It's a soggy day at Occupy Toronto. But the protesters are there and their concerns real. But the concerns are unfocused (and sometimes hijacked by people concerned about Freemasons and the like). And focus is needed for results to come.
What if 500 protesters joined a CPC Riding Association? Or 1500 protesters joined three such associations?
Understand, I do not not not mean join so as to cause trouble. Rather join so as to express, within Party rules, the concerns motivating Occupy Toronto. The CPC is concerned about ordinary Canadians -- but maybe the CPC can learn from the protesters (and they from the CPC).
Can there be any doubt but that the protesters would bring a strong new direction to the CPC? And perhaps focus (and results) to their issues?
(Just to be clear, I suggest the CPC because they are the government and so in the best position, for now, to address concerns of ordinary Canadians).
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Rob Anders would happen. The CPC candidate nomination process as observed before the recent federal election would happen.
Or in other words, the local riding association would discover, like quite a few others have, that their opinions are worth very little to Conservative Party Headquarters down in Ottawa. And that Party HQ always gets its way.
They have party processes that let them put on a gloss of "democracy", but they've shown they're not above tricks like neglecting to send out critical information until it's too late to meet a deadline in order to force The Party's decision on the local riding.
More fallout from Conservative nomination process
Former Tory MP says his party is anti-democratic
MP Rob Anders faces another challenge from riding
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