stellarpanther said:
Mark my words, if this guy manages to win, he will be just as bad as Trump and Ford. I hope the voters see through him.
That’s silly nonsense. Trump is in a league all of his own. There is nothing quite like him among first world democracies, though similar populist firebrands with a fiery presentation and a less-than-deft hand on the wheel of state exist elsewhere such as Brazil and the Philippines.
Ford is garden variety unimpressive populist, but not particularly remarkable.
Scheer’s social views are a bit gross to me, I have little time for evangelicals who have shown a desire to restrict the rights of others due to their personal religious views. He’s an uninspiring leadership candidate, and against a better PM he wouldn’t stand a chance. But, if he is elected, I have no fear he’ll do anything too outlandish, hysterical fear mongering to the contrary.
Whoever wins this, we will as a consequence see Canada’s normal measured and incremental legislative drift in the direction of the victorious party, but there will be little to nothing earth shattering. We have a strong constitution, an independent judiciary that is quick to curb legislative overreach, and an upper house in our legislature that enjoys a reasonable amount of independence, and which has shown itself willing to rework legislation coming up from the House if it’s going to cause problems.
With a little luck, whichever government is elected will fail to achieve a majority, helping to further temper any inclinations to excess. Our checks and balances are pretty decent.
Wild cries about the peril our country is in and how it will be the end of Canada as we know it if x or y happens is just white noise.
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