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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.
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?
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
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.
Nah, he'd just ramp up the "side hustle" grifting even more.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sweet another chance to take that one from him too
Not in Alberta.
That guy resigning got 82% of the vote.
I know you’re right, but think how funny it would be…
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.
Would be funny if it flipped anyway
Even if it went to a hard right independent; anyone but Poilievre
Maxime Bernier is free, but he's also probably not even popular enough to split the vote.
poilievre is now a DEI hire exactly in the way the cons lie and misrepresent DEI hires
I hope he loses
I mean the other guy won by like 80%. I doubt he's going to lose
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.
Conservative minds?
Fuck off. How the fuck is this kind of bullshit allowed? He lost! He shouldn’t get to swap out with someone. Wtf
This is how the government of Canada operates. It shouldn't come as a surprise.
Absenteeism in the Catholic Church was a major factor in the Protestant Reformation. There will come a time in any system that allows it where it is violently reminded why a disconnect between representative and the population they are supposed to serve is a bad idea.
So the unemployed loser went to daddy for a handout. I want to know how much he paid the other guy for switching places.
Something something safe space, something something inclusion, something something participation trophy.
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.
A chance to take another seat from them. Heck, if he loses there, too, he might even try again!
Dude hasn't had a real job, so having things handed to him like this is prob second nature for him.
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.
Damn I thought this dude might actually be gone. This feels really unfair. He doesn't give a shit about that area, so much for local representation
See a lot of post just about the 81.8%(53,502) of votes, but the bigger thing is that it's out of 81,123 electors so even if every other elector went to a single candidate plus another 10k swung from Conservative's that would still not be enough.
Okay Battle River-Crowfoot, you know what to do
It’s exceptionally blue even for Alberta but who knows? I hope the liberal candidate calls Fanjoy for tips and starts TODAY. It’s not impossible.
