LPC leadership race - 2025

[The Bread Guy]

... It serves Canada’s national interest to ensure current or imminently likely leaders are adequately informed about what’s going on affecting Canada beyond what they can read on CBC ...

Especially one (no matter what jersey they're wearing) who's going to be thrown into the deep end pretty quickly after winning a leadership race.

 

[CBH99]

Is that what Canadians really want though? Polls are shifting towards maintaining the status quo. You would think with the way things are they'd be clamoring towards a change, any change.

Politically speaking, Canadians by and large are morons. (Obviously this is my own opinion)

You absolutely WOULD think that Canadians would be clamoring for change after the last decade that's completely decimated our country in almost every single way.

But yet, despite all the information being out there, willful ignorance has them snubbing or fearing the very candidate that seems genuinely interested in doing what's best for the country.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Politically speaking, Canadians by and large are morons. (Obviously this is my own opinion)

You absolutely WOULD think that Canadians would be clamoring for change after the last decade that's completely decimated our country in almost every single way.

But yet, despite all the information being out there, willful ignorance has them snubbing or fearing the very candidate that seems genuinely interested in doing what's best for the country.

Wilful ignorance may be a bit strong, but I’m with you that there’s at least a ton of too-busy-living-life ignorance of a system that can be sometimes pretty complicated. I also can’t get my head around why so many people don’t vote, either - for all levels of government representation

That said, gotta be careful about broad strokes, though. Are all the aggregate polling results a lot of folks in these parts point to as evidence of Team Blue being in a clear lead reflective of this pool of, by and large, morons, then?

My more liberal friends don’t like it when I ask how the same pool of voters were smart when the masses elected Obama or Biden and also idiots electing Bush or Trump.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Like it or not, this is not a good look for someone who wants to lead Team Red nationally ....

Liberal leadership hopeful Ruby Dhalla says she wants a translator for French debate

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla said she's working on her French skills, but plans to ask for a translator to help her in the party's upcoming French-language debate.

www.nsnews.com

 

[suffolkowner]

Politically speaking, Canadians by and large are morons. (Obviously this is my own opinion)

You absolutely WOULD think that Canadians would be clamoring for change after the last decade that's completely decimated our country in almost every single way.

But yet, despite all the information being out there, willful ignorance has them snubbing or fearing the very candidate that seems genuinely interested in doing what's best for the country.

some appear to be satisfied by an internal change in Liberal leadership and direction. Whether its enough to swing the election time will tell. This is assuming that Carney is successful in his bid. Right now I think the Conservatives still get a majority.

Little things matter though.
Am I more likely to vote Liberal with Carney as leader than Trudeau? Yes
Am I more likely to cote Conservative with O'Toole as Leader than Poilievre ? Yes

 

[Quirky]

Am I more likely to vote Liberal with Carney as leader than Trudeau? Yes
Am I more likely to cote Conservative with O'Toole as Leader than Poilievre ? Yes

I'm more likely to NGAF who's the leader of a party and vote based on issues and policies rather than a popularity contest of a particular spokesman.

 

[suffolkowner]

I'm more likely to NGAF who's the leader of a party and vote based on issues and policies rather than a popularity contest of a particular spokesman.

the leader is the one who determines the issues and policies. The rest are just sheep

 

[Remius]

the leader is the one who determines the issues and policies. The rest are just sheep

The problem is that the CPC is a victim of its own success. They made it all about Trudeau. Heck with him stepping down they are still making it about him.

 

[Good2Golf]

the leader is the one who determines the issues and policies. The rest are just sheep

I think you misspelled ‘Laurentian Elites’…

 

[suffolkowner]

The problem is that the CPC is a victim of its own success. They made it all about Trudeau. Heck with him stepping down they are still making it about him.

but still lots of time to pivot, They need to take the Trump effect away as well. The Liberal rebound can come down to a few things in my mind
1. Trudeau resigning-as you said if its all about Trudeau then when hes gone the problem is too
2. Trump election/tariff talk/annexation talk
3. NDP being abandoned by strategic voters

 

[suffolkowner]

I think you misspelled ‘Laurentian Elites’…

No I saw the same thing first hand with other parties

 

[Quirky]

Oh look, stealing CPC policies.

EXCLUSIVE: Freeland will eliminate GST on new homes for young Canadians if she forms government: source

Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland is set to announce a cut to the GST for first-time homebuyers if she becomes the next prime minister, according to a source close to the former finance minister’s campaign.

www.ctvnews.ca

Where were you the last 9 years Chrystia?

 

[Remius]

Oh look, stealing CPC policies.

EXCLUSIVE: Freeland will eliminate GST on new homes for young Canadians if she forms government: source

Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland is set to announce a cut to the GST for first-time homebuyers if she becomes the next prime minister, according to a source close to the former finance minister’s campaign.

www.ctvnews.ca

Where were you the last 9 years Chrystia?

Looks more like modifying.

Drop GST on first time home buyers seems a bit better than dropping GST on new homes under 1 million.

Keeps flippers and landlords and foreign investors from taking advantage. Given PPs side hustle as a landlord I can see why he prefers his option.

Also his plan calls for getting rid of the home accelerator program that seems quite popular with his own party…

 

[KevinB]

Oh look, stealing CPC policies.

EXCLUSIVE: Freeland will eliminate GST on new homes for young Canadians if she forms government: source

Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland is set to announce a cut to the GST for first-time homebuyers if she becomes the next prime minister, according to a source close to the former finance minister’s campaign.

www.ctvnews.ca

Where were you the last 9 years Chrystia?

Same place as Carney, helping puppeteer the idiot...

 

[QV]

Don't think for a minute Team America isn't paying attention to all of this. Including the composition of the "Team Canada" delegation that for some reason can't get any meetings in Washington at the moment.

 

[OldSolduer]

Don't think for a minute Team America isn't paying attention to all of this. Including the composition of the "Team Canada" delegation that for some reason can't get any meetings in Washington at the moment.

There is always that guy in the back room who knows what's really going on in the other guys camp - despite the noise from everyone else.

 

[Good2Golf]

The problem is that the CPC is a victim of its own success. They made it all about Trudeau. Heck with him stepping down they are still making it about him.

…well, in fairness, for the last 9 years it’s been Harper’s fault.

An interesting paradox in recent polls is that the Liberals’ numbers are rising and they don’t even know who their leader is yet.

Go Ruby!!

 

[Remius]

…well, in fairness, for the last 9 years it’s been Harper’s fault.

An interesting paradox in recent polls is that the Liberals’ numbers are rising and they don’t even know who their leader is yet.

Go Ruby!!

And that could change. Sometimes parties do better without leaders.

 

[Halifax Tar]

…well, in fairness, for the last 9 years it’s been Harper’s fault.

An interesting paradox in recent polls is that the Liberals’ numbers are rising and they don’t even know who their leader is yet.

Go Ruby!!

In a perfect world the LPC leadership would be up for grabs. But I think what's going on now is a smoke and mirrors show until they can anoint Carney.

It would be interesting to see what would happen if the chosen one was upset by Ruby or Freeland, or whoever.

I think I read the LPC started out with 100K members and shot up to 400K. That should be somewhat concerning for the LPC.

 

[The Bread Guy]

"How do we vote?" update: I'll be charitable, and say if you calculate 27 days to include the leadership voting day, Team Red has until end of today to tell the world how the balloting'll work. This as of 1422E on the Team Red site:

Still we wait ...