Blackburn voit un vide et se lance dans la course à la direction du PLQ.

On vous rappellera que la quasi-totalité des députés du PLQ avaient déjà choisi d'autres candidats, mais en réalité leur soutien pourrait être fongible. On l'a déjà vu une fois dans cette course. Cependant, les anciens ministres, députés et organisateurs, ceux qui étaient présents lorsque le Parti libéral du Québec était au pouvoir, ont encore quelque chose à dire. Beaucoup d'entre eux ont estimé que les autres candidats manquaient d'expérience ou de qualité. C'est sans doute cette réalité qui se cache derrière la récente réflexion de Blackburn. C'est tard dans la course, mais il est enfin dans le coup. 

Auparavant, on avait parlé d'un effet Rodriguez. Reste à savoir si Blackburn a encore le sens politique pour faire des vagues transformatrices en si peu de temps. À suivre.

CUSMA: Pierre Needs To Find Several International Trade Specialists Fast.

It's all about the art of the deal. A CPC government would have to draft proposals that Trump is unlikely to refuse. I don't see international trade or trade law experts on the Conservative benches. 

Pierre wants to save CUSMA (USMCA) and renegotiate it early. Trump wants to kill it by taking unrealistic and unacceptable positions that no self-respecting sovereign country can possibly agree to. As a result, the CPC should already be preparing position papers on all aspects of the trade agreement with specific proposals on possible modifications. We must get ahead of the curve and make Trump an offer that the United States Chamber of Commerce can't and won't refuse. Get the business lobby on board preemptively, and that should box Trump in. Otherwise, it's only a matter of time before CUSMA expires.

Mulroney Endorses Pierre.

Let's call it strategic pre-positioning. How ironic it will be when Mulroney gets to run against her boss. Eventually. Most of the party won't support either one of them, but at least she has the guts to try. The day the leadership becomes vacant, I'll be supporting MacKay. No surprise there. Eventually. 

As Trump Fades As The Number One Issue, The Real Deal Comes To The Fore: Leader Likability.

Here it is in a nutshell: CPC support is huge and growing. That's why the crowds are mostly record crowds in English Canada. LPC support has increased among Liberals, but their crowds vary in size. The NDP is almost on its deathbed with support rapidly dropping. My bet is that they will lose party status and Jagmeet will suddenly find himself unemployed.

But here's the get real moment: Progressive women are abandoning the New Democrats in droves and moving to the Liberals to block the Conservatives, and if that trend holds, which I expect it will, the CPC will not be able to form government. Much of the Canadian left wants nothing to do with us, and that's why we're still losing in this campaign. 

If Canada Has To Die So Be It.

Look, let's cut through all the bullshit. Western Canada is pissed off and unhappy in this federation and they largely want things their way. They want to choose the next government but likely won't get their wish because Canada exists to serve the interests of Ontario. People think that Quebec is happy and well served by federalism but we ain't. Canada is a status quo vehicle and that's the Ontario vision and dream for Canada -- no reform or rocking the boat. In short, perpetuating a situation where Ontario remains the dominant player in this country.

So...if the Carney Liberals win, which they will, then The West needs to go, period. What's the point of them staying? It would be best under such a scenario if they formed their own country because being the 51st state would amount to being a nothing-burger under Trump. Just another number like say Rhode Island. 

Democracy reigns in this country and for at least a decade or more Ontario will continue to call the national tune. As a result, if Western alienation is now at its peak, then shut the fuck up and stop whining about it à la Trump. Put your money where your clout is and finally do something about it. Just go and be done with it.

The CPC Fifth Column.

I'm up at 5:00 A.M. and not because I want to be. I woke from a semi-sound sleep with treachery on the brain. I simply can't believe that any purported supporter of the CPC could quite deliberately do an end run around our leader for the express purpose of guaranteeing that he loses the election. These wolves in sheep's clothing pretend that their mostly anonymous comments in the press are nothing more than constructive criticism aimed at shoring up the CPC campaign before it's too late. My ass. 

We all know what this is about and it's too cute by half -- it's a deliberately orchestrated campaign to sink the party and its leader. 

These people want us to lose and no doubt hoped we would lose from the get-go. They have a party takeover in mind right after the election with an ultimate aim of positioning and installing their guy as the overall favourite for CPC leader.

The leader's political corpse isn't even cold yet but that's of no importance to them. They prefer to strike while the going is good and strike they have.

And to my astonishment, the leader is refusing to do the one thing which ironically could save his political hide in this election. It's time for us to recognize that by his deliberate conduct, the leader has consigned the party to an almost inevitable defeat. In short, he's played right into their hands!

For Conservatives that means forgetting about winning and concentrate the mind going forward on blocking the cabal's future leadership candidate. Every party member must say No to this duplicitous conduct and deliberate undermining of our campaign and leader. Truly constructive criticism in an election is one thing, aimed at improving the party's chances in a campaign. But gas lighting party members and the public solely for the purpose of advancing the objectives of a future leadership candidate is something else altogether. Most people would call it political treason and abject betrayal.