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[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The CPC caucus are the ones who need to enforce accountability and decency in their own party. I don't think they will, because the strategy of attacking the centre while making the far right feel welcome is what expanded their vote share, and Poilievre is their guy for that. They'll be looking at it and recognizing that if they lose the far right and lose their attack dog who tears down opponents, they will lose vote share. So, even though he's toxic and lost his own seat, I suspect they'll back him, and it will be bad for Canada.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Why was parliament even prorogued for so long during all these tariff threats, was it something the conservatives did?

[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What a random and disconnected reply to my comment. Odd. Not sure what to do with that.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just remembered that parliament cant even function, and I was assuming it was them that were doing it, as a matter of enforcing accountability.

[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Maybe you're confused about what I mean by CPC caucus? Those are the elected MPs in the Conservative party. They ultimately vote on who is the leader of the party, but that's something they do outside of parliament. They just do it in their own party organization. That's what I mean about holding him accountable, because they can choose to replace him with another leader, or they can choose to keep him as leader even after losing the election and losing his own seat.

[–] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 48 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Politics shouldn't be a lifelong career for everyone else, except me. - pp

[–] Luouth@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

He saw an opportunity in Trump's way of thinking, and now he's off with his tail between his legs

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I could be comparing apples to oranges here, but I really view this unfavourably compared to Peter Dutton in Australia - details in https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-03/peter-dutton-losing-dickson-coalition-leadership/105247916 but in short Dutton resigned from leading his party after he lost both the national election there and also his own seat.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 5 points 1 day ago

There's a direct comparison right in Canada. Jagmeet Singh, leader of the NDP, did the exact same thing (lost his seat, stepped down as leader)