Bad news for Benrier, but even worse news for Trudeau. Knocking the CPC's only right-wing competition out of the game only helps O'Toole. This will probably return a point or two the CPC in the long run.
Bad news for Benrier, but even worse news for Trudeau
It's good news for Bernier. The former rules were that two of these three criteria have to be met:
party is represented in the House of Commons by a Member of Parliament
the Commissioner considers that the party intends to endorse candidates in at least 90% of electoral districts
the party's candidates for the most recent general election received at that election at least 4% of the number of valid votes cast or based on the recent political context, public opinion polls and previous general election results, the Commissioner considers that candidates endorsed by the party have a legitimate chance to be elected in the general election in question
Now to participate only one criteria of these three has to be met:
represented in the House of Commons by someone initially elected under the party banner
a party’s candidates had to receive at least four per cent of the number of valid votes cast in the 2019 election
have public opinion polls show it has at least four per cent of national support five days after the election date is called
It's easier for Bernier to participate now under the new rules, because all he has to do is to get 4% in the polls, nothing else. With the old rules he wouldn't have a chance to participate.
You just do not get it, you actually think that a PPC voter and CPC voter are similar and some of them waiver. Not so.
You live in dream world. This is the kind of thing you tell yourself so you can sleep at night with the knowledge that you're contributing to endless Trudeau rule.
Imagine trying to pretend the PPC aren't an offshoot of the Conservatives.
The party founder is literally a CPC defector FFS.
Here, just about everyone understands that this is not about the cult of personality.
Bad news for Benrier, but even worse news for Trudeau. Knocking the CPC's only right-wing competition out of the game only helps O'Toole. This will probably return a point or two the CPC in the long run.RightOfSask is probably right.
It's good news for Bernier. The former rules were that two of these three criteria have to be met:
Now to participate only one criteria of these three has to be met:
It's easier for Bernier to participate now under the new rules, because all he has to do is to get 4% in the polls, nothing else. With the old rules he wouldn't have a chance to participate.
Ah, fair enough. Maybe this was done by Trudeau to make sure Bernier gets into the debates.
If Trudeau calls the election while Bernier is at 4% or higher in the polls, then you can bet on that.
You live in dream world. This is the kind of thing you tell yourself so you can sleep at night with the knowledge that you're contributing to endless Trudeau rule.
Imagine trying to pretend the PPC aren't an offshoot of the Conservatives. The party founder is literally a CPC defector FFS.
Unbelievable. The PPC is based on nothing but a cult of personality. The party is a personal vanity project for Benrier and a sham - no constitution, no financials, no leadership elections, just a self appointed permanent party leader who's getting rich off of your donations in exchange for selling you fairy tales. And there's absolutely nothing he can say or do that will cause you to question your faith in him. Even when it's revealed that he's a Quebec separatist, you crazies are just like "Durrr WTF I love Quebec separatism now!".
That "party" is an absolute textbook example of a cult of personality.