Never even factored into my thinking. Lockdowns are few and far between now, and the federal government has little or nothing to do with them. Same for places that decide to implement vaccine passports. I think the number of Liberal voters who are going to switch to the PPC simply because of "vaccine passports and lockdowns" is somewhere between minuscule and zero - likely closer to zero.

Regardless, double digit PPC voter support is fantastic news for JT. However, I suspect those numbers evaporate at the polling booth.

id say zero Liberal voters switch to the PPC more the NDP or Conservatives

With 75% of the country speaking only English why is it we have two french debates and one English debate? Or is this just a tactical move by Trudeau?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...s-crunch-bites


Maybe they just need more "economic pressure" to live a low carbon lifestyle.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/q...oole-1.5578691

He has around a 70% approval rating in Quebec. This should be good for CPC and O'Toole?

breaking news, conservative politicians support other conservative politicians!

https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...-new-poll-says

Ordinary Canadians must not know about the rebates.

I'm looking forward to 50% off dinner on a random Tuesday!

Don't forget GST free Christmas shopping.

Oh cmon the man uses cardboard water bottles to save the planet. How can you say he is out of touch

whose watching the debate?

I'm going O'Toole>Singh>Trudeau>Paul>Blanchet performance wise.

I mainly think O'Toole is accomplishing precisely what he needs to do. Like he has even convinced me that he is among the least-bad version of what a conservative PM would be. Partly its presentation, partly it is the jump to the left on policy.

I should even be magnaminous to Shifty. With the jump in polling, PPC should be here and it would be MUCH more fun if he was.

I jumped back and forth between the football game and the debate. It is kind of clear why Justin did not want two of these.
Wow even the moderators called him out for being a climate phony . Green called him out for being a fake feminist and Singh just pounded him on everything.

I thought the Bloc leader said it well now someone correct me on the actual quote but it was I am not concerned about Canada just Quebec and that is why he should not be at a debate. Also comparing Quebec and the plight of the Indigenous

Though Uke I think your ranking and comment is dead on

Yup, maybe next time they change the criteria. But I have a feeling the PPC will win atleast 1 seat.

Were do you think they will grab the seat. I actually think the PPC deserved a seat more than the Bloc

What is the over Under on the Green Party getting 2-1/2 seats. I could see the leader not getting hers. Though I thought she performed well at the debate the amount I saw.

why ?

Wow. Imagine that 'debate' if they had 6 on stage. Managed to watch 30 minutes of it before switching.

I meant and I think that is what you are referring to is that the PPC deserves a spot in the debate more than the Bloc. The blocs only focus is Quebec while the PPC is running across the country. The PPC wants to lead Canada the Bloc has no interest and runs no candidates outside of Quebec. His interests are clearly only Quebec and he basically said it that the rest of the country holds no interest to him.

did you had the same opinion with the reform party previously?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada

"The party fought in the 1988 federal election, but was never considered more than a fringe element, and none of its 72 candidates won election. However, the party ran second to the governing Tories in many Western ridings and earned 2.1% of the total national vote. The party clearly identified itself as a Western-based political party in 1988 with its slogan "The West Wants In". The party advocated controversial policies such as its opposition to official bilingualism and multiculturalism and its opposition for distinct society status for Quebec which all mainstream political parties at the time supported. "

actually having more regional party , forcing everyone to communicate and make deals between them, respecting each other priorites would make a better govenrerment imo...

ps: i personally think that having better politicians is better instead of focusing on how much territory a party covers.

blanchet is far more better than bernier has a representative..

You make a really good point that i have trouble arguing with.

Blanchet is a great speaker and presents himself well and polite


Can we all agree Trudeau is going to regret calling this election?

I thought you were making a case for why we shouldn't write off the PPC, and then I realized you were replying to Lozen's point about the Bloc. I have no idea what the point of your comparison is - the Reform party may have its origin in one region, but it ran candidates across the country. The Bloc exists only in Quebec, and its goal initially (and likely still is in the minds of many) was nothing less than breaking up the country. They are completely different from Reform or the PPC, and I can definitely see a case to be made for excluding them from debates. I don't think they should be, but I can understand the logic.

100% hoping so .
It was a freakn ****** decision for personal gain only .
Despicable to me .

No wonder he let go his stance on reforming his idealistic electoral view , for a better representation towards the electorate votes, once he got power …

Power always corrupt eventually .

Why a political party like Bloc Québécois , should not be part of it when the totality of its electorate represent many smaller provinces combined ?

Should a political party be restricted just because of the design territorial of the country over the amount of the electorate it represent ?

May be by dividing Quebec in 4 parts would make the bloc more relevant because it was aiming at 4 «*distinct*» territory instead of 1 , like the reform party was ?

Fwiw , I never understood why the bloc never put some candidates throughout the country .
Frenchies do exist outside Quebec, shrug .

Anyway , i do believe political parties should be validated by the number of votes they bring in and not how much territory it draws from a map with anemic results .

Zero interest in watching 6 people debate like that. US politics is much better in that regard for debates, town halls etc. Have any of the candidates done any long form question periods? Max will be on Jordan Petersons pod cast next week, have any of the other candidates done anything similar?

What media Peterson represent ?
I know the guy , smart fellow .

I bet half the country have no idea who he is .
That is probably the why to your question .

im gonna vote for myself this time #novoting4me
last time i voted for the independent that the liberal kick out. w/e her name was again jody wilson