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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (15 children)

So, now what for Poilievre?

Maybe the knives come out and he's forced out as Conservative leader. I mean, he had a 20 percentage point lead over the Liberals and lost it. That has to piss them off. All he needed to do is do what Doug Ford did and stand up for Canada and against Trump.

But, if he doesn't step down, where does he get someone to step down so he can run in a by-election? If he wants to stay near Ottawa, he'll really have to move somewhere rural. He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who actually likes rural people or rural life very much. Or, he could move to Alberta. Lots of safe Conservative ridings in Alberta, some are even in urban areas. But, will they want a guy who is the very model of a carpet-bagger? A politician who has never had a job outside of politics, not just from "Ottawa" meaning the federal government, but who has literally lived in Ottawa(ish) for years?

I hope they ditch him. I'm sure the conservative party could do a lot worse, but there's also a chance they could find a leader who has actually done something with their lives outside politics, and who has their own ideas, not just reheated culture war crap from Canada's Shorts and just shouting down anything the Liberals suggest.

[–] grte 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He lost his seat. He's toast. He'll be writing op-eds for Postmedia in a month.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He will get a $20,000 per month for life pension, unless he renounces suckling at the teat of the public purse and gets a real job.

So, he will get a $20,000 per month for life pension.

[–] grte 4 points 1 month ago

Writing op-eds for Postmedia is not a real job, to be fair.

[–] TheBloodFarts 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How will he get that? Serious question

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He's been in parliament his whole career. He's never had a real job. He gets an MP's pension.

[–] TheBloodFarts 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a ridiculous pension jfc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

A real man of the people. Remember that he wanted to cut taxes on the wealthy, cut services for the rest of us to pay for it, and run up an extra $100 billion of debt over the next four years.

[–] TheBloodFarts 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'm sure Rebel has a seat open for him.

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