[christiesplits]

Would Carney be the first entirely unelected Prime Minister in Canadian history? He’s not even a MP.

John Turner was an unelected PM. He wasn't a sitting MP when he became PM in 1984, although he had been an MP previously in the 60s and 70s.

 

[christiesplits]

Via Twitter, Anita Anand also says she isn't running for the Liberal leadership race, as well as not running for re-election in her Oakville riding.

 

[Northern Light]

Via Twitter, Anita Anand also says she isn't running for the Liberal leadership race, as well as not running for re-election in her Oakville riding.

Makes sense, she'd be in tough to win the leadership, and that is absolutely the only likely path to holding her seat as Oakville is all but certain to tilt blue in the next election, even if the vote were closer than currently expected. Tough seat for Liberals when down in the polls.

Also, if she won the leadership and immediately lost her seat, that wouldn't be a great look.

 

[Admiral Beez]

John Turner was an unelected PM. He wasn't a sitting MP when he became PM in 1984, although he had been an MP previously in the 60s and 70s.

That’s right. And a Brit like me. Turner was our last British-born PM. Apparently John Turner was a potential husband to Princess Margaret. That man had connections.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Via Twitter, Anita Anand also says she isn't running for the Liberal leadership race, as well as not running for re-election in her Oakville riding.

That puts her Oakville riding at great risk of a Conservative takeover.

 

[afransen]

That puts her Oakville riding at great risk of a Conservative takeover.

This was likely anyway.

 

[Richard White]

Makes sense, she'd be in tough to win the leadership, and that is absolutely the only likely path to holding her seat as Oakville is all but certain to tilt blue in the next election, even if the vote were closer than currently expected. Tough seat for Liberals when down in the polls.

Also, if she won the leadership and immediately lost her seat, that wouldn't be a great look.

This may be on the minds of others looking to join as well.

On the flipside, having someone like Mark Carney who is unelected win the leadership may provide ammunition to the Conservatives.

Think about it. The Conservatives would likely launch attack ads going off about how Mark Carney has never been elected and has no political experience.

The LPC doesn't have a good option at this point. Their best course of action is to lick their wounds, take their lumps and rebuild.

 

[yrt+viva=1system]

Liberal officials say it’s ‘essential’ their next party leader is bilingual​

https://www.thestar.com/politics/li...cle_3f901c9e-96e9-5b7e-bf1d-b74a364c8592.html

Slim pickings.

 

[picard102]

Think about it. The Conservatives would likely launch attack ads going off about how Mark Carney has never been elected and has no political experience.

Counter it with PP has been in office his whole life, never had any real life experience, and has accomplished nothing in his time as MP.

 

[Admiral Beez]

As Canada grapples with a doctor shortage, Ottawa announces immigration stream for health workers​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-doctor-shortage-immigration-1.6891603


Meanwhile...

Canadian-born family doctor struggles to come home through a wall of red tape​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-doctor-struggle-to-get-licensed-1.6890254

Interestingly, one of the issues leading to a lack of family doctors is the massive amount of paperwork and bureaucracy, lack of benefits and holidays, huge working hours, leading to burnout and MDs moving to private medicine outside of those services covered by government plans. To help address this family doctor shortage, a BC town has offered to hire MDs as public employees, with regular benefits, pensions, support staff from the civil service. The proposal has been hugely popular with lots of applicants. We’ll see if it has legs.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Counter it with PP has been in office his whole life, never had any real life experience, and has accomplished nothing in his time as MP.

Public service is real life experience. This argument will fall flat.

 

[DirectionNorth]

Counter it with PP has been in office his whole life, never had any real life experience, and has accomplished nothing in his time as MP.

This election is about Justin Trudeau and, more generally, the Liberal record since 2015. Unless it turns out that Poilievre is, like, a serial bank robber, it won't be an election about PP's record, and I don't expect any arguments based on PP's time in public service (I use that term loosely) to land among the general public.

 

[picard102]

Public service is real life experience. This argument will fall flat.

He's never served the public a day in his life.

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

Christy Clark will run for Liberal leader: 'we're ready to go'

A member of Clark's national campaign says while they are still waiting to see contest rules, she is prepared to make her run official.

nationalpost.com

Will BC create yet another Kim Campbell?

Yes. If this lady somehow eked out a win, she is Campbell 2.0. Liberals would decimated under her quite badly since she's now proven to be quite the liar about voting in the CPC leadership race in 2022.

 

[Admiral Beez]

He's never served the public a day in his life.

Sigh, do you ever switch off the knee jerk dismissal switch? He’s a MP, an elected representative of his constituents. That’s public service. You may think Pollievre serves the wrong sort of public, but that’s the sort who’s going to elect him and his compatriots in a landslide. There’s no secret agenda with Pollievre, we’ll get what it says on the tin - cuts to the CBC and VIA Rail, cuts to the immigration and asylum programs, cancellation of the Liberal climate tax, etc. The public who will vote for Pollievre will hopefully feel well served when they get what they asked for…. even if they didn’t read the tin and had no idea what they’d asked for.