On this week’s bonus episode Alan, Andrew, and Gavin discuss the merits of the 4 Conservative leadership candidates. Firearms policies play a major role.
Intro
Hello to all you patriots out there in podcast land and welcome to Episode 247 of Canadian Patriot Podcast, the number one live podcast in Canada. Recorded July 22, 2020.
Panel:
- Andrew
- Gavin
- Alan
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What are we drinking
Andrew – Water
Gavin – Coors
Alan- coffee
Conservative Leadership
Sad political noises:
With 269,469 members, we not only broke our own membership record — we broke the record for largest membership eligible to vote in a leadership in Canadian history.
Remember the deadline to return your ballot is Aug 29
Fundraising
| MacKay | O’Toole | Lewis | Sloan | |
| Total Donors | 10,204 | 11,980 | 12,268 | TBD (2,478 in Q1) |
| Total Dollars | 2,329,000 | 2,101,000 | 1,439,000 | TBD (410,263 in Q1) |
Early donation numbers (January-March) show
- MacKay doing well in the Maritimes and Quebec
- O’Toole doing well in BC, Alberta, Ontario
Early numbers
| Poll | MacKay | O’Toole | Lewis | Sloan |
| Mainsteet CPC Members 21 May 7,958 |
39% | 31% | 9% | 6% |
| Leger All Canadians 21 June 1,521 |
18% | 5% | 4% | 2% |
Leslyn Lewis
- Visible Minority
- Female
- 49
- Toronto lawyer
- former CPC candidate for Scarborough—Rouge Park, Ontario in the 2015 election
- Leslyn Lewis holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Toronto, two master’s degrees (1 in environmental studies), a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a PhD in International Law
- Vice Chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and Chair of the Partnership Committee
Pros
- repeal the carbon tax
- Repeal the firearms ban OIC
- Repeal Bills C-69 (which overhauled the federal environmental assessment process)
- Repeal C-48 (which banned tanker traffic along a stretch of B.C. coastline)
- Repeal Bill C-16, legislation that added “gender expression” and “gender identity” as grounds for discrimination protection in the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act
Cons
- Painted as an antiabortion social conservative
- Doesn’t hold a seat as an MP
- Does not par les vous Francis
Peter MacKay
- 54
- MP for Central Nova (2004–2015), and for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough (1997–2004)
- He was Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2013–2015)
- Minister of National Defense (2007–2013)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2007)
- Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2004–2015)
- leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (2003) at the time of the merger.
- Prior to entering politics worked as a Crown Attorney
Pros
- 10 years cabinet experience
- Helped merge the Progressive Conservatives and Alliance parties
- Pro choice
- Pro LGBT
- Repeal the firearms ban OIC and Bill C-71
Cons
- Eyes are too close together
- Previously in favour of banning assault weapons (2002?)
- Anti western Canada? Anti Alberta oil?
- 10 years of unremarkable blunders in Cabinet
- Wife Nazanin Afshin-Jam, fled Iran after the revolution in 1979
- Supports climate change and Greta Thunberg
- Sabre rattling against Iranian government following the Ukrainian Airlines that was shot down leaving Tehran
- Participated in WE charity events
Erin O’Toole
- 47
- MP for Durham (2012–present)
- Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs (2017–present)
- former Shadow Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (2015–2016)
- Minister of Veterans Affairs (2015)
- Placed third in the 2017 Conservative leadership election
- Prior to entering politics, graduated from RMC, served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, where he held the rank of Captain, and was a lawyer after completing military service
Pros
- Claims to support Alberta oil
- Scrap carbon tax
- Firearms
- Simplified classification system
- Updated language in Firearms act – define terms like variant
- Harmonize rules for discharging firearms on your own property so that restricted firearms are treated the same as non-restricted, where the local municipality allows the discharge of firearms.
- Mandate a return to the 180-day period for the re-designed classification system to release firearm import decisions and put final authority for classification decisions back in the hands of cabinet.
- no administrative expiry could lead to criminal charges or the seizure of a licence holder’s firearm(s). Until an expired licence is renewed, it would remain illegal for licence holders to acquire new firearms or ammunition.
Cons
- Still wants some sort of carbon pricing regime but put the burden on energy producers
Derek Sloan
- 35
- MP for Hastings—Lennox and Addington (2019–present)
- Prior to entering politics worked as a lawyer in private practice
Pros
- Firearms
- Repeal former bills C-71 (2019), C-42 (2015), C-68 (1995), C-17 (1991), and C-51 (1977)
- Remove non-violent firearm offences from the Criminal Codethe right to use firearms judiciously and appropriately for self-protection, whether at home or at some other place.the specific right of non-retreat when in one’s home, and to clarify that an intruder in one’s home is presumed to be dangerous.
- Reinstate firearms training and target shooting with Cadets, encourage involvement of Cadets in high schools and other public venues, and encourage the inclusion of some high school credits for involvement in Cadets.
- Eliminate the automatic check of legal firearms owners when stopped for a traffic offence and replace it with an instant warrant/parole/probation check.
- Increase legal magazine capacity. This law deters no one of ill-intent, and it is easily contravened by them.
- Ensure any participation in UN treaties protects civilian firearms ownership and withdraw from the UN Arms Trade Treaty.
- Remove the “restricted” classification of firearms. There can be different levels of licensing but, once authorized to use a particular firearm, you should be free to use it as you would any other firearm, including where you can shoot it, how you can transport it, etc.
- As follows from the above, restore hunting and self-protection as legitimate legal uses of handguns, as was the case for many years in Canada.
- Ensure that firearms licensing criteria be solely objective.
- Reform the appeals process for refusal to issue a firearms license.
Cons
- Very pro life (12 point plan)
Shilling
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Petitions
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2574
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Prime Minister to immediately scrap his government’s May 1, 2020, Order in Council decision related to confiscating legally owned firearms and instead pass legislation that will target criminals, stop the smuggling of firearms into Canada, go after those who illegally acquire firearms, and apologize to legal firearms owners in Canada.
Sponsored by Michelle Rempel Garner
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2576
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to immediately repeal the Order in Council issued May 1, 2020.
Sponsored by Todd Doherty
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2582
Sponsored by Garnett Genuis
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2626
Sponsored by Alex Ruff
Outro
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