The fragility of a 'big tent' conservative party ( There is a long history of right-wing parties splintering and merging in Canada ) CBC News ~~ Duane Bratt & Bruce Foster ~~ July 25th This is a well-researched article, and well-reasoned around the various versions of Conservative and other right-side party mergers, coalitions and shotgun marriages to fight a common partisan political enemy. Or two. But what does that mean for the current paradigm in the looming Canadian federal election? It would seem that the Andrew Scheer-led Conservative Party of Canada has been doing quite well at forming local coalitions against left-side incumbents (judging from their candidate nominations), and Scheer and his advisers also have been doing well to position themselves as electable such as by producing a passable policy on climate change (even though the supposed climate crisis is bogus, the preponderance of people believing it's real must be assuaged)...
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