It’s a bit alarming to see more Canadian Cons didn’t reject him however,

Beyond just a little alarming. Over 40% of the population basically said "We don't want Canada to survive the next four years" with their vote.

Everyone was in disbelief when people voted for Trump the first time. Then the second time. And look at what's happened there. A total collapse of their country.

Ironically, PP is the man of "no confidence" when it came to Trudeau. Yet, PP lost a 30%+ lead. Talk about no confidence! They should be kicking him out.

but after 3 liberal terms it gets harder and harder.

This is frustrating to hear, because I know this type of thinking can affect voting.

The reality is, if anyone is suffering during their day-to-day life, they need to squarely blame their Provincial and Municipal governments.

We keep voting for conservatives who impact our daily lives, but blame the federal government. Education is key to inform future voters of how each level of government affects them.

Wasn't an option. Much like MAGA down south, Poppinfresh completely hijacked the conservative narrative; refusing to allow reporters to follow him on the campaign trail, forbidding Conservative MPs from talking to the media without his approval and only with his selected talking points.

Any divisive information from the Conservative party came by way of leaks and insiders. Poppinfresh in NO WAY wanted there to be any division shown in public. For him, like Trump, it was all hail the leader or he'll do what he can to get your career shit-canned.

In many way, I looked at this election not only as Left vs Right, but at least as much about the Conservatives battle to take back their party to a (slightly) more sane time when differences were largely about economic policies instead of cultural ones.

That was my reason to the conservative survey, PP lost me when he started using trump style nicknames like carbon tax carney, and his final Hail Mary was to rally against woke culture. Nothing but dog whistles and trump style politics

Serious question: would a progressive conservative like O'Toole have defeated Carney?

It's kind of interesting - O'Toole probably would have done better at preventing vote loss in this type of election, but I'm not sure he would have been as effective in whipping up the Conservative base on the front-end. It certainly would have been harder for Carney to enter though, and would have instead probably been a Trudeau or Freeland election instead.

What we should do now is turn our attention to American media organizations within Canada. They were the root cause to the attack on the CBC that walked a similar line as the Liberal party this election (read; the precipice of annihilation). The orange blimp (and his successor cronies) goofy missteps likely won't be repeated next time around.

3 liberal terms

1. The problem with incremental improvement is the lack of fireworks and circus.

2. The great thing about improvement is it is improvement.

Sorry if #2 bores you. See #1

It’s a bit alarming to see more Canadian Cons didn’t reject him however, but after 3 liberal terms it gets harder and harder.

the vote is so close that it's clear that trump is the reason why he didn't and it also means that the conservatives will win the next time they try without someone like trump in power.

And I had to check the outlet for the headline.

Yeah, it's totally in character for him. He's an attack dog that takes everything he's technically entitled to and then a little bit. It doesn't matter if you're talking about the ability to lie, to be rude or sinking his own party in a quest for personal power.

Didn't the other leaders at least win a seat.

Was chatting with a friend who voted conservative this morning. Something I have said to many people which I will repeat here. I would love to vote conservative if the were progressive. The regressive bat shit insane anti vaxx/conspiracy/trumpet/etc part of the party that they continue to allow have a voice is putting many like me off. They lost a lot of traditional PC voters to Mark Carney

What is worse is they're so deep up their own asses they don't see it. This is the new conservative movement across the world. They are goose stepping right into facism and are ok with it.

On the subject of the Prairies, I suspect whoever keeps the Conservative name will keep winning. It's more brand loyalty than ideology at this point.

I heard a podcast speculate that Doug Ford would be PM one day and tbh i shudder at the thought of that. A canada wide bicycle ban? Selling national parks to build mcmansions? Public funding for private amenities only the rich can afford?

All of that is possible under Ford as PM.

This is likely going to lead to the Conservatives splitting between the reformers and the moderates once more

It should, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Unelected would be better... he was outright rejected!