defined left (eg NDP) center (arguably Green) and right (merged LPC/CPC, plus fringe stuff like PCP).
Fuck pp and the cons, and while im at it Carney and libs. We dont need regressive policies, we dont need fascists in governance. We dont need to invest in fossil fuels. We dont need to let the wealthy keep fucking us over. But you do you i guess.
Hard for me to put myself in a Conservative’s shoes but I’ll try:
I think some in the party would want Jamil Jivani because he has tried to take matters in his own hands to talk with Trump when even PP is trying to moderate on that.
I think the closer-to-moderate/PC wing wouldn’t mind Andrew Scheer taking over again, but I don’t see any indication of Scheer wanting that position at this moment. The PC-wing are indeed getting a good chunk of what they’d want from this Carney Liberal govt.
In fact, no-one from within the party is showing any desire to take PP’s position at the moment, but from outside the federal Party? I have some possibilities in mind:
If the UCP in Alberta loses, then Marlaina Smith may want to lead the Conservatives, as her politicking and dogwhistling seems to be what much of the party base likes. Doug Ford, though unlikely to be out of power anytime soon, may see an opportunity down the line to exit provincial politics and run for CPC leader on a more PC-populist platform. Some astroturf candidates propped up by O&G, billionaires or MAGA billionaire and US Republican think tank money could emerge from the fray at any moment they think is ripe.