I like the PPC, they give a place for people who make the CPC look bad somewhere to go. Years ago I had thought about starting a Christian fundamentalist party, full on anti-abortion bring back prayer in schools make Canada Christian again. I figured it would give a place for all the christians to go and let my CPC party return to the heartless capitalists we are without having to pretend to care about jesus boys.
The PPC take candidates nobody else would touch and staff the riding associations with folks nobody would touch with a 100 foot pole. They attract the folks that as someone who has worked on a few political campaigns in my time you would always do your best to prevent reporters and cameras from seeing less these dumbasses speak and someone confuses them for having a valid opinion or worse yet representing the people at the gathering.
It is always tempting to simply fill a room so it gives an air of popularity but it can backfire when you fill the room with people that inherently make you look bad and the PPC make the CPC more mainstream by taking these people on as their key market. At the cost of a few votes at the ballot box for each person that shifts to the PPC from the CPC it looks like more are gained from the LPC as they no longer feel like they have to associate with the riff raff.
I like the PPC, they give a place for people who make the CPC look bad somewhere to go. Years ago I had thought about starting a Christian fundamentalist party, full on anti-abortion bring back prayer in schools make Canada Christian again. I figured it would give a place for all the christians to go and let my CPC party return to the heartless capitalists we are without having to pretend to care about jesus boys.
The PPC take candidates nobody else would touch and staff the riding associations with folks nobody would touch with a 100 foot pole. They attract the folks that as someone who has worked on a few political campaigns in my time you would always do your best to prevent reporters and cameras from seeing less these dumbasses speak and someone confuses them for having a valid opinion or worse yet representing the people at the gathering.
It is always tempting to simply fill a room so it gives an air of popularity but it can backfire when you fill the room with people that inherently make you look bad and the PPC make the CPC more mainstream by taking these people on as their key market. At the cost of a few votes at the ballot box for each person that shifts to the PPC from the CPC it looks like more are gained from the LPC as they no longer feel like they have to associate with the riff raff.