Erin O'Toole, Conservative Leader, lost his leadership today. He has to move

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4. I am aware that Canada has a multiparty parliamentary system of government.

I still believe for democracy to truly work you need a functioning rational right of center party. If you look at the Republicans in the United States, and the Conservative Party in the UK it seems that those rational conservatives are few and between.

I'm not saying I would've supported Mr. O'Toole if I was a Canadian. I'm saying it was good that the Conservative Party in Canada had a rational leader. It's too bad for democracy in general if a wacko replaces him.

However, if I was sitting in Liberal Party headquarters in Ottawa I might be popping champagne corks right now. My allbeit Limited understanding of Canadian politics suggest that Mr. O'Toole would've had the opportunity to win voters that another leader wouldn't.