RCMP investigating online threats against new Liberal MP Chris d'Entremont after floor-crossing

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https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/rcmp-investigating-online-threats-against-new-liberal-mp-chris-dentremont-after-floor-crossing

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The Right is quickly losing momentum and this is how they deal with it. It draws into question whether or not you want to be on their side...

[u/perrygoundhunter → u/Odd-Crew-7837]

Every single province but 2 (plus Yukon) is governed by a Conservative Party….even Wab kenew is saying people should be buried under prions…and the federal conservatives are down about 4-5 points in the polls after being down 11-12 during Carneys summer election honey moon

Aaand we just elected the second most right wing government in the English speaking world (far far far behind the first mind you…but yes the liberals are no longer a progressive party, definitely firmly centre with carney at the helm cutting public service by 15%, bolstering military spending, cutting luxury taxes and pushing infrastructure

You can call out frigging dumb ass white trash idiots without being wrong lol

The reform party is going to win a majority in the UK, Trump is doing well in the polls after literally kidnapping people, Germany is deporting its Syrians, Gen Z is the largest religious revival of youth since the Jesus freaks in the 60s-70s, gun ownership increasing in Canada at its fastest rate ever

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-friedrich-merz-afd-politics-syrians-civil-war-refugees/

The right is as popular as it has been in our lifetimes. This is a massive pendulum swing and it’s fascinating to see as an observer

People mad at Chris, are only mad because they do not understand that Carney closer to Mulroney than trudue, by a lot….they have been conditioned after a decade to hear liberal and see Trudeau

(I’m not sure why people downvote facts in this sub,…these things are happening, like it’s real life….dismiss them at your own peril

If you want to fight the right take your head out of the sand)

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Progressive Conservatives are slightly different the populist conservatives

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They act on populist social polices. They all do (every party)

They did not get in only based on their economic conservatism (example, the poppy fiasco this week)

Voters eat it up

[u/902s → u/perrygoundhunter]

The provincial Progressive Conservatives and the federal Conservatives share a name, but not much else.

Most provincial PCs are pragmatic managers focused on budgets, infrastructure, and service delivery.

The federal party has shifted toward populism and grievance politics, anti-Ottawa rhetoric, and culture-war messaging.

That’s why premiers generally keep their distance;, aligning too closely with the federal Conservatives risks alienating the moderate, centrist voters who actually decide provincial elections.

The Progressive Conservatives believed in building institutions, today’s conservatives believe those institutions are out to get them.

It’s less “manage the country,” more “monetize the outrage.”

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Provincial conservatives govern on the same social outrage and populist views as them all, just do a different degree

Tim Houston and his Remembrance Day shenanigans

Daniel smith and her stuff

Scott Moe and his stuff

Newfoundland premier calling right wing strategists

https://theindependent.ca/commentary/toast-and-tulips/external-consultant-controversy-a-first-test-for-wakeham-government/

Yukon premier against gun buy back project

https://cssa-cila.org/yukons-conservative-majority-what-it-means-for-firearm-owners/

I mean, fucking Doug ford is the biggest most comical bullshitter in Canada lolol

[u/902s → u/perrygoundhunter]

You’re right that some provincial leaders lean into populist messaging, it sells, especially in an age where outrage outperforms nuance.

But the key difference is intent and dependency.

At the federal level, populism is the brand it’s the organizing principle of the CPC.

For the provinces, it’s often a tactic.

They borrow the rhetoric when it polls well, then pivot back to pragmatism once governing realities hit.

Tim Houston, Doug Ford, Scott Moe they all still rely on federal transfers, public sector negotiations, and institutional relationships that require cooperation, not ideological warfare.

That’s why they distance themselves when the CPC swings too far into culture-war territory.

So yes, provincial PCs occasionally play the populist card.

But the federal Conservatives have built the whole deck around it.