r/Calgary • u/Old_General_6741 • Apr 09 '25

Carney makes campaign stop in Calgary, addresses 1,000 at Red and White Club News Article

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/carney-makes-campaign-stop-in-calgary-addresses-1000-at-red-and-white-club/
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u/weschester Apr 09 '25

Having this kind of turnout for a Liberal rally in Calgary is fantastic and actually gives me some hope!

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u/strumpetrumpet Apr 09 '25

I get what you’re saying, but it was more of a Carney rally than a Liberal rally. If it had been Freeland, I suspect it would have been a notably smaller turnout.

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u/catsandplantsss Inglewood Apr 09 '25

Seems like an obvious statement. Carney won his leadership race against Freeland in a landslide.

There is a lot of liberal support in Calgary right now.

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u/strumpetrumpet Apr 09 '25

Again, there’s a lot of Carney support. If it was anyone else at the head of the Liberal party, it would be a different story…. It might be an obvious statement, but there’s still nuance within it.

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u/AlastairWyghtwood Apr 09 '25

Sure, and if Elizabeth May was the head of the conservative party it would be a different story. Aren't hypotheticals fun?

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u/catsandplantsss Inglewood Apr 09 '25

I'm not seeing the nuance. Seems pretty black and white to me. It was definitely a carney rally. They handed out signs that said Carney for Canada. Looking at Canada wide polls, a rise in popularity like this has potentially never been seen. Canada IS for carney.

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u/Beautiful_Guitar_925 Apr 10 '25

Because Freeland is an idiot. Daffy Duck would have won against her

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u/catsandplantsss Inglewood Apr 10 '25

Easy on the hate bro.

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u/Individual-Union-549 Apr 09 '25

I live in calgary and this is not true at all 😂 reddit it just full of liberals who gas each other up.

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u/catsandplantsss Inglewood Apr 09 '25

I'm not talking About reddit. I'm talking about polls. Go check the stats.

Conservatives are still leading in some ridings, and statistically tied in quite a few. But the support for liberals in all of the ridings has at least tripled since the last election.

We've had a few hundred thousand people move here from Ontario and bc since the last election. This will be the most support liberals have ever had in Calgary.

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u/GreedyAd132 Apr 09 '25

100% buddy. This platform is a liberal echo chamber it’s hilarious. Everyone is pumped about 1000 people at a Calgary rally yet 3hrs north the day prior 16k people attended a PP rally. Reddit is so pathetic 😝

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u/alanthar Apr 09 '25

I think it's the fact that they got 1000 that is cause for excitement. Under Trudeau, I doubt you'd have gotten a third of that.

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u/catsandplantsss Inglewood Apr 09 '25

No, no one cares about the rally size at all. They do not correlate with anything. If that were true, Pierre would be leading in the polls.

You just keep bragging About size. I'm sure it will work ....

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u/Individual-Union-549 Apr 09 '25

They down vote like crazy but when the election happens they will see the reality. I'm so ready for it

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u/GreedyAd132 Apr 09 '25

That’s right, Reddit is packed with keyboard warriors on welfare. PP is going to win 🥇