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I think our discussion and my comment was about wedge issues. Trudeau, Trudeau, Trudeau is not a wedge issue. Low taxes and being left behind are not wedge issues. That’s policy discussion and negative campaigning.
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When I stop seeing stickers that say “#### Trudeau” with no other context I’ll be more inclined to agree he’s not a wedge issue for many voters.
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My interpretation of the classic wedge issue is to create situations where despite agreeing with a party there is one specific issue that causes you to vote against all the other things that matter. Usually they have been social issues rather than economic. In the US they have been, guns, gays, abortion etc.
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How do any of those things not fall under the same category of policy discussion and negative campaigning?
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I would say that up until Bush II the democrats were similar to the Canadian conservatives but that is a completely separate debate.
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I think that overall they’re still fairly similar but as you said that’s a completely separate debate. What’s your take on Harper having been a strong proponent of right to work laws? I think we can agree that there isn’t much to debate about which American party falls in line with that.