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I am sure there was a small faction of the CPC that did indeed hate it. However, the numbers serve to show where the overwhelming majority of members sit on the issue.

Not now, but he was the Liberal Guiseppi for a long time. I am sure he has his handpicked heir to the puppet strings.

Except that no party leader completely allows their MPs to speak freely. There is a party whip in every party and every party since the dawn of party politics controls the message. Those who speak freely do so at their own peril.

Two words, Gerald Butts.

Completely untrue. A resolution to support the conversion therapy ban was passed with 92% of delegates in favor at the CPC national convention.

Probably around the time inflation hit 6% and house prices doubled in a 5 year span. Just my guess.

34 seats -3rd party status- and leader could not win his seat. That's the edge of the abyss the Liberals were sitting on in 2006. That's near obliteration.

And that is what the next leader will have to do as well. I don't think even the diehard CPC right wingers think they can win an election on a protest vote like Trump managed to do. The CPC will take a moderate approach with a few more assurances to the Alberta caucus about a slow roll to climate change policy to bridge the gap.

I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. We are not the USA, Even the extremes of the CPC membership are much more moderate than the polarization happening in the USA. It is a mistake to think that the CPC won't have a climate change policy for the next election, and it is a mistake to think that the majority of CPC members don't want one. Demonize the party if that's what helps you sleep at night but only a small portion of CPC members are at the extreme right of the spectrum.

The overwhelming majority of CPC supporters do not support anti-vaxxers or their mandates. There is nothing fractious about that. Some of our MPs want to step into bed with them, so be it, we are not and never have been a party that requires all MPs and all members to group think and conform in all ideologies. However, the overwhelming majority of CPC members are neither right wing zealots or wing nuts and that is what you guys on the left have a real hard time comprehending. The vast majority of CPC supporters do so because they favor a conservative approach to financial management and more and more people are starting to wake up to the Justinflation and housing bubble the Liberals have created. You think the next election is going to be fought on the narrative of social justice and pandemic management? Trudeau had better hope for a 5th, 6th and 7th wave then because when the lens goes back to his economic policies he's toast.

We shall see next election if you are right or not I guess. I have been a CPC member for many, many years and know a great deal of CPC members all of whom are very nice, upstanding, and conscientious people. But hey....paint everyone with the same brush.

When was the last time the right united to beat the Liberals? Not long ago the right united, elected Stephen Harper as their leader and creamed the Liberals into almost obliteration in the next 3 elections....and yes...the popular vote means little to seat count...but it destroys the narrative that the CPC doesn't have support in this country. The PPC doesn't even matter no matter how loudly you bang that drum. They are a party that swung some votes in a global pandemic. When actual policy and not protest returns post pandemic they will fade away into the ether and their votes will return to the CPC. Absolutely the CPC is rudderless right now or Trudeau would be in opposition. However, like all things the longer a cringe worthy prime minister stays in power the stronger his opposition is going to get. IF, and its a big IF, the CPC manages to get it right and elect a leader that can lead and can appeal to Ontario, Trudeau's days will be numbered. The CPC is not nearly as fractured as you think they are. They just know they got it wrong with O'Toole and are hitting the reset.

The thing about zealots is that they are the people most likely to show up and vote. In a country where voter apathy is a massive problem you are right to suggest they shouldn't be dismissed. Maybe...but it won't. The PPC will pick up that 1-2% of wingnuts. Not really a genius. He just ran a tight ship and had the benefit of a strong economy. It tends to soothe the right when that happens. A lot of people on the far right tend to settle down a lot when they've got their government. Same goes with the far left I suppose. I think pretty much everyone said that about Stronach.

Don't underestimate the rights ability to unite. They have done it before and the division was far greater back then. I could see a lot of CPC members returning to the fold under the right leader especially now that Trudeau fatigue has really set in for a lot of the voters that swing between CPC and Liberal. The left has tried to paint the narrative that the CPC has no chance anymore and is irrelevant but the CPC has won the popular vote the past two elections. A strong leader popular in the 905 and the Liberals will suddenly not be as entrenched as they think they are. The shine is off the Trudeau diamond and IF the CPC elect a leader that resonates a lot better than O'Toole or Scheer it could be a new government next time. Trudeau has made his own bed when it comes to trustworthiness. The Liberals need to move on from him, people just don't like him all that much anymore. Only thing saving his butt is that the CPC seems to be content to get leaders that are even less appealing thus far.

For sure. He may just have needed some seasoning too.

He didn't have his agent phone every team in the league to see if they would offer 21k more than the Bombers? Weird.....I was told that's how it works.

LMAO....Sure Gerald sure....James Moore is the guy keeping Liberals up at night. lol

Let's just for fun say that your 20k theory is correct, even though it probably is much too simplistic to put the same $ value on every FA....but this is for fun. We don't need to offer Lawler a 230k contract to beat the BC offer. BC offer...250k + 0 playoff dollars = 250k Winnipeg....200k + 30k playoff money = 230k 250k-230k = 20k ...and 3DN stated that they think playoff money is actually going up over that this year. There....you happy?

Who is Brad Bezan?

I checked his twitter....nothing there...but Booch seems pretty confident and he's been bang on so far this offseason.

Can't be a bad thing that's for sure. Hope it all works out.

I would do it just to not have to wear booger green sports gear the rest of my life. I mean really, rivallry aside, is their a jersey out there that assaults the senses less than Rider jerseys.

What did Woli sign for? Who offered him 20k more? From what I understand he signed as soon as we offered him a contract and that the deal was quite friendly to the club. Very likely he left more than 20k on the table. Couture got 200k. That's market value....but again....no offers by anyone. To say they stayed for exactly 20k less is 100% pure speculation on your part. I hope so.

I'm not seeing anything pro Bomber in those tweets. Nothing anti-Bomber either. One tweet commenting that a lot of FAs are coming off the board, and another between him and Natey Adjei with the latter telling him to come back to the Argos.

Letterman is a man of impeccable taste. Beard like a Rider fan, but the culture and brains of a Bomber fan.