Pundits assume a politician can’t be a populist and an intellectual, a savvy communicator and a policy wonk, a firebrand and a thinker. Just because Poilievre’s slogans resonate doesn’t mean there is no substance behind them, and just because they’re compelling to regular people, doesn’t mean they’re not informed by good policy.
Just as on housing, young people don’t share their parents’ stiff upper lips and are not content to just receive supbar care. Crestview’s October survey of 2000 Canadians found that as much as seventy percent of Gen Z decided voters are open to “pay for service” health care.
Much like how the threat of communism kept the Right broadly united in the 1980s, today’s high-stakes geopolitical turmoil—and all its moral consequences—has brought the conservative coalition together, even as it has driven progressives apart.
Israel’s 9/11, while exposing our weakness, calls on us to find courage, and provides us, in the brave reactions of Israelis themselves to the tragedy, with examples to aspire to.
Not only is the small-donor approach far preferable to the clearly less democratic alternative of our recent past, but its relationship to principled politics makes it a better bulwark against corruption than any ethical rule or guideline.
Even if a quiet approach gives some Liberal voters permission to consider voting Conservative, timidity is a recipe for failure. Telling Poilievre to be boring betrays a complete misunderstanding of who he is and why he’s so attractive to so many voters in 2023.
The state has an important role to play in protecting minors. If government were to limit access to porn to adults, they would no doubt find a receptive public, making it a political slam dunk.
Across the rest of Canada, including in Atlantic provinces, Ontario, and British Columbia, the Conservative’s message is resonating. So why the reluctance to concede this point?
For years, on major social and cultural issues in Canada, conservatives and even middle-of-the-road Canadians haven’t been part of the conversation, letting far-left activists determine which words and phrases get used.
Andrew Coyne was right to recently point out in the Globe and Mail that there’s a good chance the next federal election (whenever it comes) could result in an outcome…
