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News & Current Events Apr 14, 2026 at 3:46 AM

Canadian Prime Minister Carney secures a majority government with special election wins

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Canadian Prime Minister Carney secures a majority government with special election wins
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Canadian Prime Minister Carney secures a majority government with special election wins
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has secured a majority government, allowing his Liberals to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties.

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Fantastic-Manner1944 5 days ago +556
Well I gotta hand it to Pollievre. He managed to lose the same election 3 times.
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Scary-Detail-3206 4 days ago +52
How did he get voted back in at the last leadership convention, clearly he isn’t the one that’s going to win them an election.
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Fantastic-Manner1944 4 days ago +71
This is a really great question. The conservative keep selecting leaders that aren’t very electable federally because they’re too socially conservative.
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trans_solar_future 4 days ago +13
Scheer's stance on social issues was kind of ambiguous, less obvious than Poilievre, and O'Toole was apparently not socially conservative. They brought on Poilievre and swung hard right on social issues because they had no choice if they wanted to win back some of their voters from Maxime Bernier's PPC. They won't win with Poilievre but they sure as hell would be giving a 10% popular vote share right back to the PPC if they replace Poilievre with a more moderate or centrist leader and party platform. Bernier's far right populism is only waiting for an opportunity to make gains again. CPC can ride this out for 3 years and hope the PPC shrinks to nothing I guess.
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Snoo_75696 4 days ago +9
The Conservatives need to understand that if they want to win an election, they need the center. But they can't win over the center when they continue to flirt with the far-right. With Trudeau pulling the Liberal party further left, many moderates and centrists were starting to feel abandoned after Trudeau won the first election. The Conservatives had an opportunity to take the centrists and moderate voters when Maxime created the PPC targeting the far-right/alt-right. O'Toole largely lost because of the Covid lockdowns, not because he was unpopular. After that loss, the Conservatives were afraid of losing the far-right voters to the PPC, so they shifted further right by putting PP in charge. But by doing that, they closed the door on the majority of the center. Maxime has too big of an ego and is incapable of leading anything. Instead of just embracing the shift and looking to the center, the Conservatives decided to fight it. Eventually, some of those lost voters would have come back when they see how ineffective Maxime is. But this is all moot now that Carney brought the Liberals back to the center and the NDP being all but dead. Conservatives are in another identity crisis, but this time, they don't have the potential to shift closer to the center.
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Scary-Detail-3206 4 days ago +14
Pierre isn’t terribly socially conservative, Carney stole a lot of Pierre’s best policies and used them to win his election. Pierre really fumbled the whole Trump 51st state thing and he was has always been somewhat unlikeable. He just doesn’t resonate with the average Canadian swing voter. He had the last election on a silver platter and he blew it, that alone should make him lose the leadership.
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MisplacedxLightbulb 4 days ago +15
Pierre's only thing when he had the election on a silver platter was that he wasn't Justin Trudeau. Then Trudeau resigned, Mark Carney replaced him, and thats all it took to turn things around lol.
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ComfortableTomato 4 days ago +9
This. My 100% PC/CPC voting dad was quick to jump ship and vote for Carney. He has an impressive background that Polievre just doesn't have. \+ the Trump factor that PP bungled.
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VivaLirica 4 days ago +3
Lol, yup. Much like the Conservatives were praying so hard for Trudeau to remain in place for that election, the Liberals are now hoping so hard that Poliviere stays in place!
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Legitimate_Ad_2899 3 days ago +5
Hard to say he “stole” his policies. They are good policies. He agreed and put them into place. Politics should be more like this. Just because one party says something shouldn’t mean opposing parties have to disagree. I like that a good idea can be mutually agreed upon and put forward. It shows that our country is not divided and even opposing parties aren’t that far apart on most issues.
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reindeerp 4 days ago +10
Stole? That’s called collaboration, crazy thought that maybe it doesn’t have to be one extreme or the other huh.
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PM_ME_OLD_MEMES 4 days ago +10
It's wild to imply any part of the centre/centre-right liberals were ever an "extreme"
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No-Difference-4418 4 days ago +3
As a more left leaning person I thought Harper was doing a good job. Albeit I was just old enough to vote when Trudeau ran. Never thought Trudeau’s platform was good at all Politics has certainly changed since Harper ran tho
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Toph84 4 days ago +5
Harper is like Reagan. If you don't pay attention, it seemed like he did an ok job and they put on a decent appearance. But the deeper you look into it and dig in with research, you end up seeing they dug the ground out underneath the nation and lead to persistent economic and societal issues that still plague us today. Harper rolled back numerous environmental protections (and acted like Climate Change was a hoax), cut taxes for the rich/corporations (the ol' disaster of supposed trickle down economics), cut healthcare and public services funding, ran multiple non stop deficits every term and continued to keep raising the debt, privatized/deregulated various national resources (like oil) then sold them to foreign interests (namely the USA and China), ran with racist idealogy that would be the lesser proto-version predecessors that escalated and set the foundations to today's crazy nonsense that plagues the right (anti Muslim, mistreated Native Americans). Harper's economic policies led to the housing affordability crisis now in Canada.
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inimrepus 4 days ago +5
Right now they don’t have anybody else who has a major public presence.
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1337duck 4 days ago +7
I mean, my bowel movement has little public presence, but it more electable then PP. Have they tried that?
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OriginalMcSmashie 4 days ago +3
Please run your bowel movements for US President. It’d probably stink less than what we have now.
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1337duck 4 days ago +3
My bowel movement wasn't born in the US, so it cannot run unless you guys change the constitution. (Not that it's not being used to wipe asses with already.)
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StrangerKXH 4 days ago +7
Most likely anyone seeking the CPC leadership doesn’t want to risk their chances while Carney was hot off his win. Better to let Pierre eat the heat until public opinion inevitably turns against the Liberals.
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Professional-Room300 4 days ago +7
They apparently charged $1000 per delegate to be allowed to attend. These delegates were handpicked and invited. You were only allowed to vote if you were part of this group and there in person. Even then he didn't get 100% of the vote.
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rhyming_mime 4 days ago +6
The PC stands for Progressive Conservatives and the name says it all. They need a leader who can appease the rabid conservative (think MAGA) element in the party and can come off looking like a progressive. This only gets a leader to the head of the party. This leader CAN NOT talk about any kind of PC policy that will scare liberal Canadians, like reversing abortion rights for women, in public, BUT he can also not voice support for any progressive policy which will anger the base conservatives. Damned if they do, damned if they don't. The "Liberals" will co-opt ANY policy the conservatives come up with that is not totally unreasonable and the same for any NDP policy. The PC leader is left with personal attacks and populist buzz phrases, which don't fly well unless Canadians HATE the current opposition leader. That was what happened with Trudeau. If you think about what kind of political 'thing' can crawl to the top of that kind of party it is well represented in Pollievre. I think that explains his lack of security clearance. I don't even want to KNOW what kind of deals he made to get to the head of his party based on his personality, unless he gets close to power again.
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Modsaremeanbeans 4 days ago +6
It was pay to access and required in person voting. It was 3,000 people. It was all the people who support the guy. 
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Heirachon 4 days ago +3
Because the leadership run was out in western Canada far from eastern Canada who usually prefers more moderate candidates. There was a $1000 entrance fee as well. And it was held when there was something going on with the eastern side so they were busy. Basically it was essentially rigged such that Pollievre would win but only because a small minority of conservatives could vote.
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Bakabakabooboo 4 days ago +3
I'll tell you how: He held the convention in Calgary on weekdays (2/3 days) You had to pay $1000 to vote He only allowed party loyalists to vote (and still only got 87% yes votes).
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MisplacedxLightbulb 4 days ago +2
The leadership vote took place at the conservative party convention in Calgary and ticket prices to attend the conference was pretty expensive. Therefore, the only people who voted on whether to keep Pierre as leader were most likely financially well off conservatives who happen to be in Calgary at the time, a small subset of the voter base.
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proowl26 4 days ago +3
don’t forget he chose the same time the ontario conservatives were having a convention so none went and many members from eastern canada and quebec didn’t go as it was short notice. he knew he wouldn’t be in the high 80’s if he didn’t do it that way
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Loose-Cycle3650 5 days ago +66
Maybe he needs to wear his glasses again.
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Shakemyears 4 days ago +26
“Let’s try… hair up, glasses on. Ugh no hair down, hair down”
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Boring_Writing_8034 4 days ago +6
Maybe some hair color, a tint of chestnut brown. Or just some face tats.
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VRNord 4 days ago +4
Hilarious he got lasik (or contacts?) to look less like Milhouse from the Simpsons and ended up looking exactly like every time Milhouse isn’t wearing glasses. The resemblance really is striking.
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whollybananas 5 days ago +29
He definitely has a unique ability to lose.
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darth_henning 4 days ago +24
Lost a 20+ point lead. Lost “preferred choice” for PM. Lost his seat. Lost the election he was supposed to cake walk. Lost vote share in the safest conservative riding in Canada. Lost multiple members to defection. Lost these three by-elections with the lowest conservative vote share ever (whether it’s PC, PC+Reform, or CPC). Lost balance of power from minority to majority. Canadians don’t want Polievere. It’s as simple as that. And I say this as someone who has voted for Harper, Scheere, and O’Toole (with varying degrees of agreement with their platforms). Carney shows that a PC agenda can win in Canada and win well. But PPs approach will never.
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ComfortableTomato 4 days ago +5
I agree. The current conservative party needs to toss the Reform agenda and return to PC.
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whollybananas 4 days ago +6
I voted for Carney and I never vote conservative. I recognize that despite the party he has his name attached to that he very much has a PC-style agenda from a period when the PC party hadn't yet been hijacked by lunatics.
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1337duck 4 days ago +5
I'm pretty sure it was a 40pt lead at one point.
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Osiris32 4 days ago +4
So, he's the Minnesota Timberwolves of Canadian politics.
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darth_henning 4 days ago +7
Except the Timberwolves have fans.
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Goatfellon 4 days ago +9
For the role as PM, for his riding, and now for a majority government?
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Fantastic-Manner1944 4 days ago +14
Exactly. Losing two in one night was already impressive.
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nikkesen 4 days ago +8
I'm honestly kind of impressed at how tone-deaf the Conservative Party is. They blasted the Liberals for keeping Trudeau on for so long and yet they're guilty of the same thing and can't grasp that it's one of the reason they're Canada's biggest bunch of suckiest sucks that ever sucked.
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choyMj 4 days ago +4
Not sure why they kept him. He had his shot, and it just keeps getting worse for him. I think what's best for Canada is new politics with a new party and the CPC just folds. I don't like the Libs, but the CPC just ain't it either.
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Snoo_75696 4 days ago +3
>Not sure why they kept him Scheer was supposed to be Harper 2.0. He lost, so the party wanted to try something new. O'Toole tried to cater to the center. He lost, so the party needed to try something new. PP pushed the party further right. He lost but still holds enough influence in the party. The members who do want him gone don't know who to replace him with. Harper 2.0 didn't work. Center/Right of Center didn't work (although IMO that largely had more to do with Covid locking down the country). Pushing further right didn't work.
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Hsbnd 5 days ago +201
The only people complaining about floor crossers are the in the party they are leaving. - Stephen Harper. Also PP voted against legislation that would have changed how floor crossing works. But suddenly it’s a problem when it’s conservatives jumping ship.
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kilawolf 5 days ago +52
To be fair - Trudeau didn't complain when ppl crossed from his party to the cons. NDP have been consistent in rebuking floor crossers in proposing legislation and not accepting any (though this doesn't appear to have been tested yet).
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ObfuscatedSource 4 days ago +3
I mean nobody is going to announce that they tried and failed to floor cross to a party known to deny floor crossing…
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Hsbnd 5 days ago +8
More people left the liberals to join the conservatives during Trudeau leadership, 3-2 at least from what I can tell. So maybe he should have complained. Edited to add: In 2013 one person crossed to join the NDP and two people left. I share a lot of values with the ndp platform, but it’s easy to say you won’t accept floor crossing when your party isn’t compelling / competitive enough to draw people over.
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WILDBO4R 4 days ago +15
Doesn't help the NDP that half their voters end up voting strategically due to our broken ass voting system.
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288bpsmodem 4 days ago +4
but Trudeau fixed tha...... oh no wait he didn't cause f*** you and me.
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Practical_Savings933 4 days ago +5
Every election I wish we had ranked choice voting.
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grilledscheese 4 days ago +3
the ndp also lost a member to floor crossing recently, and while they actually have a consistent position on the matter, you haven’t heard the whine about it the way you’ve heard the conservatives bellyaching about it
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McMatey_Pirate 4 days ago +10
It’s been hilarious seeing people b**** and complain about the floor crossing and acting like the people they voted for that are doing this are victims being manipulated by the liberals. You’re the ones who voted for spineless yes-men because that’s what sells for the conservatives apparently. You want to change that? Vote for better representatives who have a spine next election instead of whichever one promises to follow the conservative line no matter what.
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damnburglar 5 days ago +22
The conservative MO is: if bad things happen to you, it’s your fault and you should have worked harder etc; if bad things happen to us then it was your fault and we are clearly victims. Absolutely pathetic, weak people.
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NewfieGamEr2001 4 days ago +2
Has pp openly complained about it?
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Hsbnd 4 days ago +12
yes. he called them the result o[f dirty backroom deals](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-floor-crossing-recall-petitions-9.7157900) and suggests that a bye election should occur. In 2012 he voted against the bill that would have forced a bye election when people crossed the floor - the vote was 181 -91 against. It was an NDP private member bill and basically only received votes from the NDP and 3 conservatives.
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Practical_Savings933 4 days ago +2
They are crossing not because MPs find Carney attractive; but because they find PP repulsive.
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ThesisTears 4 days ago +2
Nah I'm an NDP / Green voter and I'm sad about the crossings because I hate having a majority government. Minority Liberal governments are where we actually get progressive policies through. Now the Liberals get to switch gears back to their conniving pseudo-Conservative selves and sell us out to corporations and billionaires. F*** that.
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Practical_Savings933 4 days ago +17
or as Canadians call them, byelections.
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Cariboo_Red 4 days ago +16
Except they aren't special elections. They are by-elections. There was nothing particularly special about them.
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Demonika_86 5 days ago +959
Oooh I love the smell of conservative tears late at night.
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gplfalt 5 days ago +576
I mean to be absolutely fair. It's basically sane conservatives vs. Insane conservatives. Carney is a blue grit. The fact that Pierre and the maple MAGAs try to portray him anything other than a progressive conservative is a joke.
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Demonika_86 5 days ago +293
Honestly, my main gripe with conservatives is down to my STAUNCH and VIRULENT opposition to ANY social conservative policies. Especially those rooted in whatever someone's imaginary friend tells them to do. I'm atheist. I don't believe in the supernatural, and I don't care to live by the words of long-dead fools who spent way too much time navel-gazing, and little actual observing. I have a degree in history, and the horrors that have been (and at times continue to be) justified in the name of imaginary friends, cause me great revulsion.
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super_chill_21 5 days ago +64
Same. The Pierre crew is not for me. I can deal with someone like Carney whether he was blue or red. He’s an adult. And we need one with everything else going on.
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ComfortableTomato 4 days ago +2
Do you follow Heather Cox Richardson? If you don't, you should. You'd enjoy her daily letters.
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Secure-Television541 5 days ago +23
Why do you think social conservativism, imaginary friends, and capitalism aren’t joyfully wedded?
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Demonika_86 5 days ago +10
This. Slavery and colonialism were justified by imaginary friend too. The victims were either dismissed as sinners or... well, they thought they were "enlightening the heathens for their own good".
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JUST_PM_ME_SMT 4 days ago +4
Oh that was not the main jusification for slavery i heard. I saw plenty of people use the evolution theory argument, or cultural supremacy.
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NiceDot4794 4 days ago +4
You should think more about the deveststing inpacts of poverty, wealth/income inequality and profit fueled climate change. It’s not social conservatism but is every bit as, if not more horrible.
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GeneralPattonON 5 days ago +3
If you don't mind me asking, what kind of society / nation would you have if you were the absolute ruler of a country like Canada, like a society you would be 100% happy with? Not attacking or trying to do any gotcha's, genuinely curious.
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QuintupleC 4 days ago +2
I also have a history degree. Im not an aetheist, however. Yet I agree completely. Conservative social policies or any merging of state and church is terrifying. The Liberals have had some social policies and bills that have bothered me greatly recently as well, due to what could come of them down the road, (bill c63 for example) but I gotta vote for someone, so....
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Eicr-5 4 days ago +8
I’ve said it before, but I can’t understand why the Conservative Party didnt try to poach carney when he finished his stint at the Bank of England. Sure he has historic ties to the liberals, but he’s a pretty good fit. They could have done it, and they’d have *crushed* the election.
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Jaereon 4 days ago +6
Because conservative voters are social conservatives and Carney isn’t.  Iirc his child is non binary so I can’t see him putting up with that 
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ComfortableTomato 4 days ago +2
Agree. I fully expected to one day see Carney in politics, but always assumed I'd be voting for him as a Conservative. Did not expect him to appear as a Liberal. To be fair, we don't know what went on. It's possible that both parties were talking to him but the Liberals won him over for whatever reason. It will be in his book one day.
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Regulai 5 days ago +18
Conservatism has become increasingly based on socially motivated ideology, many cons I know think that global warming is a left-wing hoax and that a politician like Carney being in favor of dealing with it means he is a left-wing schill. If not that then one of various other such issues. This binary viewpoint where you are either with us or a left-wing extremist also creates a facinating viewpoint where they often think they are pretty "center" and "reasonable" while someone like Carney, or really anyone not of their viewpoint, is a radical. Compared to the past when movements like this at least awknowledged their views were not mainstream.
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Protean_Protein 4 days ago +6
There is a very clear historical reason for this. Go back to the early 90s, when Mulroney left and Kim Campbell got absolutely walloped. The federal Progressive Conservatives lost official party status and eventually merged with the absolutely batshit formerly fringe social conservative/Alberta separatist-ish Reform Party of Preston Manning (and Stockwell Day, and Stephen Harper). A lot of those fringe freaks became leaders in the new party, and they are both far-right socially and weirdly fascist.
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thetermguy 4 days ago +3
All that.  Canadian conservatives aren't in the conservative party anymore, theyre all defecting to the liberal party. The cpc party had been co opted by fundamentalists and whack jobs, and they're not representative of your 'conservative' neighbours.  I call them Carney conservatives, and frankly, Carney is as conservative as anyone.   The cpc just needs to die, it's not representing voters anymore.
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roadsidefoto 4 days ago +2
Wait, you guys have *sane* conservatives up there? What the f*** even is a 'sane conservative?'
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KimberlyWexlersFoot 5 days ago +21
america left party is still much further right than the canadian one.
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GriffinFlash 5 days ago +32
Alberta UCP next please
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VonBeegs 5 days ago +6
Tears of joy? They'll be getting all their fiscal policy desires.
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Dyfusia 5 days ago +4
Facebook comments are just like “ the world’s over!!” “Darkest day in history” just gotta roll my eyes…
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legitimateaccount123 5 days ago +9
C'mon, no need for that....they smell just as good in the morning!
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Flying_Scorpion 4 days ago +1
I stopped at the dump today and the guy taking my money just went right into complaining about our government and said a lot of Canadians are unhappy now because the people they voted for crossed the floor. Bold of him to assume I was also a conservative. I just nodded and said "wow that's crazy" and went along.
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my-love-assassin 3 days ago +1
it's so funny because Carney IS a conservative
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Neither_Share8912 3 days ago +1
Yahoo let’s continue driving this country into the ground
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JackLaytonsMoustache 5 days ago +190
\*And after 5 floor-crossers including one in the last week.
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IllustriousNorth338 5 days ago +65
Floor-crossing happens semi-frequently in Canadian political history so it doesn't bother me. I consider it a protest against Reform Conservatives shoving the PCs out of decision-making and party direction. It also didn't bother Poilevre because he voted against anti-floorcrossing legislation when he had an opportunity to. I'd like to see how many of those floor-crossers would keep their seats if a national election were called.
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kilawolf 4 days ago +6
The odd thing is the latest one is definitely a reform conservative as they appear more right winged/crazy than PP
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arahman81 5 days ago +14
Which only helped because they were close to a majority already. And the Cons celebrated when someone crossed the floor to their party.
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PorygonTriAttack 5 days ago +118
Even if I don't agree with everything Carney is doing, the fact that the Conservatives are going full gas on playing the blame game is why I'd still vote for the Libs. The Conservatives under Pierre have been very stagnant. He has been out of ideas for a while. And guess what? We're paying 200,000 yearly for him to pretend to be someone who solves the country's* problems as an opposition leader. We don't need Pierre. We need more Laytons. Even Harper in spite of his flaws would have been better Avi Lewis is too far left for my liking.
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Dry_Departure_7813 5 days ago +154
Lol, Pierre went on Rogan recently talking about how legalizing weed was absolutely required because people should be free, as if that clown show didn't vote against it. Dishonest c***
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Klutzy_Holiday_4493 5 days ago +22
Didn't he also cook up another story of why he got into politics? First ir was injured during football, then wrestling, next will be hockey, then tennis, then a freak nicelar waste accident and that's why he wants to go back to coal
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zeolus123 5 days ago +37
Man it's a shame that Layton seemingly WAS the NDP party. I don't think they were as popular since he was in..
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Comrade-Porcupine 5 days ago +14
I don't love Lewis but, uh, his grandfather was one of the founding leaders of the party and its second leader after Tommy Douglas, and his father was leader of the Ontario NDP. There's a strong sense in which Layton was just an interloper in that party compared to that.
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Ragnarawr 5 days ago +29
Pierre reminds me of an annoying coworker who just constantly complains and blames problems on the actions of others. The Conservative Party also sucks for trying to be like/ cozying up to the trump party early in his career. In my opinion, they did everything to lose, and still complained pointing fingers at others. Then they brought the guy who cost them the election back to the forefront. He backtracks on everything, lies to the media, and comes across as generally dishonest. That sort of decision making and character isn’t meant to lead Canada.
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paddlingtipsy 5 days ago +7
But he took off his glasses, then he got in shape, then he still lost, but then he smiled a lot and tried really really hard to look happy, shouldn’t we give him a chance now that he’s a new man? /s
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DJ_JOWZY 5 days ago +50
What specifically makes Avi Lewis too far left?
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Regular_Use1868 5 days ago +77
American propaganda
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VonBeegs 5 days ago +17
Ding ding ding
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VonBeegs 5 days ago +27
> Avi Lewis is too far left for my liking Anything you might say about why Canada is a better country than America came from politicians at least as left as Avi Lewis.
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ReserveFormal3910 5 days ago +14
Conservative propaganda is so strong that anything left automatically elicit a negative response.
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Pretty_Dingo_1004 5 days ago +15
Can you elaborate on some of the things you don't like that he's doing? And explain why? Most of the people who dislike Carney are just following the con agenda with no real conviction 
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Slavik81 5 days ago +24
I largely support Carney, but I do have complaints. We're cutting government services, but still spending money on a wasteful and ineffective gun buyback program. As well, [the proposed Bill C-22 (Lawful Access Act) is a further erosion of online privacy in Canada (one of many)](https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/could-bill-c-22-make-canadians-less-safe-the-systemic-vulnerability-gap-in-canadas-new-surveillance-law/).
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Individual-Heron7910 5 days ago +31
I'm progressive so I don't like the conservative stuff he's doing. The austerity budgets, the cuts to public service. The resource extraction and development deals with US companies. His shitty attitude toward consultation with indigenous nations.  An activist like Avi Lewis is more what I want. Strong workers, a just transition to a green future. Canada developing its own industries and capacity instead of exporting raw materials... 
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ComfortableTomato 4 days ago +2
I'm hopeful he'll be the one bringing these new ideas to the forefront of discussions. He'll never be PM, but I feel it's important to have someone campaigning these ideas.
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nikkibear44 5 days ago +6
I voted libs in a lib vs NDP riding last election as someone who is to the left of the NDP. My main issue is that he is cutting taxes/stopping planed tax increases while cutting spending. Doesn't make sense to cut spending in the way he is then also to reduce the amount of money the government it bringing in(its not that simple but I have not seen a good reason for not going through with the capital gain increase). Also not the biggest fan of some of the first time home buyers stuff they have been doing and wish more focus would be on the production side but that takes so will see.
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PorygonTriAttack 5 days ago +3
He is an econ guru, so i am trusting the process. I also don't like his cutting on certain programs that would traditionally be near to me, like museums and tourism.
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nikkibear44 5 days ago +3
Ya, I'm generally pretty happy with his actions and don't regret my vote or anything. But if I had 5 mins to ask him questions those are what I would push him on. I think I know the answer for the first time home buyers stuff but I have to do more research into the capital gains stuff. The first time home buyers is to help keep up the price of houses while not hurting young people as much(I think the government should let them drop but I understand why they don't). And for the capital gains stuff from what I saw there was some research in the 80s that suggested it was better for the economy to have lower capital gains taxes but my trust in 80s economics is very low so I have to go looking for newer stuff.
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yangxiu 5 days ago +85
Its good the Cons lost their footing, but now i have to start worrying about the Carney Govnt start leaning towards corporations… since he is a major banker after all… NDP, got to start doing ur job.
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maxdragonxiii 5 days ago +16
with what seats and power? they have no power here at all.
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Wolferesque 4 days ago +3
I felt much better about the Libs having a minority. I hope Carney is true to his word about taking into consideration all party perspectives.
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Inevitable_Dark3225 5 days ago +19
Have you seen the NDP convention? What job do you expect them to do when they obsess over identity politics.
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VonBeegs 5 days ago +64
What convention were you watching? The guy who won talked about taxing the rich and public grocery stores.
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JackLaytonsMoustache 5 days ago +38
I don't expect anyone to have watched the whole convention, hell I was there and I didn't spend all my time on the convention floor. But you can really tell the people who didn't see a single thing except for a 30 second out of context clip turned into ragebait for the terminally online right.
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failingstars 5 days ago +9
Yeah Avi looks like he's a promising leader for the NDP. I hope we can get a minority Liberal party so they need to form a coalition with NDP to get things done.
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ComfortableTomato 4 days ago +4
I have to admit to not following the NDP convention or knowing anything about Avi, but then I learned he's married to Naomi Klein and I realized who they all are. I'll be interested to see where it goes.
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McHoagie86 5 days ago +10
You being wilfully dense doesn't change reality.
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SapphicProse 4 days ago +3
For reasons entirely unrelated to the convention. The ANDP and the SNDP are just whining about lewis not wanting to build a pipeline.
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Any-Ad-446 4 days ago +5
PP only whines and makes it look like Canada is going to end with the Liberals. He has no policies and no idea about what programs Canadians need.
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ZenBreaking 4 days ago +3
Absolutely wild how much whiplash that political scene got once trump started running his mouth.
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racer_24_4evr 4 days ago +2
There will be books written about how PP blew a 20 point lead in a few months.
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CMDR-Neovoe 5 days ago +13
How soon until PeePee is removed as head of the conservative party?
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GentilQuebecois 5 days ago +14
Already 18 months late.
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CMDR-Neovoe 5 days ago +4
I have family members who've voted exclusively conservative their whole life and even they didn't for conservative last election because he was the head of it
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mattw08 5 days ago +3
I’d assume there is no point. Carney would win an election. Better to wait for now. People will always tire of a leader so wait till opportunity presents itself.
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NemusSoul 5 days ago +3
He’s a grifter through and through. The people in charge of the Conservative Party and their constituents are so sunk into supporting his grift they can’t let go without losing face again. If they can him, they have to admit they are stupid marks. Con men have a certain set of skills they master.
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grumstumpus 4 days ago +3
"grifter" is currently the dominant conservative archetype lol
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ancientblond 5 days ago +8
Hopefully never And from what even conservatives in alberta are talking, they *love him*, they think he didnt take a "hard enough stance to win" and similar. And the conservative party under pierre has essentially pandered directly to Albertans only to some degree. If this godforsaken province is happy with him, hes staying. Thank GOD. The conservatives will never win again!
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BradPittHasBadBO 5 days ago +6
Now get rid of that idiot Gladu.
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Old-Tiger9847 5 days ago +15
The contemporary so-called Canadian conservative base is just the reform party hanger-ons. And now they've been indoctrinated by yankee stupidly via Maple maggots.  If true Canadian conservatism ever expects to survive they need to be a progressive voice and not an American mimic. Wake-up and try helping people instead of hurting everything you touch. 
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burn3edoutburn3r 5 days ago +3
I hear those are an invasive species up there. 🤣
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KittySharkWithAHat 4 days ago +2
Great, now we don't have to get in a panic about possible Federal election every time they pass a budget.
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BeneficialReporter46 4 days ago +2
Special election wins 🥴
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avenueroad_dk 5 days ago +5
OK so the people have spoken.  Can we just get to work now and not worry about PP's feelings?   
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Racamonkey_II 4 days ago +5
Somehow, Justin Trudeau is to blame for this.
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ChefCurryYumYum 4 days ago +2
He should send a thank you note to Trump
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senioradviser1960 3 days ago +1
If the PC party loses anymore seats to the Liberals by floor crossers, will the PC party smarten up and dump Peter Poilievre, probably not, because they are not wanting governing power in the HOC. The Liberals now have the mandate to screw Canadians as much as they wany now, hold on folks we are in for a rough few ywars.
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Cute-Translator4621 3 days ago +1
Peter? PC? Are you a conservative voter? 
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Few_Geologist_2082 3 days ago +1
So mark carney us really smart and Pierre Polievre is it as good as he thought
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