it shouldn’t just be about who can beat Justin Trudeau.
The idea of Maxime Bernier winning the 2017 Conservative leadership contest presents a fascinating counterfactual scenario. It is often said that the Conservatives dodged a bullet by not electing the soon-to-be People’s Party leader. But there’s no reason to think he would have tried to take the Tories in that direction, let alone succeeded. And Bernier’s leadership platform was more than radical enough to have turned Canadian politics on its ear, had he stuck to his guns.
There is no reason for Canadians to freak out about this, but it is perfectly reasonable for them to be annoyed. The border is supposed to be there for a reason. • Guns. On a somewhat related note: the Conservatives have a solid and commendable record when it comes to respecting law-abiding gun owners’ rights. The Liberals have an unbroken record of pointless symbolic restrictions on law-abiding gun owners’ rights — with more soon to come.
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