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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca 43 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Swinging to the extreme right is not a winning strategy in Canada.

You only have to look as far as is going on in the US house of representatives to know the chaos a few extremists can cause. They will never be satisfied until the province is a christofascist dictatorship.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

You can also look to Manitoba for a more positive outcome. The PC started going a little too far right, and they got voted out. Maybe DUI-Hank Hill finds the same fate.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

Manitoba has given me a glimmer of hope that maybe Canadians aren't all becoming assholes.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or Harper's Barbaric Cultural Practice snitch line.

[–] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm still pissed about the hotline.

[–] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thing is they could have marketed it as a domestic abuse hotline and actually gained votes, but I guess they couldn't grok the concept without racism.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Oh no, they knew.

Harper was either getting cocky at that point and giving into his base instincts, or he was pressured by the the increasingly radical direction of the party and was trying not to get knifed by some up-and-coming fascist bootlicker like Scheer or Poillevre.

I'm betting it's a bit of both, frankly.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 points 10 months ago

The CPC started going a little too far right, and they got voted out.

I wish I agreed that this was an accurate description of the election - the PCs were projected to lose before they took the hard right turn, and then their final turnout was arguably higher than projected.

[–] Rocket@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The CPC started going a little too far right, and they got voted out.

Which election are you talking about? As of the last election, there is no riding in Manitoba where the Conservative Party of Canada lost a seat that they held in the previous election.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The 2023 election that happened last week. I meant PC not CPC, that's on me. Thanks for point it out

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

American here. Sincerest apple that our shitty politics are splashing on you guys so often in recent years.

Edit: s/apple/apologies/… but I’m leaving it because this amuses me

[–] Zhao@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago

Thank you for the apple, friend.

[–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

We're sorry we keep exporting the worst of them to you guys.