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    Die Nachwahl von Pierre Poilievre kostete den Steuerzahler mehr als 2,3 Millionen US-Dollar


    Die Nachwahl von Pierre Poilievre kostete den Steuerzahler mehr als 2,3 Millionen US-Dollar

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/pierre-poilievres-byelection-cost-taxpayers-more-than-23-million/

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    1. sleipnir45 on

      For the people that won’t read the article.

      “The length of the election period and the location of electoral districts can impact significantly the costs related to a byelection,” an Elections Canada spokesperson [previously told CTVNews.ca](https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/how-much-could-poilievres-byelection-cost-taxpayers/). “For example, the Greater Toronto area will have higher than average costs.”

      Thanks to the [Longest Ballot Committee](https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/longest-ballot-group-takes-aim-at-byelection-where-poilievre-plans-to-run/), which advocates for electoral reform, more than 200 candidates were listed in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection, which also would have driven up costs.“

    2. MusclyArmPaperboy on

      Before the byelection it was projected to cost $2M so this lines up

    3. Lumindan on

      Is this supposed to be outrage bait? The unfortunate reality is that elections aren’t free and by-elections are part of our system and I’d rather they spend money and get it right (vs the alternative where ballots are lost or votes aren’t counted etc).

    4. bo-n-es on

      This is a standard cost of a byelection now.

      Are we also going to have an article talking about how the Liberals secured their majority with 3 byelections costing taxpayers around $6 million?

    5. Loan_Wolfie on

      It’s standard procedure to have a byelection is such a situation, Pierre did nothing wrong.

      People that complain about this are just blindly partisan folks who believe my guy can do no wrong, while everything their guy does is wrong.

      It’s the same type of person who complains about Carney’s travel expenses when meeting world leaders around the globe to make deals with. It’s part of the job.

    8. ihatedougford on

      Pierre should’ve resigned like JT and Jagmeet but this cost is a nothing burger honestly

    10. LasagnaMountebank on

      This is less than the price of any one of Mark the Oligarch’s 40 annual vacations abroad. Great deal!

    11. MethodicallyRight on

      I dislike PP, I think he sucks and I think the CPC is worse as a result of his time in Leadership. That said, this is *just* part of how our Country works and people need to get over it. By-elections happen, these things cost money and they’re non-partisan so why worry about it? If people want to kvetch about the cost of *elections* or *by-elections* in general and actually discuss the details around where we can cut back waste then go for it. However, the topic should be apolitical because it’s built into the system and isn’t partisan. Just like the residence PP stays in and all of the amenities offered to the Official Opposition Leader, I do NOT like PP but those benefits are baked into the role and so should be discussed in an apolitical manner as well.

    12. Inside-Today-3360 on

      The question should be can we have a line by line of the cost. The beauracrats need to be held to account

    13. MapleMonica on

      And the failed liberal gun confiscation scam has already cost more than ONE THOUSAND times that! 2mil is nothing.

    14. Drewy99 on

      This is just the cost of a do-over because PP didn’t win his long term seat. 

      No big deal.

    16. Wulfger on

      I’m not fan of Poilievre or the CPC, but IMO it’s just as ridiculous to try to turn it into some sort of gotcha when its Poilievre running in a by election after losing his seat as when Trudeau called an early election during Covid. Elections are fundamental to our democracy, cost should never be a factor in when or how one is called. Giving Canadians the opportunity to choose their representative in Parliament is always money well spent.

    17. No_Marsupial_8574 on

      I may not like PP, but I don’t criticize him for the sake of it. By-elections are just how the system works. Yes he triggered it (or requested it), but 2mil hardly affects the budget.

      It’s rage bait like this that is why prime ministers don’t want to remodel the official resistance and make it livable and safe again, leaving it abandoned. 

    18. ph0enix1211 on

      I’m not a fan of Pollievre, but this is fine.

      This is just a minor cost associated with the system we have.

      It’s fine.

    22. Reasonable-MessRedux on

      Trudeau called a totally unnecessary election after only two years in power, an election that changed nothing. The government of Canada website says that that cost $150 million in 2025 dollars. And people are yammering about Poilievre?

    23. ProShyGuy on

      And? It’s the operation of our democracy? It’s pretty sad that he had to that to get into Parliament, but so be it.

    24. Bigking00 on

      Nothing that we can do about it as taxpayers, it is the cost of our system of government.

      Let’s not pretend that every party doesnt do it. I’m sure some NDP MP is going to step aside for Avi Lewis.

    25. DukeofNormandy on

      Oh no! Not $2.3m. How much are the libs pissing down the drain with their gun buy back? Obviously waste is waste, but 2.3m is pocket change all things considering.

    26. pigsbounty on

      $2.3M is chump change in the grand scheme of things. I think Pierre sucks but who gives af about this

    27. PapayaJuiceBox on

      I’m tired of the partisan cherry-picking. One side calls something wasteful when the other does it, then turns around and excuses the exact same behavior from their own team.

      Both sides are burning through taxpayer money on things that don’t actually move anything forward. And it just pushes them further out of touch from the people who are working hard every day to fund all of it.

      At some point, this has to stop being about sides.

      What if, for the next few years, we focused less on defending “our team” and more on demanding accountability across the board? Real accountability. No exceptions… Because right now, the system only works for them when we keep letting it be divided like this.

    32. TescoValueSoup on

      Yeah never mind the China issue, with Ma and Carney both now emulating Neo, swerving questions from the media like bullets
      Let’s talk about Poilievre!

    33. dagthegnome on

      I wonder how many tax dollars were definitely not „redirected“ to fund the Longest Ballot initiative that targeted him not once but twice in two different ridings?

    34. Ajanu11 on

      How much did we spend housing him and his family when he was not an MP? That’s the real story. Elections cost money, his bielection is proof we need electoral reform, but he got free housing as an unemployed person and ni one cares.

    35. GreatCanadianPotato on

      Meanwhile, 3 LPC MPs have decided to take other jobs and resign (causing by-elections) less than 1 year after the election.

      Let’s talk about THAT.

    36. Onterrible_Trauma on

      So much for the „fiscially responsibile“ Conservatives!!

      /s ….sorta

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