Category: CPC Leadership

The Stupid Party

And just when you thought it couldn’t get stupider.

Indeed

Coulda Had Max

Coward.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has stripped MP Michael Cooper of his spot on the House of Commons justice committee as punishment for Cooper’s angry confrontation with a Muslim witness in hearings dedicated to online hate.
 
Earlier this week, Cooper told Faisal Khan Suri he should be “ashamed” after he drew a link between “conservative commentators” and the online history of mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette.
 
Cooper also quoted from the manifesto of the man accused of the mass killings in Christchurch, New Zealand in an attempt to discredit Suri’s testimony.

h/t Ontario John

From the comments: Ironic that a committee that has in its mandate issues surrounding the protection of free speech, is deplatforming a conservative because he asked on what justification a witness before the committee could associate conservatives with the mass murder.

More:

Scheer’s immigration speech followed the same strategy he employed in rolling back his earlier promise to balance the federal budget within two years, by pushing the timeline out to five years.

CPC Leadership – Open thread – Live Blog

Okay. That cardboard cut-out of JP Veitch (Rona’s partner) was hilarious.
Rona is kicking Liberal ass, or “balls”….
Thank you, Rona Ambrose, you did a great job. Cheers!
First round results (last to first): Deepak, Saxton, Peterson, O’Leary (?), Alexander, Blaney, Raitt, Leitch, Lemieux, Chong, Trost, O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier
Two surprises to me: Trost in fourth and Bernier less than 30%. So, tell me again how this style of convention is bad for TV? The depth of the field is actually benefiting the networks.
The next results will be an amalgamation of rounds two through seven.
Second announced results: (off the ballot) Saxton, Peterson, O’Leary, Alexander, Blaney, Raitt, (still on the ballot) Leitch, Lemieux, Chong, Trost, O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier
Round 8-10: (off the ballot) Lemieux, Leitch, Chong, (on the ballot) Trost, O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier.
Round 11: (off the ballot) Trost, (on the ballot) O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier (36%)
Round 12: (off the ballot) O’Toole (on the ballot) Scheer (38.36%), Bernier (40.38%)
Final Ballot: The Conservative Party leader is Andrew Scheer (51%)
Blog Notes: I’ve been liberal in my libations. There won’t be any more posts from me today. Cheers!

Maxime’s Supply Management Problem

He is absolutely correct here. It is up to the party.
If he wins today, as I hope, it will be his and our job to convince the party that supply management of dairy and poultry products is a bad thing.
I empathize with supply management supporters though, the up-front costs of buying the quota are huge, indeed they are the retirement plan for the farmers.
For Bernier to succeed he must have a plan to reimburse those who have and are paying for the quotas. These aren’t ‘rich farmers’ as the less educated detractors claim, they are Joe and Jane Frontporch doing the best they can. Only then will he be able to convince the non-fiscal wings of the CPC that supply management is more hurtful to consumers than beneficial to a small handful of farmers.
Fortunately for Bernier (and us) he has never shied away from arguing his point with logic and facts.

A little respect.

I’m watching the CPAC broadcast of the CPC Leadership convention and one thing struck me with Michael Chong’s ten minute speech. He didn’t use the words, “Prime Minister” when he talked about Trudeau. Chong is not alone in this with regards to the Conservative MP’s vying for leadership.
I’ve called Justin a lot of things, but I’m not a politician, I’m not an MP, I’m just a shmuck with access to his wife’s blog.
We can call Trudeau anything we want, Michael Chong and all of the leadership contenders, should not. He is the Prime Minister and if that’s the job you want, you should show a bit of respect for the office.
Update: Erin O’Toole is very good speaking a prepared speech. Lots of not-so-subtle digs at the Cosmo Queen in the PMO. Red meat.
Update: Lisa Raitt with a message Conservatives need to hear, “Which fight is more important, the last one or the coming one?”

CPC Leadership Convention

Today and tomorrow on CPAC1.
Watch! Listen! Be bored out of your mind between the rounds of voting! Remember, only one candidate will be dropped after each round, so thirteen rounds (or until one candidate gets 16,901 points). Now, this is the age of computers and everyone has voted for each round already, so theoretically, once all the ballots are processed it shouldn’t take long at all to know the winner. That would be a bit anti-climactic though so you can bet there will be Speeches! (boring) Cheers! (boring) Policy panels! (boring)
Can’t they just just email us?
Or to better pass the time, help them count the votes:

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