Canada General Discussion (2019-)

[Pericles]

Political pundits often think too much and get morally outraged  at stuff the general public doesn't give a crap about.

If this is true, wouldn't it benefit the Liberals by meaning SNC-Lavalin and blackface don't matter?

[Pericles]

Am I wrong in saying that the Bloc is the real winner tonight?

The Bloc did have a great result but the Liberals did well enough that they only need the NDP to prop them up it seems. If the Liberals got like 20 less seats it would be an even better result for the Bloc.

[Pericles]

Pierre Poilievre has announced he's running for "Prime Minister", without even mentioning Conservative leader. He's obviously doing the Trump strategy of gutting the party as an institution and turning it into his personality cult. Also, he may need to remember that his own constituents are also Ottawans who also incensed by what occurring in the downtown core, and that he came within a heartbeat of having to find an actual job in 2015.

Are the electoral boundaries getting redrawn before 2025? If he wants to eliminate the slim possibility of losing his riding, he could use that as an excuse to move to a safer one. He should be pretty safe though, and if he loses badly enough to lose his own riding maybe he would want to be out of politics.

[Pericles]

Genuine question - how is Singh still there?

The NDP's result last time was underwhelming on any reasonably objective criteria.

The NDP are doing about as well as they usually do historically, maybe a bit better. Most of their losses were in Quebec in 2019 anyway, they have held up better in the rest of Canada. It's plausible that they have underperformed in the context of the last two elections, but not disastrously. Parties tend not to change leaders without a clear need for it, even if there is a chance they would do better.

[Pericles]

Is Trudeau really going to contest the next election if he's facing a loss? Like Jacinda Ardern or his own father, he can leave with his head held high and let someone else face the electorate.