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Title: Erin O'Toole removed as Conservative leader | CTV News
Category: Political
Posted By: llama66
Date: 2022-02-02 09:58:56
Canadian

[llama66]

The CPC has chosen Oblivion.

[DrCaleb]

llama66 llama66:

The CPC has chosen Oblivion.

They chose that when they stabbed David Orchard.

[llama66]

Now to determine who will lead the CPC into relative obscurity.

[xerxes]

Conservatives in Canada must just love losing to Trudeau over and over again. You’d think it was their kink or something.

[DrCaleb]

Randy!

Pierre Poutine!

Andrew Scheer!

They are hooped. Perhaps they should have groomed a new leader before firing the old one.

[raydan]

So let me get this straight...

The CPC realize that they will never get elected because their base isn't large enough. They have to sacrifice some of the more "extreme" supporters and move towards centre... just a bit.

So they choose Erin O'Toole as their leader.

The rest of the CPC refuse to move, even a bit... and Erin O'Toole is the first one to get voted off the island.

The CPC will realize again that they will never get elected because their base isn't large enough.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[DrCaleb]

^^ Correct.

It's the extreme part of their base that resents moving to the center.

[bootlegga]

I'm torn between this and this .

Maybe I'll go with a bit of both...

[DrCaleb]

bootlegga bootlegga:

I'm torn between this and this .

Maybe I'll go with a bit of both...

I'm more like;

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Because while these assholes get their shit together, we have to put up with Trudeau lite.

Perhaps I'll start cheering for Jagmeet.

[llama66]

NDP government just became a real possibility . Dipper opposition probably after the next election.

[PluggyRug]

About time they got rid of O'Toole, he just followed Liberal talking points. The last election was his to loose and he didn't disappoint

[llama66]

Who you like to lead the CPC?

[bootlegga]

PluggyRug PluggyRug:

About time they got rid of O'Toole, he just followed Liberal talking points. The last election was his to loose and he didn't disappoint

The only chance the CPC has to form government is to pick a moderate like Michael Chong, but there's no way the base in the Prairies will ever go for that, as they barely tolerated O'Toole.

If they pick Lewis or Sloan this time, they will finally be reduced to the rump regional party they really are. Either that, or the FluTruxClan base will finally sheer off and jump on the PPC bandwagon, which will reduce the CPC to an also-ran like the NDP.

Dwight Eisenhower was correct when he said that, "The middle of the road is the only usable surface, the far right and left are in the gutters."

The last six/seven years have shown that the CPC still doesn't understand that.

[Caelon]

The far right appear to be dominating the party. As others have said that is not a palatable platform for most Canadians.

I would label myself as fiscally conservative and socially libertarian. Currently no party ticks the boxes for me. A small c party that leaned to the centre would catch enough boxes that I could support it. I think a lot of others could as well.

I can support the majority of the Liberal's social programs, but have trouble with fiscal policies and foreign affairs. I do not agree with enough of the NDP's positions to support them. In a minority government when the NDP had proposals that appealed to the majority of Canadians we got some good legislation without some of the oddball items a majority government can enact to appease the more radical of its members.

With the Conservatives shooting themselves in the foot again we will likely end up with a Liberal majority unless the NDP can gain enough seats to maintain a Liberal minority. That brings up the question of temporary alliances to avoid a nonconfidence motion. While it would never happen a Liberal/Conservative alliance could be an interesting walk down the middle.