"How can there be a future for a party, he writes, that leaves behind the well educated, the young, the urban, the non-religious?"


How? Well, persuade the selfish/less educated that taxes are evil since all government services should be free, persuade the far right that it is all the fault of the immigrants and "eastern elites" and not "your" lack of education, intelligence and common sense, persuade the "base" that digging things out of the ground on behalf of foreign corporations that don't pay corporate tax in Canada is the way to go and build a strong nation..........and;

Bingo, we have a far right political party with its roots firmly planted in Alberta picking up the strays in Ontario and BC

The problem being; Harper poisoned the well for decades to come..........something many of us will make certain will not happen again.
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