How about this #Canada? What the hell is happening here? If you lost your job, went to your local MP’s office, are they going to pay your rent or mortgage? www.saltwire.com/news/politic... - ThreadSky

spudislander45.bsky.social • 2 days ago

How about this #Canada?

What the hell is happening here? If you lost your job, went to your local MP’s office, are they going to pay your rent or mortgage? https://www.saltwire.com/news/politics/pierre-poilievre-stornoway-ottawa-leader-opposition

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sadworld.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cons are crooks

Start the protest outside the home until he moves out.

Cons love socialism don't kid yourself.

dvdham.bsky.social•2 days ago

The people in eastern Alberta should know that this guy has zero intent of doing much more than showing up for a weekend of campaigning in the riding he will soon pretend to represent.

spudislander45.bsky.social•2 days ago

If I had a parachute candidate with his record and personality/platform in this scenario land in my riding, he wouldn’t get my vote even if it was against MY party.

dvdham.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think a 'conservative value' independent with a local presence / recognition could score an upset.

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

The beauty of this is that Kulek won that riding with 84% of the vote. If Poilievre doesn’t make that percentage it looks BAAAAAD. If he got, say, 60 he’d be returned to the house as a lame duck and THE CPC HAS TO KEEP HIM 🤣🤣🤣

spudislander45.bsky.social•2 days ago

They might know this. But voting outside their Conservative Party seems, even with the worst possible candidate, might be asking too much. Lol 😂

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

If voters want to protest they’ll have 100 Longest Ballot protest candidates to waste their votes on

justjim12.bsky.social•1 day ago

This will be Poilievre's legacy.

He won't be leader of the CPC in the next federal election.

mayortommyshanks.bsky.social•2 days ago

#gtfo

tigger20.bsky.social•1 day ago

#UnelectedSquatter

spudislander45.bsky.social•1 day ago

I will be watching for the Conservative Party of Canada to be held to account in House of Commons.

spudislander45.bsky.social•2 days ago

You good with paying for accomodations, chaueffeur, sexurity, chef, maintenance, for a politiicna waiting to run another election?

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sure, because by doing this the CPC is making a monumental mistake.

justinbeach.ca•2 days ago

We need to let this one go. The Cons are keeping him on. Making him move out just so he can move in again in a couple of months is petty. (Yes, it's what Pierre would do if the Liberals lost the election but I don't want Liberals to act like Pierre.)

andychalk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agreed that the government shouldn't fight it, but I wouldn't just "let it go." Make noise about it. Make voters (especially CPC voters) aware. PP blew a giftwrapped election and now refuses to bow out, and the CPC's best response is to get someone who got stomped by Trudeau to keep the seat warm...

justinbeach.ca•2 days ago

IMO, the way to impress CPC voters - at least the ones that are salvageable is to focus on real problems faced by real people and what this government is doing/ will do to fix them. A genuine middle class tax cut is a good start

justinbeach.ca•2 days ago

Eventually a lot of swing voters and even small c conservatives will see that Carney is getting things done that benefit them and PP is just bitching about everything from the sidelines - even without us continually taking swings at him.

andychalk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sure, absolutely do that. But the CPC agenda of the past 10 years has been an abject failure and they are now literally out of ideas - the only "plan" they can offer at this point is to let their loudest dog keep barking. No harm in making that abundantly clear too.

justinbeach.ca•2 days ago

Maybe, but I feel like constantly attacking (which is what they do) will deepen the divide and make it harder for (hopefully ex) CPC supporters to swallow their pride and cross over—not just Carney vs. PP but progressive action vs. angry, directionless impotence.

andychalk.bsky.social•1 day ago

Admire your optimism but I live in a measles hotspot that just re-elected an antivax CPC MP and where "Fuck Trudeau" flags still fly regularly. ("Fuck Carney" flags are starting to appear but it's still almost exclusively Trudeau.) So my faith in cross-partisan appeals is a little shaky.

andychalk.bsky.social•2 days ago

while PP goes 3000 km west in search of voters who aren't sick of his idiot circus. That's a complete, top-to-bottom humiliation - make them wear it.

mark-ungrin.bsky.social•2 days ago

If anyone else living in government subsidized housing was declared ineligible to live there, but was sure they'd be back on the list in a few months, is this how they'd be treated?

Is this how Poilievre would demand that they be treated?

The US shows how special treatment for politicians ends.

northender480.bsky.social•2 days ago

And I have read that one of his kids is on the spectrum. Stability is very NB for these kids.

justinbeach.ca•2 days ago

Very true. I am AuDHD myself and have a daughter who is the same. No need for a child to get caught in the crossfire of political games.

northender480.bsky.social•2 days ago

We have two grown children who were diagnosed with ADHD in grade school. Of the two, the youngest also believes he is AuDHD. It is something new to me, how ADD/ADHD and Autism are interconnected.

kassiedee.bsky.social•1 day ago

He said this. Unprompted. On the campaign trail. Right before the election.
He’s a sociopath and a pathological liar.
I would sooner believe there is doorway to Narnia in my closet than anything that man says.

charmaine116.bsky.social•2 days ago

Accept that it's happening, sure, but call out the hypocrisy at every possible moment. The other parties have definitely missed opportunities to point it out in the past. Like the fact that he spent more than JT & JS combined, but now his perceived entitlement to taxpayer money has been laid bare.

kassiedee.bsky.social•2 days ago

But the issue is we’re paying for it. The CPC should pay for the costs of the extra housing or Scheer gives his housing allowance to Poilievre and pays for his own house. After two years of that greasy little worm barking about costs, how much is he costing us right now? It’s not petty.

justinbeach.ca•2 days ago

It is petty. It's how the CPC acts. We're not them.

kassiedee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Saying it on repeat doesn’t make it so. There’s a principle here. We are paying for the housing of someone who was voted out. And it’s the most expensive tab of any MP. This would not be acceptable for anyone else.

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

Since Scheer is now the Opposition Leader the Poilievres are effectively his houseguests.

kassiedee.bsky.social•1 day ago

Very expensive houseguests.
Definitely “not worth the cost”.

derob966.bsky.social•2 days ago

Clearly, taxpayer money is no object to him and of no concern. You did see how much he has spent over the years over and above any other party leader has spent, including the Prime Minister. This guy is a parasite.

justinbeach.ca•2 days ago

Yes, but the campaign is over. Voters gave Carney a chance. We need to focus on issues now and solutions for ordinary people. Attacks just drive the wedge further. We need to focus on issues, problems and solutions - if we're going to get re-elected again, it will be by improving people's lives.

kassiedee.bsky.social•2 days ago

And he’s a damn millionaire. This guy’s talking about homeless people and hunger and high rents while justifying paying for a millionaire to live in housing he’s not entitled to. And while the CPC boasts about how much money they raise each year. It’s so wrong. On so many levels!

kassiedee.bsky.social•2 days ago

And there’s also the cost of an unnecessary and undeserved election that will cost us how much?
This isn’t right.

justinbeach.ca•2 days ago

A lot of things aren't right - the US breaking trade agreements isn't right, people not being able to afford food isn't right, high levels of homelessness isn't right - we have bigger problems to worry about than where the leader of the opposition lives. Focus on things that impact ordinary people.

kassiedee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Two things can be true at the same time.

nattydreadwolfe.bsky.social•1 day ago

ACK

canwheelchairguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

You've got your pension, you lost, now quit sucking at the taxpayer teat and just fuck off already!

earthox.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't think most cons these days care if he shows up in their riding as long as he shows up across Canada on his rage tour$.

susande.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why wouldn't the NCC take the advantage of it being temporarily unoccupied to do a deep clean and maintenance of the residence?
I don't know why we need a mansion for the opposition leader anyway.

caroyyc.bsky.social•2 days ago

FFS This is OUTRAGEOUS!

maryewright.bsky.social•2 days ago

Have we now set a precedent that whoever lives in Stornaway after losing the privilege, is allowed to decide whether to stay or go? Are these decisions not regularized or just more left to the conscience? Is a leadership review not in the works for CPC?

ltmcdies.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fine
For the time he has no seat, the Poilievres should be paying rent and paying the wages of their household help
Taxpayer shouldn't be covering ANY of this

joanincanada.bsky.social•2 days ago

That makes sense. I get the part about being gracious in letting them stay (since they'd likely be moving back in soon anyway), but on their own dime & minus the many perks (household help, upkeep [that alone = more per yr than many ppl earn], etc).

concerned2.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bullshit

PP move out

boatertom.bsky.social•2 days ago

A classic example of how PeePee has taken voters for granted, and how he has placed personal ambition ahead of what both Canada and the Conservative Party need.

Gotta go PeePee…

spudislander45.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yup. Totally agree with you. It seems like he doesn’t even get it… he just sees himself as entitled to run a byelection Canadians pay for while he lives in a residence Canadians pay for all because … why? He was fired. Canadians should send the Conservative party of Canada a bill for all this BS

joanincanada.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's seen himself as PM-in-waiting since he was a teenager. He won't let go of that easily.

spudislander45.bsky.social•2 days ago

First thing on #parliamentaryagenda should be to ensure every #partyleader in Canada #MUST have a top #securityclearance completed before assuming such position. As all party leaders except Cons agree, this should be a no brainer to pass

eanjay.bsky.social•2 days ago

Are we saying the fix is in before the election is even called? Before the voters even have a say? He lost his election, that vote should at least count for something meaningful - even if it’s only the inconvenience of having to move until the issue is decided…!

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

If the CPC wants to keep such a loser who are we to argue?

eanjay.bsky.social•1 day ago

Problem is, he inflicts such a negative influence on the party. Never supports anything constructive even by conservative standards. Just a cold hearted pursuit of the Harper doctrine.

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is that a problem if the message doesn't land with most Canadians? Let them keep chasing the fringe. The rest of us have better things to do.

fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's exactly it. We WANT them to have a shitty leader.

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don't get me wrong, I don't like Poilievre in Stornoway either, but I don't want the Privy Council evicting him either. Amusingly petty, but comes off as a political attack.

If the CPC insists on keeping him there they come off looking dumb when he underperforms in the AB byelection.

simbasmama.bsky.social•1 day ago

Disgusting abuse of power!!

rickdaly.bsky.social•2 days ago

His own houses are rented out I expect and it would take some time to reclaim one...there are children involved so I prefer to be gracious and let the Reform party pamper their loser...?

normajane.bsky.social•2 days ago

How is that a scheer’s decision to make? FFs

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

Scheer is now the Opposition Leader and the rightful tenant of Stornoway. Weirdly, it actually IS his decision to make.

normajane.bsky.social•1 day ago

The oppo leader can let any rando live
In Stornoway? Or he could
Move in his mother in law? Really?

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

Probably, yes. And Sheer does have a point that it would cost more to move Poilievre out and back in than it does just to leave him there.

This is awkward and wasteful and it makes the CPC look bad. Let them cook.

normajane.bsky.social•1 day ago

We are all assuming it’s a win in AB. Makes the whole
Process feel Very suss.

thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

The CPC just won the riding with 84%. Having grown up in rural Alberta I can assure you that’s a legit result.

cathiebility.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pay The Rent #slogan

kwmoore.bsky.social•2 days ago

Absolutely deplorable

peterlouwe.bsky.social•2 days ago

PP is a parasite.

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