Not Polievre! Not Polievre!
I wish Charlie Angus would run for PM. Now there's a man with integrity who will stand up for Canadians, one who's not afraid to call out others for what they are. I've been really impressed with him as of late.
Sadly, he's retiring from politics. I hadn't heard much about him prior to listening to a recent speech, and then I heartily wished he'd been the NDP leader.
So who is everyone's preference for the new Liberal leader? I'm honestly not really a fan of the idea of Carney getting the job. I'm also worried that, whoever it is, is going to end up being a Kim Campbell-style sacrificial lamb.
If the winner can hang on to their seat, they'll have probably at least 18 months to show what they're made of (18 months seems to be about the earliest that most snap elections are called). Of course they could always drop something in the coffee wherever the CPC dines together (PP won't let his MPs even wave to a non-CPC friend, let alone socialize with them), when the next money bill is debated. Keep them occupied in the bathrooms, then have the vote. It's dirty politics, but nothing the CPC wouldn't do. All they need is one more vote than the government side and any ally they might have, and boom. An election is triggered.
I personally like Freeland. Although I don’t know how electable she is, because people who don’t like Trudeau are probably going to closely associate her with him.
I’m not on board with either Carney or Joly.
Okay, I'm going to offer an admittedly shallow opinion of Freeland. Part of me can't take her seriously, because her clothes don't fit right. She looks like she squashes herself into that stupid red dress nearly every day, and
it doesn't fit.
As to which of them I'd support... first of all, voting Liberal in Central Alberta is a wasted vote. You could run a piece of literal sh!t under the Conservative banner here and it would be elected. It's bad enough that we have to put up with a human waste of oxygen like Blaine Calkins. He's constantly whining about gun rights for farmers, and he's firmly on the side of bigots who trot out bible verses as a valid defense of anti-LGBT bigotry.
Which of them I might hope would win would depend on what they're willing to do for the low-income disabled people of Canada. Danielle Smith made it very clear how little she cares about us. Trudeau did the same, with his little bonuses here and there that were just out of our reach, or always intended for disabled people who can still work, but not for those who can't. If I hear any of them yapping about how concerned they are about "the middle class" and don't say one syllable about the people struggling far below that, they will have automatically lost any chance of my vote going to their party.
At least the carbon rebate got me some extra groceries and a new pair of slippers to replace the ones that literally fell apart. It looks like that's going to be taken away as well.
Sorry about that, I just assumed he's the only politician with a spine in your country
For the past few weeks, NDP MP Charlie Angus, who represents a riding in Northern Ontario, has been appearing on the YouTube channel The MeidasTouch. It's political, anti-Trump, and pro-Canada.
Charlie Angus, if I'm not mistaken, ran against Jagmeet Singh for NDP leader and lost. He made a terrific speech in Parliament, and here's his latest appearance on The MeidasTouch. Around the 9:00 mark, the host refers to Trump moving the ceremony indoors, then asks Angus to address Trump. The result is EXCELLENT:
