Luck exists in politics.
You may be mediocre, but if your opponents are downright pathetic, you’re saved.
From this point of view, Justin Trudeau must be the luckiest politician in the West.
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The “freedom convoy” came to Ottawa to demand his head and an end to sanitary measures.
He got the head of the Conservative leader and reaped all the resentment of Ottawa residents. Well done, champions!
Laughing, Trudeau can also look to the future with peace of mind.
The “freedom convoy” has indeed unveiled the future direction that many conservatives want their party to take…and Justin Trudeau asks for nothing better.
Something new is happening among Canadian Conservatives.
To the traditional factions – libertarians, moral right, fiscal conservatives, “progressive conservatives” – is now added a faction tempted by Trumpism.
She makes eyes at those who have put Ottawa under siege, when she is not an integral part of it.
Pierre Poilievre, the favorite to succeed Erin O’Toole, has firmly supported the convoy, is only concerned with individual freedom to be vaccinated or not, and is attacking the mainstream media.
Reminds you of something?
The new interim chief, Candice Bergen, who we saw wearing a MAGA cap, also supported him.
As soon as Mme With Bergen installed, leading Quebec Conservative MPs were pushed out of their positions of influence, like Gérard Deltell, or, seeing the direction of the wind, tiptoed away, like Alain Rayes.
The traditional values of the Conservative Party are basically: limited government, private enterprise, individual responsibility, family and respect for provincial jurisdictions.
It’s wide enough to fit a lot of people.
Do you think a moderate Canadian, looking to get rid of Trudeau, will be attracted to a party that allows itself to be penetrated by Confederate and QAnon flag carriers, and who carry signs saying “Fuck Trudeau”?
Do you think this moderate electorate will be seduced by conspiracy theories, rejection of institutions, foul language, authoritarian reflexes and the cult of the providential man?
There are certainly fundamental differences between Canada and the United States, but the ideological virus from the South has undoubtedly crossed the border.
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A sovereigntist like me could care less about the fate of the Conservative Party, especially since its possible drift would suit the Bloc Québécois superbly.
But in any case, it is unhealthy that the party in power is not closely followed by an opposition party which can be a credible alternative.
The Conservative Party risks becoming, as many in English Canada note, a right-wing version of the NDP: a moralizing party that prefers to be right rather than compromise to get closer to power.
The more the Conservative Party looks like a “light” version of the Republican Party under Donald Trump, the happier Justin Trudeau will be.