My first reaction to Pierre Poilievre's losing his seat was that he should stay on as leader since Andrew Sheer stepped down too soon. However, after thinking about it, I'm not sure that's a good idea and I'll tell you why. Another MP has to give up their seat and there has to be another by-election which of course costs taxpayers more money. This is not unusual as Kennedy Stewart gave up his seat for Jagmeet Singh.
Yet in this situation we need to ask two questions. Why did the Conservatives lose a 30 point lead in 4 months and why did Pierre Poilievre lose his riding? We already answered the first question and I gave my first impression as to why his lost his riding which has been confirmed by an interesting post.
I subscribe to a Conservative lawyer on Linkedin who supported the convoy and Pierre Poilievre. She reposted a comment by PSAC as she thought it was arrogant and entitled.

I think it confirms that the government workers in Ottawa didn't want to lose their job. That's why Poilievre lost his. How does it feel? Not so good. Since Poilievre has never had a job other than politics, perhaps it's a good time to try something else to see how it feels out in the real world.
The other reason was the negative attack adds. That works in the US but it doesn't work in Canada. I mentioned how the conservatives who idolize Trump need to dial it back or else the party's progress will be damned. You can't have a progressive inclusive party that is based on migrant hate. Nor can you have a successful party that wages war with government workers.
I can kind of see why people flipped back to Liberal. All that crazy extremism scared them for good reason. Yet we still have two monumental problems in front of us that are even worse than the Trump Tariffs. One is uncontrolled spending. The other is net Zero. A $62 billion single year deficit is completely unacceptable. Banning gas vehicles is also completely unacceptable. If the conservatives don't dial it back, we will not be able to rectify those two important positions.
Net Zero is a farce because human beings emit CO2 and plants need CO2 to survive. If we have zero CO2 emissions, then all plant life dies and all human life with it. Addressing the Net Zero farce and their quest to ban all gasoline vehicles is far more important than any migrant hate or government workers hate. Once again, if we can't let go of that banana we will be trapped and we will becomes slaves.
Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre both like to argue and be the centre of attention. We don't need another four years of attack ads. We need someone like Abraham Lincoln who stands with anyone as long as they stand right but parts with them when they go wrong. The election is over. We need to move forward on common ground.
We don't need to criticize every step Carney takes. If he pushes Net Zero or massive spending them by all means speak against that. But if there is common ground then say it. I think Pierre Poilievre has taken us as far as he can. I think Leslyn Lewis has a different style that speaks to Canadians.
She knows what the important issues are. She understands the dangers of the WEF and the Net Zero fraud as well as mass deficits. Yet she's not so insecure that she can't agree with the other side on other issues that matter.