The race for the leadership of the Conservative Party is turning into a brawl among junkyard dogs. Campbell Clark writes:
The things Tory leadership candidates are saying about each other are downright scathing. To Canadians outside the Conservative tent, that’s bound to send an ugly message about the folks squabbling inside.
Then on Sunday, when Brampton, Ont., mayor and former Ontario provincial Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown jumped into the race, Mr. Poilievre’s campaign quickly posted a social-media ad to attack him.
It said Mr. Brown “will say anything” to win votes – because Mr. Brown opposed carbon taxes when he ran for the provincial PC leadership in Ontario, but once he won, adopted a carbon-tax policy.
The next day, Mr. Brown fired back with a statement that accused Mr. Poilievre of backing “discriminatory policies.”
It cited Mr. Poilievre’s support for the Conservatives’ 2015 election campaign proposal for a “barbaric cultural practices tip line,” and the ban on wearing a niqab while taking a citizenship oath – a ban which former prime minister Stephen Harper once said he would consider extending to civil servants. Mr. Brown said that Mr. Poilievre “has never once spoken out against these policies.”
Then there is Roman Baber who was kicked out of Doug Ford's caucus for opposing COVID 19 lockdowns. They're quite a collection, these hopefuls.
Post Stephen Harper, the party's bedrock has been grievance. What would life be like if they were given a majority?
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8 comments:
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Lil'PP is trying out the scorched-earth routine that tRump used in the 2016 primaries.
Is he drunk on his poll numbers or afraid of the Brown/Charest/sanity front?
Or just angry like the convoy thugs?
If Lil'PP fails, the People's Party will have some very cutting content for their use in the next election.
If he (egad) succeeds, can he remake his image into PM-material and will the media-stenographers play along yet again?
Good questions, PoV. The answers are unclear.
I had to laugh at Brown criticizing PP for not speaking out against discriminatory policies. The xenophobic party base loved Harper's Muslim snitch line idea. And Brown thinks he can win the party leadership?! Save your money, Patrick. Focus on the good people of Brampton.
Cap
The comparison seems unfair to the dogs.
That's good advice, Cap. Why try to lead a nest of vipers?
Perhaps it is, Hels. The dogs make no attempt to conceal who they are.
What would we do if they were given a majority? Kiss our asses good bye and then apply for immigration status to Australia or N.Z., etc. Given the lack of available countries it is best we do not elect conservative to be the majority party in Canada. These people will take us back to the 1940s or so.
You forgot to ad we most likely would see changes to a woman's ability to control her own body.
They're all about turning back the clock, e.a.f.
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