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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Don't count on it. Look at Edmonton as an example. A well liked, centrist James Cumming, who has won the seat before, was booted out by his constituency board in favor of a hard line new age Conservative Sayid Ahmed, who's website contains gems like: "Yet liberal elites beholden to woke agendas stand in the way of this progress. They turn to the dirtiest tricks and ugliest playbooks to slow down the movement and stall the advancement of conservatism."
Sayid won after massive support from the party leadership (notably being toted around by Michael Cooper). So, more polarized seems to be the play.
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Well that kind of stuff might play well(especially in this province) right now, but once you’re in power and failing to make things better the opinions can change in a hurry.
To be honest I’ve been surprised based on some private conversations that I’ve had with a number of conservative supporters and some MPs as I think there is a bit stronger of a sense of “don’t mess this up” than the party leads people to believe publicly.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t move on much but at the same time I wouldn’t be shocked if they did, so I hope that they do. It would force their opposition to moderate as well and I think everyone would agree that’s a good thing for Canada.