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Conservatives fear ‘dysfunctional’ campaign and ‘civil war’ in the party: sources

As Conservative infighting over how the campaign is handling U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats spills into the open, sources within the party are describing a “dysfunctional” campaign with too much centralized power and belittling and aggressive treatment of staff.

More than half a dozen Conservatives, who spoke to CBC News on the condition they not be named for fear of retribution, describe a campaign that is “highly disorganized” and “a mess.” The sources include individuals both inside and outside the campaign.

by Blazingcatfur•March 29, 2025March 29, 2025•0•Conservative Party, Election 2025

Why Pierre Poilievre has suddenly gone silent on defunding the CBC

OTTAWA—Pierre Poilievre wants you to know: if he’s prime minister, taxes will get axed. Red tape will get slashed. Crime will get smacked down.

But there is another long-standing Poilievre priority that the party has not highlighted in the same way over the opening stretch of the campaign this week.

His plan to “defund” the CBC.

by Blazingcatfur•March 28, 2025March 28, 2025•0•Conservative Party, Election 2025

GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s theft of Poilievre’s platform has turned into a farce

If Mark Carney and the Liberals are best equipped to take on U.S. President Donald Trump in a tariff war, why have they stolen their election platform from Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives?

This ongoing theft has reached farcical levels, given that the Liberals’ economic record of their 10 years in power, as well as Carney’s own statements before entering politics, indicate they don’t believe in what they’re promising and will abandon most if not all of it if re-elected.

by Blazingcatfur•March 23, 2025March 22, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Conservative Party, Election 2025

Poilievre calls Smith’s oilpatch demands ‘reasonable,’ challenges Carney to disclose foreign oil investments

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday that a list of energy-related demands put out by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was “very reasonable” but wouldn’t commit to meeting them all if he becomes prime minister.

“You’ll have to see the rest of our platform roll out in due course,” Poilievre told reporters, speaking at a campaign style announcement in suburban Ottawa.

by Blazingcatfur•March 21, 2025March 21, 2025•0•Conservative Party, Election 2025

Insiders say Pierre Poilievre called Doug Ford for help — and the premier said he was too busy

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called Doug Ford to ask for his help in the upcoming federal election campaign, but the premier told him he would be too busy governing Ontario, the Star has learned.

Federal and provincial Tory sources said Poilievre phoned the premier on Monday to belatedly offer his congratulations for the Progressive Conservatives’ Feb. 27 re-election.

The conversation — 18 days after Ford’s victory, which then-prime minister Justin Trudeau had saluted moments after it was official — lasted almost half an hour.

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2025March 20, 2025•0•Canada, Conservative Party

Poilievre says he’ll scrap carbon levy on industrial emitters and consumers if elected defeating Carney’s lie

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will scrap the carbon levy on industrial emitters as well as the consumer carbon levy.

In video statement released Monday, Mr. Poilievre says if elected to govern in the upcoming election, his government would repeal the entire carbon price law, including the tax on Canadian businesses and industries.

This means there would not be a levy on Canadian steel, aluminum, food production, concrete and other industries, he said.

by Blazingcatfur•March 17, 2025March 17, 2025•0•"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Conservative Party

Lorne Gunter: Trump to blame if Carney and the Liberals win another election

If Canadians are saddled with yet another Liberal government, they can thank Donald Trump.

Friday, Abacus Data released a poll showing that on every major issue — except Trump and the environment — Canadian voters favour Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives, often by a wide margin.

by Blazingcatfur•March 16, 2025March 16, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Conservative Party

Pierre Poilievre has a bigger problem than Mark Carney. Much bigger

If Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives lose the next federal election, it will not be because the Liberals changed leaders. It will be because the narrative of the election changed, and Poilievre couldn’t find the right role for himself in the new story.

There are really only three roles in any narrative: the hero, the villain and the victim. When advising clients in crisis communications, we emphasize the importance of understanding which of these roles fits best for the purposes of public perception. Depending on the narrative, a person or organization in the middle of a crisis can make any of the three work well for them.

Valid questions raised but I suspect Carney is enjoying his Kamala Bump phase aided by the Left’s own distaste for Soiled-Himself Singh.

Carney stinks of WEF and is a committed globalist profiteer.

I suspect he will reheat his bromance with Xi and that may restore sanity to those currently conned by the ginned-up “Can’t be a Patriot without believing in the Great Annexation Scare”.

by Blazingcatfur•March 16, 2025March 16, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Conservative Party, USA

A Conservative Leader at odds with corporate Canada?

Mark Carney’s closer Bay Street ties could spell trouble for the Conservative leader

On the 34th floor of First Canadian Place, the BMO-branded tower at the core of corporate Canada’s Bay Street hub, a distinctly downtown crowd of about 150 people gathered to get a glimpse of Pierre Poilievre.

Law firm Bennett Jones hosted the fundraiser. Robert Staley – a close ally of the Conservative leader and chair of the party’s powerful fundraising arm – is the firm’s vice-chair and a partner. Other hosts included Scotiabank vice-chair Mark Mulroney, son of a former prime minister, health care services executive Shaun Francis of Medcan Health Management and former Assante Wealth Management CEO Joe Canavan.

by Blazingcatfur•March 7, 2025March 7, 2025•0•Canada, Conservative Party

The Conservatives have had the rug pulled out from under them

The Conservatives must be feeling personally attacked by the universe right now.

Just two months ago, national polls had them leading the Liberals by at least 20 points, and they had been luxuriating in fat margins for a year and a half. Then, after Justin Trudeau announced he would resign in early January and Donald Trump started musing about eating Canada for lunch, the red and blue lines on the graph started to converge.

338 Seat Projection: CPC 160 (-17) LPC 139 (+19) BQ 28 (-5) NDP 14 (+3) GPC (+0)

by Blazingcatfur•March 3, 2025March 3, 2025•0•Canada, Conservative Party

‘No net-zero’ should be Poilievre’s new focus

The Conservative Party of Canada’s (CPC) “Axe the Tax” campaign has succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, turning millions of Canadians against the carbon tax.

Now, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pending departure, even Liberals realize they would lose a carbon tax election.

by Blazingcatfur•March 3, 2025March 2, 2025•0•"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Conservative Party

I imagine Poilievre looks to the Star for advice on most matters …

A drop in public opinion polls has spooked Pierre Poilievre. Is his best strategy still Justin Trudeau?

Are the federal Conservatives flailing?

In the span of a week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has gone from his previous description of Canada as a country where “everything is broken” to basking in a sea of red and white, and an election-style speech asking supporters, staff and MPs: “Who’s ready to put Canada First”?

338Canada | CPC 177 (-15), LPC 120 (+19), BQ 33 (-4), NDP 11, GPC 2

by Blazingcatfur•February 23, 2025February 23, 2025•0•Canada, Conservative Party

Geoff Russ: Poilievre’s plan for Canadian prosperity is refreshing

Last Saturday in Ottawa, Pierre Poilievre delivered what many described as the most important speech of his life. For weeks, the Liberals have rapidly regained ground in the polls following Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he was leaving politics.

Amidst a Liberal leadership race that former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney seems to already have in the bag, the NDP vote is collapsing, with the governing Liberals being the main beneficiaries.

by Blazingcatfur•February 23, 2025February 22, 2025•0•Conservative Party

Amy Hamm: Canada needs Poilievre’s confident post-woke nationalism

Forget about that crunchy apple he ate in an orchard once: Pierre Poilievre’s hyper-nationalist rebranding, unveiled at last weekend’s Canada First Rally in Ottawa, is pitch perfect. Or so Conservatives should hope.

The biggest uncertainty — and threat — for any potential prime minister who’s riding high in national polls is a lengthy wait for the writ to drop. Anything could go wrong during the interim.

by Blazingcatfur•February 21, 2025February 21, 2025•0•Canada, Conservative Party

Conservatives silent on foreign aid to Afghanistan, but cash to Ukraine is safe

OTTAWA — As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promises to cut foreign aid that he says is flowing to “dictators and terrorists,” his office is silent as to whether that includes assistance to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

For more than a year, Poilievre has taken aim at Canada’s foreign aid spending when it comes to questions of how he would finance defence expenditures under a Conservative government should he win the next election.

by Blazingcatfur•February 20, 2025February 20, 2025•0•Conservative Party