Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is threatening to delay MPs' holidays by throwing up thousands of procedural motions seeking to block Liberal legislation until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backs off his carbon tax. It's a move Government House Leader Karina Gould was quick to condemn, warning ...
Could Bitcoin Millhouse be even less likeable? Yes, the answer is yes.
It won't. He has a bedrock of support thanks to basic political tribalism, and he and his handlers probably calculate that they run a greater risk of alienating their base if they run moderate, than running moderate and raising their ceiling. And given how badly the opposite strategy has worked for the NDP (which is alienating it's base to chase the middle) he's not wrong.
tl;dr: if he keeps acting like a protofascist, he'll keep his job, and he might even win if enough people feel Trudeau has worn out his welcome.
his handlers probably calculate that they run a greater risk of alienating their base if they run moderate, than running moderate and raising their ceiling
I don't think that's possible. Who else will Conservatives vote for? The CPC could act like LPC/NDP and they'd still get their core voters to vote them in because as long as they aren't 'red' or 'orange'.. they're 'good'.