[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[Jacob]

CC, your relentless Trudeau-is-a-dilettante propaganda has had an effect. Well, that or perhaps his actions bear it out. In any case, he's beginning to look like that to me.

And like you said, I'm not convinced that the NDP can win either. As for the Cons, it depends on their attempts at renewal... or will Harper lead them in the next election too? What's the scuttlebutt there?

[Barrister]

CC, your relentless Trudeau-is-a-dilettante propaganda has had an effect. Well, that or perhaps his actions bear it out. In any case, he's beginning to look like that to me.

And like you said, I'm not convinced that the NDP can win either. As for the Cons, it depends on their attempts at renewal... or will Harper lead them in the next election too? What's the scuttlebutt there?

Harper will lead them in the next election.  There isn't the slightest hint of a rumour otherwise.

[crazy canuck]

CC, your relentless Trudeau-is-a-dilettante propaganda has had an effect. Well, that or perhaps his actions bear it out. In any case, he's beginning to look like that to me.

And like you said, I'm not convinced that the NDP can win either. As for the Cons, it depends on their attempts at renewal... or will Harper lead them in the next election too? What's the scuttlebutt there?

Harper will lead them in the next election.  There isn't the slightest hint of a rumour otherwise.

Agreed. 

@Jacob,

As you may recall I was willing to give Trudeau some consideration.  I think I have a post in this thread somewhere about how stupid I felt for having thought that.

[Jacob]

@Jacob,

As you may recall I was willing to give Trudeau some consideration.  I think I have a post in this thread somewhere about how stupid I felt for having thought that.

Yes I recall

[Barrister]

CC, your relentless Trudeau-is-a-dilettante propaganda has had an effect. Well, that or perhaps his actions bear it out. In any case, he's beginning to look like that to me.

And like you said, I'm not convinced that the NDP can win either. As for the Cons, it depends on their attempts at renewal... or will Harper lead them in the next election too? What's the scuttlebutt there?

Harper will lead them in the next election.  There isn't the slightest hint of a rumour otherwise.

Besides, I can't even think of anyone who I'd want to replace him.  Peter MacKay?  Meh.  Jason Kenney?  Very competent, but always struck me as a bit creepy for some reason.  Tony Clement?  Man, he might be the best name I can come up with, and I'm not sure I like it.

[crazy canuck]

CC, your relentless Trudeau-is-a-dilettante propaganda has had an effect. Well, that or perhaps his actions bear it out. In any case, he's beginning to look like that to me.

And like you said, I'm not convinced that the NDP can win either. As for the Cons, it depends on their attempts at renewal... or will Harper lead them in the next election too? What's the scuttlebutt there?

Harper will lead them in the next election.  There isn't the slightest hint of a rumour otherwise.

Besides, I can't even think of anyone who I'd want to replace him.  Peter MacKay?  Meh.  Jason Kenney?  Very competent, but always struck me as a bit creepy for some reason.  Tony Clement?  Man, he might be the best name I can come up with, and I'm not sure I like it.

I can think of a number would would want to.  I can think of no one who would be able to.  The only person who would have been capable didnt want the job and died far too young.

[Barrister]

And who would that be?

Oh, and I can think of one person who I'd like to see have the job, though 72 might be too old at this point.

[crazy canuck]

And who would that be?

Oh, and I can think of one person who I'd like to see have the job, though 72 might be too old at this point.

Peter Mackay, Oliver, Raitt, Baird, Moore etc.

[Jacob]

And who would that be?

Oh, and I can think of one person who I'd like to see have the job, though 72 might be too old at this point.

Peter Mackay, Oliver, Raitt, Baird, Moore etc.

I think he was asking about the person who didn't want the job and died too young.

[Barrister]

And who would that be?

Oh, and I can think of one person who I'd like to see have the job, though 72 might be too old at this point.

Peter Mackay, Oliver, Raitt, Baird, Moore etc.

I think he was asking about the person who didn't want the job and died too young.

Indeed.

[crazy canuck]

Sorry.  Thought that was obvious.  Flaherty.

[Barrister]

Sorry.  Thought that was obvious.  Flaherty.

Ah.  I had forgotten he had died.

[Jacob]

CC, do you read BC Business Magazine? BB, Neil and other Albertans, do you read the Alberta Venture Report? They have a pretty good feature section on the pipeline issues right now. Seemed pretty balanced, if perhaps inclined to cast the premiers of both provinces and their parties as reasonable.

[Barrister]

Sorry Jacob, don't regularly read it, and it doesn't look like the story is up on their website yet.

[Josephus]

I think there's some merit to the Globe article, but I don't think it's all that novel. I think in many elections people have shied away from voting NDP for that reason. I know I have. In my riding there have been times where I thought the only candidate capable of defeating the conservative is the Liberal, in which case I would vote for that candidate. But generally, as well, there's a strong sense that voting NDP is a waste of a vote. Ironically, that might be why they did so well last time around, because it was a protest vote.