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Epoch Times
06-05-2025
- Business
- Epoch Times
Tory MP Initially a ‘Skeptic' of Poilievre Now Wants Him to Stay on as Leader
A longtime Conservative MP who had not endorsed Pierre Poilievre during the leadership race in 2022 now says he's the right person for the job of holding the government to account on key issues like the economy. Michelle Rempel Garner often pens articles discussing politics and policies, and on May 2 she She said leadership stability is needed as Canada faces stark economic prospects, which she said could be made worse by the new Liberal government's spending plan. The Liberals' costed platform has projected $129 billion in new spending and $225 billion added to the federal debt over four years. Rempel Garner noted how the Fitch credit rating agency said this week this fiscal policy could impact Canada's credit rating. 'The elephant sized issue in the room is that Canada is facing a stagflationary scenario without much wherewithal in the government coffers,' she wrote. 'With tens of millions of Canadians living paycheque to paycheque, the job losses that will precipitate from a recession, combined with continued inflationary pressures, have the potential to [be] catastrophic for the country.' Related Stories 5/2/2025 5/2/2025 She said Conservatives need to focus on the country's finances once Parliament resumes. Parliament has not been sitting since early January when then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced prorogation. Rempel Garner won re-election in the Calgary Nose Hill riding this week and will begin her fifth term in the House of Commons when Parliament returns on May 26. During the 2022 Tory leadership race, Rempel Garner was one of a few MPs who initially backed Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, before he was eventually disqualified from the race. 'I didn't back Pierre in the last leadership race, so at the outset of his leadership, I was one of his deepest skeptics,' she wrote. 'But since he won the leadership with a resounding plurality, he has more than earned my respect.' Rempel Garner lost her shadow cabinet role after the ousting of Tory leader Erin O'Toole in early 2022. The Alberta MP wrote in her article she chose to take the demotion as a 'gift' and used her time away from the 'day-to-day partisan and party fray' to reflect on her role and focus on policy work. 'That change reminded me that real political power comes from the people you seek to represent,' she said, adding that it was an opportunity to grow. 'I have confidence that Pierre - already a giant - has the capacity to both hold and further grow our voter coalition, and he now has a little more breathing room to do so while still being the leader of our party,' she said. Conservatives increased their seat total by 25 in this election and the party obtained its largest share of votes since 1988. That was not enough to win, and came after the Tories saw their 20-point lead in the polls evaporate in recent months, due to factors such as Trudeau's departure, tariffs and 51st state comments from the U.S. president, and a new leader for the Liberal Party. Liberals fell four seats short of a majority government and Tories outperformed in some aspects, gaining seats in Ontario and B.C. But it wasn't enough to account for factors like the weaker showings by the NDP and the Bloc Québécois. Liberals fell four seats short of a majority government and the Tories made headway in some Liberal territory, winning previously held Liberal seats in Ontario and B.C. But it wasn't enough to account for other factors like the weaker showings for the NDP and the Bloc Québécois. It also wasn't enough for Poilievre to hold on to the riding he had represented since 2004. Other Support Poilievre suggested in his concession speech he was staying on as leader and he has so far received support from many MPs, including prominent voices like former leader Andrew Scheer. The logistics of Poilievre returning to the House of Commons became clearer on May 2 when Alberta MP Damien Kurek said he would step down to let Poilievre run in a byelection in his riding. Kurek, first elected in 2019, would have secured his MP pension in October. He won his re-election on April 28 with 81.8 percent of the vote. Prime Minister Mark Carney said on May 2 he would call a byelection as soon as possible and that he wouldn't be playing 'games' on the matter to delay Poilievre's return to the House. Parliament is set to return on May 26 and King Charles is expected open Parliament by delivering the speech from the throne on May 27. Before then, the Conservative caucus will need to decide whether it will invoke the Reform Act to trigger a party leadership review after the election loss.
Global News
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Global News
Canada election 2025: Calgary Nose Hill
See more sharing options Send this page to someone via email Share this item on Twitter Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Facebook Calgary Nose Hill is a federal riding located in Alberta. This riding is currently represented by Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner who first took office in 2015. Rempel Garner collected 28,001 votes, winning 55.57 per cent of the vote in the 2021 federal election. Voters will decide who will represent Calgary Nose Hill in Alberta during the upcoming Canadian election on April 28, 2025. Visit this page on election night for a complete breakdown of up to the minute results. Candidates Conservative: Michelle Rempel Garner (Incumbent) Liberal: Tom Becker NDP: Ahmed Khan Green: Addison Fach Marxist-Leninist: Peggy Askin Rhinoceros: Vanessa Wang
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Spread of fake campaign pins 'disgusting,' says senior Tory
Two Liberal staffers made fake Trump-style buttons and planted them at a conference of Canadian conservatives last week. But they were exposed after they discussed the plot at an Ottawa bar and were overheard by a CBC reporter. The bombshell story shows a disturbing effort to spread disinformation, Calgary-area MP Michelle Rempel Garner told National Post, adding it should be viewed as a dishonest and disturbing attempt to distract Canadians from the issues at hand in the ongoing election. 'It's disgusting,' Rempel Garner said. 'What I'm hearing on the door right now is how serious this election is, how high the stakes are for people, particularly when it comes to issues related to affordability, cost of living, and frankly crime, too. 'And here you've got the Liberals taking a lot of effort – to graphic design, to actually make things or order them – to infiltrate a conference. 'This is what their campaign is focused on.' The story published Sunday by CBC News says Liberal election staffers planted buttons at last week's Canada Strong and Free Network conference in downtown Ottawa. The conference, referred to often as the Manning Conference, is known as a policy and networking hotbed for conservative-leaning Canadians. The plan to plant the buttons appeared to go off without a hitch. Word of them made it into a Shannon Proudfoot Globe and Mail column last week. But the scheme unravelled after Liberal campaign workers were caught bragging about it in an Ottawa bar Friday evening, in earshot of a CBC reporter. According to the story on the broadcaster's website, one of the buttons said 'Stop the Steal' — referencing U.S. President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election — while another featured Tory campaign director Jenni Byrne's crossed-off name, alongside Conservative strategist Kory Teneycke. There are reports of others, including a 'Free Alberta' button alongside a pair of handcuffs, a 'Lock Justin Up' button printed over prison bars, a 'Vote for Carney is a Vote for WEXIT,' and a 'Danielle Smith for CPC Leader 2026' button. Teneycke has been a vocal critic of Byrne's management of the federal Conservative campaign. He has suggested Pierre Poilievre is on track to lose the federal election unless he pivots and responds more directly to Canadians' fear over U.S. President Donald Trump's economic war against Canada. That's as the campaign has featured the Liberals regularly accusing Poilievre of 'American-style campaigning' in an attempt to tarnish the Conservative leader by comparing him to Trump. Rempel Garner suggested the buttons expose the lengths of that Liberal effort. 'The fact that their campaign went on a purposeful attempt to sow that type of disinformation into such an important election is just disgusting,' she said. 'This is what the Liberals are willing to do. They're willing to do purposeful, sophisticated disinformation campaigns to distract from their record (and) divide the country, instead of offering what we're offering, which is a plan full of hope.' The Post has reached out to the Liberals for comment on the allegations. They have yet to respond. 'Mark Carney is hiding from the media, good luck getting comment from him on that,' Rempel Garner said. 'This is their go-to tactic. 'They are trying to distract from their record, they are trying to distract from their lack of policies, they are trying to distract from all of Mark Carney's scandals that he hasn't been able to answer in the last couple of weeks, so this is what they do.' Rempel Garner said she will take the new ammunition to the door. 'I will get back on the doors with that message,' she said. More to come… National Post Get more deep-dive National Post political coverage and analysis in your inbox with the Political Hack newsletter, where Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson and political analyst Tasha Kheiriddin get at what's really going on behind the scenes on Parliament Hill every Wednesday and Friday, exclusively for subscribers. Sign up here.
