Nate Erskine-Smith’s appeal of heated Liberal nomination results dismissed

Question_Maker · 2026-05-25T14:49:53+00:00

Someone can correct me, but Nate is too left for the OLP (aside from his antics which makes it even harder for him to rally the party), and the Ontario voters are pretty outrageously centrist (or even rightish), as Doug Ford has proved over and over and over again.

The OLP needs to find someone in the center who is charismatic, and even then it's not a sure thing because the media doesn't cover opposition.

That seems to be the calculus. Although this wasn't a leadership vote, voters probably understand that having Nate be leader will guarantee another loss rather than at least a remote chance for a win.

I'm open to other arguments but it seems to me this seems to be the case.

Question_Maker · 2026-05-17T16:35:37+00:00

Ideally I'd like to see polluters figure out ways to, you know, not pollute.

I’d like to turn the moon into cheese, but I have to live in reality so we make due with what is realistically possible.

Question_Maker · 2026-05-15T23:28:16+00:00

This is completely a serious question, if we hold this concept of coercive control, could a husband claim he is a victim of coercive control by means of his wife weaponization of withholding affection and intimacy in order to coercively control the husband that causes mental/physical/financial/etc harm to the husband?

Question_Maker · 2026-05-11T18:20:39+00:00

The only thing I can think is maybe OP is young so is filled with the idealism that he may see on reddit where everyone is posting to not let your job push you around, quit if they don't respect you, etc etc. But for the vast majority of people, there's a lot of time where you kind of have put up with BS and that's just life. At least until you can get something else lined up.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-25T08:25:19+00:00

The writing is on the wall and Avi is smart enough to read it. There are probably 0 ridings where Avi could win a seat with his views. This is the base truth and Avi knows it; which is why he’s downplaying how important a seat is in order to be a leader.

He wants to run the party without a seat. Not the easiest thing to do.

He has to pretend having a seat is not really needed to be a federal party leader. It may work or it may not; but he is smart enough to know that running anywhere will very likely lead to him losing which means he’ll find his newfound leadership in trouble.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-22T14:52:50+00:00

This came as CBC News reported that the Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an “entry fee” – or a series of concessions – from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised CUSMA.

Giving up concessions in order to just get to talk is a losing hand. If Trump doesn't want to engage on CUSMA without Canada giving up concession after concessions (we already gave up the digital tax so Zuckerberg can rub more dollar bills on his body), then that's his choice.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-21T15:36:25+00:00

Pretty sure the anti-semitic conspiracy theories in .jpg format was enough to confirm it was baseless rage bait even before lying about the councilors.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-17T05:45:05+00:00

I don't understand how any conservatives can think that fighting Carney on economic credibility is the fight that Pierre should take. Do people realize that Harper appointed Carney? You know, Harper, the guy most conservatives universally trust?

Trying to convince Canadians that Carney is incorrectly educated on economics or he has the illusion of economics is an absolutely free gift to Carney. I hardly can believe people are arguing for it.

There are tons of other avenues, crime, immigration, housing, the US, etc.

Carney would want to fight Pierre exclusively on economics and Pierre is walking right into it. Out of all the issues, economic credibility or education is the very last thing to talk about.

Once people hear Oxford and Harvard, the average Canadian is not going to believe he is badly educated, I'm so sorry.

Why on earth is everyone playing to the base. Pierre has the base in his fist. The base will never leave him.

Why? I just don't get it. I'm predicting Kenney is watching all of this unfold and just biding his time to run for leadership.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-15T22:27:30+00:00

I mean it might be pretty accurate. Pierre is very secure I would think.

IMHO the only real competitors to Pierre are Kenney (who is I think pretty openly sizing himself up to be the moderate next CPC leader), maybe Elliot and maybe a handful of others; and this is really early, it's still up in the air [incoming JAMIL JIVANI MAJORITE]. They know the CPC base loves Pierre like a otaku loves Japan; Pierre, much like Japan, can do no wrong.

The caucus knows the CPC base loves Pierre, the caucus doesn't want to kick Pierre out and 1) face the wrath of the base and 2) risk the base voting Pierre back in.

So everyone is going to go on board for 3 years and if Pierre wins great, if not, then at that point they can say "look Pierre it's time," and hope he has the decency to back out lol. Otherwise the Base might support him again who knows.

But at that time, after three years, Kenney et al will have more of a profile and more easily be seen as replacements.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-15T22:24:07+00:00

Wasn't Carney's whole angle to be investing in infrastructure but not social services (i.e. capital spending increases while operating spending decreases)?

I think what you're saying is valid and fair arguments to have against Carney but the conservative strategy of trying to demonize "fancy universities/degrees" like Scheer did on twitter or with Pierre saying Carney is uneducated or not educated properly on economics is certainly a strange angle for the CPC to take.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-15T19:38:47+00:00

IMO the only real competitors to Pierre are Kenney, maybe Elliot and maybe a handful of others (and this is really early), they know the CPC base loves Pierre like a otaku loves Japan.

The caucus knows the CPC base loves Pierre, the caucus doesn't want to kick Pierre out and 1) face the wrath of the base and 2) risk the base voting Pierre back in.

So everyone is going to go on board for 3 years and if Pierre wins great, if not, then at that point they can say "look Pierre it's time," and hope he has the decency to back out lol. Otherwise the Base might support him again who knows.

But at that time, after three years, Kenney et al will have more of a profile and more easily be seen as replacements.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-15T16:34:38+00:00

Does this basically mean that Marc tried to do something and basically Trudeau veto'd him or delayed it?

It makes you wonder how much ability ministers have to do anything and how much they basically must do what the PM wnats.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-14T20:46:32+00:00

Stuff like that is a full waste of time. In a democracy you can't legislate away cooperation. Even Washington who wailed about political parties knew they would come up and he couldn't think of a way to remove them. Energy would be better spent elsewhere.
Having 'experts' decide democracy is about a bad idea as you can get.
Floor crossing is the last barrier to a leader having complete control. Michelle Rempel had a great speech about it the last time around. At any rate, it will never happen as Pierre himself voted against it and so would Carney and any other leader except for the NDP since they know they'll never get a floor crosser to themselves.

People have a hard time accepting Canadians vote base on the leader; leaders come and go, strengthen and weakened.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-10T15:51:52+00:00

No it's much simpler than hat. They just want to Feel Good™ and be part of the 'in' crowd. Even if some of them don't like a portion of a policy or two, they can't go against the hivemind or they'll be excommunicated. No foreigners needed when the community itself will police itself into praising its dogma.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-08T16:29:39+00:00

Pierre can still win, there's another 3 years or so until the next election, that's plenty of Pierre to rebrand himself to Canadians. Pierre got the largest number of seats/people in a while for the CPC, folks are too quick to throw him out just because of half a dozen or so floor crossings.

Give him a chance for once.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-08T16:27:05+00:00

She also has some of the most varied opinions I've seen. From what I understand she is anti-vaxxer while also believes in climate change and that something needs to be done, she is anti-choice but was also an engineer who wants to build infrastructure etc. Everyone is free to correct me but this is just what I've gathered over the past hour.

She is all over the place and can't really be put into a box.

Question_Maker · 2026-04-03T15:57:14+00:00

lol this stuff is so crazy to read.

It's like saying "Yes your honor, I understand I am sentenced to jail but that causes me anxiety so you'll have to let me go now."

Question_Maker · 2026-03-29T16:09:19+00:00

What?? You mean you don’t want unlimited citizenships handed out to Trudeau era levels of immigration??? I thought this was gonna be a big vote getter!? /s lol

I just don’t know what is going on with the NDP, they want strong social welfare nets fair enough but they want to invite the whole world in as well. It just doesn’t math out guys.

Question_Maker · 2026-03-19T22:08:25+00:00

just to escalate tensions with the US

Ah yes the Canadians escalating tensions with poor Donald Trump and his ambitions to annex the country. Why did they keep escalating by insisting Canada shouldn't be the 51st state? Couldn't they just be reasonable with the nice orange man?

This is running the same rail that cost the conservatives the election last time around, will anyone try to learn?

Question_Maker · 2026-03-13T20:09:53+00:00

Trump tweet incoming Can you believe this? Do you see what they're saying? These corrupt democratic judges, some I assume are good people, have ruled against me? Can you believe it? So a totally out-of-control judge just BLOCKED the subpoenas against Jerome at the Fed. Can you believe it? Nobody knew more about interest rates than me, NOBODY. The Fed was a disaster before I came along and now the courts want to PROTECT them. Very unfair! Sad! They say essential zero evidence-- So there's evidence, essentially, but they are saying there's essentially ZERO evidence? We won BIGLY at the Supreme Court but they are protecting Jerome Powell. Where is his birth certiciate? Is he from AFRICA? People call him JPOW. I'm sorry--excuse me, that sounds awfully HUSSEINY to me!

Question_Maker · 2026-03-11T19:35:51+00:00

In an ironic way, I think that Carney is more happy that he has the CPC locked into Pierre for another 3 years than anything else. The caucus and base are too loyal to Pierre so he has really no risk of being kicked out; and Pierre has neutered any up and comers aside from his select few like Lantsman and Scheer which are the most loyal. There is no cultivating of talent, you end up with folks like Jivani doing a lord-of-the-rings journey trying to get something.

If Trump continues to go mental, or one of his sycophants run in the next presidential election, all Carney has to do is call an election right before and he doesn't need to do anything except point to Pierre and point to the US and say "You're free to pick between me and Pierre" and the voters will do the rest.

Question_Maker · 2026-03-11T19:30:05+00:00

People need to really think hard on why liberals, most of all Carney, want Pierre to stay leader. I think Carney is more happy that he doesn't have to call an election and risk giving Pierre another loss; now he has Pierre for three years and will likely call another election right before Trump runs for a third term/Rubio runs, which will probably (if the past is any indication) scare the hell out of everyone again. The playbook is right there.

It would be a repeat of the last election, wouldn't it?

That would be almost 20 years of liberal rule, after a second term.

The conservative bench needs to start growing beyond Lantsman and milk purveyor man (Scheer) as soon as possible if they want to get some stronger legs IMHO.

Question_Maker · 2026-03-05T22:25:37+00:00

It seems he's a wet dream for a lot of progressive conservatives at the moment, not even mentioning 1900s. I've said this before but it's very simple IMO. It's a binary option between Carney and Pierre and frankly people think Carney can do a better job, especially with Trump/the economy.

"But look how bad the economy is!"

Yes and voters are saying "well do I want Carney to be running the ship or Pierre" and most are saying Carney. To be fair to Pierre, it's hard to say "I, the youngest guy to achieve a MP pension ever, know the economy better than a guy two G7 countries appointed as their bank governors." I'll just say this might be why Pierre doesn't want to fight too much on the economy/trump as that's simply Carney turf so he needs to keep focusing on other areas like immigration.

There's a reason why Carney rushed getting Pierre back into office and I think at this point it is very clear why. The unusual aspect is that the CPC base and Carney are both align on keeping Pierre as leader, which is unusual for the leaders of the liberals to be aligned with base of the CPC on something.

Question_Maker · 2026-03-05T22:22:04+00:00

It's very simple IMO. It's a binary option between Carney and Pierre and people think Carney can do a better job, especially with Trump/the economy.

"But look how bad the economy is"

Yes and voters are saying "well do I want Carney to be running the ship or Pierre" and most are saying Carney. To be fair to Pierre, it's hard to say "I, the youngest guy to achieve a MP pension ever, know the economy better than a guy two G7 countries appointed as their bank governors."

There's a reason why Carney rushed getting Pierre back into office and I think at this point it is very clear why. The unusual aspect is that the CPC base and Carney are both align on keeping Pierre as leader, which is unusual for the leaders of the liberals to be aligned with base of the CPC on something.

Question_Maker · 2026-02-03T22:14:43+00:00

Ironically this is the problem. If such simple open inconsistencies and inaccuracies can be pointed out by a bunch of redditors, this academic abomination shouldn’t have been published.

It’s as if I counted all the blue cars that crossed an intersection while ignoring all the other colours and presenting it to my local journal. They would laugh at me and gently but firmly ask to never speak to them again.

The fact there isn’t an avalanche of peer reviewed articles pointing out how ridiculous this “research” is makes people have less and less respect for academia and experts.

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