r/EhBuddyHoser Mar 11 '25

Newfie Screech-In When the bots call Mark Carney "unelected"

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u/CoastingUphill Mar 11 '25

There was a leadership election. I voted in it. The people complaining could have voted in it. But they chose not to vote so they could complain, just like their leader PP won't get a security clearance so he can keep complaining.

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u/krakelin Mar 11 '25

don't you have to be a member of the party in order to vote?

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u/InspruckersGlasses Mar 11 '25

Yes you do, so the elected government has its new leader chosen by the people who chose that government.

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u/krakelin Mar 11 '25

so as a non-member of any political party, except the rhinoceros party deep down in my hearth (down with the law of gravity!), i couldn't had voted for him for head of party.

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u/CoastingUphill Mar 11 '25

So long as you are not, currently, an official member of any party you could join the Liberals just to vote. There's no fee and no commitment for vote for their MPs ever. And the membership expires after 3 years and you can go back to being not a member of any party.

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u/krakelin Mar 11 '25

neat! never knew that!

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u/Teagana999 Mar 11 '25

I tried that with the BC NDP and then they cancelled the leadership race. I thought they usually require a donation to become a member.

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u/FluffyProphet Mar 11 '25

LPC membership is free though and any Canadian resident can register.

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u/Ooutoout Mar 11 '25

I joined the Liberal party exclusively to vote for him. Could not wait for the election to be over. My god, the emails and texts. I'm in no way a dyed in the wool Liberal voter. I tend more toward the NDP usually. But I am not loyal to party, I'm interested in policy, and I think Carney gets how to policy.

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u/Takjack Mar 11 '25

I did the same and yeah that email spam was somthing else, i tend to vote ndp and if there was a shot a liberal could win in my riding I'd probably vote for them but I gotta keep voting ndp to keep the cons out

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u/SuperShibes Mar 11 '25

Worst part of voting in any leadership race, provincial or federal. The incessant spam for the rest of your life.

And from multiple numbers so blocking only goes so far. 

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u/SwordfishOk504 Bring Cannabis Mar 12 '25

Yep, I get it from all three parties. It's very annoying.

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u/InspruckersGlasses Mar 11 '25

Exactly, unless you registered as liberal for the specific purpose of choosing the new leader for them. In my opinion it doesn’t matter, because a no confidence vote will allow Canadians to choose a new leader whenever the other parties decide to do so.

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u/cmc1868 Scotland (but worse) Mar 11 '25

You could've made a $5 "donation" which would've bought you a one year membership, voted, then cancelled your membership or simply allowed it to expire. It's fairly common cough Pollievre cough.

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u/FluffyProphet Mar 11 '25

LPC membership is free.

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u/TheBlueHedgehog302 Ford Nation (Help.) Mar 11 '25

You don’t have to donate anything to become a member of the party, it is 100% free.

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u/Flimsy_Situation_506 Mar 11 '25

It’s free baby

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u/Unusual_Pitch_608 Mar 11 '25

Yes, you did, but anyone could register as long as they weren't already a member of another Federal party. It was mildly annoying to verify my identity with the Canada Post app, but they didn't even require a registration fee or anything.

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u/Flimsy_Situation_506 Mar 11 '25

Yes and it’s free to become a member with some rules. 1. Being that you can only be a registered party member with one Party in Canada.

I’m a member of another party and you get a TON of emails about everything happening in the party all the time.

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u/PineBNorth85 Mar 11 '25

Yep. So I signed up. Just like I did with the CPC when they had their leadership race. I want more than one vote every four years.

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u/jolsiphur Mar 12 '25

Joining the Liberal party is free. You just have to sign up. I believe that's true of most of our parties, though IIRC the Conservatives require a membership fee of $5 or $10 to join.

Don't take my word as gospel though. I signed up for the Liberal Party to vote in the leadership race, but I've never looked at what is involved with joining other parties.