Canadian Politics: treading water until the next election

[MP]

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ottawa/university-of-ottawa-frosh-naloxone-1.4267447

I'm reading this and thinking, are opioid use/overdoses a common thing in university these days?! Or just a U of O thing?

Geez, what happen to beer and the occassion joint?

[The Bytown Boozer]

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ottawa/university-of-ottawa-frosh-naloxone-1.4267447

I'm reading this and thinking, are opioid use/overdoses a common thing in university these days?! Or just a U of O thing?

Geez, what happen to beer and the occassion joint?

It's coke & MDMA now.

[Shawnathan Horcoff]

[Walrus]

Our boy Pierre P., voted as #1 douchiest MP back in 2014, is now our great nation's Shadow Minister for Finance.

The full top 10: viewtopic.php?f=120&t=37116&p=2703292

1. Pierre Poilievre
2. Rob Anders
3. Paul Calandra
4. Tony Clement
5. Julian Fantino
6. Dean Del Mastro
7. Chris Alexander
8. Stephen Harper
9. Peter Van Loan
10. Peter McKay

2015 election survivors are in bold.

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I still can't believe you lot downvoted Chris A to 7th.

[Shawnathan Horcoff]

Pier--

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[senate]

[mayoradamwest]

You have to realize, Conrad grew up constantly hearing people say they "...hated the Blacks" and now that he's older people have just started using his first name.

[The Bytown Boozer]

If that vacuous idiot Jagmeet Singh gets elected leader of the NDP, then my usually reliable vote is entirely up for grabs.

[senate]

The NDP exists to lead the brown people, not to be led by them. Only a wealthy, white, career graduate student like Niki Ashton is capable of being the true voice of both Canada's ethnic minorities and its working class.

[AD]

If that vacuous idiot Jagmeet Singh gets elected leader of the NDP, then my usually reliable vote is entirely up for grabs.

Trudeau! Trudeau! Trudeau!

[MP]

If that vacuous idiot Jagmeet Singh gets elected leader of the NDP, then my usually reliable vote is entirely up for grabs.

Do you keep said vote somewhere in your pants? If not, I'm not interested.

[Germz]

Electing a friendly leader is the worst thing the NDP could do right now IMO. Mulcair should have been allowed to stay on, but failing that, someone similarly angry and sharp-tongued is necessary. Progressives sick of Trudeau won't need more good vibes, they will need someone fierce to cut through his bullshit.

[The Bytown Boozer]

Also, I don't think there is a viable political space left of Trudeau right now.

[The Bytown Boozer]

The NDP exists to lead the brown people, not to be led by them. Only a wealthy, white, career graduate student like Niki Ashton is capable of being the true voice of both Canada's ethnic minorities and its working class.

I'm sure Jagmeet Singh is a nice man, but he does seem more comfortable spouting platitudes than he does outlining workable socialist policies. I said the exact same thing about Trudeau. (replacing the word 'socialist' with 'liberal' in his case, obviously)

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Also, I don't think there is a viable political space left of Trudeau right now.

He said "viable".

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How long has it been dog? We must do lunch!

[Dr_Chimera]

Electing a friendly leader is the worst thing the NDP could do right now IMO. Mulcair should have been allowed to stay on, but failing that, someone similarly angry and sharp-tongued is necessary. Progressives sick of Trudeau won't need more good vibes, they will need someone fierce to cut through his bullshit.

Similarly angry to Mulcair? Ugh, Mulcair is completely charmless.

Not convinced "angry" works with Canadians. Let's see what Singh can do.

[Germz]

This is a throwaway NDP leader.

The worst case scenario would be to ditch their next leader as quickly as they did Mulcair. No NDP leader is ever a hit in the first election. Or second, for that matter.

If the NDP has any sense at all, they will find someone with promise and stick with that person for a minimum of three elections. That's a big part of the recipe for partial success shared by Broadbent and Layton.

If that's Singh, I hope he still fits the bill in 2023 and 2027, because that's when we're really going to need him.

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The NDP should pick someone who can outlast Trudeau (not necessarily try to beat him next election). Just a good stable, likeable, smart showing over the next 5-6 years until Trudeau/Liberals get stale.

At that time, both the conservatives and the NDP will gnaw away at the Liberal support. Sheer (Scheer? Cheer? Sheare?) is a complete dud, the cons will surely have another leader in 3-5 years (if they don't they're morons).

[MP]

The NDP should pick someone who can outlast Trudeau (not necessarily try to beat him next election). Just a good stable, likeable, smart showing over the next 5-6 years until Trudeau/Liberals get stale.

At that time, both the conservatives and the NDP will gnaw away at the Liberal support. Sheer (Scheer? Cheer? Sheare?) is a complete dud, the cons will surely have another leader in 3-5 years (if they don't they're morons).

[The Bytown Boozer]

Andrew Scheer is a bashful vagina, while Trudeau and Singh are both utter bellends.

Liz May seems like a pretty qualified public servant compared to all this. I will probably vote Green unless it's Ashton or Angus on the orange side. I am not interested in this self-examining, post-Trudeau NDP at all. The NDP should keep moving left like it always has.

If anything right now, the NDP should see the writing on the wall and reach out to its socialist/feminist/environmentalist wings. This is not the time to elect some fucking Andrea Horwath stand-in, who longs for a means-tested Old Age Security program.

[The Bytown Boozer]

BTW, the name of this thread should be 'Andrew Scheer is a Bashful Vagina'.

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[Boring Choice #2]

teehee. he said "members."

[The Bytown Boozer]

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AD, banana.

Seriously? C'mon man, quit being a such a pénis.

[senate]

Seriously?

The EEESJC's preferred term for vagina is "penis flytrap". Please use it in the future.

[Zardoz]

I'm just gonna stick with "dick-pocket" like my grammpy taught us.

[Shawnathan Horcoff]

Bring back fred tags.

[PredsFan77]

Chaps on an early morning flight sittin in the exit row and it occurs to me I don't know who this bloke Andrew Scheer is.

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Chaps on an early morning flight sittin in the exit row and it occurs to me I don't know who this bloke Andrew Scheer is.

Yeah that's fine.

[The Bytown Boozer]

Bring back fred tags.

This will be one of the central pillars of my upcoming leadership campaign.

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Byte Boozer et Kellie Leitch. Même combat.

[The Bytown Boozer]

If elected as Leader of the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, I promised to:

• Enact legislation recognizing Canada's new national animal: the cheese curd
  
• Force a de-merger of the Conservative Party of Canada
  
• Promote higher education by building taller schools
  
• Appoint Senate seats according to proportional representation
  
• Abolish the Monarchy but retain the Governor General
  
• Make the AFN Leader de facto Governor General
  
• Give the Governor General a cool Davy Crockett hat
  
• Legalize all drugs
  
• Tax religion
  
• Ban Coors Light and ScotiaBank
  
• Enact a $7.8 million individual salary cap, much like after the NHL lockout in 2005
  
• Allow every Canadian to vote in the 2020 U.S. Election
  
• Trade P.E.I. for Delaware
  
• Change national anthem to a bunch of Inuit throat singing
  
• A Giant Tiger™ fidget spinner for every Canadian Citizen
  

Plz donate

http://www.hockeybroads.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&p=3288483#p3288483

[MP]

If you want to be taken seriously, then don't go with the Rhino party. Why not start your own and name it something like the "Real People Party"...

[The Bytown Boozer]

something like the "Real People Party"...

Sounds like a fun little military junta. I'm in.

[clawfirst]

Had me at tax religion

[clawfirst]

To directly fund science of course

[clawfirst]

The legalize all drugs policy needs work..but id enjoy an occasional legal ketamine rip

[PPJ]

If elected as Leader of the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, I promised to:

• Enact legislation recognizing Canada's new national animal: the cheese curd
  
• Force a de-merger of the Conservative Party of Canada
  
• Promote higher education by building taller schools
  
• Appoint Senate seats according to proportional representation
  
• Abolish the Monarchy but retain the Governor General
  
• Make the AFN Leader de facto Governor General
  
• Give the Governor General a cool Davy Crockett hat
  
• Legalize all drugs
  
• Tax religion
  
• Ban Coors Light and ScotiaBank
  
• Enact a $7.8 million individual salary cap, much like after the NHL lockout in 2005
  
• Allow every Canadian to vote in the 2020 U.S. Election
  
• Trade P.E.I. for Delaware
  
• Change national anthem to a bunch of Inuit throat singing
  
• A Giant Tiger™ fidget spinner for every Canadian Citizen
  

Plz donate

http://www.hockeybroads.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&p=3288483#p3288483

What are your positions on Bell and Rogers?

If it doesn't involve rockets into the Sun you will not get my vote.

[The Bytown Boozer]

Here is my final ranking of the NDP leadership candidates:

1- Charlie Angus
2- Niki Ashton
3- Jagmeet Singh
4- Guy Caron

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Is that in reverse order?

[The Bytown Boozer]

Is that in reverse order?

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I like the cool Indian guy and the one who speaks French.

The rest... meh.

[The Bytown Boozer]

That's cause you're somewhat of a centrist, innit?

[Boring Choice #2]

Let's be honest. Does anyone here really care and/or believe that any of these candidates will make any impact on anything? They are and will likely always be irrelevant.

[PredsFan77]

But really who is this chap?

[The Bytown Boozer]

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[mayoradamwest]

I look forward to the puns based on the similarity between singe and Singh. I have no doubt they will be RATHER clever.