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Originally Posted by Jason14h
It’s a good thing the Liberals are being forced to operate like a serious government and worry about things like the economy .
It would also be a good thing in these recent polls force the cons to become more serious about the social concerns a lot of this country has and mature as a party in regards to an actual plan and platform
But it is pretty funny seeing people applauding Carney for cancelling a tax his party created , focusing less on left leaning social issues and fringe topics and more on the economy , and preaching smaller government who were lauding the exact same policies when the cons were saying it for years
If Carney was the PM for the newly elected cons he would be called the favorite CalgaryPuck buzzword - a deplorable . Not caring about the environment . Making minority policies less of a focus vs general economic growth policies.
The liberals have very smartly taken the platform and talking points that PP used to gain support and adopted them into their platform , while appealing to Canadians that they also don’t have the fringe crazy get right politicians and will stand up for Canada
It is a great strategy as has worked masterfully . And I am glad they have shifted to where they are and hope/pray if they win they actually govern this way vs what we have seen for a decade
But let’s not pretend most of what they are shifting too isn’t what the cons have been saying for years - or at least what people who were shifting to the cons have been asking for over the last years
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I agree with the majority of what you posted here.
It is funny to see the same posters who repeated the Liberals never moved from the centre, are now supporting Carney who is clearly moving to the centre.
I also do understand why they would do that though, given the alternative.
Where I don't agree is this is what the cons have been saying for years. In some cases yes, but they have shifted dramatically to the right from where they were.
I posted the BC carbon tax was repealed today and that was actually brought in the the BC Liberals (a conservative party) in 2008.
Funny enough, the BC NDP campaigned to "Axe the Tax" at that time.
The first carbon tax in North American was brought forward by a conservative government after signing a pledge to fight global warming with Republican Governor Schwarzenegger in 2007.
Conservative and Republican governments pledging to fight climate change and using a carbon tax.
Now days, you wound't find Conservatives or Republicans bring any environmental initiatives forward. It's hard to even find conservatives who will acknowledge climate change anymore. The entire concept has become "socialist" to them which shows how far into crazy land most have drifted.