Well, it used to be the party that gave us some very decent pols - Bob Stanfield, Joe Clark, Flora MacDonald… and it’s telling just who didn’t show up for the latter’s funeral.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, Canada! Back off!
Blind veneration of a flag as a litmus test of patriotism is our* thing!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I always thought conservative Canadiuns were obsessed with this flag.
(* 'Merca)
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Which is quite the point.
I grew up in a Tory riding, though I’ve never voted that way. Let me try and channel a reaction:
Something something what have the British ever done for us? ??? Something something…
Yeah.
BTW, Canadian Conservatives have been obsessively pro-American since the 19th century. Like, to the point where I’ve seen it make visiting Americans uncomfortable.
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Well, maybe (that’s the Red Ensign I mentioned), but they lost that battle 50 years ago. I’ll admit I still fancy Dominion Day (which was changed by law to Canada Day) and the Dominion of Canada (which never has been revoked, surprisingly enough), and I’m pretty far to the Left, but that’s nostalgia, I think…
We have flag-waving yahoos too, unfortunately. This showed up in my FB feed today, and at least the first part is appropriate:
Some. Red Tories tended to be very wary of American designs on our economy. Flora MacDonald, for instance, quit the Cabinet when she lost the Free Trade argument with Mulroney.
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That’s certainly the flag they fought hard to keep under Diefenbaker, going so far as to filibuster for weeks against the maple leaf. Which means @tinoesroho’s picture doesn’t even capture all the irony – on the thenewconservativemovement facebook group, it appears right under this:
Is it still on-topic to answer this? It almost feels like cheating to mention Answers in Genesis…but I did see something of theirs mentioned today. A novel exploring the pre-flood world. The cover would count as pretty awesome if it wasn’t meant seriously, but considering the source, it qualifies hands down:
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The goggles, they do nothing!
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Not at all: “Know thy enemy” and all. Just bear in mind that brain cramps from trying to follow the “logic” are at least as likely as giggles. 
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I’m just disappointed it’s not a Chuck Tingle joint.
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Our Canadian jealousy of our neighbours to the south and desire to be America Lite is a pretty old thing. They get a Reagan, we get ourselves a Mulroney. They get a sax-playing Clinton, we get ourselves a skateboarding Chretien. They get a Bush, we go Harper. A charming Obama? Professional handsome man Trudeau.
I’m terrified of what our Trump is going to be. They’ll probably have to reanimate Rob Ford’s corpse.
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Canadian militarism in action:
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Don’t misunderestimate this guy.
“In 2019 in Canada, we’re not going to have an election, we’re going to have an exorcism. I’m going to unwind everything he [Justin Trudeau] did, he’s a disaster.”
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Why can’t there be some Pasty Paunchy Papas Paradise we can exile these cretins the world over to as a quarantine base?
From the bbc.com article: "But O’Leary does not speak French. " Bonne chance avec cela.
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Sadly Wisconsin still gets to vote.
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I’m aware of that walking hunk of shit.
I wish I wasn’t. But I’m pretty much certain we’re looking at the next Conservative leader.
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Does “Shark Tank” show up in Canada?
See “Dragon’s Den”.
My first exposure was when I stumbled on an ep of “Lang & O’Leary Exchange” where he was browbeating a 12/13 year old girl. If anything, he knows how media works even better than 45.
Fortunately, he did not become leader of the Conservative Party.Unfortunately, this guy did.
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I see. So you’ve had long experience with this guy up there.
Having never watched the program, I didn’t realize that Shark Tank was part of a globally franchised idea — the Strictly Come Dancing of venture capital.
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Rob Ford’s brother still breathes…
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Yup.
Dodged a bullet this time with regards to him, because the job he ultimately was going for (PM) is designated bilingual. His French isn’t good enough to get him through the debates, and that would kill him in Quebec.
Scheer is bad enough, but he’s not got quite the same media attraction and experience playing ringmaster. But if O’Leary is serious, and if Scheer blows the next election badly so the Cons call another leadership contest… The biggest difference between O’Leary and 45 is that O’Leary isn’t stupid to the point of incompetence.
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Now that is terrifying.
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