A few rows back from the empty stage, Amanda Mainville burst into tears, and instantly, every camera in the vicinity swung its lens toward her. She shouted an expletive as she wiped her eyes, bathed in the blue light bouncing off the walls and stage.

Fortunately for her, Jon Gurman and his daughter Raquel were standing nearby, ready the moment the mood turned. Mr. Gurman reached into his jacket and produced a plastic canister labelled “Anti-Liberal Wipes" (“Now with extra logic!” was emblazoned across it) and a metal can of “Anti- Liberal Rash Cream." … The previous night, she had attended the big rally in Mr. Poilievre’s riding of Carleton on the outskirts of Ottawa- where, as of this writing, he was behind and at risk of losing his seat to his Liberal challenger. She found it to be a transformative experience, much different from watching his videos online.

“He fills my soul. When I watch him on the lives, it’s one crying, we were in tears,” she said. “You feel from the soul of Pierre, just bringing that out to everybody.”

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    I’m getting on this one early…

    Tim Houston needs to be watched. He has attempted to pass laws in Nova Scotia that give hiring and firing power of the auditor generals office to the sitting government. That is one of, if not the highest check in our provincial government. Here is what happened when Nova Scotians heard this…

    https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-democracy/houston-backs-down-on-auditor-general-changes-but-its-still-full-steam-ahead-on-other-elements-of-dismantling-democracy/

    He also has said openly and proudly in the legislature as premier of Nova Scotia:

    “I don’t know many Nova Scotians that grow up thinking, ‘Boy, I hope I make minimum wage when I grow up.’ That’s not the way people think, they want real jobs,"

    https://globalnews.ca/news/8350821/nova-scotia-premier-tim-houston-apologizes-comment-minimum-wage-workers/

    Hear that? Real jobs. Class war is the real war!

    Scream it out with me kids

    THAT’S FASCISM AND WE DON’T WANT IT!!

    This guy is vying for power of a major political party in our country. Join the conservative party even if they don’t agree with you. Have a voice who gets to head the party.

    https://www.itstartsrightnow.ca/membership_in_political_parties

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        It’s scary still because this guy hasn’t had much national exposure. People don’t know him and from the outside he looks fucking great in comparison to ~smol pp~…he isn’t.

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      Once, I thought that conservatism was about small governments and capitalist agendas and thought it was bad.

      To think that I now dream for that to actually be true, rather than being actual fascists and dictatorships. That calling the Cons neo-Nazis might be bordering on a compliment compared to the shit they’re actually pulling.

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    Okay, I had to double check, because I thought this was a Beaverton article for a sec.

    I mean, seriously? “Anti-liberal wipes, now with extra logic”? “Anti-liberal rash cream”? I’m sorry, but do the Cons pay for their shit by selling overpriced weirdly labeled crap to their supporters like some pyramid scheme or something?

    I really thought this was satire until I double checked the link address.

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    “He fills my soul. When I watch him on the lives, it’s one crying, we were in tears,” she said. “You feel from the soul of Pierre, just bringing that out to everybody.”

    "The fuck?" meme gif

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    Pierre Poilievre is a loser who must be kept as far away from the seat of prime minister.

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      I further hope the party gets some introspection and ditches a lot of their dumbass culture wars inspired policies.

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      Yeah, I know. I might as well wish for a pony while I’m at it…

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        Hey, I’d love a pony too.

        I totally agree. I’m not sure I’d ever vote CPC, but a party that is less about imported anti-woke culture wars and more about taking care of what we have would be good.

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      I hope he fails the leadership review and they tear themselves apart trying to select a new leader.

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        We need to see them have a civil war and reject the reform maga factions and bring back the Progressive Conservatives.

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        In the conservatives mind, this election was close, The conservative voter base has gotten even further right wing, They’re overdue for their Trump Effect takeover like what happened to the Republican party in USA. , where the party doubles down on the ideology.

        the Peoples Party has been a flop for the last 3 elections, the only reason it existed was because Bernier was pissed off that he lost the Conservative leadership to Scheer (or was it Otoole?).

        Im expecting a civil war within the party, the PPC will probably fold and rejoin the conservatives, and the Conservatives will go even farther right wing next time, Maple MAGA time. The loud populist conspiracy anti woke faction will probably drown out the moderate conservatives.

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          One part of me hopes the Reform and PCs split again after this, but realistically idk that’s happening. Leslyn Lewis will totally run again, if they’re doubling down on those ideas might be they select her.

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            any party will do everything they can to remain homogenous (and not split) as long as they think their primary opponent will do the same.

            practically, both liberals and cons have signifigant factions that could split away, realistically, they probably wont.

            when I said there’d be a war in the conservative party, I didnt mean that it’d split. I think one mindset will drown out the others. and presentley in 2025, Right wing populism and Anti-Establishment attitudes are what is looking like that mindset will be.

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        I’d enjoy the schadenfreude of watching the Conservatives go through another Reform/PC split, but that gave the Liberals an easy decade. It would be better for the country if CPC could grow a brain, accept climate change exists, and focus on real issues (affordability and healthcare), rather than the culture war.

        It would be amazing if the NDP filled that role, but they don’t get votes on a lot of ridings.

        Like another commenter said, I might as well wish for a pony.

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          accept climate change exists, and focus on real issues (affordability and healthcare), rather than the culture war.

          Honestly, though, this is the opposite of conservatism. It’s a LOT of navel-gazing and hate by elitists; even if they’re “temporarily embarrassed elites” like generationally poor people who’ve voted against their own best interests for decades – but hope that propping up some pseudoaristocrats will support them on the trickle-down until their magic payday comes and restores them to an economic station they’ve never held where they will finally enjoy benefit from the policies they supported faithfully for so long.

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      They usually cycle in someone else after a failure, so him losing his own seat may incite regime change.

      Getting a better leader? Trends aren’t with us, here.

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        Doug Ford’s probably got his eye on the position.

        He’s generally a pretty shitty leader, but in crisis situations such as COVID or the trade war he’s at least demonstrated basic competence.