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applegrove

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9. Doug Ford was going to socially re-engineer Ontario. People disliked

Thu Feb 3, 2022, 05:48 PM

Feb 2022

him. He has ambitions to run for the Leader of the country so he backed down. That is the only reason he backed down. Since then he has stuck like glue to Trudeau on Covid. It wad during the Raptors winning parade where he was universally booed that he realized his dream of federal politics was almost dead. Mark my words if they get into power federally they will attack everything that makes us a liberal democracy. They will play us off against each other. And since they have no higher ambition they will ignore liberal democracy public anger. I would rather see public anger directed at the right before and during a federal election than after it. That's where I'm coming from.

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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