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46th Canadian Federal Election

T3G said:
Who exactly would benefit from the NDP merging with the Libs? Let's not move closer to being a two party state.
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I'm pretty sure the BQ being still around that this country would unlikely fall into a two party state. And for what that's worth...

...that said, I doubt that the NDP would merge with the Liberals. It would solve a lot of vote splitting if they did...but I don't think that's going to happen. They should consider however a coalition with the LPC to bring stability in our government for a long time as our country is under arse holed induced economic stress that's now the new norm. Plus something that will likely help them rebuild their party for the long term.

And no, I did not light up a spliff while posting all that...
 
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Midtown Urbanist said:



A potential curve-ball thrown… May we be needing this thread sooner than anticipated?
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The conservatives likely won't force an election as it is not in their best interest.

They already give the impression they are solely focused one issue (Liberals Bad/Conservative Good) and forcing an election now would require them to have a reason.

What I'm more surprised about is the NDP taking this risk without a functional leader.
 
thettctransitfanatic said:
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has recieved 87.4% support at the Conservative convention. He will lead the Conservative Party into the 46th Canadian federal election.
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They will learn.

I've been to party conventions before and most of the time people are drinking the Kool-Aid.

The people at those conventions vote for the leader to remain unless there is a grievous issue forcing their hand.

Keep in mind, the only people attending are conservative supporters. The real vote comes on election day when all Canadians (not just CPC supporters) vote.
 
picard102 said:
The party is afraid of success. This is going to be their 5th loss in a row.
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Though keep in mind that technically, barring an early call, the next election's not due until 2029--a long way off from '26 leadership-vote conditions.

Not to mention that '25 was something of a "success in defeat", insofar as the Cons kept their 40% level and made enough inroads to illuminate how the Libs remain, to a degree, boxed in by long-tail Laurentianism.
 
adma said:
Though keep in mind that technically, barring an early call, the next election's not due until 2029--a long way off from '26 leadership-vote conditions.

Not to mention that '25 was something of a "success in defeat", insofar as the Cons kept their 40% level and made enough inroads to illuminate how the Libs remain, to a degree, boxed in by long-tail Laurentianism.
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Although technically 2029, I am hearing a lot of Liberal election campaign ads on the radio, at least every hour.
I suspect where there is smoke, there's fire.
 
Westey said:
Although technically 2029, I am hearing a lot of Liberal election campaign ads on the radio, at least every hour.
I suspect where there is smoke, there's fire.
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Maybe they're just trying to discourage a negative confidence vote. The polls don't suggest the LPC has a much of a chance of achieving a majority. Not sure what the math is here... hope that PP's unpopularity will suppress the CPC vote? That the NDP vote share will collapse further given their lack of a permanent leader?
 
My opinion: the CPC's turn to the hard right has allowed the Liberals to expand their centrist platform to the right to capture those on the right uncomfortable with PP/CPC's direction. The NDP have an opportunity to expand their tent to capture those who voted Liberal, but are at the left end of their spectrum. I suspect for the short term, the Liberals are the beneficiaries, generally
 
PL1 said:
My opinion: the CPC's turn to the hard right has allowed the Liberals to expand their centrist platform to the right to capture those on the right uncomfortable with PP/CPC's direction. The NDP have an opportunity to expand their tent to capture those who voted Liberal, but are at the left end of their spectrum. I suspect for the short term, the Liberals are the beneficiaries, generally
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In terms of the GTA, the "Michael Ma Liberals", I suppose.
 
Westey said:
Although technically 2029, I am hearing a lot of Liberal election campaign ads on the radio, at least every hour.
I suspect where there is smoke, there's fire.
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You're likely hearing LPC ads because they just had their best fundraising year ever:
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Liberals Record Best Fundraising Year in Party History | Liberal Party of Canada

Ottawa, ON — The Liberal Party of Canada announced today that 2025 marked its best-ever fundraising year, with Canadians chipping in over $29M to support Mark Carney and the Liberal Party — over 60 per cent more than the previous campaign year and nearly double that of 2024. “This was a historic...
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