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JT is the result of a ruined child born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Whatever his image is, it’s been carefully cultivated by his handlers and allies in the media. But it’s an empty shell. Whatever he does, he better stay away from debating in parliament with Pierre Poilievre. The guy is a gifted orator who will expose Justin for the empty suit that he is. Plus, there are so many Trudeau fails to pick from. No doubt the JT media allies will go on attack mode next week in an attempt to protect Trudeau. It’s going to be fun watching the show. Got your popcorn? Edit: I know, exflyer. The truth hurts, best to stay in denial…

Poilievre talked about some wild things during that campaign that entertained his base but will only divide this country more deeply if he keeps at them. The average voter does not want to hear about Bitcoin, banks or convoys. Address things like health care and the absurd price of telecom services in this country and you’ll have a much bigger audience.

Poilievre is going to be our next Prime Minister.

Bloody awesome. Step one complete.

There are things I don't like about Poilievre, primarily regarding his support of the truckers and his spouting nonsense about the WEF and cryptocurrency. I trust he's lost his interest in the latter after the price collapse over the past few months, though. As for his opposition to mandates we shouldn't forget Trudeau was also opposed to them prior to the last election campaign. He said they'd be too divisive. But when the Conservatives pulled ahead in early polls he quickly embraced them, divisive or not. Most of the things Poilievre talks about are pretty mainstream. And attacking big government, red tape, taxes and the deficit are bedrock conservatism. He is absolutely right when he says the biggest brake on housing development is the network of regulations imposed by municipalities on builders. It takes far too many years to get permission to build anything in this country, and there are too many restrictions on what and where. All of that adds enormously to the price of housing. His determination to cut through the process to get natural resources projects launched and to get them to markets is also standard conservatism. And as the economy sours I suspect that will get a lot more support. I see people assuming he can't win the cities, but this is a mistake. He doesn't need the cities. He needs the suburbs and exurbs. Which are filled with immigrants. Poilievre is an immigrant friendly leader married to an immigrant. Immigrants, by and large, come from very conservative patriarchal societies and have a preference for men they see as 'strong'. Scheer certainly wasn't that, nor O'Toole and his flipflops. I suspect Poilievre will poll quite well among immigrant groups. His French is also quite good, far better than any of his predecessors save Mulroney. Can he pick up seats in Quebec? The CAQ is certainly not a left wing party and Quebecers love them. There seems to be very little affection for Trudeau in Quebec. Well, or anywhere, really. Insipient Trudeaumania faded away awfully fast when his phoniness became impossible to ignore. Poilievre gave quite a respectable speech the other night but he needs a majority, or very close to one to get into office. The NDP rejected any cooperation with his predecessor despite how mainstream he was. They have become an adjunct to the Liberals and if the two parties win enough seats he will support Trudeau as PM again. That means he either needs a majority or the support of the BQ. Which he might well get.

You know how you know a populist is mainstream? When they win. And I was trying real hard not to make this personal. Thanks for the release you gullible, NPC clown.

Glad PP pointed out some of major failings of the Liberal government in his acceptance speech. He mentioned the disasters of the Passport office, the ArriveCan app, the affordability crisis, the housing crisis, etc. He really has his guns set on the disaster which is the Liberal-NDP coalition. If he keeps focused on those things, he will be a resounding success.

Meh...we'll see how crazy. A popular fellow. People want to be around this guy. I can only see him getting more popular...not less. He took the time to talk with everyone of the thousands who lined-up to get a photo with him. His wife is gorgeous and equally adept at handling crowds. Myself and a few friends chatted with him for about half an hour without feeling rushed along. That takes talent.

This is the problem in Canada. The majority of people are asleep to the increasing controls and overreach that Trudeau has signed us onto without discussion or popular mandate. You’d think the hurt and division caused by the vaccine mandates, protests, Emergencies Act, ArriveCAN app, and passport fiasco would be THE CENTRAL issue alongside inflation, but half the posters on here who claim to want to throw out Trudeau basically support these policies or at least don’t care. I don’t support Poilievre in spite of his support of the Freedom Convoy; I support him because of it. The rest of his platform is middle of the road quaint old-worldly Harper and Chrétien. I miss that world too, but it’s not our world anymore. The defence and promotion of Canadians’ interests against international pressure to limit our population’s freedom and wealth to “fight climate change” and other global crusades are major challenges that Trudeau has already lost. Perhaps there will be a disclosure of abundant clean power that will make these debates moot, but I think the pressure on our oil and gas sector, freedom, and prosperity, will continue and maybe worsen. Maybe Poilievre can keep the pressure somewhat at bay. I’m not sure. I think the younger generations who understand the central surveillance and control possibilities of digital tech and are seeing their opportunities dry up understand what’s at risk. I think it’s too much to process for many older people.

By almost any measure Justin Trudeau is a populist.

IF he turns into a leader instead of a whining little boy. IF he can actually come up with real policy instead of complaining abut everything. IF can get an understanding of the real world. IF Trudeau does not promise too much to the millennials again.

Load of bullshit. Her server wasn’t “regularly hacked.” People tried to hack it. No evidence they succeeded. People try to hack every server. DoD, Google, you name it. Why was it any worse that she used a private server instead of, say, Google’s? Trump’s kiddies all used unsecured phones while he was Pres. Jared did, they all did the same thing Hillary did. As soon as she was out of office, she had someone comb through all her emails and sent the government related docs to the government, in compliance with the laws. She shouldn’t have used her own iPads, but Jared and the rest of the Trump Hitler Youth squad shouldn’t have either, especially after campaigning over that very issue.

Maybe, but our system needs positive leaders to win majorities, except for rare examples. He will have to build political connections to groups that people disparage and insult on these pages: minority religious groups, ethnic groups, the irreligious, and voters in eastern Canada who are reluctant to try new ideas. Journalist Justin Ling predicts a low, dirty campaign from the main two parties. That could help the NDP but not enough to win. I sense that people are tired of Trudeau's face and could give Poilievre a minority but to keep it he would have to go more centrist than Doug Ford did. Trudeau will campaign on "Poilievre is Hitler everybody" and that won't work, although I hate to make predictions. Maybe it will. It's hard to believe that in the face of all our problems we will have to withstand a campaign that stays away from substance but maybe Ling is right.

Federal NDP are done. Jagmeet Singh's a fool and a Liberal. Hoping Justin Trudeau takes a walk into a snowbank like his uncle Pierre Trudeau did.

populist isn't mainstream you clown jesus christ.. wake up from your dreamland dude.

Yeah, I was skeptical of him a few months back, but he won me over. The country has seen where a left of center PM will take us, which has been scary at times. The cycle is going to swing back the other way, let's hope Poilievre makes the most of it.

Yes but won't it also mean Trudeau's transactions can be tracked as well?

Just so there’s no confusion about the terrible security at Mar-Lago, it’s already been infiltrated by Russian-Ukrainian criminals: Ukrainian woman posing as Rothschild family member infiltrated Mar-a-Lago: report She appeared at numerous Mar-a-Lago functions mingling with the likes of Trump, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and others while she held the position as president of United Hearts of Mercy, founded by Florida-based Russian oligarch and former business partner Valery Tarasenko in Canada in 2015, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Yashchyshyn, 33, is now the subject of several federal investigations after it was revealed she is not in fact a member of the Rothschild family. She’s additionally under investigation by Canadian authorities for alleged financial crimes. In actuality, Yashchyshyn is the Russian-speaking daughter of an Illinois truck driver. It’s unclear when she came to the US. …Yashchyshyn formerly worked in a suburban Miami business connecting pregnant Russian women to Americans looking to adopt a child, the Post-Gazette reported. …Photos from 2021 show the brunette hanging out with Trump, Graham and others, according to the reports. https://nypost.com/2022/08/26/ukrainian-woman-inna-yashchyshyn-posing-as-rothschild-family-member-infiltrated-mar-a-lago/amp/

You missed the party where he and his cronies are pocketing the money for themselves

Yeah, it's not like they're a German family.

Cite.

Spinach is best in a big Italian lasagna layered between cottage cheese and provolone. Mmmmm....good eats.

I love spinach.

His talent is obvious but getting involved with Bitcoin showed a serious lack of judgment for a senior Canadian politician. That scam has hooked enough desperate young people already.

The failed school teacher, woman groper and black face was good enough for the left…

He was way ahead in that contest. There was no need to keep the crazy talk going so long. He’ll be asked about that Bitcoin nonsense for a long time to come.

I suppose what is meant is a job outside politics.

MP seems like a real job to me. What would be a real job to you?

Did you mean overestimate? Considering he has never had a real job? There is always hope with a new broom

When we became a country. We chose to have a parliamentary constitutional monarchy system. The "system" has evolved since 1867 to what we have today. Every single government has brought change and acts and laws and regulations and whatever change that the voting public wanted. We chose Harpers vision and after 15 years did not like it. We chose Trudeaus vision and promises and after 11 years, some do not like it. Both made changes to our system and the next one will change it as well Not all people want or wanted change but those that chose the government did and they got it. It will continue to evolve as long as we elect representatives as we do now. You have the opportunity to "reflect" at each and every election.

Don't underestimate him. He's never had a real job, so there's potential for him now that he has to design actual policy.

A lot will happen between now and an election. Trudeau is being forced to change Canada’ s currency to a digital one, by this December. This will allow the government to see what you are spending your money on. Good luck with that one, JT. I can imagine the election debates with more Canadians’ bank accounts frozen.

So it's not Groot then, it's the source. Entertainment outlets like Maher, and CNN and FOX are a bad place to start a serious discussion.

How do YOU recommend insuring your data is NOT recovered from your old phone, smarty pants? As an ex-chip designer, I can tell you that few people have the expertise and equipment to recover data from a chip with a smashed package. Esp the kind with bump bonds like those in cell phones.

What is funny? That EXPERTS recommend destroying obsolete phones? You have a strange sense of humor. Forbes: Tech Experts Think You Should Take A Sledgehammer To Your Old Phone

Bullshit. The "should have known" allegation just doesn't work to charge anyone with a crime. No one has that kind of comprehensive knowledge about 10s of thousands of classified documents; not even the people who produced them, or they would have been on SIPRnet and MARKED. Wrong again. Intent is KEY to most criminal statutes. Failure to mark a document is not even a crime because there are MANY gray areas. I'm going to stop right here because being a foreigner, it is OBVIOUS you have ZERO experience with US classification practices, AND I have held a TS/SCI clearance with 2 different US defense contractors. AND you don't even know that the standard for a criminal violation is GROSS NEGLIGENCE but Comey said Hillary was ONLY "extremely careless" and NO ONE has ever been prosecuted for what she did; the punishment has ALWAYS been administrative sanctions. AKA, loss of clearance and/or employment.

Franco Phoney. No thanks (again). Get Alberta out.

Many claims are very far from true, I am from this generation, and don't worry I'm good with the 'kids are not getting laid! 60% of them don't have sex!!!' part, I am very happy with my year so far, and the last one, and the prior as well if you were interested in knowing, because you seem to care about my demographics and not really giving a good take. I know that you care, but sometimes I think people like you get a bit too confident in their abilities in giving an appropriate answer to a problem, because you don't get the problems. If you don't frame a problem well... The worse way to fix a problem is to exaggerate a situation or a problem, I'll give you a quick example. The truth is actually the opposite. Only 30% (rounded percentage) of under 30s didn't have sex last year. https://news.iu.edu/stories/2020/06/iub/releases/15-sexual-inactivity-young-men-united-states-no-sex-debby-herbenick.html Nearly 1 in 3 young men in the US report having no sex, study finds This other statistic is blatantly wrong. 75% of the total population is inapt to enroll in the army -you are referring to very obese person, yes, but also the elderly, children, but also many disabled people, or people with illnesses-, but not 75% of the young people who volunteer are obese and rejected. You are dramatizing. --- I'm not saying my generation has no problems. We have! But they are related to costs of living, low wages, rigid management, poor social cohesion in many areas where isolation is profound, rent too high... but what you are talking about is delegitimizing many of my generations' problems, with dumb assertions. To fix a problem, you have to name it correctly, and frame it correctly. You are not doing that. You are out of touch. Please think about it sincerely. I know, you may say I am young and don't have perspective. But you have no idea of what you're talking about.

The Conservatives haven't won anything yet.

Yeah, fine. Vote for someone else. Withhold your vote. No one cares, Jack. Hold your breath if that makes you feel better, but none of us conservatives care what you do with your particular vote.

he won the conservative leadership who has been slowly moving towards trumpism the last few years so thats no suprise lmao.. erin otoole tried to save the party from it but they stabbed him in the back and here we are... doesn't mean populism is mainstream.. just means the partys base got no brains basically .

hes not winning a general election talking like he did during the con leadership lol. also no major party is commies in canada so grow up with that stunt already.

68% on the first ballot. Decisive. Now we're going to find out why there were so many Progs on this thread trying to talk us out of supporting Pierre. Mr. Dressup and the other commies don't stand a chance in the next federal election.

99% sure he won't get my vote but Will still listen to what he has to say.. I don't see how he can win a general election without atleast moving to the center a little bit though

pierre wins on first ballot.. oh well i guess lets see what he does now i suppose

Charles may have a hard time of it after the honeymoon is over. Andrew's dalliances with girls will stain the whole family. Then there is Diana.

Oh and your kid grooming days are coming to an end little Proggies. Don't like it? Choke on it.

No, I understand salary plus benefits pretty well. The folks who don't are union employees complaining about their wages whilst ignoring how valuable their benefit packages are. Yes, and the UAW is a model for dysfunction and the primary reason why North American auto manufacturers have struggled since the late 1990's. When I was in business school back in the early 2000's, we studied GM vs Toyota and GM at the time had a $40/hr labor cost disadvantage vs Toyota. Meanwhile, when jobs became available at any Toyota plant, there'd be 100's of qualified applicants for every single position. That's why GM and Chrysler went bankrupt during the financial meltdown.

I think that your surprise at salary including benefits is misguided. If you take any employee working that has pension, vacation, parental leave and other mandatory benefits plus salary, you will be surprised as well. Normally benefits are not included when you speak about wages but they are substantial. The the average UAW salary is around $73 an hour, not including any benefits. Benefits add up fast. The auto industry is responsible for over 500,000 direct and indirect jobs across Canada. Fact is 1/4 million out of 36 million is not that many and is very much sustainable. Considering that the feds have to have presences in every region/province/city/town/village in the country, the number is not surprising. Do you actually think Pierre whatever will cut spending and public servants?? The last conservative PM had the largest cabinet ever. Not defending but just putting perspective into the conversation. Oh and, didn't read the article you linked because I could not get past the paywall.

Poor Moonshine. Someone disagrees with the little fella on the internet.