Hey Justin, looking forward to your dispatches under this new moniker. I also enjoyed re-reading your September 2022 piece in the Globe & Mail which pointed out how right-wing populism has "eaten" moderate conservatism. Still, in response to your initial descriptions, I really don't see Bernier's Party achieving a breakthrough, even if, …
Hey Justin, looking forward to your dispatches under this new moniker. I also enjoyed re-reading your September 2022 piece in the Globe & Mail which pointed out how right-wing populism has "eaten" moderate conservatism. Still, in response to your initial descriptions, I really don't see Bernier's Party achieving a breakthrough, even if, with some deft manoeuvring, PP manages to distance himself from the radical fringe. I.e., I truly don't expect to see here what's been happening in so many other liberal democracies. The People's Party base is just too small, too at odds with Canadians' ingrained sense of solidarity and tolerance.
I'm less thrilled by the term "Chaos Campaign." We've got plenty of chaos as it is, I really don't need to be confronted with more that conveys that sentiment. Besides, why do you believe the upcoming campaign will be more chaotic than any other? It'll be a good old slugfest about five competing visions of where Canada needs to go, with two of them getting the vast majority of the attention, in the new context of the radical fringe having "eaten" conservative politics in the USA.
Time will tell, and your dispatches will help us see how it unfolds.
I think the chaos bit is just baked in. It's not a choice anybody here made: We're facing, as everybody points out, an existential threat. The race is going to be breakneck, with a trade war looming, etc. I think it's going to be chaotic, whether we like it or not!
Hey Justin, looking forward to your dispatches under this new moniker. I also enjoyed re-reading your September 2022 piece in the Globe & Mail which pointed out how right-wing populism has "eaten" moderate conservatism. Still, in response to your initial descriptions, I really don't see Bernier's Party achieving a breakthrough, even if, with some deft manoeuvring, PP manages to distance himself from the radical fringe. I.e., I truly don't expect to see here what's been happening in so many other liberal democracies. The People's Party base is just too small, too at odds with Canadians' ingrained sense of solidarity and tolerance.
I'm less thrilled by the term "Chaos Campaign." We've got plenty of chaos as it is, I really don't need to be confronted with more that conveys that sentiment. Besides, why do you believe the upcoming campaign will be more chaotic than any other? It'll be a good old slugfest about five competing visions of where Canada needs to go, with two of them getting the vast majority of the attention, in the new context of the radical fringe having "eaten" conservative politics in the USA.
Time will tell, and your dispatches will help us see how it unfolds.
Thanks Erwin!
I think the chaos bit is just baked in. It's not a choice anybody here made: We're facing, as everybody points out, an existential threat. The race is going to be breakneck, with a trade war looming, etc. I think it's going to be chaotic, whether we like it or not!
(It's also just good marketing.)