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O'Toole was ousted for being too moderate and leading the Conservatives to a pretty paltry loss against Trudeau, less for anything that redneck occupy wallstreet has gotten up to:But it did take out the leader of the Canadian conservatives
Mr O’Toole’s sacking suggests that his party is shifting to the right to fight back. During the election, Mr O’Toole attempted to woo moderate voters. The Conservatives ran on a platform broadly similar to the Liberals on issues such as climate change, child care and indigenous rights. He also flip-flopped on gun control, having initially espoused a pro-gun stance.
Similarly, Mr O’Toole tried to navigate the events of recent weeks by not taking sides. He met protesters, ostensibly celebrating the right to demonstrate. He also denounced a “handful of unacceptable incidents”. Other right-wing politicians have more actively supported the protesters. They appear to see votes in a more forthright stance.
Like OWS, I think there is a mildly sympathetic element to the actual truckers who are frustrated, since this just seems like a gasket blowing owing to how much they've been shit on over the pandemic as most small businesses have. But the bulk of the people going to these things are just bored, questionably employed losers with some
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