Konservative Abgeordnete sträuben sich, als Pierre Poilievre sie auffordert, ihre Rolle zu rechtfertigen

I was thinking about how we haven’t heard any grumbling reported from the CPC caucus in a little while, but it looks like things are still tense. 

We keep reading that no one is waiting in the wings, but with so much discontent – I’m wondering if it’s only a matter of time until someone emerges. It’s a risk for sure, but it’s looking like that’s what it’s going to have to take. 

It would be interesting to see what happens if Carney sweeps the by-elections and gets a majority. Will more floor crossings take place after that? I’m not sure PP will survive his leadership if that indeed will be the case.

Without googling, tell me five CPC MPs that Pierre has put in critic roles. No points for Chong or the MP from Oklahoma since they’re permanent fixtures. Shuffle away but if you don’t have an effective team to put out there does it matter? Also, if I’m the Liberal campaign team, I’d still be looking for the opportunity to call a general even if they get their majority from the by elections.

I predict a 60 seat loss for the conservatives. All to the Libs. The Libs will also lose 30 seats to the NDP. The Bloc continues being irrelevant, and we get high speed rail.

Here is the article;

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20260403/281659671592435

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre emailed his shadow ministers this week asking them for their best social media posts, interviews and examples of how they have public reach in their portfolios. Several MPs found the move insulting, Althia Raj writes.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is shuffling his deck, sending Elon Muskstyle letters to his shadow ministers asking them to prove their worth.

Monday’s email was referred to by one Conservative as “DOGElike” — a reference to Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” which sent emails to U.S. federal government workers last year demanding that they list their past week’s accomplishments or resign.

This email from Poilievre’s office was met with a shrug by some, but others saw it as insulting — and further proof their leader is out of touch with his caucus.

“It’s ridiculous!” said one MP, among several granted anonymity to speak candidly about internal party affairs. “There’s a lot of malcontents.”

“Pierre has two good weeks in a year and he’s back to default mode of, `Prove yourself every five minutes,‘ ” said another MP. “If you are going to do a shuffle, just do one. Don’t play this stupid game.”

The email to Conservative shadow ministers asked them to give examples of their best social media posts, media interviews and examples of how they have public reach in their portfolios. It also asked if they were still interested in remaining in their roles.

For those who aren’t among Poilievre’s favourite few, the need to showcase media interviews they weren’t given permission to give was seen as particularly bewildering. Even those who don’t believe they’ll be shuffled were annoyed by the exercise and the message it sent.

It’s the latest expression of frustration from Poilievre’s caucus. Since January’s convention in Calgary, which was intended to settle the leadership question — Poilievre received 87.4 per cent of delegate support — the mood internally is bleak, described by several as “dispirited.”

Many Tory MPs have concluded their leader will never win, that he cannot offer an alternative proposal to the one Canadians already rejected.

“How much time and effort do you put into a leader who can’t win?” asked a third MP.

“They’ve got no strategy,” concluded another caucus member.

Conservative MPs are tired of sitting in opposition benches. Some feel their contributions aren’t valued. Others feel Poilievre is too focused on courting a constituency already in the Tory fold — young men — and not doing enough to court older voters lost to Liberals.

Poll after poll suggests Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals have a strong doubledigit lead over Poilievre’s Conservatives in public support. If an election were held today, the Grits would likely win seats in Edmonton, Calgary, Regina and Saskatoon. They’d win more in Winnipeg, and likely in southwestern Ontario.
Within caucus, some Conservatives — namely those in safe seats — hoped Carney would call a spring election, and that their party’s loss would accelerate the replacement of their unpopular leader. Instead, it looks like Carney will govern with a slim majority after byelections on April 13.

While Poilievre prepares to shuffle his team, Carney is expected to do the same. Dr. Danielle Martin, who is running in UniversityRosedale, is widely expected to join the cabinet, while weak ministers, such as Immigration Minister Lena Diab, will be shown the door.

Cabinet shuffle talk may also be spurring discussions between Carney’s team and Conservative MPs. Twoway outreach continues and more floorcrossers are likely.
Within the Conservative caucus, reality has dawned that it is stuck with its leader.

Without leadership contenders loudly waiting in the wings, there is little reason to organize a putsch and force a caucus vote on Poilievre’s leadership.

Conservative MPs adopted rules last year that allow 20 per cent of caucus — 29 MPs out of 141 — to trigger a leadership review, but it’s far from clear the malcontents would win.

Poilievre doesn’t want to leave. He would fight, and remains popular with the base. No one wants to publicly outed for taking a shot at the leader and missing.

Among those lukewarm to a coup, some still hope the shakeup includes Poilievre’s senior leadership team, while others worry about an internal backlash should newbie MPs be given prominent roles at the expense of those patiently waiting in the wings.

One lesson the Conservatives took from last year’s election loss was that too much attention was focused on Poilievre and his combative personality and not enough attention was placed on the team around him that could smooth out his rough edges.

The party is now trying to cast him in a new light. A podcast interview Thursday with “The Diary of a CEO” host Steven Bartlett added more layers to Poilievre’s story, with emotional details about his relationship with his parents and nonverbal autistic daughter. But what the interview also made clear is that Poilievre won’t be adjusting his principal message.

What he is playing for instead is time. Time for Carney to flop and for Poilievre’s message — that the working class is poorer because of inflationcausing government spending and a lack of privatesector investment in natural resource projects — to resonate.

Is pp trying to hand Carney a bigger majority? Are we sure pp does not have plans to either cross the floor himself or split the CPC into 2 or 3 parties so he can be permanent leader of one of them?

If caucus is leaking this right now, one really has to wonder how they have felt over his last few weeks of traveling to the States and doing all the podcasts there.

If even a few in safe seats as the article mentioned wanted Carney to call an election so it expedites the likely end of Pierre as a leader, I dont know how he can go on when more than a few mps have complained to the media on his leadership.

And if there are more floor crossers from the CPC to the LPC… I dont know how Pierre can stay on with caucus being this tense right now.

If he’s waiting for Carney to “Flop”, he is truly the dumbest politician going. He can’t read the room at all. This is just more reason to floor cross. It’s what this hateful, useless, taxpayer $ wasting Pierre deserves