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Andrew Scheer Becomes Conservative Leader

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Andrew Scheer is the new leader of the Conservatives beating Maxime Bernier 51% to 49% on the 13th ballot in a surprising upset. He appears to be Trudeauifying the Conservatives, trying to paint themselves as an open and accepting party, having a reltivly young leader (he is 38). However, he is doing that by saying the social conservatives will have a platform to speak within the party but we shall see whether this is just a move to unite the party or whether Scheer will actually adopt a social Conservative platform despite the fact their electability depends largely on not being socially conservative. Scheer does have a record of social conservatism though, being pro-life, anti-marijuana, anti-same sex marriage, anti-assisted suicide. We shall see if the party forces him to be more liberal like the Ontario PCs did with their leader.

Globe article here.
 
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Curious to see how he differs from the libs in regards to the housing market crisis and looming financial crisis.
 
digsbe said:
Curious to see how he differs from the libs in regards to the housing market crisis and looming financial crisis.
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Probably supports doing nothing, the Conservatives do not focus on the the millennial vote. Conservative voters are those how already own homes.
 
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digsbe said:
Curious to see how he differs from the libs in regards to the housing market crisis and looming financial crisis.
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Housing market crisis needs to be dealt with by local governments.The feds have other things on their plate- even provincial governments should step lightly in that area.
Is there a financial crisis looming? I don't see it's shadow here.
 
Grand Mal said:
Housing market crisis needs to be dealt with by local governments.The feds have other things on their plate- even provincial governments should step lightly in that area.
Is there a financial crisis looming? I don't see it's shadow here.
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I have to disagree the federal government has a lot of power to control to influence the housing crisis, they can much moire effectively control foreigners buying property, and assist the provincial governments in building supply and servicing those areas. For example the City of Toronto cannot just regulate things, every city and town in the Horseshoe needs to have coordinated policy.
 
Carjosse said:
I have to disagree the federal government has a lot of power to control to influence the housing crisis, they can much moire effectively control foreigners buying property, and assist the provincial governments in building supply and servicing those areas. For example the City of Toronto cannot just regulate things, every city and town in the Horseshoe needs to have coordinated policy.
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Well, I might be speaking from a Westerner's point of view. We wonder sometimes if measures taken that help solve problems in Toronto will be best for Vancouver. Things like the housing market crisis aren't national problems and should maybe be addressed by more local governments.
 
Carjosse said:
Andrew Scheer is the new leader of the Conservatives beating Maxime Bernier 51% to 49% on the 13th ballot in a surprising upset. He appears to be Trudeauifying the Conservatives, trying to paint themselves as an open and accepting party, having a reltivly young leader (he is 38). However, he is doing that by saying the social conservatives will have a platform to speak within the party but we shall see whether this is just a move to unite the party or whether Scheer will actually adopt a social Conservative platform despite the fact their electability depends largely on not being socially conservative. Scheer does have a record of social conservatism though, being pro-life, anti-marijuana, anti-same sex marriage, anti-assisted suicide. We shall see if the party forces him to be more liberal like the Ontario PCs did with their leader.

Globe article here.
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No interest in the man save the level of his threat to progressive alternatives.

Fortunately any PC platform that's true to its ideas of conservatism is becoming increasingly unpalatable; that said I can see them going the way of the Liberals, campaigning from the left, and governing (further) from the right. If only Trudeau passed electoral reform, runoff votation or PR, we'd never have to worry about the Tories ever again at the federal level.
 
Grand Mal said:
Well, I might be speaking from a Westerner's point of view. We wonder sometimes if measures taken that help solve problems in Toronto will be best for Vancouver. Things like the housing market crisis aren't national problems and should maybe be addressed by more local governments.
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Vancouver suffers from many of the same issues. And the federal government can more easily prevent it from spreading but I think the most action will have to be taken on the provincial level.
 
Carjosse said:
Vancouver suffers from many of the same issues. And the federal government can more easily prevent it from spreading but I think the most action will have to be taken on the provincial level.
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I think that, too. And on a civic level. Vancouver, for example, has decided to tax vacant residential property differently from the rest. Might not change the speculation situation much, but at least it allows the city to participate.
And, being the cynic I am, I'm always willing to believe the feds will please the high-voter-density areas at the expense of less profile places.
 
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