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More than 100 candidates — most in Canadian history — to run against Poilievre in byelection (www.cbc.ca)
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New record ! Keep it up

Get wrecked PP

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[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 16 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Bonnie Critchley — who is running as an independent and pitching herself as an alternative to the Conservative leader, who she argues pushed Kurek out — has also called on the Longest Ballot Committee to back off.

In an open letter to the committee posted on her campaign website, Critchley said there is a "backlash" in the riding from voters who are worried that she is a "fake out" candidate.

"I don't have a massive team, I don't have backing from millions of people. I have to go door to door within my community and explain to my neighbours that I have nothing to do with you," she wrote.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Bonnie Critchley actually sounds pretty dope, I looked through her platform and she seems to actually give a shit, but this headline is taking me right out. Good luck to her and fuck PP.

Good luck to Jayson Cowan as well, who sounds like a legit candidate, though I couldn't find anything other than this article about him.

Basically just fuck PP and I hope someone who deserves it more gets it. One less con seat in the house is a win for me.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This woman is heads and shoulders above CPC candidates.

I'm honestly very disappointed in the LBC. They've clearly lost the plot and have transition from activism to attention seeking.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for the video.

From what I know of her, she seems solid and committed. When I first heard about her, and the anger being directed at Pierre, I started to get a little hope that even if he won she could suck enough of the votes up to be a loss compared to Damien and the Conservatives would axe his ass for two "losses".

I have never liked or supported what the LBC is doing. I really don't see how it is supposed to bring change to the electoral system beyond Parliament writing bills to make sure it can no longer happen, which will further hurt independent candidates at the polls because I can only assume the bills would make it harder to be a candidate in general.

I hope more people get revved up about this and start supporting her. From what I have seen of the other candidates besides Pierre, she seems to be the best choice for the area.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago

Honestly I'm all for having a party of fiscal responsibility. If only conservatives would step up to the plate and fulfill that role!

Yea seeing the mentality of the 2 commentors who support LBC has me questioning if it's actually activism or just standard attention seeking behaviour.