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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 8 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

PP gone forever? Or is CPC somehow going to give him another seat so he can stay leader?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Yes, that's where the drama will unfold next. Will there be a civil war, and how many factions will be involved?

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[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

The latter. This ghoul is not going away.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 30 points 17 hours ago (7 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@lemmy.ca 24 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago (6 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.

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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 47 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (7 children)
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[–] discomatic@lemmy.ca 11 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

As a woman, a lesbian, a disabled person, and someone who thinks all humans deserve rights.. I am so relieved. I voted Liberal for the first time in my life, and was glad to do it - Carney makes me hopeful again for the first time in a long time.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

It got closer overnight.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 14 hours ago

Well done.

Please let Dutton (also, Voldemort, Potatohead etc, Australian conservative leader) be next :)

[–] Prezhotnuts@lemmy.ca 39 points 20 hours ago (19 children)
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[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 49 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I know nothing about canadian politics, but Fanjoy looks like he is having a lot of fun and joy. 😺

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 78 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

To give a bit of context. The person in second, Pierre Poilievre, is the leader of the Conservative party and campaigned for Prime Minister of Canada. Canadians don't vote directly for Prime Minister. The country is divided into a few hundred ridings and each riding gets to elect a Member of Parliament. The party with the most MPs gets to form government, and their leader becomes the Prime Minister.

Not only has Poilievre failed to win enough seats for the Conservative party to form government, he might not even win his own seat. A seat he has held for 20 years. It would be embarrassing for him and hilarious for all the Canadians that think he's a dickhead.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 35 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

Thanks for clarification!

not even win his own seat

As in he won't be elected as a member of parliament because not enough people voted for him in his region?

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 39 points 19 hours ago (14 children)

He wasn't elected.

Results are in.

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