He wound't have to dismantle it from the inside. He would almost certainly be party leader right now if he hadn't thrown a hissyfit over milk and quit the CPC. And once he becomes party leader, his platform automatically becomes the party's platform. No "dismantling" required.
But yes, Max has zero chance as the leader of a fringe party he created for himself. And he knows that. He did that merely out of spite, knowing that he could hurt the CPC's chances of winning the next election if he split the vote and forced the CPC to fight in two directions at once rather than just having to fight the Liberals.
See, it wasn't just the actual votes he stole from the CPC, he forced the CPC to try and pander harder to the right in order to not hemorrhage right-wing voters now that they had an alternative. Sheer having to do that hurt him with the centrist swing voters too.
This whole PPC thing was all just a scheme to make the CPC lose in 2019 and give Trudeau another four years, out of pure sour grapes on Bernier's part because he lost the leadership election.
He wound't have to dismantle it from the inside. He would almost certainly be party leader right now if he hadn't thrown a hissyfit over milk and quit the CPC. And once he becomes party leader, his platform automatically becomes the party's platform. No "dismantling" required.
But yes, Max has zero chance as the leader of a fringe party he created for himself. And he knows that. He did that merely out of spite, knowing that he could hurt the CPC's chances of winning the next election if he split the vote and forced the CPC to fight in two directions at once rather than just having to fight the Liberals.
See, it wasn't just the actual votes he stole from the CPC, he forced the CPC to try and pander harder to the right in order to not hemorrhage right-wing voters now that they had an alternative. Sheer having to do that hrts him with the centrist swing voters too.
This whole PPC thing was all just a scheme to make the CPC lose in 2019 and give Trudeau another four years, out of pure sour grapes on Bernier's part because he lost the leadership election.
He wound't have to dismantle it from the inside. He would almost certainly be party leader right now if he hadn't thrown a hissyfit over milk and quit the CPC. And once he becomes party leader, his platform automatically becomes the party's platform. No "dismantling" required.
But yes, Max has zero chance as the leader of a fringe party he created for himself. And he knows that. He did that merely out of spite, knowing that he could hurt the CPC's chances of winning the next election if he split the vote and forced the CPC to fight in two directions.
See, it wasn't just the actual votes he stole from the CPC, he forced the CPC to try and pander harder to the right in order to not hemorrhage right-wing voters now that they had an alternative. Sheer having to do that hrts him with the centrist swing voters too.
This whole PPC thing was all just a scheme to make the CPC lose in 2019 and give Trudeau another four years, out of pure sour grapes on Bernier's part because he lost the leadership election.
He wound't have to dismantle it from the inside. He would almost certainly be party leader right now if he hadn't thrown a hissyfit over milk and quit. And once he becomes party leader, his platform automatically becomes the party's platform. No "dismantling" required.
But yes, Max has zero chance as the leader of a fringe party he created for himself. And he knows that. He did that merely out of spite, knowing that he could hurt the CPC's chances of winning the next election if he split the vote and forced the CPC to fight in two directions.
See, it wasn't just the actual votes he stole from the CPC, he forced the CPC to try and pander harder to the right in order to not hemorrhage right-wing voters now that they had an alternative. Sheer having to do that hrts him with the centrist swing voters too.
This whole PPC thing was all just a scheme to make the CPC lose in 2019 and give Trudeau another four years, out of pure sour grapes on Bernier's part because he lost the leadership election.
He wound't have to dismantle it from the inside. He would almost certainly be party leader right now if he hadn't thrown a hissyfit over milk and quit. And once he becomes party leader, his platform automatically becomes the party's platform. No "dismantling" required.
But yes, Max has zero chance as the leader of a fringe party he created for himself. And he knows that. He did that merely out of spite, knowing that he could hurt the CPC's chances of winning the next election if he split the vote and forced the CPC to fight in two directions.
See, it wasn't just the actual votes he stole from the CPC, he forced the CPC to try and pander harder to the right in order to not hemmorage right-wing voters now that they had an alternative. Sheer having to do that hrts him with the centrist swing voters too.
This whole PPC thing was all just a scheme to make the CPC lose in 2019 and give Trudeau another four years, out of pure sour grapes on Bernier's part because he lost the leadership election.