It’s also important to note that when Fanjoy won his riding it was only the third time since Confederation that the riding did not vote Conservative. We can hope for the same thing happening in Alberta!
Well, my riding here in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek flipped to Liberal after voting NDP almost forever, it seems. But that's the NDP story across the country. I'm hoping for a flip like reader Jg is hoping...
1. Canadians were given the choice of adopting most of the Conservative's proposed agenda without a Trump-like leader. While not running a perfect campaign, the Liberals were able to convince voters (especially older folks and women) that Carney was sufficiently different from Trudeau and more equipped to negotiate with the US. (Sidebar, looks like nobody is equipped to negotiate with the US right now).
2. The measure of success for Poilievre in the byelection is not winning the seat, it is by what margin. If he wins it with 55-60% of the votes, I think he may be doomed.
The last election will be remembered as one that utterly failed the Canadian people.
We were given two opportunities to be thrown to the wolves and a toothless sheep dog as a third. In any event it was the wolves that won.
What struck me most of all was the general cowardice of the Canadian people. Sure there was a lot of talk, but in the end, they chose out of fear and not out of courage or vision. We picked the status-quo and one of its well known defenders of that path, hoping that doing the same thing but better would lead us to a different outcome.
Was this a result of the fear-mongering done by our governing parties for the last forever? Maybe, I don’t know. If our political discourse is dominated by fear, maybe fear is an understandable reaction.
In my opinion Pollievre reaped what he sowed and we all lost. Well, let me qualify, everyone who doesn’t own large assets lost. The asset class is doing very well right now.
It’s also important to note that when Fanjoy won his riding it was only the third time since Confederation that the riding did not vote Conservative. We can hope for the same thing happening in Alberta!
Well, my riding here in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek flipped to Liberal after voting NDP almost forever, it seems. But that's the NDP story across the country. I'm hoping for a flip like reader Jg is hoping...
Good article David, you summed up 6 months in a short accurate report.
I would love to see his wining margin in Stoney Creek come in under 60%. That might be enough to wake up the CPC.
Great concise analysis. Carney seems to pushing all the right buttons!
Two thoughts:
1. Canadians were given the choice of adopting most of the Conservative's proposed agenda without a Trump-like leader. While not running a perfect campaign, the Liberals were able to convince voters (especially older folks and women) that Carney was sufficiently different from Trudeau and more equipped to negotiate with the US. (Sidebar, looks like nobody is equipped to negotiate with the US right now).
2. The measure of success for Poilievre in the byelection is not winning the seat, it is by what margin. If he wins it with 55-60% of the votes, I think he may be doomed.
The last election will be remembered as one that utterly failed the Canadian people.
We were given two opportunities to be thrown to the wolves and a toothless sheep dog as a third. In any event it was the wolves that won.
What struck me most of all was the general cowardice of the Canadian people. Sure there was a lot of talk, but in the end, they chose out of fear and not out of courage or vision. We picked the status-quo and one of its well known defenders of that path, hoping that doing the same thing but better would lead us to a different outcome.
Was this a result of the fear-mongering done by our governing parties for the last forever? Maybe, I don’t know. If our political discourse is dominated by fear, maybe fear is an understandable reaction.
In my opinion Pollievre reaped what he sowed and we all lost. Well, let me qualify, everyone who doesn’t own large assets lost. The asset class is doing very well right now.