Well, this is a bit of a risky gamble. My first thought is "good, he'll prevent the Conservatives from making any gains given how unpopular and useless he is."

But of course my second thought is "that's what I thought about Trump running again..."

This one surprised me, I expected him to be out....

I’ll be surprised if we get through next week without news of another Conservative floor crossing.

I watched a bit of his speech as I try to keep up on all the messaging from party leaders, but he's just so boring. His only evolution in the last five years has been via the image consultant that had him ditch the glasses and go to the gym. In terms of content, he's got nothing new to say and hasn't for a long time.

I'm guessing the vote required members to travel to Alberta in the middle of winter and vote in-person in order to count. There as no way this was going to swing any other way.

Congrats Pierre, you won an election.

PP is a pathetic loser destined for a footnote in history. Imagine needing to go Alberta, hand pick delegates, run in a riding that wants to secede from Canada. CP have no chance of governing. Everyone hates this dude outside of CP members. They are not a serious party.

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Feels like a big opportunity for the NDP, honestly.

Also a necessity. Carney will expire at some point and PP could win as "the only realistic option." Kinda how Ford won in Ontario in election after election against lame ducks. I'm not comparing Ford's political charisma to PP at all, but in a Wynne-like Liberal meltdown scenario, PP might win. Which is why it's very important that we choose a decent leader fot the NDP and strenghten the party for the next election.

Kinda crazy if you think from a Conservatives perspective.

You get to listen to 2.5hrs of how the last 10 years in Canada has been hell on earth due to the Liberals. Delivered by the guy who somehow lost one of the easiest election ever and extended your suffering.

Then the guy tell you to bring him back and the crowd applauds.

Will say given how things went down. Pierre and his supporters seemed to stack the deck for him to win.

Certainly seems more believablet that some MP's were waiting to jump ship if Pierre came back.

We just spoke to Sebastian Skamski, Poilievre's former spokesperson, for some initial reaction. He's even more definitive than Outhouse that this sort of result will quiet the naysayers and put to bed the idea of any more MPs defecting to the Liberals .

im honestly happy about this lol, no one likes this guy so its just securing a liberal victory. well, thats what i'd prefer to believe, atleast..

Disappointed

I suppose you need a stooge to fill in until Carney wears out.

Win for the rest of Canada really, it ensure the cons remain limp dicked and ineffectual.

When all you have is shit, your voting options are limited.

Lol, just keep giving carney easy opponents then I guess guys. Its a social con VS a maga loon

It probably have a lot to do with the lack of other options for the leadership.

Great, will PP now denounce Alberta’s separation agenda?

My guess is he will not and he’ll continue licking the boots of our southern pedophile predators.

A literal loser who got his seat spoon fed back to him is the conservative messiah? A smart mouthed career politician who hasn't worked a day in his life for those hard working "salt of the earth" trad family types always blows my mind. I'm tired of the yapping. Given the current economical state I'd always choose the career banker over this.

A party spokesperson tells me 2,558 ballots were cast in this leadership review election. That's a 95 per cent turnout.

This is the stat I haven’t seen anyone discussing here yet. Poilievre is overwhelmingly the modern Conservative’s ride or die.

Good news for Carney

Lack of other conservative options most likely.

Lol

I was all for the guy before Trudeau left the picture.

But I'm not that smart, so I fell for his tactics.

I don't think he's the guy for the job,

but then again, who is?

the way PP had to stack the votes to get this is akin to "my mom says I'm the nicest boy there is"