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Originally Posted by Jason14h
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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The Liberals often shift policy on a dime - it’s why they’ve been in power for most of the last 70 years. This is their big advantage over the CPC, who are shackled to the far right.
In another timeline, Mark Carney is the leader of centre-right federal party in the upcoming election. But people like Carney are no longer welcome in Canada’s conservative party. As opendoor remarked, the CPC cannot move to the centre with sparking a rebellion in their populist base.
A clear majority of Canadians loathe MAGA and everything it stands for. That didn’t matter as much when the cost of living and housing were top of mind. But now that Canadians are threatened by full-blown right-wing populism in action, Canada’s maple MAGA movement is politically toxic.
There’s still a deep-rooted dread of a divided right in conservative Canadian political circles. But given the liability of keeping the far right in the tent, if the CPC want to win elections they may not have a choice but to drive the populists out of the party to their natural home in the Peoples’ Party.