Gerald Butts

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1,669 appearances 11 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 15 Sep

Gerald Butts’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge · Moore Butts - When Is The Right Time For A Leading Politician To Retire? · 23 Jun 2026 podcast

And I think that his shtick is wearing thin on people.

Talking to me?

I think you will be, but I don't think you should be.

I think that the, the, the conservatives that I've spoken to recently, and I saw a lot of them in Toronto last year, last week at our Kennedy U S summit, um,

You know, they mostly think that there's no point in changing leaders now because Carney's too popular.

And let's wait until we get closer to an election and see if there's not a real chance to to contest it.

And I I can understand from a strategic point of view why people believe that.

But I think the country would be better served.

with a leader of the opposition that is doing more than throwing mud every day in question period, and what's worse, entertaining the most fractious elements of our country.

childish stuff i think all of that is toxic it makes us look small makes us look makes makes us look like cakes and the cakes presenting cakes in parliament for the prime minister miss it's ridiculous and i i would add uh a prediction peter i think that pete i think that stephen harper will intervene in this alberta um uh uh tussle and it will be decisive

And I think that he will, in doing so, both reveal that the vast, vast, vast majority of Albertans are extremely proud Canadians and they want to be full participants in building the country and not tearing it apart.

But I also think that, and this is far secondary to the first point, he'll reveal the leader of his own party to be a very small man.

He'll give the speech that Pierre Polyev should have been giving for the last six months.

That's what I think is going to happen.

I think we'll be talking about the midterms a lot.

Thank you, Peter.

Thank you.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge · Moore-Butts - Managing a Caucus - How To Spot Problems? · 9 Jun 2026 podcast

Oh, well, this is dancing through a minefield for me, Peter, because I know some people involved.

I'll try and stay true to our obligation to our audience here and just tell people what I think.

I always find these stories, and every prime minister or premier deals with a version of this story at some point, that there are disaffected members of caucus or there are

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