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Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable
(www.thebeaverton.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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No, that's going way too far.
Bear in mind that although you might be focused on this election as a single-issue voter, lots of other people don't share that focus. When there's polling specifically about whether Canada should join the US the positives are in the below-10% range, comfortably into "just crazies and loons" territory. But a political party like the Conservatives have a wide range of positions and people can find them compelling in various ways. Conservative voters also want Canada to survive, they just have different opinions from you on how to accomplish that and what "survival" means.
I'm quite happy that the Conservatives didn't get into power, I think Carney is the right person to be leading Canada right now. But let's not jump to painting people we disagree with as being all a bunch of lunatic monsters.
You're full of shit. As per the link, 30% of Canadians polled "would consider annexation if offered US citizenship and conversion of Canadian financial assets to US dollars."
Speaking of being full of shit. As per that link, you're going to great lengths to cherry pick "favorable" results out of the wide variety of options that the polls covered.
Also, that link is from 16 January 2025. Trump hadn't even been inaugurated yet. Do you realize just how big a shift in Canadian (and global) opinion has been going on in the time since then? The whole point of the article this thread is attached to is mocking how Poilivere's party has lost, a result that's in large part a result of the increase in Canadian identity and patriotism that's followed in the wake of Trump's attacks once he was in office.
Abd your stance is that 2/3 of the people who would already be fine with that idea were also completely unaware of the complete shitshow that the second Trump presidency would be and that they wouldn't be defending that stance? Poilievre had a campaign manager wearing a MAGA hat, was asked a question about his stance on campaign employees doing such stuff, and he blathered on about the Liberals and taxes, and they still got 40% of the vote. But please, do go on and tell me how 30% of Canadians being okay with joining America is unreasonable.