[GullFoss]

My point about focusing on post-secondary education was exclusively about gaining traction in the GTA. It's not about some country wide issue. The GTA doesnt have a resource economy; it's knowledge based.

For the 60 ridings of the GTA - where there are plenty of jobs in banking, Telecom, commerce, corporate functions, technology, healthcare, engineering etc - the focus for most middle class families with kids is going to be about getting their kids into a quality university so they can get a quality job in the GTA.

If the CPC wants to make inroads into the GTA - which is the only realistic path to victory - they have to make a real push to win over the middle class in the GTA.

Immigrants and second generation Canadians - especially those from south asian and East Asian roots - push for their kids to go to university. The culture for many first and second generation immigrants from south and east Asia and from the west Indies is kids study hard and get into a university. That's why they work hard - so their kids can focus on studies, get into a university and have a "better life". The GTA is 50% non-white.

And making post-secondary education more affordable - through tuition caps, salary caps for professors, forced reduction of admin staff, and direct tuition subsidies - is a winning policy and great vote pandering.

Then you frame it. Liberals want to waste money on virtue signaling about climate change. You know who knows better than most that India and China give 0 ####s about climate change? Immigrants from India and China. So it's a credible argument.

In contrast, the CPC wants spend that money on your family's education. So if you and your kids work hard, there is a clear pathway to a better life for you and your family that doesn't involve eye-watering levels of debt.