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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« on: November 20, 2020, 10:55:51 PM »

Erin O'Toole is appealing to the "left behind" working class with populist messaging and saying nice things about private sector unions, championing pipelines and the resource sector as a job strategy, combined with some cultural conservatism about "wokeness", Canadian nationalism etc.

Some more orthodox conservatives are apparently calling him "Bernie O'Toole" while liberals and the left are saying he is "taking from Trump's playbook."

Will it work?
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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2020, 02:13:30 PM »

Coyne voted for Stockwell Day's Alliance in 2000, Michael Ignatieff in 2011 and Tom Mulcair in 2015.
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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2020, 02:15:26 PM »

O'Toole seems to be a 21st century version of John Diefenbaker.
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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2020, 10:55:13 PM »

Ridings where O'Toole's "left behind" working class strategy could play well:

Vancouver Island North-Powell River BC (NDP)
Skeena-Bulkley Valley BC (NDP)
BC Southern Interior (NDP)
Elmwood-Transcona MB (NDP)
Thunder Bay-Rainy River ON (Liberals)
Sault Ste. Marie ON (Liberals)
Windsor-Tecumseh ON (Liberals)
Cambridge ON (Liberals)
Niagara Centre ON (Liberals)
St. Catharines ON (Liberals)
Peterborough ON (Liberals)
Bay of Quinte ON (Liberals)
Saint John NB (Liberals)
Cape Breton-Canso NS (Liberals)
Sydney-Victoria NS (Liberals)
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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2020, 06:20:20 PM »

Ridings the Conservatives won in 2008 but seem out of reach today (boundaries have shifted somewhat since)

Saanich-Gulf Islands
West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast
North Vancouver
Fleetwood-Port Kells
Surrey Centre (formerly Surrey North)
Waterloo
Burlington
Oakville
Milton (formerly Halton)
Nepean (formerly Nepean-Carleton)
Ottawa West-Nepean
Orleans
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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2020, 05:45:34 PM »

If to be believed, it seems Kenney is really tanking in Alberta, so wonder if that will spillover provincially and cost Tories seats there.  Some polls suggest if an election were held today, Notley would win and this is without a split on the right.  Off course in Alberta its not unusual for federal counterparty to do a bit better, but typically only 10% higher, not 20-30% and that would put federal Tories around 50% in Alberta thus would hold most of their seats but still could lose some.

If O'Toole has to fight to hold onto his seats in Alberta, means less time and money spent elsewhere on offensive.  On other hand Quebec is known for big swings so can see why on Toute Parle le Monde as probably hoping for big swing, but seems very unlikely, but Quebec often doesn't show its cards until 2 weeks before election day.

The Tories could certainly lose some seats in central and NE Calgary and in Edmonton.
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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2020, 01:55:47 PM »

Cultural conservatism without the social conservatism:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/erin-otoole-culture-war-pandemic-statues-immigration-1.5826976

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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2020, 03:37:08 AM »

Poilievre is the finance critic and Michelle Rempel (aka the MP for Oklahoma) is the health critic. 
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