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Devin Baines's avatar

I've been a Red Tory all my life - I am about to turn 58. I worked for the PCs, Reform, Canadian Alliance and the CPC on the Hill for pushing 30 years. Nothing Pierre (a former intern during my time in Manning's office, so I've known him more than half his life) is currently saying speaks to me. Rage farming politicians turn me off. There are a lot of Red Tories out there and Pierre needs some of us to vote for him. Just saying, there, Mr. Woodfinden.

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Roy Brander's avatar

The article at The Hub was a disappointment; I'd heard about that site, that it was considered pretty smart, right-leaning analysis. But Ben Woodfinden was just deep in the unproven assumptions, like "as the natural governing party, they're undoubtedly the party of Canada's elites". No further discussion needed on that obvious fact!

If only they'd stop, just once, to separate out "cultural elites who decide what's a good movie, but live in small apartments" from "economic elites who decide what your cable bill will be", and admit that the party that supports low taxes on wealth, and low regulation on big business, is surely the party for Canada's *economic* elites... we could start having an honest discussion.

But, no, Woodfinden just goes on with the untested assumptions - you just know that the only "gatekeepers" they oppose are government regulators. Most actual "gatekeepers" to advancement by little guys are Canada's rich assortment of oligopolies and monopolies that keep small competitors from even entering their fields; property developers that gatekeep how many affordable units are built, how many empty luxury units, say. They will go unmentioned.

I can't even have a mental conversation with the viewpoint, since it rests on undiscussed assumptions I flatly disagree with.

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