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[–] Dearche@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

There's hope that this might not have aged as badly as some think.

After all, PP might actually get fired as the Cons leader for not doing his job. (Though honestly, I'm rooting for the party to break up. A far right party and extreme right party splitting the votes will only show just how terrible each side is, and with a split, the animosity between them means that neither will gain traction for decades, and hopefully make Canadians realize just how terrible the parties they've been voting for really are)

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Saw Protest the Hero open for BTBAM last night and the lead singer was pretty stoked about PP losing his job and house.

It was fun watching someone be happy about an election … 🫠

[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Good. What a fucking piece of shit.

[–] kooks_only@lemmy.ca 99 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wearing my team Canada shirt today because the entire country won last night, whether everyone realizes it or not.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't say WON, but bullets were dodged for sure. Phew!

( But obviously we need to work on basic education )

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It was actually so nice. I walked into work and nobody was talking politics because it didn't feel like the world was ending.

For any conservatives, I'm sorry. I work and am highly involved with vulnerable people, and I vote to protect them as best I can. A vote for PP would not have been a vote to protect the most vulnerable I know, which in my eyes is what a society is meant to do.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't be sorry, also they can't hear you here

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

I appreciate that, but I also want to avoid tribalism in relation to politics whenever I can. It's not about teams or colours in my eyes.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

So you're only not a piece of shit when people can hear you?

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

You realize conservatives generally vote based on hatred and/or greed, right?

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 hours ago

You know human groups are not made of monolithic homogeneous personalities, right? Oe should we say *all Americans" are faciats because Trump is their president and do nothing about it?

[–] LiveLoveLaff@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Same. I also work with vulnerable people and a vote for PP is a vote for many of my peeps at work to be tazered in a jail bathroom for something they cannot afford to medicate (such as it is in “healthcare is a big business” USA).

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 16 points 1 day ago

Huzzah!! Congratulations and Thank YOU!!

[–] LiveLoveLaff@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m looking forward to Singh’s next shots fired at PP. preferably asking him when he’s stepping down as the party leader such as any respectable person should do if they lose in their own riding.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Singh stepped down, he's gone.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I think that is the point being made

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

OK, now I see it. That might have been a bit subtle for me after work.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 39 points 1 day ago

did you mean fine wine because it goes down pretttttty smooth

[–] LiveLoveLaff@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So WHY does he still get paid our tax dollars to do nothing

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That's a great question and the answer is: he shouldn't be drawing on tax funds. He cannot hold the position of leader of the opposition unless he has a seat, and I can't find any provision for unelected party members in here.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

An MP in a conservative stronghold has to resign and then he can run there in a byelection to get back into the House of Commons. The timing of the byelection is determined by Prime Minister Carney though, so he could very well be put until 2026.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Yes, quite right - but until such time as this takes place, Polivere shouldn't be paid with taxpayer funds. Maybe there's a provision in some rule that allows party funds to be used? {/Speculation}

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That would be so funny, and imagine if he lost it again?

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

That would be hilarious but they're going to make sure it's a conservative stronghold. Sucks for whichever MP gets booted on his behalf but that's what you get for having a leader like PP.

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[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When kissing your reflection in the mirror, you can only kiss yourself on the lips

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

Thanks black science man

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I keep seeing this, but does anybody have the link? I don't get why the 2nd tweet looks doctored.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

In the real world, if you don't do your job you lose it.

In Trudeau's world, you get a big fat ArriveScam bonus.

1: https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1722744682302550389

In the real world, people who don’t do their jobs get fired.

In Trudeau’s world, they get bonuses.

2: https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1550879202559242240

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

Thanks! So they are slightly skewed, but it still works lol. I ditched my twitter account ages ago and was having trouble getting to the sources.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The second one I think looks that way because they searched for the specific phrasing from the one tweet but enough of the same words were used in the second tweet, he had just reworded it slightly. Thats why some of it is bold and some of it isn’t.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

Makes sense, thanks!

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Any chance he might self-reflect on this? I doubt it.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I doubt it. His belief system is fucked beyond belief on multiple levels. Not impossible to deprogram but it's gonna take a lot of work. He's like the right wing, Schapiro-watching, Jordan Peterson-idolizing, teenage edgelord that got paid for it for over 20 years and is now 45.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (13 children)

maybe, after a few years selling shoes at canadian tire or something.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lifetime pension for MP after two terms.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

At retirement age

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder who told him about the real world? Perhaps he'll have time to go out and discover it now.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He can retire on a full federal pension, the only way it would get higher would have been if his party won last night. He has not, and will not, need to acquaint himself with the real world.

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

And then he said he was gonna stay on as the opposition -- even though he can't sit in parliament right now.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Well, he can't quit..he doesn't have any work experience to get another job elsewhere.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Well, the voters did fire him.

Now it's up to his party to do the same, as they have done with so many other former leaders who lost.

[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Do they even have a viable leader to replace little pp? Not that he was much of a leader, but not exactly a party with any members that stand out as leadership material.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Charest was the viable alternative last time and he came from outside the party. Carney came from outside politics as well.

If they do a leadership race someone will be there to fill the void, possibly someone who will pull the party back towards a progressive conservatives agenda since the message was pretty clear, Canada wanted a fiscal conservatives but not a social conservatives.

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