There is another potential problem for Poilievre. Critchley is right. Parachute candidates always face a potential backlash when they drop into ridings because they have lost their own seats. That’s because there is something fundamentally opportunistic and unfair about replacing a successful local candidate with an unsuccessful national one. Does Poilievre care about the riding or, as Critchley believes, is he just using it as the safest way to become an MP before Parliament is recalled?
This is a great point I’m surprised hasn’t been talked about more. Pierre is running on a party-over-country campaign.
This local article and interview with the candidate who defeated Poilievre includes a photo of Poilievre’s former constituency office in his Carleton riding.
One has to wonder about the lack of signage on the actual office and apparent challenges in accessibility.
He won’t show up for the local debate either I heard. I would very much vote for somebody local if I were in that riding. Especially when he bumps somebody who got elected and then doesn’t care enough to show up.
The riding he’s running in would elect an aardvark if it was labeled “conservative”. Who’s on the ballot or what they stand for have little impact. The question is if it will be with 80 percent, or “just” 70.
Edit: I need to revise this since it’s going to be write-ins. It holds true if writing “conservative” will count, but actually writing Pierre Poilievre would sorely test most voters.
This is a great point I’m surprised hasn’t been talked about more. Pierre is running on a party-over-country campaign.
This local article and interview with the candidate who defeated Poilievre includes a photo of Poilievre’s former constituency office in his Carleton riding.
One has to wonder about the lack of signage on the actual office and apparent challenges in accessibility.
Le Droit article
Also even if he does succeed, he’ll probably never outlive the “Parachute Pierre” nickname for the rest of his career.
He even stole this poor kitty’s look.
Yup, to me he is creepy little pp.
He won’t show up for the local debate either I heard. I would very much vote for somebody local if I were in that riding. Especially when he bumps somebody who got elected and then doesn’t care enough to show up.
The riding he’s running in would elect an aardvark if it was labeled “conservative”. Who’s on the ballot or what they stand for have little impact. The question is if it will be with 80 percent, or “just” 70.
Edit: I need to revise this since it’s going to be write-ins. It holds true if writing “conservative” will count, but actually writing Pierre Poilievre would sorely test most voters.