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Originally Posted by westopher
It's not his fault. As far as con leaders go, O'Toole genuinely doesn't seem like a piece of shit.
Thats his issue. His party is based on a platform that's half nut jobs, and half reasonable people with some individualistic ideologies. The entire idea of conservatism is broad and incredibly fractured in canada. The party has the most difficult base because its trying to appeal to a far too large audience. As I said, the different levels of progressive government has a lot of different representation, where the right has
Fucking whack jobs: PPC
Whack jobs all the way to moderate progressives: conservative
There's no way for them to appeal to enough Canadians.
Remember that pigfucker Derek sloan was a candidate for con leadership and he got like 400 votes and came in 4th place in his riding. That is quite telling.
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This is why the Conservative party in Canada is somewhat fucked. It's a blessing we're able to have these other fridge parties like the PPC in this country, as it splits the vote, and provides more options. The sad fact is that with the internet, the rightwing ecosphere has created a beast that it can no longer control. People have become more radicalized, more conspiracy-theory minded. This poses real problems for the center-right.
You're seeing this manifested in the states long before it made its way up here. If there were more rightwing parties in the states, you'd likely never see the Republicans win, the vote splitting would be immense, this is why the Republican party has fought vociferously to stop the advent of any new parties (the Democrats have as well, but to a lesser degree).
Our multi-party system will continue to pose a real problem for any centrist-right party, as the electorate continues to become further indoctrinated by PPC-style propaganda politics. The Conservatives are in a real lose/lose situation right now, and it will be difficult for them to find a real national identity that is successful.
Meanwhile the Liberals can continue to just be "meh" and win elections handedly. If the NDP ever find a leader as likable as a Jack Layton again, I'd say the Liberals would be in more trouble, but as it stands, they will continue to cruise to fairly easy victories IMHO.