I strongly disagree. If anyone except Poilievre was leading the Conservatives, they would be in power right now. In Canada, it isnтАЩt like America, no matter how much the Conservative hardcore base wants it to be. Kindness, respect, compassion for others and working together are things all Canadians from left to most of the right value. In person itтАЩs a near universal set of values we share, less so online. And we HATE blowhard braggarts, especially ones who sound exactly like the bully in the White House. Poilievre is what lost them the 2025 election, himself alone with his тАЬCanada FirstтАЭ campaign.
How can I be so sure? Easy. Look at opinion polls of Canadians on the current economy taken during the campaign. They blame the Liberals for inflation, for the lack of affordable housing, for the rising crime in certain suburban areas. Majority after majority said they wanted change from the Trudeau government. They liked the Conservatives party platform. The Liberals never should have had a chance with such daunting opposition.
What was the 1 and only stat from Canadians that went against the Conservatives specifically? PoilievreтАЩs тАЬlikabilityтАЭ deficit. He never once got a positive approval ratings from voters. ThatтАЩs what sealed his partyтАЩs fate. DonтАЩt believe me? Ask Conservative MPтАЩs themselves:
Ahmar Khan
@AhmarSKhan
Robert Fife on CBCтАЩs Power and Politics re: Conservative MPs feelings about Pierre Poilievre.
тАЬMPs have told me that they found it really difficult going door-to-door because a lot of people were saying тАШwe some of the policies youтАЩre doing, but we think your leader is a dickтАЩ.тАЭ
Erin OтАЩToole would be PM right now, so would Doug Ford, Tim Houston or any other prominent Conservative that isnтАЩt Poilievre (or even a backbencher for that matter). Canadian voters voted for Conservatives in unprecedented numbers because they couldnтАЩt handle the problems with the economy in the country. They voted for Liberals to make sure Poilievre specifically wouldnтАЩt be PM.
He did not create a massive pro-Conservative party vote gain, although he succeeded doing some of that. What he did was ride an anti-current situation vote, people who were done with the party in charge because they didnтАЩt like the economy and would vote Conservative no matter what to get the Liberals out.
In fact the only Conservative who underperformed was Poilievre himself, losing his seat, while his party gained a bunch of seats. CanтАЩt be any much clearer of a message voters send than that.
OтАЩToole and Houston may be PM now because they are less right-wing than Polieivre. It was his ideology more than his personality that did him in. Trump
The results seem to reflect that. Poilievre's party gained vote share and seats, Dutton's lost both.
That was more because LPC was in a 20pt hole when with Trudeau.
I strongly disagree. If anyone except Poilievre was leading the Conservatives, they would be in power right now. In Canada, it isnтАЩt like America, no matter how much the Conservative hardcore base wants it to be. Kindness, respect, compassion for others and working together are things all Canadians from left to most of the right value. In person itтАЩs a near universal set of values we share, less so online. And we HATE blowhard braggarts, especially ones who sound exactly like the bully in the White House. Poilievre is what lost them the 2025 election, himself alone with his тАЬCanada FirstтАЭ campaign.
How can I be so sure? Easy. Look at opinion polls of Canadians on the current economy taken during the campaign. They blame the Liberals for inflation, for the lack of affordable housing, for the rising crime in certain suburban areas. Majority after majority said they wanted change from the Trudeau government. They liked the Conservatives party platform. The Liberals never should have had a chance with such daunting opposition.
What was the 1 and only stat from Canadians that went against the Conservatives specifically? PoilievreтАЩs тАЬlikabilityтАЭ deficit. He never once got a positive approval ratings from voters. ThatтАЩs what sealed his partyтАЩs fate. DonтАЩt believe me? Ask Conservative MPтАЩs themselves:
Ahmar Khan
@AhmarSKhan
Robert Fife on CBCтАЩs Power and Politics re: Conservative MPs feelings about Pierre Poilievre.
тАЬMPs have told me that they found it really difficult going door-to-door because a lot of people were saying тАШwe some of the policies youтАЩre doing, but we think your leader is a dickтАЩ.тАЭ
Erin OтАЩToole would be PM right now, so would Doug Ford, Tim Houston or any other prominent Conservative that isnтАЩt Poilievre (or even a backbencher for that matter). Canadian voters voted for Conservatives in unprecedented numbers because they couldnтАЩt handle the problems with the economy in the country. They voted for Liberals to make sure Poilievre specifically wouldnтАЩt be PM.
He did not create a massive pro-Conservative party vote gain, although he succeeded doing some of that. What he did was ride an anti-current situation vote, people who were done with the party in charge because they didnтАЩt like the economy and would vote Conservative no matter what to get the Liberals out.
In fact the only Conservative who underperformed was Poilievre himself, losing his seat, while his party gained a bunch of seats. CanтАЩt be any much clearer of a message voters send than that.
The argument is that Dutton is even worse, not that Poilievre is good.
OтАЩToole and Houston may be PM now because they are less right-wing than Polieivre. It was his ideology more than his personality that did him in. Trump