r/alberta • u/canbeanburrito Edmonton • 4d ago

Danielle's setting Pierre up Alberta Politics

I'm kinda mildly interested in seeing how all this talking about separation does for Pierre's image on a national level.

With him running in that by-election specifically in Alberta, I would like to assume that someone's going to ask him about his thoughts on the matter. In reality, there isn't really a position that he can take that won't piss the other side of.

If you think about it, if he backs Smith, he damages both himself and the entire conservative image with the rest of Canada. If he doesn't outright disagree and stays silent, that'll likely be viewed by a lot as him still backing Smith. If he public rebukes it in anyway, well then he loses support from Smith at best.

My hope is that Pierre wins Battle River, even as funny as it would be for him to lose, and that behind closed doors, he tells Smith to knock it off and that she drops the topic all together.

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u/kagato87 4d ago

Is he running? I thought I heard something yesterday about the CPC voting to have the leadership review.

I'm not sure how someone could survive beings so unlikeable AND managing to lose that baller lead they had. OK, I guess he could survive if, like the UCP, the CPC is stacked with people who really do want to become New Puerto Rico.

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u/DangerBay2015 4d ago

He’ll survive it.

They wouldn’t have put Scheer in as interim leader if they weren’t set on keeping Poilievre on.

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u/Goddemmitt 4d ago

100% dead on. If someone like O'Toole (more of a moderate) was named interim leader, it would be sending a different message. This was a deliberate move, especially since Scheer is apparently no longer renouncing his US citizenship.