After the collapse of support for Erin O’Toole, and his removal from leadership, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre announced Saturday he will be running for the Conservative Party’s leadership. WATCH:
Canadian Treepers, what do you think?
Is this guy the one who can make the difference?
CANADA – […] Poilievre, 42, becomes the first candidate seeking to replace Erin O’Toole, who was voted out as leader earlier this week.
Born in Calgary, Poilievre has been MP for the Ottawa riding of Carleton since 2004, and held a number of cabinet positions under then Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
[…] Poilievre gained a number of endorsements minutes after announcing his candidacy on Saturday.
In reply to his tweet, former cabinet minister John Baird got behind his onetime caucus colleague, writing that Poilievre “has the brains and the backbone and will make a great Prime Minister. I am beyond thrilled to endorse him!”
A number of MPs have also started to endorse Poilievre, including Ontario’s Melissa Lantsman, who was elected in the fall.
“No question — Pierre is the answer to a strong & united Conservative Party,” Lantsman said in a tweet.
Alberta MP John Barlow was also quick to back Poilievre.
“He understands the issues facing western Canadians,” Barlow said in a video posted on Twitter. (read more)
I am what you would call a one issue voter. Abortion is the deliberate taking of an innocent life. In the province of Alberta where I live there have been less than 4,000 deaths from Covid over the last two years in a population of 4.5 million. In the same time period 20,000 unborn babies have lost their lives by abortion. I want to know where Pierre P. stands on this issue. Does he think we can have a humane and civilized polity if killing the unborn is celebrated?
So throw out 99% of the greater freedom agenda in order to make the guy grab the third rail of abortion? One might guess you are a tiresome plant for the other side. I too care about the rights of the unborn, but in 40 years of experience on the issue, I can say for a fact that a conservative will be better on the issue than a liberal democrat. In other words, in practicality, it’s counter productive to be a ‘one issue’ abortion voter, (taking my ball and going home!) only to lose the election over the issue, and then get more socialism and even MORE abortion than you would have had otherwise. So, I for one, don’t feel compelled to have my otherwise freedom loving small government conservative candidate forced to pledge anything on abortion one way or the other – in fact, I’m perfectly willing to hear a LIE or mealy mouth about the issue from a conservative candidate, because in my experience I trust that in the long run all things considered the conservative will be much better on the issue than the democrat, e.g., saving more lives of the unborn.
The lives of the unborn are not being saved –by anyone. The carnage is now 50 plus years in the making. It is great that the truckers have stood up for freedom and that Pierre P. said in his speech that he does too. But it has to be just a beginning. If it does not culminate in a culture of life it will have fallen woefully short. We will still be living, in the words of Pope John Paul II, “with a barbarity one had hoped had been left behind long ago”
You’re both right.
If we want to save our nations, we must rid ourselves of abortion once and for all. I’m speaking for the United States and Canada.
We simply must stop this genocide and spilling the blood of the innocent on the altar of choice.
Whether out of convenience, fear or coercion the decision is/was made, there’s repentance and redemption ready for those who made that choice. God already has the souls of all those slaughtered. It is your choice now to repent and be forgiven if you want to see them alive in the LORD one day.
Wwe must stop this or we lose our nation. Perhaps we are too far down that road now?
There is a solution that is compliant with both sides: Choose life.
It’s a tougher path, but if it’s a morality issue, then the ultimate goal is changing hearts, not laws. Promoting life, streamlining adoption laws, encouraging couples to exercise better choices upstream (i.e. scrutinize their activities that causes pregnancy), promoting the sacredness and celebration of marriage etc. is the better path. Even if abortion remains legal, it becomes ineffective if no one chooses it.
No, he cannot. I like Pierre, but as I’ve said elsewhere, it does no good to replace the “leader” when the party itself is the problem.
You see, ,it’s not the leader who sets the policies and agenda, though he’ll have a hand in them. No, it’s the “inner circle”, the “senior advisors” (sometimes referred to as the “boys in short pants”) who made the decision in recent years to move the party away from conservative policies and principles.
They calculated that by moving the party hard Left (support for carbon taxes, support for the Paris Climate accord, running deficits for at least the next decade, more immigration, bigger gov’t, throwing gun owners under the bus, etc etc… that they would gain more votes from vote-rich Toronto than they would lose by betraying their base.
They lost the last election because of that brilliant strategy.
Back in Brian Mulroney’s day, the party was called (I kid you not) the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. They were indistinguishable from the Liberal Party of Canada, so much so that a common phrase at the time was “Liberal/Tory: same ol’ story”.
This led to their eventual defeat and the party collapsed. Along came the Reform Party, which morphed into the Alliance Party when Reform merged with the shreds of the old PC party, and finally it was re-branded as the Conservative Party we see today.
But there’s a catch: those shreds of the old PC party are known in Canada as Red Tories, and they have been ascendant in the current CPC for years now.
And so we have come full circle- the current Conservative Party of Canada is indistinguishable from the Liberal Party, just as it was back in Mulroney’s day. And just so you know, Mulroney was and still is reviled in Canada.
So while I like Pierre Poilievre, I will continue to throw my support, my dollars, and my vote to the only leader and party that stood opposed to the vax mandates, and against all that other leftist globalist crap the CPC has been pushing. That leader and party is Max Bernier and the People’s Party of Canada.
PP, from his announcement speech: “I am running to make Canada the most free nation on earth.”
You speak the truth, the internal party is a shit show. How can you call your selves a party when your own website does not publish the candidates platforms, so they can be studied? How do you allow people to run with no platform, of the 13 that ran in the Maxine era only 4 or 5 had a well thought out platform, the rest were blank, or one liners like “I can beat Trudeau” or” I was in Harpers cabinet”, or a blank platform, This allowed to split the vote and get the prepicked candidate. The voting system by mail sucks, it is complicated to understand how the system works! How can you win 12 out of 13 ballots and then loose, it is obvious, that it is a rigged system, if the “Party” had any Brains, it is obvious Maxime would have been the leader and I don’t doubt would have won the election.
I recall a comment from the general manager I worked under when Brian Mulroney was elected. The general manager was aghast that the newly elected Conservatives were head and shoulders into the public trough as though it was long past their turn to partake of the spoils. He wasn’t shocked by the fact they were so eager to indulge , but what shocked him was the newly elected Conservatives (under a guy from Quebec) were so brazen and made no attempt to hide it.
Fast forward to today. Pierre Poillievre ( pronounced Paul-U-Rev) pops up as a potential savior. The guy is the most eloquent speaker since John Diefenbaker . He is intelligent , quick witted and funny even while driving in the shiv.
Sundance asked the question “… Canadian Treepers, what do you think? Is this guy the one who can make the difference? …”
The honest answer : It is difficult to say at this point.
1 ) His alleged net worth is $9M (unsubstantiated) , but if true where did it come from as he has always been in or near government much like the previous PM Stephen Harper. The question remains where did it come from?
https://susankatzkeating.com/pierre-poilievre-net-worth-age-height/
2) The CPC (Conservative Party) is run much like the GOP with back room players and financiers , so the unanswered question is , will Poillievre have a poltical frontal lobotomy the day he becomes leader of the Party and come back out resembling Erin O’Toole? If his net worth was financed by the CPC backroom my guess is yes , it it was attained on his own initiative there is a good chance he will avoid the political frontal lobotomy.
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Get my drift?
Snap out of it people….Make it happen.
It seems Canada is beset by the same problems here in USA. The globalists own and coontrol both major parties as they do in Canada. The only way We the People regain our freedom is by punishing all politicians regardless of the party if they support the globalists march toward tyranny. By punish I mean exactly that – make life not worth living for betraying the people. Lindsey Graham is a good example here as is Mitch McConnell both who support the globalists and hurt We the People with their positions and policies. The answer is to find and support true patriots who will stand with the people and against the globalists’ agenda of hurting the common person.
One thing that seems common in many locations is all the “Young Global Leaders” that WEF Klaus Schwab seems to have indoctrinated over the years.
We are seeing his students are now elected officials – Macron, Trudeau, Freeland, Merkel, to name a few, and more are probably sprinkled across many government positions world wide.
Even Bill Gates has this title under his belt.
…Sarkozy, Tony Blair, Sir Richard Branson, Jacinda what’s-her-name in New Zealand…. off the top of my head. I think there are a couple of installations in S. America too.
Another professional politician thats been at it for decades…Canada if you really want change, flush the toilet….
Its a sad fact that it would be virtually impossible to find a true conservative seeking leadership in any western world country outside the ex communist states of eastern Europe.
From the southern tip of New Zealand to the top of Norway, from California to Athens, I could not, hand on heart, name one.
As a well kent old Scottish actor was wont to say ” We are doomed, Captain Mainwaring, doomed I tell ye”
Well . . . . . . .
Yes where is the
TRU -DOPE
AKA . Teenage Actor
COWARD
His 5 days in covid quarantine was completed like 4 days ago . . .
What’s his excuse now?
He’s scared of the mean sounding loud honking…?
I hope he is not Vichy French.
For the time being at least, he is the only one in the Official Opposition Party, the Conservative Party of Canada who has the ‘spark” to get up in parliament and give the liberals a 2 barrel blast truth and consequences. They usually just back down or change the subject or just lie like the Democrats do, over and over. he will likely get in as leader, but the Peoples Party of Canada has a guy named Maxime Bernier who is more conservative than anyone in the Conservative Party of Canada. Maxime has been anti vaccine mandate, anti vaccine passport, anti carbon tax, etc, from the start. The only one in Canadian Politics, but unfortunately the PPC party is new and has no seats yet. Coming up hard in the polls lately though.
I guess people are a glutton for pain they never learn. You get away from Jesus Christ you get communism. That is the perfect vehicle that Satan wants to control the masses. When you believe in God you’re a freethinking individual and believe in working to acquire material goods. You value life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that you’re responsible for yourself and your family.
We are not going to vote ourselves out of this mess. By returning to our roots by that I mean Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior we can begin to clean up this mess without God nothing will happen except loss of liberty and life.
This guy is related to an Anita Poilievre who is supposedly getting money from the World Health Organization and funneling it into private funds.
On Feb 3rd Pat King had an interview with Kyle Kemper, Justin’s half bro and mentions her name at the end of the list of names he claims are “funneling money into their own private funds” that is coming from the WHO.
Anita’s name is mentioned last and it catches the attention of the female on the panel.
****It sounds like Pat calls her “Anita” but Pierre’s wife is named Anaida
Pat starts listing names around the 45.14 mark in a FB live stream link below.
https://fb.watch/a-V5eSUxaO/
Video title: “I’m running for Prime Minister to give you back control over your lives”
Do anyone see a wee problem with that?
Yes, but that is for another day…
Blue tie. No thanks.
If he had already been the candidate of opposition, truly supporting the Freedom Truckers, then he could have been out there at the protests pretending to be an opposition figure at least. I guess its just too cold outside.
I’m not saying there’s a better alternative at the moment but cant you all see hes trying too hard to be something hes not?
Its really embarrassing to listen to these girls go at it in Parliament. A trucker needs to step up and run for office. He will win.
Watch how its done son…. Edward Durr is a Trucker Too!!
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/581049-nj-senate-president-sweeney-concedes-in-dramatic-upset
I certainly like what he says.
However, I am tired of politicians who can voice this ideal …
Yet allow government to grow, debt to rise, and tyranny to take a stronghold into the veins of our freedom.
So for me it is about actions. I hope he has the strength and courage to actually make his vision real. Governments all over the globe need more of this.
I’d vote for him in. NY second. No drama, just common sense.
To understand the complete capture of Canadian society by the left reflect on Max Bernier and the People’s Party of Canada.
The only conservative party in Canada and it got 4.9% of the vote.
1000 times better than Trudeau that’s for sure
As an outsider who is watching Canadian developments I truly wish the conservative side of the issue all the best. These truckers are giving the world something to think about. The fact that millions of people actually support and can stomach people like Trudeau and Biden is the real concern.
I think we use the term “conservative” FAR to loosely…
Now that the Mayor of Ottawa has laid down the gauntlet, threatening anyone who aids and abets the truckers with food, fuel, etc., the Conservatives have a golden opportunity to win the next election tonight. All they have to do, en masse, is start delivering food to the truckers in defiance of this threat. Any MP who is arrested will never lose another election.
Fool me once!
This guy had been an elected MP for 18 years in Liberal Carleton/Ottawa territory.
Poilievre is bilingual, speaking fluent English and French. Remember Andrew Sheer and Erin O’Toole’s brutal French. So you ask yourself why was this guy not the leader of the Conservative party in the last two elections?
At the age of 16, Poilievre sold Reform Party memberships for Jason Kenney. Poilievre also worked as a full-time assistant for former Canadian Alliance leader and Opposition leader Stockwell Day. The same Stockwell Day who has a position on the board of directors the Canada China Business Council and condemned the Canadian government’s unwillingness to participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Cautious Folks in and around Ottawa say “they” have big dirt on this guy and he will just be another compromised tool of the Great Reset if he becomes leader, just like O’toole.
This is brutal. June 2020. Poilievre grills Trudeau on a conflict of interest issue. Stunning. Poilievre hammers one question at Trudeau. For 7 minutes.
He is gaining traction now. Anyone is better than Trudeau at this time. If we wait until 2025 we are done. This piece of shit needs to be dragged out of office and humiliated publicly.