With O’Toole, it seems he’s aiming for a milder version of that, no UBI, hopefully less equity initiatives. Hopefully defunding the CBC and protecting free speech.
Be careful not to confuse what he says he's going to do and what he'll really do. Like all politicians, he'll say whatever he has to to get elected. And then once he takes office, his real agenda will manifest. What I mean is, a lot of these policy concessions he's offering to appease liberal voters could very well be all bullshit. If elected, he could just not get around to delivering on any of them. Politicians do that all the time.
It's all well and good for your party leader to make all the noises you want to hear while he's campaigning, but what good does any of that do if saying it out loud costs you the election?
It's strategy vs principle. Your principles don't count for much if you get blown the fuck out on election election day and then end up with zero say over how we're governed.
I don’t know a single conservative in real life who is happy with O’Toole. It feels like he’s trying to lose the election, his carbon pricing after the climate change threat vote comes across as him trying to lose
I don’t know a single conservative in real life who is happy with O’Toole.
They're not the ones trying to get elected under a conservative banner in an overwhelmingly liberal country.
People need to understand the difference between the governance they want, and what is plausibly electable in Canada. Would they prefer O'Toole swing out to the right and end up polling in the low single digits? Where's that going to get them?
Be careful not to confuse what he says he's going to do and what he'll really do. Like all politicians, he'll say whatever he has to to get elected. And then once he takes office, his real agenda will manifest. What I mean is, a lot of these policy concessions he's offering to appease liberal voters could very well be all bullshit. If elected, he could just not get around to delivering on any of them. Politicians do that all the time.
It's all well and good for your party leader to make all the noises you want to hear while he's campaigning, but what good does any of that do if saying it out loud costs you the election?
It's strategy vs principle. Your principles don't count for much if you get blown the fuck out on election election day and then end up with zero say over how we're governed.
I don’t know a single conservative in real life who is happy with O’Toole. It feels like he’s trying to lose the election, his carbon pricing after the climate change threat vote comes across as him trying to lose
They're not the ones trying to get elected under a conservative banner in an overwhelmingly liberal country.
People need to understand the difference between the governance they want, and what is plausibly electable in Canada. Would they prefer O'Toole swing out to the right and end up polling in the low single digits? Where's that going to get them?