It's not a bad approach. Most of Trudeau's platform in 2015 was "I'm not Harper". The problem with Scheer's approach though is that he's very much Harper 2.0 and we've already rejected that but could end up with that sort of "power-at-any-cost" style locked-down opaque don't-look-behind-the-curtain government again if we're not careful.
I'm not being hyperbolic when I say anyone who wants a repeat of Harperism should be locked up for treason. Ontario has spent nearly 20 years trying to fix the damage done by Mike Harris and it's unlikely the Hydro One mess will be repaired in my lifetime.
The other problem is that most of what he's saying isn't accurate. The entire strategy for both Republicans in the south, and those in the North (who call themselves Canadian Conservatives) isn't providing an alternative and letting that vision stand, it's attacking both sides if necessary through any means possible.
Conservative leaning voters will vote even if they believe all politicians are corrupt because they fear the alternatives. Liberal leaning voters won't vote if they don't believe their options are pure (unrealistically pure in many cases).
So even if Conservatives are just as bad as Liberals, or worse, their base will still show up and vote because the fear of a Liberal win trumps all concerns they're backing a corrupt horse. It's at least the devil they know:
Suppression is the only way Conservatives can win and in the last 20 years has been their only road to success. But then lacking vision what else can they do?
No comments:
Post a Comment