Andrew Scheer Chosen As New Tory Leader
Thanos @ Sat May 27, 2017 5:49 pm
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conserv ... -1.4134575
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Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer has been elected the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, picking up enough down-ballot support to overcome strong early numbers by rival Maxime Bernier.
Scheer, who was the youngest MP to serve as House Speaker, promised to unite the party by bringing together the social and fiscal wings to take on the Liberals in the 2019 election. He is 38 years old.
He edged out Bernier by less than 1 percentage point. Bernier was considered a strong frontrunner throughout the year-long race.
The new leader will take the party into the next electoral battle against Justin Trudeau's Liberals in 2019.
Staggered round-by-round results were announced at the Toronto Congress Centre, site of the party's leadership convention. CBCNews.ca is carrying the results live.
Before the results began, there was a short tribute to outgoing interim leader Rona Ambrose.
Leading up to the weekend convention, about 132,000 party members mailed in ballots. Thousands more voted in person onsite or at a few polling stations across the country.
There were 16 candidates in the race, but three dropped out, including television reality show celebrity Kevin O'Leary, whose name was left on the ballot due to a late withdrawal.
Candidates in order of support entering the final round are:
Maxime Bernier
Andrew Scheer
Erin O'Toole
These candidates are now off the ballot:
Brad Trost
Michael Chong
Pierre Lemieux
Kellie Leitch
Lisa Raitt
Steven Blaney
Chris Alexander
Kevin O'Leary (who had withdrawn before the convention)
Rick Peterson
Andrew Saxton
Deepak Obhrai
Scheer, who was the youngest MP to serve as House Speaker, promised to unite the party by bringing together the social and fiscal wings to take on the Liberals in the 2019 election. He is 38 years old.
He edged out Bernier by less than 1 percentage point. Bernier was considered a strong frontrunner throughout the year-long race.
The new leader will take the party into the next electoral battle against Justin Trudeau's Liberals in 2019.
Staggered round-by-round results were announced at the Toronto Congress Centre, site of the party's leadership convention. CBCNews.ca is carrying the results live.
Before the results began, there was a short tribute to outgoing interim leader Rona Ambrose.
Leading up to the weekend convention, about 132,000 party members mailed in ballots. Thousands more voted in person onsite or at a few polling stations across the country.
There were 16 candidates in the race, but three dropped out, including television reality show celebrity Kevin O'Leary, whose name was left on the ballot due to a late withdrawal.
Candidates in order of support entering the final round are:
Maxime Bernier
Andrew Scheer
Erin O'Toole
These candidates are now off the ballot:
Brad Trost
Michael Chong
Pierre Lemieux
Kellie Leitch
Lisa Raitt
Steven Blaney
Chris Alexander
Kevin O'Leary (who had withdrawn before the convention)
Rick Peterson
Andrew Saxton
Deepak Obhrai
1) Good luck, Andrew, you'll need it.
2) Ought to take the steam out of the quasi-libertarian nonsense Bernier was pushing
3) Leitch's attempt at creating a Canadian MAGA movement died a quick death - GOOD!
4) A Saskatchewan boy? wOOt!
5) Cool last name, Andrew
Coach85 @ Sat May 27, 2017 6:20 pm
I don't know much about him but happy to see Max didn't win.
Who knows, maybe the CPC will have a chance after all.
Tricks @ Sat May 27, 2017 6:43 pm
Coach85 Coach85:
I don't know much about him but happy to see Max didn't win.
Who knows, maybe the CPC will have a chance after all.
Who knows, maybe the CPC will have a chance after all.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3483406/who-is-andrew-scheer/
BeaverFever @ Sat May 27, 2017 7:09 pm
Well ar least he doesn't seem to be one of the extremists- although some of his "uniting" words suggest he might ttry include extremist interests in his agenda instead of isolate them. Gotta take those kind of promises with a grain of salt though.
A relative unknown is not going to be a contender for PM in 2019 but 2023 if he plays his cards right (and Trudeau plays his wrong) who knows.
Winnipegger @ Sat May 27, 2017 7:11 pm
Maxime was separtist in 1995, and voted for separation. That was a giant albatros hanging around his neck. Fiscal policies Andrew mentioned came across to me as sound. Obvious digs to the other party and our leader; easy to ignore. Didn't like his paranoia about immigrants. But...
Getting involved in the Middle East is never a good idea. That conflict was 1,000 years old when Jesus was born. He couldn't stop it, so why do modern leaders think they can? Getting involved just brings their conflict here.
He wants to scrap carbon tax. Good. Now would Justin Trudeau consider alternative policies that are more effective, but cannot be measured in tonnes of carbon? Manitoba does not want carbon tax, but our new Premier caved-in.
ShepherdsDog @ Sat May 27, 2017 7:26 pm
Well, at least we know he wasn't elected based solely on his surname.
Coach85 @ Sat May 27, 2017 8:11 pm
Having read more about him, this guy may be alright.
Sound ideas. Good family with a positive image. Not from Ontario or a Quebec.
Sunnyways @ Sat May 27, 2017 8:33 pm
From a non-Conservative (OK I voted PC once or twice) point of view, Bernier would have been more vulnerable on policy and O'Toole would have been a tricky opponent given his centrist views, calm demeanour, history of military service and tendency to speak in complete sentences (compared to JT who often abandons the poor things in the middle and starts afresh). I probably approve of Erin because I agree with him on many things. Scheer has some promising qualities - young, good speaker, politically experienced - but I suspect he can be got at on social issues and (in a quiet way) being from the West, another Christian firebrand from the Prairies etc. Great care will have to be exercised opening up old debates and releasing the crazies. He also needs to lose a good few pounds and rein in that smirk.
Thanos @ Sat May 27, 2017 9:09 pm
Choosing Scheer pissed off some of the nuts at the SUN, because he's highly unlikely to go full-on Canadian MAGA like they wanted (and would ensure they didn't win a single seat outside of Alberta and Saskatchewan in the next election). In general if someone pisses off the SUN clods for not being a 100% True Believer in Holy Capitalism then they're probably a good choice for leader of a political party.
Canadian_Mind @ Sat May 27, 2017 11:14 pm
Yea I am pretty happy with this outcome. Scheer was my second choice behind O'Toole. He has a clean slate, he is young, and a lot of his policies are sound. My only real fear is that the Social Conservatism will rear it's ugly head sooner or later, in a similar manner to Steve's obsession with national security at the expense of personal freedom after 2011.
The only real policy-headache that foresee is one I agree with; his stance on free speech at university. He is correct that the country's post-secondary institutions are burying free speech, and I think cutting funding for those that discourage free speech is a sound plan. But this one will drive the SJWs up the wall of their safe spaces.
N_Fiddledog @ Sun May 28, 2017 12:00 am
I think as a matchup against Trudeau Scheer might have the best chance. Faith Goldy calls him a cutey. He has actual wit and comes off as likable on first impression.
If it was just about finding a nemesis for Trulander, I'd pick Scheer. Don't know what kind of Prime Minister he'll make though.
Freakinoldguy @ Sun May 28, 2017 4:59 am
On the plus side, he's going to be a fiscally responsible alternative to our spend thrift, selfie taking current PM.
How he'll play in Quebec and with the secular part of the Conservative Party is yet to be seen but at least he's young enough to draw some voters and if his interviews are any indication he appear to be smart enough to know his limits and play to his strengths.
Here's a campaign interview with him that may shed a bit more light on what we're dealing with here.
http://ckom.com/campaign-close-and-pers ... nservative
BeaverFever @ Sun May 28, 2017 6:03 am
Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
On the plus side, he's going to be a fiscally responsible alternative to our spend thrift, selfie taking current PM.
Sure sure that's what Harper promised too....before running deficits year after year after year. Harpers first deficit was a lot bigger than Trudeau's, too
Mind you, defecits don't really matter until you get to Greece-levels of debt. I'm just saying Conservative defecit hawks worship false god.
Coach85 @ Sun May 28, 2017 7:30 am
BeaverFever BeaverFever:
Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
On the plus side, he's going to be a fiscally responsible alternative to our spend thrift, selfie taking current PM.
Sure sure that's what Harper promised too....before running deficits year after year after year. Harpers first deficit was a lot bigger than Trudeau's, too
Mind you, defecits don't really matter until you get to Greece-levels of debt. I'm just saying Conservative defecit hawks worship false god.
When you gloss over the world-wide recession to take a stab, it's pretty partisan of you. Then again, the fact that you like and support deficits says a lot.
raydan @ Sun May 28, 2017 7:45 am
...trying to find a good definition for "world-wife" recession. 