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Byelection to settle Poilievre's seat issue should be soon (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Carney said a byelection should be held as quickly as possible to give Poilievre an opportunity to win a seat in the House of Commons, if that’s what the Conservative Party wants.

Poilievre lost his seat in Ottawa's Carleton riding on Monday after holding it for more than 20 years, so he's in the unusual position of being a party leader without a seat.

"I already told Mr. Poilievre that I will trigger a byelection if that is the decision of the Conservative Party," he said in French.

Then, in English: "I will ensure that it happens as soon as possible. No games, nothing."

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a chance to flip another seat blue to red.

Case A: PP gets a seat and has to do his job, blue to blue

Case B: a blue seat flips red and PP looks even stupider, and liberals get closer to a majority.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i hate to say it but lemmy.ca is among the worst servers for bad uninformed takes. The Conservative won with over 80% of the vote share in that riding, PP is a coward for running there but he won't come close to losing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

A lot of conservatives have a personal distaste for him being a loser, and doing this.

And the fact that whether he wins or loses the seat has no actual bearing on liberals still being in control.

So a lot of conservatives are considering voting him out to send a message they specifically hate PP so the conservatives elect a better leader

What we would wanna see, ideally, is a conservative leaning local independent who us popular and well known, like a radio host or mayor or etc.

That person could prolly beat PP and send a message.