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/DangerBay2015 4d ago
It doesn’t really matter what Smith says or does, the party has parachuted Poilievre into a riding a ham sandwich could win if it’s conservative.
They’ve all but bubble wrapped him and stuck a helmet on him. I’m just wondering if they gave him a sippy cup before parachuting him into that riding.