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nycbos

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1. I read the NY TIMES article.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 2, 2022, 08:55 PM

Feb 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/world/americas/erin-otoole-ousted-canada.html

I think it's too bad because it goes to show you that rational conservatives aren't just a dying breed in the US

For a democracy to function, you need rational people on the other side and it seems that Mr. O'Toole was rational even if most of the people here posting on the site would've disagreed with him on a majority of the issues.

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Erin O'Toole, Conservative Leader, lost his leadership today. He has to move [View all] applegrove Feb 2022 OP

I read the NY TIMES article. nycbos Feb 2022 #1

True this. I make fun of him because I am relieved nobody applegrove Feb 2022 #2

I think Erin O'Toole was about as authentic and honest as Conservatives come, flip-flops included Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #8

Doug Ford was going to socially re-engineer Ontario. People disliked applegrove Feb 2022 #9

The thing is we are a multi party parliamentary system, I am ok if the conservatives fall. Bev54 Feb 2022 #3

I am aware that Canada has a multiparty parliamentary system of government. nycbos Feb 2022 #4

He in fact won the most votes but those votes were in the wrong places. applegrove Feb 2022 #5

The conservatives can choose to go further right to try and combat the leakage of voters to Bev54 Feb 2022 #6

We are very far gone NanananaFatman Feb 2022 #7