JCon

And this is why Fatty Liver (???) kids don't speak to him.

That could be what Farhan was tweeting about. He would have a connection to Andrew. But, pulled it back. Big grain of salt, though. Let's wait and see. If so, I bet the media know but have been warned about tipping their hand. The likes of Dunk and Farhan wouldn't burn a connection just to be the first to leak it. Pedersen on the other hand...

It's such a confusing stance. It's incoherent that "conservatives" want the gov't to make China produce more stuff and for oil and gas prices to come down.

The party was fighting their own agenda from the first day. It started with a few dissatisfied candidates and grew over the entire election. O'Toole was saying one thing one day and then flipping back the next. They need one platform that the party will follow. That was on O'Toole for not getting his candidates behind him.

They need Quebec too. Not necessarily to vote Conservative but to NOT vote Liberal. Now you're moving the goalposts. Just press a little on the argument and everything falls apart.

It's also temporary. Once production goes up and supply chains are fixed, it goes away. In fact, take out oil and gas and we're just average. I guess conservatives want lower oil and gas prices now too?

Don't underestimate him. I know the right likes to portray him as not too bright but he knows politics and power. The CPCs gave him a roadmap. He does have some people around him to fill in the gaps but he executes the plan.

Butts has been out for ages. Keep up.

It took him two months to call a caucus meeting after the election. The MPs are silenced right now. Everything runs through the PMO. It's the Harper playbook.

So, the free market was just a lie? Knew it!

Symptom of the problem but not the cause. There were lots of forces at play.

That's what he said. That's the "Trudeau" in him. Stay so long that you become a villain and then stay a bit longer. The party needs to take control back. Trudeau is a powerful, powerful person in the Liberal party and he controls a ton. It's not unlike the way Harper controlled the CPCs.

When did conservatives decide that the free market was so bad and desperately want gov't intervention?

Liberals need to do some soul searching too. Trudeau is not popular and they need to transition to the next leader soon. Why won't they just do it now, while it's safe to do so? They're trying to implode. And to not raise the abortion issue. Can't forget that. But they won't. Not now, at least. They just ousted the leader that was trying to pull them to the middle because he was doing so. It's just a long drawn out process.

40 years ago. Reagan was the first. They can ignore history all they want but they won't govern this country with that stance. Harper realized this, which is why he lured the small "c" conservatives with tax and spending cuts.

I guess you have to ask yourself if you still identify with the party. The party has left many people, not the other way around. But, soon, the people will leave the party. You just need to look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, how low can they go? They just rejected it climate change and want to pretend everything will be okay. They've been anti-science for at least two generations now. And, it's playing itself out in the pandemic, ignoring science.

They're banning books in schools because they are so ashamed of their own history that they are afraid to teach their children about it. Banning the books is the first step. As soon as they realize that people can still find them and read them, they'll ban their sale. In time, they'll just burn them to be certain. It's all been done before.

The "two year extension" is the most intriguing part for me. Obviously, no contracts are guaranteed but I doubt Walters would give him two years if they didn't expect him to be here for two years.

This is what the GOP and (now) CPC are hoping for:

CPC are just the PPC. The ****ing worst people imaginable. The wingnuts are in the CPC. They run the CPC. It's the same party.

Oh, good, more years losing to MSU and OSU.

But, you're looking at this from the 2004 CPC view, not the view of the PCs when the Reform branched off. That's where they are headed. I have no doubt. Maybe, in time, they'll come back together and head back to the middle but today, they are in the process of tearing themselves apart. This is same as the end of the Mulroney years. But, Harper is Mulroney this time and the breakup is taking longer.

All of his business is in town and he's leaning on his name to build it. The academy would be fine without him but it thrives with him here. Plus he has his fingers in other pies too. I think Harris is a full partner in this deal. I think he's been working with Walters. Just my opinion based on how he and the team operate.

Are planning to run the ball in 2022?