MyBrainHurts

"All we did was rip up agreements we signed causing job losses, accused you of poisoning our people with fentanyl (despite shipping more of it to Canada than vice versa) and threaten your national sovereignty! What's the big deal?"

That put a huge smile on my face, thanks!

You should write a poem about that!

I can't speak to the shooter's motivations (though meme forensics seems pretty silly) but the "at a Right wing state with a Right wing governor" etc bits seem pretty dumb.

It'd be like saying the guy who went after Pelosi was clearly a Leftie because it was in a Leftie state, with a Left song governor, in a Left wing city against a Left wing politician. Pretty nonsense points and make us look dumb.

Think through the logic of the 2024 election but under a PR system...

Hypocrisy in politics is nothing new and certainly not something someone would resign over (he'll have his own rationale about some trivial detail.)

As for turfing him out right away, he just led the Conservatives to crack 40% of the popular vote, something they hadn't done for 30+ years (Mulroney in '88 was the last one) and it took almost historic defections from the NDP/Greens to keep them out of power.

If things don't get better rapidly (economy, housing, both of which are long term challenges unlikely to be solved in a single Parliament) I'd say Poilievre has a pretty good shot next time as the defectors return to their parties and the Right continues to rise among young voters etc.

What seat would you have expected him to take, if not a very junior member of the party's? He can't win you a Liberal seat in a voluntary by-election...

The seat, that's because that was likely one of the most junior members of the party ("seniority sucks until you're senior") and the election... Well, they cracked 40% which they hadn't done since '88.

So the question for their base becomes "which is more likely, Poilievre keeps most of his coalition together or everyone else in Canada bands together to stop him again?"

Personally, I have trouble imagining the NDP/Greens don't recover to some degree.

Throw in economic pain from tarrifs etc and well, unless you really expect Carney to magically fix large systemic global problems...

Back in the day, shooters etc wrote lengthy manifestos.

I think they've realized that these days no one is going to read a full length manifesto so it's better to note their thoughts in...

Bullet point.

(Sorry.)

This seems pretty rocking. Helps those who can't afford it to simultaneously lower their bills and help the planet. Win win?

Fixed!

Fixed, sorry!