Chantel Hebert

And at that point, it starts to threaten the unity of the federal conservatives.

And on ground zero,

of their place on the federal checkerboard.

And as opposed to the federal liberals who could somehow always count on Atlantic Canada, but also a big chunk of Ontario, the same is not always true of the federal conservatives.

And to see a fracture, and the last fracture in the Conservative movement, let me remind you, came from the Reform Party and from Western Canada.

So this elite-driven speech, the elites want what is bad for you, can turn on Pierre Poiliev and the federal conservatives in Alberta really quickly.

So he has to pick a side, both for his personal ambition, for the good of his party as a government in waiting, but for also the well-being of his party as a national party that has a strong base of support in Alberta.

And if I may say, yes, at this point, Mark Carney's liberals are looking good in the polls.

But the last time I really saw that was when Paul Martin was still in the honeymoon phase of his leadership.

And those numbers do tend to evaporate over time.

So if I were Mr. Carney...

I would not think that I can trade Ontario or BC votes or Quebec votes for Alberta votes.

That would be like pursuing a balloon way up in the sky when you've got the football in your hand.

We're always honest.

Never.

No.

Well, if the point of this, and who knows if it is, because from one day to the next, it's really hard to follow where this administration thinks it's going.

But if the point of this is to soften up Carling and his team and to lead up to Kuzma,

someone somewhere needs to give their heads a shake.

Because if you're going to try to undermine Mark Carney's credibility in Canada by going after him on military spending,