Mark Slapinski

00:00:00.000 Wow. CTV just did something completely unexpected. They actually aired an episode where they

00:00:06.340 acknowledged, but they admitted that Pierre Polyev has a great chance and could potentially be the

00:00:11.480 next Prime Minister of Canada. Even Vashti Capellos, left-wing Vashti Capellos, even she 0.95

00:00:18.060 started off the segment by acknowledging all of the gains that Polyev made the last election.

00:00:23.300 I think it is fair to say that Pierre Polyev's leadership of the party, his focus on an issue

00:00:29.320 set, particularly around cost of living, helped drive the election results to be, you know, a

00:00:36.200 massive gain for the conservatives. And I think you can directly attribute a lot of that to him.

00:00:41.600 My girl, my girl. Vashti essentially admitted the quiet part out loud. Polyev wasn't entirely

00:00:48.480 unsuccessful in the last election. Let's go through it. First of all, there was record

00:00:53.580 turnout. Second of all, there was a lot of ridings that turned blue. And number three, they came

00:01:00.380 literally this close, literally half an inch close of winning a minority government. If they had a bit

00:01:06.480 of extra time, it would have been a minority government. Now, if you watch my channel, you

00:01:10.760 should already know the mainstream media, specifically CTV, is incredibly biased towards

00:01:15.260 the conservatives. So if they say something good about the conservatives, that means that the

00:01:19.800 conservatives are actually doing fantastic. So when they say that Polyev did a good job last election,

00:01:25.600 what they're really trying to say is Polyev did a fantastic job last election. Now let's watch one

00:01:31.600 of the panelists make some excellent points. Yeah, let me say a couple of things. First of all,

00:01:35.620 it's not unusual for the leader of the opposition to be lower, sometimes much lower than the prime

00:01:41.060 minister and preferred prime minister. Usually when you're into a change election, that doesn't really

00:01:46.820 alter until 10 or 15 days before election day. So I don't think anybody should be concerned about

00:01:52.460 that. You're right that the bottom line numbers are fairly static. You know, conservatives won 41%

00:02:00.440 of the popular vote in the last election, which was the highest total since 1988. There were new

00:02:06.180 Canadians that voted for us in larger numbers, young people, blue-collar workers, Ontarians in northern

00:02:14.200 Ontario and southwestern Ontario. So there's a lot of things that actually worked for Pierre Polyev.

00:02:20.280 And I've gone on record of actually saying if the election was just one week longer, I think our

00:02:26.180 message of change and of cost of living and those issues that Pierre was accentuating would have taken

00:02:33.280 us over into at least a minority government. Now this guy makes some fantastic points right here.

00:02:38.600 If you remember, Polyev's poll numbers only went down because Trump started this trade war nonsense

00:02:43.660 and the liberals were smart enough to appoint a new leader that was a supposed economic mastermind.

00:02:50.280 However, if you also remember, Polyev started rising in the polls. The conservative party started

00:02:55.320 rising in the polls around the time the election date was held. And if they had just another week,

00:03:01.320 they probably would have won. Now this guy makes a great point about popularity polls. Remember what I

00:03:06.300 said earlier? I don't care about popularity polls because popularity polls, they don't mean anything.

00:03:13.840 The only poll that matters is whether or not someone is going to vote for a certain party.

00:03:18.820 If the majority of people are going to vote conservative, which is what recent polls are

00:03:22.840 saying, that's all I care about. I don't care if the average person likes Polyev. Quite frankly, 0.98

00:03:28.980 his quote unquote, unlikability is also the reason I like him. I'm not saying he shouldn't be liked,

00:03:35.320 but you have to understand Polyev is smart. Polyev is humorous, but he's also the kind of person that's

00:03:41.660 not afraid to do what he needs to do to get the job done. Now that's not a nice trade. And that's

00:03:48.380 probably why a lot of Canadians say they don't like him. However, that's the same reason that I

00:03:53.260 like him. I don't want a nice leader, right? We had Trudeau for around 10 years and he was the

00:03:59.920 nice guy. Okay. But was he a good leader? No, I don't want a nice leader. I want a good leader.

00:04:06.280 And I think you do too. That isn't the way it was, of course. But I think that my message to

00:04:13.000 your viewers is that Canada needs Pierre Polyev, and the concern is now more than ever. And he

00:04:19.800 continues to focus on the issues that are increasingly, by that same polling that you're

00:04:26.000 referring to, that Canadians are concerned about. Cost of living, cost of housing, cost of groceries,

00:04:31.920 crime in our neighborhoods, these kinds of issues are the ones that the Conservatives are

00:04:37.700 focused on. And I think ultimately, with a little bit of patience and not turfing out a leader

00:04:44.340 immediately after losing an election, which we've done three times already, and that hasn't actually

00:04:50.060 worked out for us, I think most partisan Conservatives want to see Pierre continue and continue to grow.

00:04:56.080 Exactly. Polyev is not going anywhere. And that's why I was so upset with some of these commentators

00:05:02.920 like Mr. Sunshine Baby, or as I like to call him, Mr. Cry Baby, Mr. Clickbait Baby. They're crying,

00:05:09.760 saying bad things about Polyev, trying to divide Conservatives. And I'm saying, stop doing that.

00:05:15.260 Stop doing that, because not only is that wrong, but it's unproductive. And now you're seeing just how

00:05:20.640 wrong idiots like him and some of these other people were. They were wrong. Popularity polls 1.00

00:05:26.900 don't matter. They're irrelevant. The only thing that matters is voting attention, and Polyev is

00:05:32.180 climbing. Polyev is uniquely qualified to be the Prime Minister of Canada. There's very few, if any,

00:05:37.600 people that are as qualified as him. Even within the Conservative ranks, he got Andrew Sherp,

00:05:42.520 nice guy, smart guy, a little too goofy. He got Aaron O'Toole, smart guy, nice guy,

00:05:48.980 but at the same time, he was too ugly, and his policies were too close to the center.

00:05:53.760 Polyev, also smart, but exceptionally smart, charismatic, and he's not a bad-looking guy.

00:06:00.980 Now you're thinking, why would I bring that up? That's kind of gay or irrelevant. I'm saying it 1.00

00:06:06.040 is not gay. It's not irrelevant. Let me tell you why. People don't want to see an ugly dude on

00:06:11.440 television for four years. Whether they admit it or not, whether it's a conscious determinator,

00:06:17.260 whether it's not conscious determinator, people care about looks, and Polyev has the looks,

00:06:22.680 at least in my opinion, to be Prime Minister and someone that you would actually want to see on

00:06:27.280 television for four years, eight years, ten years. Nobody wants to see an ugly person on television. 1.00

00:06:33.180 That's why when you watch television, you rarely see ugly people. That's why when you watch the news,

00:06:38.120 journalists try to dress up and look good. They might not always get their facts straight,

00:06:42.160 but at least they try to look good, right? Now you're starting to understand.

00:06:45.660 I also want to point out something I found really interesting about this segment.

00:06:49.580 Vashie doesn't interrupt this guy when he's talking. And here's my theory about why she does 0.99

00:06:53.760 this. It's because she secretly knows, she can secretly feel in her heart, that Polyev is the 0.89

00:06:59.480 right choice for Canada. He might not be the right choice for her, because it'll end the media bailouts

00:07:05.080 and she'll make less money. And that's why she's not too vocal about it. But deep down inside,

00:07:09.820 she knows in her heart, Polyev's the right guy for Canada.

00:07:13.400 I guess the question just jumping off of that, Marco, is, and I'll sort of reframe how I initially

00:07:19.040 posed it to Tony, like he is a huge asset to the party, but it is apparent through other events that

00:07:25.380 have occurred since or even the loss of his own seat, he can also be a liability. How are those two

00:07:30.080 things reconciled in your view? Or can they be?

00:07:32.500 I'm not sure. And I think, you know, my esteemed colleagues on the panel, James and Tony, and I'm

00:07:40.160 sure many members of their party are really wrestling with that question. I think James had

00:07:45.600 some really, I think, really smart insights into the distinction between, you know, the people who

00:07:52.720 are more concerned with driving a political movement as opposed to those who want to be

00:07:56.640 nation builders. And there's something that Tony said that I want to pick up on, which is that there

00:08:02.300 are many, many people, it seems to me, on the outside looking in within the Conservative Party that do want

00:08:07.640 Pierre to succeed. And in their view, the way for him to succeed is to grow, to evolve. But in the clips

00:08:15.880 that you are playing, you know, Pierre just seems to want to resist that notion, that advice.

00:08:23.320 And I think it's because he believes that steadiness and firmness and resoluteness and projecting that,

00:08:32.100 you know, unswerving quality is the way that he is going to eventually, you know, rally those

00:08:40.040 Canadian voters who are still out there to be persuaded. I'm not sure that is working. And certainly

00:08:46.500 on the, you know, numbers as you've reported them, it doesn't seem to me that it is.

00:08:53.160 So look, you know, Christmas break is holidays are always a great time to go home, you know,

00:08:59.020 have some meals, see your loved ones kind of, you know, exercise, do whatever it is that you do to

00:09:05.080 distract yourself and think hard about the year that is ahead. And I think Pierre has obviously

00:09:10.660 got some reflecting to do.

00:09:11.940 Just a quick note, in case you don't know, Marco Medicino, he's a former Liberal politician.

00:09:17.380 I wouldn't take any advice as a conservative from a Liberal. If a Liberal says I'm doing a bad job,

00:09:23.360 to me, that means I'm doing a good job. If they tell me to do X, in my head, I think I got to do Y.

00:09:29.440 Because you never take your advice from your enemy. I don't take advice from people that don't like me.

00:09:35.440 Right? It just doesn't make sense. Think about that.

00:09:38.020 What do you see as the challenge ahead for Polyev, James?

00:09:41.700 Well, I mean, frankly, it's a challenge that all opposition leaders have,

00:09:45.120 which is you have to push and pull at the same time. You have to be in our system of government.

00:09:49.320 You have to be critical of the government on a daily basis, hopefully in a constructive way

00:09:53.000 that gives a sense to the public that if you were in government, you would do it

00:09:56.960 in a 5%, 10% better way, a smarter way, a more efficient way, a more thoughtful way.

00:10:01.840 So you have to be negative all the time, but at the same time, you have to then pivot back

00:10:05.920 to then presenting yourself as a pan-Canadian, bilingual, thoughtful, continental and global

00:10:11.160 leader who has a vision for everybody. So you go from being negative one day to having to

00:10:16.020 be this bigger voice. There's no question, I think, that Pierre has been a very successful

00:10:20.480 opposition leader. To borrow a phrase by our friend Paul Wells, he says the thing about being

00:10:26.100 a really good opposition leader is if you're really, really good at it, the voters might want

00:10:30.400 to attempt to keep you there. And so to break away from that and to present yourself as the CEO of

00:10:37.300 a G7 country and a government, it's a very difficult thing to do, but it can be done.

00:10:42.280 And as Tony's analysis reminds us, the last election was actually very close. If in the next

00:10:47.640 election, one of these two things happens, Pierre becomes prime minister, if one out of the 20 people,

00:10:53.420 if one in 20 people who voted liberal in the last election switched to conservative, Pierre wins.

00:10:57.680 If one in four traditional New Democrats who went liberal goes back to the New Democratic Party,

00:11:03.480 Pierre wins a minority government. So the margin for him to rise or fall is very narrow,

00:11:09.120 but the task is in front of him. He can do it. The margin is there. He can grow. He can become prime

00:11:14.480 minister. Do you hear that right there? They just admitted on CTV, this is playing on live television

00:11:20.700 all over Canada, that Paulieff has a great chance of becoming prime minister. This isn't coming from

00:11:25.440 Jasmine Lane or Mr. Sunshine baby. This isn't coming from rebel news or the Western standard.

00:11:30.240 This isn't coming from Breitbart or Alex Jones. This is coming from the liberals own propaganda arm.

00:11:36.700 They're saying it out loud on national television. Paulieff has a great chance and will likely be the

00:11:42.020 next prime minister. Now, you know that if CTV says that Paulieff has a chance of winning,

00:11:46.080 you know, the reality is he has a great chance of winning. He's almost guaranteed to win.

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00:11:59.300 Thanks. Let's get back to the action.

00:12:01.020 But that delicate daily balance of being aggressive and tough in opposition while wanting to be seen

00:12:08.900 to be managerially competent and have a proactive positive vision, it's a hard push-pull and not a

00:12:15.840 lot of people pull it off. Last word to you on that, Christy, and then I want to try to get in one

00:12:20.780 quick round of what you guys think the big story next year will be on this subject of Mr. Paulieff to

00:12:25.460 you, Christy. Yeah. So, you know, honestly, I was surprised he didn't resign on election night

00:12:30.800 as leader because, you know, blowing a lead that was that big and, you know, when his party was

00:12:36.600 depending on him, they had all this money, they had all this support and, you know, they ran a

00:12:41.540 really good campaign. I was surprised that he decided to stick around. I think he probably would

00:12:47.280 have done the right thing by his party had he given an opportunity for a refresh there. But it's

00:12:51.780 quite true. When you're in opposition, you can't demonstrate that you are going to be a leader. You

00:12:56.320 can only really demonstrate that you can really oppose things. And the problem that I think Canadians 1.00

00:13:01.580 had with Mr. Paulieff was that he seemed like he was all politics all the time. He wasn't about

00:13:10.440 leading. He wasn't about governing. He seemed like he he came across like a guy who just wanted to fight.

00:13:16.600 And, you know, Trump came along and Justin Trudeau went away and Canadians decided that it was time

00:13:23.120 for a serious leader. And I think it is going to be very difficult for Mr. Paulieff to be able to

00:13:29.120 change the way he is thought of by Canadians. Now, he might he might be saved by the fact that

00:13:36.140 because this James and I don't often disagree. But on this idea that the NDP will disappear,

00:13:40.540 I think we very much do disagree. I don't think the NDP are going anywhere. And if Mark Carney doesn't

00:13:48.500 fulfill all of his or much of his promises, if the public sector unions get very, very upset with

00:13:54.280 him over time, and, you know, if some of the environmental groups decide to get behind them

00:13:59.900 again, the NDP may decide that they want to wipe out that NDP vote. So he could get lucky. But

00:14:06.420 I think it's going to be a difficult hill for him to climb in the next few years to look credible,

00:14:12.340 to look positive, but also remain who he is and who he seems incapable of of changing the areas in

00:14:20.340 which he seems incapable, incapable of changing. Well, my own managerial capabilities are limited

00:14:25.880 because I've run out of time to get to what the big stories next year are. So I will hopefully

00:14:30.000 hopefully we can save them and start off the new year in January when we reconvene with your

00:14:35.220 predictions. I appreciate all of you lending us so much of your time and your analysis tonight.

00:14:39.000 So just a quick summary of this video. They're basically saying that Poliev is going to win.

00:14:43.520 Now, I knew that. I'm pretty sure my audience knew that. However, I'm glad to hear that CTV is

00:14:49.740 finally saying it out loud on national television. Poliev is going to win unless he gets assassinated or

00:14:56.420 gets really sick. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen. And we know there's a lot of crazy left 0.89

00:15:01.720 wingers that would love nothing more than to see Poliev, you know, but fingers crossed, like I said,

00:15:09.080 that doesn't happen. Now for all the naysayers, I want to point out Basha Capella. She didn't say

00:15:13.760 that directly. She didn't say that directly. She didn't say that Poliev is going to be prime

00:15:17.840 minister next year. But I encourage you, if you haven't got it, step back, step back and read

00:15:24.120 between the lines. Read between the lines and think critically. Maybe she didn't say that directly,

00:15:31.160 but that's what she's trying to say. Listen to what she said. Listen to what she didn't say.

00:15:36.660 Listen to who she didn't interrupt when she usually would interrupt. And I think you're going to come

00:15:41.140 to the conclusion that there's a great chance Poliev is going to be prime minister and it could

00:15:45.900 happen as early as next year. As I said before, I'm still hoping for a blue summer. It's not 100%.

00:15:52.480 I mean, nothing's 100%. The weather's not 100%. What's going to happen in politics is not 100%.

00:15:57.920 However, I still think there's a good chance. There's still a possibility that Carney might make

00:16:03.040 another backroom deal and steal another conservative MP from Poliev. But the only difference that's going

00:16:10.340 to make is that's not going to stop Poliev. He's not going to lose the leadership review. He's not

00:16:14.440 going to go anywhere. All it's going to do is delay things. But you know what? If another conservative

00:16:19.800 MP wants to switch sides, let him do it. They can all switch sides for all I care. Let me tell you

00:16:24.800 why. Poliev needs loyalty. He needs people that have moral substance. He needs people that say one

00:16:32.500 thing and do the thing they said they were going to do. Poliev doesn't need people that ran on a

00:16:37.980 conservative platform and decided a few months later to switch to the liberals. He doesn't need people

00:16:43.600 like that. That is not a failure of Poliev. That's a failure of the people that switch sides. And I

00:16:49.320 hope you understand that. I know you understand that. But for the people in the back, for the people

00:16:53.280 on the left, understand that people didn't defect because of Poliev. They defected because they're

00:16:58.720 terrible people and they're going to burn in hell for what they did. And I'm not mincing my words. 0.99

00:17:04.080 Hell has a special place for traitors. And I know the devil's got a bit of room saved for those two 0.97

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00:17:49.880 patience. We're going to win. We're going to win bigger than we've ever won before. We're going to

00:17:54.200 win so big that people are going to get tired of winning. Right? I know it's a little, I copied Trump

00:18:01.280 there, but I couldn't help myself. But anyway, have a great Christmas weekend. I'm going to talk to you

00:18:06.300 really soon. Love you all.

CTV Makes SHOCKING ADMISSION About Poilievre

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