Poilievre is back, still awful

 CPC leader Pierre Poilievre won his byelection so he's back, older but no wiser - determined to ignore Canada's pressing issues, like wildfires and economic growth, while obsessing about imaginary electric vehicle mandates.

Second verse, same as the first.

Listened to 5 minutes of Poilievre's press conference today. He hasn't learned a thing from his experience. Same tired lies and slogans that got him nowhere last election. It just underlines how much we haven't missed him and how much the country has moved on. #cdnpoli

— Stephen Lautens (@stephenlautens.bsky.social) August 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM

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It's disgusting that only new CPC policy seems to be transphobia.

Meanwhile, Poilievre insists on continuing to be on the losing side of Canadian opinion on things like trans rights. Embarrassing stuff.

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— Lucas Wagner (@lucas.monster) August 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM

Cole Bennett / Cole.notcole

80% OF NOTHING: THE CONSERVATIVES’ HOLLOW BYELECTION WIN
...The Conservatives remain exactly where they were: lost, bitter, and directionless. Their refusal to pivot is crystal clear in the polls, which show that even Canadians who voted Conservative in the last election wouldn’t do so today. The party’s response? To double down on false narratives and fearmongering. They claim EV mandates will “ban your gas car.” They shout about a mythical $20,000 “tax” on gas-powered vehicles. They keep lying because they don’t have solutions.
More damning still, the Conservative Party has yet to acknowledge, let alone repair, the damage they inflicted during their election campaign. Whole communities were ignored, marginalized, and vilified in their desperate attempts to wedge politics. Instead of rebuilding bridges, they’ve chosen to stay the course: attack, divide, and alienate.
So, what does Poilievre’s byelection win really mean? Nothing. It doesn’t reset the failures of the Conservative Party. It doesn’t erase the fact that their leader is still limping back into Parliament after Canadians rejected him. And it certainly doesn’t change the fact that the Conservatives are still the same old losing party with the same losing attitude.
The Conservatives can claim victory all they want, but the country sees them for what they are: a party incapable of growth, incapable of honesty, and incapable of winning.

David Moscrop / Time magazine

Canada’s Pierre Poilievre Should Step Aside
...Poilievre said in July “every election comes with lessons.” But his tone never shifted. He remained the same doctrinaire culture warrior. In August, Poilievre attacked Canada’s electric vehicle mandate, calling it “Carney’s tax” in a move reminiscent of his party’s “axe the tax” battle against carbon pricing. The play comes as Trump takes on California’s EV mandate. But the focus makes Poilievre look too close to Trump and risks backfiring if Carney goes ahead and once again ditches a Justin Trudeau-era policy.
Perhaps the most damning thing you can say about Poilievre is he’s become redundant. He’s a less capable, less experienced, less likable iteration of a business Liberal committed to low taxes, a lean regulatory regime, and infrastructure and resource development.
The Conservatives could do with a reset—a return to the drawing board. They need a likable leader who at the very least seems like they have the capacity to touch grass from time to time. The odds are that the Liberals, now nearly 10 years in power, will do themselves in, as all governments do. But Poilievre has proven that he’s unwilling or unable to adapt to a political moment that’s different from the advantageous one his party enjoyed before Trump and tariffs. For that reason alone, there’s good cause for the Conservatives to ditch Poilievre sooner than later.
Come January, if the party hasn’t managed better fortunes, some Conservatives might try to do just that.