The problem with that is that Peter MacKay has been pretty fucking entitled as well for his entire political career.
He can't play a single fucking entitlement card against the Liberals, and worse it allows them to bring up all the shit MacKay pulled as Minister of National Defense which lets act like the CPC is just as bad.
In some ways Pollievre was smart to sit this convention out because MacKay will be in-and-out as leader faster than Andrew Scheer. Then he gets to run against the Liberals on the "reduce the public service, no new taxes" once Trudeau is forced to start paying the spending back in his third term.
MacKay is the wrong choice for leader and the party seems determined to make that choice.
Doing the math, O'Tools won't be able to add new ridings that aren't already blue, while MacKay might be able to get the CPC more seat in the Maritimes by virtue of being from there.
McKay sucks, but he's the best chance we have of removing the Liberals.
The problem with that is that Peter MacKay has been pretty fucking entitled as well for his entire political career.
He can't play a single fucking entitlement card against the Liberals, and worse it allows them to bring up all the shit MacKay pulled as Minister of National Defense which lets act like the CPC is just as bad.
In some ways Pollievre was smart to sit this convention out because MacKay will be in-and-out as leader faster than Andrew Scheer. Then he gets to run against the Liberals on the "reduce the public service, no new taxes" once Trudeau is forced to start paying the spending back in his third term.
MacKay is the wrong choice for leader and the party seems determined to make that choice.
It's him or O'Toole.
Doing the math, O'Tools won't be able to add new ridings that aren't already blue, while MacKay might be able to get the CPC more seat in the Maritimes by virtue of being from there.
McKay sucks, but he's the best chance we have of removing the Liberals.