Ford = Mr Canada?

[August1991]

Note to Carney advisors: Ontario is not Canada.

Note to Poilievre: You coulda been a federal PM.

[Michael Hardner]

Doug Ford participated in the York Region PRIDE celebration.

Mr. Canada was a poster here years ago who said that he was going to attend PRIDE in Toronto with a video camera to record men having public sex, so he could do his duty and submit the evidence to the police.

🤔

Okaaaaaay, Mr. Canada.

Shortly after, Anthony banned him.  Then a poster named taxme joined, using a VPN to mask his IP address.

Taxme has never acknowledged being the same poster.

[Legato]

2 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

Doug Ford participated in the York Region PRIDE celebration.

Mr. Canada was a poster here years ago who said that he was going to attend PRIDE in Toronto with a video camera to record men having public sex, so he could do his duty and submit the evidence to the police.

🤔

Okaaaaaay, Mr. Canada.

Shortly after, Anthony banned him.  Then a poster named taxme joined, using a VPN to mask his IP address.

Taxme has never acknowledged being the same poster.

I can assure you Mr.Canada and Taxme are not the same person.

[Michael Hardner]

4 minutes ago, Legato said:

I can assure you Mr.Canada and Taxme are not the same person.

Based on?🤔

[Legato]

4 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

Based on?🤔

For my eyes only, this is a public forum.

[LinkSoul60]

7 hours ago, August1991 said:

Note to Poilievre: You coulda been a federal PM.

He coulda had a chance if he hada learned how to pivot to what was important to voters instead of playing US style politics, but then Carney came along and as the facts show, not a fair fight for whom Canadian's preferred.  The man has a likability problem and is branded as such....it's not going to change.

[LinkSoul60]

4 hours ago, Legato said:

For my eyes only, this is a public forum.

'I can assure you Mr.Canada and Taxme are not the same person.'

Mr Canada was before my time here, but you appear to be rather defensive about it now.....  😂

[herbie]

Well if the federal Tories ever dump Poilievre and draft Doug Ford as leader, they'd do themselves a big favour.

Imagine that, a leader actively Canadian who doesn't spend all his time shitting on everything about the country he wants to represent!

Edited August 16, 2025 by herbie

[LinkSoul60]

Ford would have got my vote the election before last, and serious consideration this election even after Carney came on the scene.

Alas....  they have ongoing leadership problems and chose a guy this time who is simply not likeable no matter how hard he tries.

[Moonlight Graham]

7 hours ago, LinkSoul60 said:

He coulda had a chance if he hada learned how to pivot to what was important to voters instead of playing US style politics, but then Carney came along and as the facts show, not a fair fight for whom Canadian's preferred.  The man has a likability problem and is branded as such....it's not going to change.

Mr PP was desperate to win so he copied the style of politics that has been recently successful for conservative politicians in America.   Unfortunately for PP, most Canadians don't support gorilla oaf politics.

Dougie at least knows how to play the game a lot better.  Toronto and Ontario have cautiously embraced the Ford brothers, which tells you that Canadians aren't as left-leaning as some think.  PP should have copied what works in Canada instead.

A lot of Canadians really, really dislike the Liberal Party (provincially and federally).   Just not as much as Trump BAHAHA!

[LinkSoul60]

2 minutes ago, Moonlight Graham said:

Mr PP was desperate to win so he copied the style of politics that has been recently successful for conservative politicians in America.   Unfortunately for PP, most Canadians don't support gorilla oaf politics.

Dougie at least knows how to play the game a lot better.  Toronto and Ontario have cautiously embraced the Ford brothers, which tells you that Canadians aren't as left-leaning as some think.  PP should have copied what works in Canada instead.

A lot of Canadians really, really dislike the Liberal Party (provincially and federally).   Just not as much as Trump BAHAHA!

So true.... 😂  Poilievre had this one in the bag and was happily moving along until Trump and then Carney showed up.  For a career politician you'd have figured he would know how to pivot away from the political schtick he was using and that people were turned off with. Not a smart guy.  Next Conservative leader up please...

Ford definitely knows how to play the game.  He's not your typical politician and maybe that's why Ontarian's and people from outside the province like him.  Poilievre couldn't have copied him though simply because of the likability factor which Ford has, and Poilievre doesn't.  Interested to see what Ford's political future is....but to Herbie's comment, the Tories should be knocking on his door to find out.

 

 

[Legato]

7 hours ago, LinkSoul60 said:

'I can assure you Mr.Canada and Taxme are not the same person.'

Mr Canada was before my time here, but you appear to be rather defensive about it now.....  😂

Non of your business, please stop the annoying chirps, the adults are talking.

[August1991]

On 8/16/2025 at 2:52 PM, LinkSoul60 said:

'I can assure you Mr.Canada and Taxme are not the same person.'

Mr Canada was before my time here, but you appear to be rather defensive about it now.....  😂

IMHO, Pierre Trudeau understood Canada far better than Pierre Poilevre.

And Carney? He and he is wife are ambitious bureaucrats: they live in a different world than ordinary Canadians.

[LinkSoul60]

17 hours ago, August1991 said:

IMHO, Pierre Trudeau understood Canada far better than Pierre Poilevre.

And Carney? He and he is wife are ambitious bureaucrats: they live in a different world than ordinary Canadians.

PET was during my younger years and little to no interest in politics.  I'll take your word for that because of PET's tenures and PP's recent failure.

Yes, Carney lives in a different world than most Canadian's, as many/most PM's generally have.  That's okay.... he just needs to understand the ordinary Canadian.

[Boges]

53%!!!!

DoFo could go down as the most successful Premiere in Ontario history. 

And to think, 10 years ago people thought he was just his late crack-smoking brother's wingman. 

 

Edited August 27, 2025 by Boges

[LinkSoul60]

27 minutes ago, Boges said:

53%!!!!

DoFo could go down as the most successful Premiere in Ontario history. 

And to think, 10 years ago people thought he was just his late crack-smoking brother's wingman. 

 

He's a real guy that people can relate to.  Down the road and post-Carney, a good bet to be our next PM.

 

[Boges]

On 8/16/2025 at 6:02 PM, Moonlight Graham said:

Toronto and Ontario have cautiously embraced the Ford brothers, which tells you that Canadians aren't as left-leaning as some think.  PP should have copied what works in Canada instead.

Instead they just accuse DoFo and his supporters as being Liberal. 

Edited August 27, 2025 by Boges

[herbie]

2 hours ago, Boges said:

Instead they just accuse DoFo and his supporters as Liberal. 

When they've moved so far to the right and still think they're conservatives that can't be helped.

[August1991]

8 hours ago, Boges said:

Instead they just accuse DoFo and his supporters as being Liberal. 

A mile wide and an inch thick.

8 hours ago, LinkSoul60 said:

He's a real guy that people can relate to.  Down the road and post-Carney, a good bet to be our next PM.

 

Doug Ford doesn't speak French.

[Boges]

12 hours ago, August1991 said:

Doug Ford doesn't speak French.

Rumour has it, he's taking French lessons. 

I think Quebec can get behind a guy like DoFo even if he's French is poor. 

[LinkSoul60]

14 hours ago, August1991 said:

Doug Ford doesn't speak French.

Boges said it, apparently he's taking French lessons;

There are certainly barriers between Ford and Parliament Hill. For one, he has only Grade 9 French. But he’s taking lessons. “Comme ci, comme ça,” the premier answered when I asked how it was going. According to one insider, Ford is serious about a run and believes he can win without Quebec if he can connect in Alberta.

https://torontolife.com/deep-dives/the-insatiable-political-ambitions-of-doug-ford/

[August1991]

On 8/28/2025 at 9:14 AM, Boges said:

Rumour has it, he's taking French lessons. 

I think Quebec can get behind a guy like DoFo even if he's French is poor. 

Nationalism?

Ontario Nationalism is not Canadian Nationalism.

[Moonlight Graham]

On 8/29/2025 at 9:10 PM, August1991 said:

Nationalism?

Ontario Nationalism is not Canadian Nationalism.

Is there provincial nationalism outside Quebec?

Maybe PEI, maybe Alberta?

[ExFlyer]

On 8/16/2025 at 6:35 PM, LinkSoul60 said:

So true.... 😂  Poilievre had this one in the bag and was happily moving along until Trump and then Carney showed up.  For a career politician you'd have figured he would know how to pivot away from the political schtick he was using and that people were turned off with. Not a smart guy.  Next Conservative leader up please...

Ford definitely knows how to play the game.  He's not your typical politician and maybe that's why Ontarian's and people from outside the province like him.  Poilievre couldn't have copied him though simply because of the likability factor which Ford has, and Poilievre doesn't.  Interested to see what Ford's political future is....but to Herbie's comment, the Tories should be knocking on his door to find out.

 

 

Don't solely blame PP for the political blunder. His entire campaign team really screwed him. They were the ones that took daily temperatures and polls and knew what was happening but did not make him move quickly enough. 

The nail in his coffin was the debate when he kept on and on about Trudeau and Carney matter of factly informed him Trudeau was not running any more LOL.  Even then, it took him over a week to pivot and his team made the pivot a poor attempt and he lost all hope then.

 

Edited August 31, 2025 by ExFlyer

[ExFlyer]

On 8/29/2025 at 9:10 PM, August1991 said:

Nationalism?

Ontario Nationalism is not Canadian Nationalism.

 

13 hours ago, Moonlight Graham said:

Is there provincial nationalism outside Quebec?

Maybe PEI, maybe Alberta?

For sure but as all conservatives know by now, if you have Quebec and Ontario...conservatives lose...every time.