r/canadaguns Mar 12 '26

News / Politics / Activism Stand on Guard - Conservative Party of Canada

https://www.conservative.ca/stand-on-guard-2/

The bill makes important changes to Section 34 of the Criminal Code so that force is presumed to be justified if used against an illegal intruder. Conservatives first announced the ‘Stand on Guard’ principle back in August, asking the government to introduce legislation in the fall session.

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u/LongRoadNorth Mar 12 '26

Without a drastic change in the conservative party, they will not be getting a majority any time soon with Pierre.

It's just the conservatives saying shit to sound like they care.

I don't understand why so many seem to think the conservatives aren't politicians and even if they got a majority they wouldn't completely back track on how many promises like every politician does.

They had plenty of time when Harper was pm to make changes, did they? No, because they're just as full of shit as the liberals are.

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u/Lumindan Mar 12 '26

Without a drastic change in the conservative party, they will not be getting a majority any time soon with Pierre.

With respect, I pretty much disagree with your post in a couple of ways, also the timelines and framing are pretty off base. I feel like I've seen you make this post before; not that I can check with your hidden comments but I could've sworn I've responded to it and debunked it. But hey, round 2 lets go.

The whole "Pierre is bad for the party" must be the newest goal post shift I've seen now that he's passed his internal evaluation. But sure, let's wish the party would decapitate itself and turn into what the NDP is right now. Seems like a great move.

They had plenty of time when Harper was pm to make changes, did they? No, because they're just as full of shit as the liberals are.

This is just wrong, you're mixing up your timelines and ignoring that Stephen Harper didn’t have a majority government until 2011. From 2006–2011 he was running minority governments where every bill had to survive opposition parties threatening elections. Acting like he had unlimited power for a decade is just historically wrong.

Also, remind me who killed the long gun registry?

Also saying that harper didn't do anything is a full on lie / misinfo.

Off the top of my head, they did implement a number of major promises once they had the votes. They Eliminated the wasteful Long-gun registry in 2012 (2 billion dollars btw, thanks Poly and Liberals), They passed tougher sentencing laws through the Safe Streets and Communities Act (which remind me who ran back immediately?), they cut the GST from 7% to 5%, which was a direct campaign promise and balanced the federal budget by 2015 after the global recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis. Remind me what our deficit is at now?

It's just the conservatives saying shit to sound like they care.

Oh it's conservatives bad. Okay gotcha. You make this post as if every political party doesn't have an agenda, cmon man.

I don't understand why so many seem to think the conservatives aren't politicians and even if they got a majority they wouldn't completely back track on how many promises like every politician does.

This argument is basically just cynical hand-waving. If you apply that standard consistently, it would also mean you shouldn’t believe anything the Liberals promise either, including the policies the same critics usually defend.

So your post boils down to ignoring the historical record, assume every promise is fake (because grr cons bad), and conclude Conservatives are uniquely dishonest. That’s not analysis at all it’s just partisan cynicism dressed up as an argument.

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u/A_Kazur Mar 12 '26

Pierre looked at Doug Ford crushing the Ontario election by taking an anti-Trump protectionist stance and then decided he could do better by acting like Trump’s friend.

Regardless of which you consider the wiser financial move one of these people won and the other lost so badly polls that had called the election 99% in his favour a month prior almost forgot he existed.

He lost his own riding, lmao. He should have resigned. But no, he’s got his favourites in the leadership debates and desperately wants to achieve something.

It’s not going to work, and your comment on the NDP is hilarious, Pierre has done more to relegate the Cons to third party than anyone in living memory. He keeps losing, he alienates voters, he got Cons to CROSS THE AISLE and it’s looking likely Carney will get a majority soon. Him literally resigning would have almost certainly prevented this situation.

He is a one trick pony who can’t pivot from Trudeau. It’s crazy because the Cons had such a great opportunity to flip so many regions. (I have a huge amount of family who have been diehard NDPers their whole lives but watching Jagmeet collude with Trudeau got the so angry the only thing preventing them from voting Con was Pierre sucking up to Trump while he was starting his tariff wars and 51st state bullshit.

The Cons desperately need a new younger face who can actually hold a dynamic conversation, or they’ll guarantee a Liberal majority for the next decade.

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u/A_Kazur Mar 13 '26

Uh… that’s not an accurate reflection of what happened in the least lmao? Were you around for last election? Genuinely?

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u/gspotcowboy Mar 13 '26

It's not worth it. If we aren't arguing with bots then they have the intellectual literacy of one. They think that Carney is a radical left winger ffs

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u/Moist-Wolverine-8531 Mar 24 '26

u/HugeFun is either a troll, an idiot, a bot, or all of the above.

He thinks India is in Southeast Asia. 🤣

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '26

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u/Moist-Wolverine-8531 Mar 25 '26

No, dude, it's just you... the lonely frog in the well. Observing you is both sad and funny at the same time. Goodbye. 👋