He’s definitely rankled. But I dont think his ‘goose is cooked’. Yet.
If Jeneroux had crossed the floor I think it would be another story but he’s still swearing allegiance to Poilievre even those his reasons for resigning “in the spring” are shrouded in mystery. And I’m 100% sure that there are very strong messages going out from Poilievre’s office to every Conservative MP to test their allegiance.
The tricky part for the Conservatives that would have said “Id rather die than be a Liberal” under Trudeau is that Carney is basically a Conservative in a red suit. He dropped the consumer carbon tax, he’s open to expanding oil and gas, he’s dropped almost all of his climate change rhetoric (a massive shift), he’s presented a tax break for us peons, he wants to cut the public service bloat, he’s demanding a 15% reduction in dept budgets, he’s NOT focusing on identity issues and he’s not a drama guy who cant make a sincere speech - I mean there’s a lot there for a Conservative to like.
Given that, if some Liberal ‘operative’ comes along and says “Mr Carney just wants you to know that if you join us, there’s a plum job waiting for you with the extended pay and benefits and we could probably find a slice of the 150 billion budget to spend in your riding - whaddya want? A new recreational center with your name on it?” Tempting indeed.
The oven has finished preheating for Poilievre’s goose.
Carney is indeed out-conservativing the Conservatives, but that’s happened before with the Chrétien government. So I think this is within the reasonable band of Liberal left-right political wobbling. Poilievre is kind of analogous to the 90’s Reform party of Canada, the wing of social conservatism seems to line up with Poilievre’s Maple MAGA Conservatives. The Liberals moving right is not an irreversible ratchet effect that I think some people here fear, it will swing back at some point in many years from now. Of course, harmful policies absolutely should be pushed back against, but it’s not an inevitability or if a push to stop one fails, it’s not over forever.
He’s definitely rankled. But I dont think his ‘goose is cooked’. Yet.
If Jeneroux had crossed the floor I think it would be another story but he’s still swearing allegiance to Poilievre even those his reasons for resigning “in the spring” are shrouded in mystery. And I’m 100% sure that there are very strong messages going out from Poilievre’s office to every Conservative MP to test their allegiance.
The tricky part for the Conservatives that would have said “Id rather die than be a Liberal” under Trudeau is that Carney is basically a Conservative in a red suit. He dropped the consumer carbon tax, he’s open to expanding oil and gas, he’s dropped almost all of his climate change rhetoric (a massive shift), he’s presented a tax break for us peons, he wants to cut the public service bloat, he’s demanding a 15% reduction in dept budgets, he’s NOT focusing on identity issues and he’s not a drama guy who cant make a sincere speech - I mean there’s a lot there for a Conservative to like.
Given that, if some Liberal ‘operative’ comes along and says “Mr Carney just wants you to know that if you join us, there’s a plum job waiting for you with the extended pay and benefits and we could probably find a slice of the 150 billion budget to spend in your riding - whaddya want? A new recreational center with your name on it?” Tempting indeed.
The oven has finished preheating for Poilievre’s goose.
Carney is indeed out-conservativing the Conservatives, but that’s happened before with the Chrétien government. So I think this is within the reasonable band of Liberal left-right political wobbling. Poilievre is kind of analogous to the 90’s Reform party of Canada, the wing of social conservatism seems to line up with Poilievre’s Maple MAGA Conservatives. The Liberals moving right is not an irreversible ratchet effect that I think some people here fear, it will swing back at some point in many years from now. Of course, harmful policies absolutely should be pushed back against, but it’s not an inevitability or if a push to stop one fails, it’s not over forever.