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Bojaxs
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Jamil Jivani who is a member of parliament for the riding of Bowmanville and Northern Oshawa is a long time friend of J.D. Vance. They went to Yale together and Jamil was the best man at J.D.'s wedding. Jamil also went to D.C. earlier this year to attend Trump's inauguration.
JD Vance backs Conservative MP Jamil Jivani’s campaign for protection of Canadian Christians
MP Jamil Jivani is promoting a petition calling for all levels of government to take action to protect Christians in Canada.
nationalpost.com
PL1
Senior Member
I think they should continue with this! Until the CPC has a leader that isn't just angry slogans, I have no interest in them leading the country.
Bojaxs
Senior Member
Bojaxs
Senior Member
I wonder if any of the drama has to do with the fact that Pierre Poilievre and Jenni Byrne used to be in a romantic relationship.
Towered
Superstar
Sounds to me like the CPC's master plan all along was just relying on Trudeau voter fatigue and his personal popularity tanking. They didn't anticipate that he'd actually resign and leave them with nothing
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Sounds to me like the CPC's master plan all along was just relying on Trudeau voter fatigue and his personal popularity tanking. They didn't anticipate that he'd actually resign and leave them with nothing
They underestimated the impact of Trump - blinded by their own ideological inclinations and misjudged a strong dislike of Trudeau as support for their agenda.
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lenaitch
Senior Member
I think to a degree we all did. Being a politician, we didn't suspect that he was going to do all the crazy stuff he said he was going to do because we've been conditioned to think politicians just say a lot of stuff.
So much has been going on that they should have clued in at the very least on the attack to Canadian sovereignty
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
I am sure we all did - but the problem with PP's braintrust is that they bought into the MAGA thing, making it difficult to pivot in a believable way. Most "normal" Canadians took offence and reacted very strongly to the 51st state talk immediately - it took PP's campaign ages to eek out an uncategorical response. I am sure they also have to deal with their hard-right flank in the West (let's face it, they simply aren't the PCs of the old).
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UtakataNoAnnex
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But when their advisors are Maple MAGA's what could possibly go wrong? /s
christiesplits
Senior Member
MP Han Dong, whose 2019 nomination was mired in controversy, was not re-nominated by the Liberals in Don Valley North. The Grits nominated Maggie Chi in his place.
afransen
Senior Member
I think they misread the country as hating Trudeau, when I think it was rather that they were tired of Trudeau. Their base hate Trudeau in their bones, but most people just wanted a change at the top. They thought PP could coast to victory on a wave of Trudeau hatred, and to be fair, their support is holding up. Carney is riding on the collapse of the NDP vote.
guavadelic
Active Member
https://www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...offs-for-people-in-trades-travelling-to-work/
It's like the Poilievre camp put together a campaign plan a year ago and are determined to run it one way or another. Can't believe they're announcing tax write offs for tradespeople and TFSA top-ups as signature policy announcements in the current environment during campaign stops. These are worthy of twitter announcements at most.
guavadelic
Active Member
Both Poilievre and his main advisor Jenni Byrne were members of the Reform Party as teenagers. Might explain things.
That certainly explains a lot of his problematic takes during his stint as newstalk 1010 host...
This profile of Byrne is...something. She comes across as not being very ideological, and only motivated by a hatred of Liberals.