Hudak trips on politics of division http://natpo.st/qnRtvV
"Burlington candidate Jane McKenna was quoted as asking: "When did we become for immigrants?" The answer is, of course, around about the time large numbers of new Canadians started voting Conservative. Carleton Mississippi Mills PC candidate Jack MacLaren was quoted as saying he is in politics to fight for his "culture." "All across the Western world, countries are willing to stand up a little more. I am willing to fight for my culture, my heritage....""
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It is one of a number of deep problems of the conservative ideology in recent times. Traditionally there has been a powerful streak of racism and anti-immigration among conservatives. Ultimately they will have to decide between gaining support from a wider group of people (particularly newer Canadians) and economic policies that completely disregard economic inequalities. But short of a new party Conservatives in Canada will not be able to purge themselves of the racist elements in their parties (both federal and provincial) because there is nowhere else for these people to go.
Yes, that was one of the things Bill Buckley was good at -- distinguishing Conservatism from Reaction -- in truth there is the Loony Left and the Crazy Right -- but is seems you don't have to dig down too far to see em popping out of Hudak's team...
They don't want a serious alternative for those people to go to. They want the votes. Kinda like the federal Conservatives who pretend to be the party of religious evangelists enough to get votes, but not enough to implement policies that would scare away other voters. Be almost nothing to everyone, then scare them into voting with lies about the Liberal/NDP boogieman.
Hudak probably wishes he had an iron-fisted control over his MPPs like Harper does though. Every time someone from the Crazy Right speaks off-script, it shocks some potential Conservative voters out of their false sense of security.
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