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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

poilievre is now a DEI hire exactly in the way the cons lie and misrepresent DEI hires

[–] nomecks@lemmy.wtf 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why did a lid suddenly appear on this bin in the second frame?

Most likely AI.

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 3 points 1 day ago

They don’t use lids in Ontario.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 49 points 2 days ago

If I just voted for someone and then they quit to allow someone else to run and I needed to go vote AGAIN just for some power play I would be fucking pissed. Hopefully these voters are as well.

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 85 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

They picked that riding for a reason. The Cons got 81.8% of the vote in the recent election in that riding.

I wish we had the requirement that you must LIVE in the riding you're running for and have lived there the past 2 years at least. Should also have to live there the entire time in office as well.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Hilarious that a bunch of Albertans that hate Ottawa politicians are about to vote in an Ottawa politician.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd love to see Albertans reject him as an "Ottawa elite parachute candidate".

They won't, of course, but a guy can dream...

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[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago

Perfectly on brand, tbh.

They love freedom, but not for trans or gays.

They love their country, but they hate paying the taxes to support it.

They love democracy, but they hate when anybody else wins.

They hate tyranny, but they love to back traitors.

[–] C45513@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago

Because they're not consistent. It's not about anyone being an Ottawa politician, it's just their tribalist victim complex.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago

Exactly, your MP is supposed to represent your local interest. If they don't live there why the fuck would they care about you and your interests?

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The last thing I would change is you only get paid the median wage of the people who you represent.

Truly a person of the people

It would encourage you to do a better job and try and lift your community to greater heights

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's actually a decent idea. Imagine if Trump's income was capped at $66k/year, the US median income. He might actually give a shit about income inequality and raising the minimum wage.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Nah, he'd just ramp up the "side hustle" grifting even more.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 70 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

All the people that thought Poilievre would not continue as the opposition leader need a wake up call. You still don't understand what you're fighting against. Cult of personality is a major pillar of fascism, and loyalty (to the leader, not to the country) is the most valuable trait. Poilievre had a few humiliating defeats but he's still gaining grounds for the CPC, and the conservative wave is still on it sway, bolder and with lots of resentments piled up.

Take this seriously. The enemy doesn't have to be smart or competent, they just need to amass power. https://www.antihate.ca/40ways

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

I didn't expect him to voluntarily step down.

I expect the party to follow it's own damn rules and have the leadership review that their party rules requires after a losing election.

Of course, they could still do that after he inevitably wins in one of the safest seats in the country.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What kind of calculus do you think the liberal party has done just now…. Let loser Polievre come back to show himself to be more of an obstructionist loser that he continues to be??? He’s going to block Carney’s agenda again just like they did during the last house sitting. Also Scheer is an absolute thumb head. Polievre is a coward and a hypocrite.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What kind of calculus do you think the liberal party has done just now

Carney's response to the byelection question was basicailly "He can have his byelection if he wants. I'm too busy with more important things to waste time with silly partisan games"

Which makes sense. No need to hand the conservatives a "see the liberals are blocking democracy' talking point.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Except everyone knows the cons will obstruct everything and blockade the work of parliament and committee work - that is who they are. I am really curious to see how the liberals under Carney combat that sort of filibustering that cons did for the past few years.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what personality does pp have? he has the charisma of roadkill

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn’t matter. If you look around, most authoritarian leaders have no more charisma than him. Personality just means a fabricated persona, marketing and propaganda.

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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sweet another chance to take that one from him too

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not in Alberta.

That guy resigning got 82% of the vote.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

I know you’re right, but think how funny it would be…

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean the other guy won by like 80%. I doubt he's going to lose

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They wanted the other guy. Voting 80% in favour for a guy only to have him tossed out by some rich prick might change some minds.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe. But I bet they elect him. It's the safest seat in the country.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Conservative minds?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A chance to take another seat from them. Heck, if he loses there, too, he might even try again!

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[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Holy shit do they not want him to lose again.

"The Conservatives handily won that riding on Monday with nearly 82 per cent of the vote."

They picked one of the safest ridings in the country so that there's no chance of that happening.

I assume he's being paid off by the Conservative party somehow. Otherwise he just spent a lot of time and money to get re-elected and is now unemployed.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Not one of the safest. The safest. Not giving off confident energy.

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would be funny if it flipped anyway

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even if it went to a hard right independent; anyone but Poilievre

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Voters rejected PP.

It seems like this other Conservative isn't confident in their own ability to act as an MP. And it doesn't look good to give your seat up to a loser.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 53 points 2 days ago (8 children)

It also shows to the people in the riding that they don't matter ... the position is just to get a politician into power not to represent actual people.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They would care if they could read. The people of the riding that is.

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[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Fuck off. How the fuck is this kind of bullshit allowed? He lost! He shouldn’t get to swap out with someone. Wtf

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is how the government of Canada operates. It shouldn't come as a surprise.

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[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 days ago

So the unemployed loser went to daddy for a handout. I want to know how much he paid the other guy for switching places.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Something something safe space, something something inclusion, something something participation trophy.

[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 19 points 2 days ago

On Friday, the Conservative Party announced Conservative MP-elect Damien Kurek will resign to allow Poilievre to run in an upcoming byelection.

Kurek was first elected in the Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot in 2019.

The Conservatives handily won that riding on Monday with nearly 82 per cent of the vote.

Of course it's Alberta and solidly blue.

Dude hasn't had a real job, so having things handed to him like this is prob second nature for him.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago
[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago

Where's the Rhinoceros Party when you need them? There's no chance in hell that riding flips for the Liberals, and likely not for the NDP, but an independent running on a platform of "hear me out, this will be hilarious" just might stand a chance.

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