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Chrystia Freeland Launches Bid for Liberal Leadership – January 19, 2025

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While I think she's a strong candidate, I don't think she stands a hope in hell of defeating PP in 2025. She's "too close to Trudeau" and a woman, in a time when right wing voters and misogyny seem to be on the rise
They need to be thinking and planning for 2029. She might be able to pull it off then, I'd the liberals don't get totally smashed in 2025, she's a smart leader of the official opposition and she has a good PR team behind her.
- I'd be curious if any of them actually believe they can turn the dissatisfaction around now that Trudeau is gone and win the next election. I'd love it if they or the NDP can, but I really wonder if even they think they can in 2025.
  
  The NDP need a new leader too. Singh has the charisma of week old fish.
38 minutes in and what a shit show... I think I understand why Carney did his in Edmonton. 😅
- Other than repetitions of "I will fight, we will fight, we will win, because Canadian" I heard:
  Strong retaliation against tariffs
  Cool
  Treat government finances like private citizens treat theirs
  Red flag for austerity
  Liberal party must listen more to what voters tell them
  Consumer carbon tax gone
  Disagreements with PM on spending (for a long time), she wanted less spending. Fiscal responsibility is very important to her, that's why she broke from PM. Doesn't commit to balanced budged.
  I didn't hear much about how she plans to tackle the economic issues facing us.
  
  It's going to be the fucking status quo plus austerity. I'm tired of those politicians who only worry about the economy and spending. It's funny how they never talk about taxing the rich or implementing real measures to fight rent and home prices.
  
  Treat government finances like private citizens treat theirs
  This is an especially hilarious take for someone who was actually Finance minister. I guess politics isn't possible without some pandering?
  
  I think now might be the time you don't want to balance the budget, when you're expecting a brutal trade war and lots of layoffs.
  But the last few years we should have been rebuilding that war chest.
Carney would have my vote, she would not. I’d vote NDP first.
I am guessing that if you want to endure a long video to get an idea what Chrystia Freeland is like last October's talk with the Council on Foreign Relations is a better bet.
My impression: All the intellectual depth of Justin Trudeau, but double the patronizing tone.
- I don't think it matters. Liberals would be fools to elect her as leader. The populace is specifically sick of the current direction of the government, and she was at the core of it all. Her candidacy is DOA.
How does she not realize damn near everyone hates her?
- The protesters were saying boo-urns.
Here’s all the candidates:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Liberal_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election?wprov=sfti1#Declared
Here’s how you register to vote (at the bottom)
https://liberal.ca/liberal-party-of-canada-announces-date-of-leadership-vote/
I think Jamie Bapttiste sounds the most reasonable.
No chance in hell.

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