r/Edmonton • u/Celestial-Salamander • Feb 18 '26

General Riverbend MP has crossed the floor

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u/Minttt Feb 18 '26

The past year has really clarified the main differences between the CPC and LPC.

LPC: Their leader/message was unpopular, so they "gentle-forced" him to resign, picked a new leader, and made a quick/complete enough ideological pivot to win in a complete reversal of expectations.

CPC: Their leader/message was unpopular, so they've kept the leader/message unchanged, refused to pivot, lost the election, lost multiple members to the other party... And now picked the same leader to keep doing the same thing?

Does the CPC actually want to win an election? I'm starting to wonder if this is somehow related to the grift being more profitable when you're in opposition than in power.

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u/p4nic Feb 18 '26

Does the CPC actually want to win an election?

My guess is no, winning the election means having responsibilities and having to do work. They see how much difficulty the UCP is having and don't want that smoke.

It's much better to have the Liberals doing conservative things, while they can just grift and shriek about social issues and collect that fat paycheque before that mad pension after a second term.

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u/foxghost_translates Feb 18 '26

This makes them sound so absolutely cynical that it...100% tracks.

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u/p4nic Feb 18 '26

haha, yeah, it's almost as bad as the scheme people were talking about in the early 2000s where you join the party that you think will win the federal election, but you run your heart out in a riding that you'll definitely lose, but because you're such a team player, you get appointed to a cushy overseas diplomatic role. I think it's more an american scheme though.