Entirely possible and I would say a reasonable contention. Giving ground lets them take ground.

I would note that the greater weakness of the LPC contra the CPC in this particular decade will be ruinous in light of Communist-occupied China's hundred year marathon, now in its final stretch. Were the international implications of a NDP-LPC coalition or another LPC government not so consequential (i.e. for the West), I'd say let the left continue to activate conservative sentiments. We can't run the risk.