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I guess that this is a "no" vote.
I’m a liberal joining the Conservative party. Here’s why
I don’t consider myself a political person. Sure, I always vote. I support Canada’s decision to accept over 36,000 Syrian refugees, am sure climate change is real and that the government has a role in promoting economic prosperity. But have I contributed publicly to political discourse? Nope. Instead, I chat affably about it at dinner parties and during lulls in my clinic while I’m working walk-in shifts as a family physician.
But something changed on Nov. 9. While Donald Trump’s victory may have seemed like something distant and representative of a country’s values that were far removed from Canada, it was something closer to home that really alarmed me. Kellie Leitch, candidate for leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, sent an email to supporters after Trump’s win. In her message, she applauded him and with that endorsement, the bigotry, narrow-mindedness and divisiveness he espouses. And that’s what pushed me to look into joining the Conservative Party.
To be clear, my political views lie quite firmly in the progressive camp. But in that moment I felt I had a job to do.
Related: Kellie Leitch on screening immigrants, niqabs and abortion
This wasn’t first time I had come across Kellie Leitch. As a family physician completing a palliative care fellowship in Toronto, I had colleagues who were taught by Leitch, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. And it wasn’t the first time her politics irked me.
When she declared her pro-life stance, I shuddered to think of the threat to the wellbeing of my patients should their reproductive rights be limited or denied. I feel strongly that physicians have a responsibility to protect their patients, but I did nothing to actively oppose her words. I rolled my eyes when she voted against the right to physician-assisted death, and although it was a vote that directly related to my professional practice, my concern still failed to translate into meaningful action. As the daughter of immigrants, I shook my head and grimaced over her statements on screening newcomers for “anti-Canadian values” in early September. But then I continued on with my day. I couldn’t imagine Leitch would get very far — despite the attention these stunts got and that her campaign manager’s CV includes Rob Ford victories. I thought the noise Leitch was making was more tiresome than worrisome.
Related: 5 household alternatives to Kellie Leitch’s pepper spray plan
That apathy transformed into panic on Nov. 9. If another country could elect someone who will not just halt but reverse advances in health care, women’s and LGBTQ2 rights, then maybe my country could too. Since the U.S. election, Leitch has promised to legalize pepper spray as a way to prevent violence against women, “lock up” activists and protestors and, in the face of a climate crisis, would reverse a national carbon tax if it were introduced.
I want to continue to be a Canadian doctor who has the resources and systemic supports to advocate for all my patients, a Torontonian who is enriched by the diversity of my community and a woman who has the freedom to choose. These are my values, and I don’t want to take a chance with them.
That’s why I’m joining the Conservative Party — to vote unrepentantly against Kellie Leitch as leader of the party in May. To recognize that all citizens have a responsibility to build a country that we invest in and which has invested in us. For $15, I can cast a vote for someone without toxic and divisive values, hopefully preventing permanent damage to our country.
This piece is part of Choices, a series exploring real-life choices women make — big or small, good or bad — and how they impact their lives. To contribute your own piece for the series, please see our submission guidelines here.
I’m a liberal joining the Conservative party. Here’s why
I’m a liberal joining the Conservative party. Here’s why
I don’t consider myself a political person. Sure, I always vote. I support Canada’s decision to accept over 36,000 Syrian refugees, am sure climate change is real and that the government has a role in promoting economic prosperity. But have I contributed publicly to political discourse? Nope. Instead, I chat affably about it at dinner parties and during lulls in my clinic while I’m working walk-in shifts as a family physician.
But something changed on Nov. 9. While Donald Trump’s victory may have seemed like something distant and representative of a country’s values that were far removed from Canada, it was something closer to home that really alarmed me. Kellie Leitch, candidate for leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, sent an email to supporters after Trump’s win. In her message, she applauded him and with that endorsement, the bigotry, narrow-mindedness and divisiveness he espouses. And that’s what pushed me to look into joining the Conservative Party.
To be clear, my political views lie quite firmly in the progressive camp. But in that moment I felt I had a job to do.
Related: Kellie Leitch on screening immigrants, niqabs and abortion
This wasn’t first time I had come across Kellie Leitch. As a family physician completing a palliative care fellowship in Toronto, I had colleagues who were taught by Leitch, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. And it wasn’t the first time her politics irked me.
When she declared her pro-life stance, I shuddered to think of the threat to the wellbeing of my patients should their reproductive rights be limited or denied. I feel strongly that physicians have a responsibility to protect their patients, but I did nothing to actively oppose her words. I rolled my eyes when she voted against the right to physician-assisted death, and although it was a vote that directly related to my professional practice, my concern still failed to translate into meaningful action. As the daughter of immigrants, I shook my head and grimaced over her statements on screening newcomers for “anti-Canadian values” in early September. But then I continued on with my day. I couldn’t imagine Leitch would get very far — despite the attention these stunts got and that her campaign manager’s CV includes Rob Ford victories. I thought the noise Leitch was making was more tiresome than worrisome.
Related: 5 household alternatives to Kellie Leitch’s pepper spray plan
That apathy transformed into panic on Nov. 9. If another country could elect someone who will not just halt but reverse advances in health care, women’s and LGBTQ2 rights, then maybe my country could too. Since the U.S. election, Leitch has promised to legalize pepper spray as a way to prevent violence against women, “lock up” activists and protestors and, in the face of a climate crisis, would reverse a national carbon tax if it were introduced.
I want to continue to be a Canadian doctor who has the resources and systemic supports to advocate for all my patients, a Torontonian who is enriched by the diversity of my community and a woman who has the freedom to choose. These are my values, and I don’t want to take a chance with them.
That’s why I’m joining the Conservative Party — to vote unrepentantly against Kellie Leitch as leader of the party in May. To recognize that all citizens have a responsibility to build a country that we invest in and which has invested in us. For $15, I can cast a vote for someone without toxic and divisive values, hopefully preventing permanent damage to our country.
This piece is part of Choices, a series exploring real-life choices women make — big or small, good or bad — and how they impact their lives. To contribute your own piece for the series, please see our submission guidelines here.
I’m a liberal joining the Conservative party. Here’s why
Ah yes.....the life is easy when someone else is paying the way.....
Conservative leadership candidate Rick Peterson wants nine of his rivals — all sitting MPs — to pay taxpayers back for the Commons votes they missed while campaigning.
A statement on Peterson’s website is calling for nine candidates — MPs Kellie Leitch, Maxime Bernier, Steven Blaney, Lisa Raitt, Michael Chong, Brad Trost, Andrew Scheer, Deepak Obhrai and Erin O’Toole — to collectively reimburse taxpayers $216, 550 for missing votes in the House of Commons.
His website says the MPs have missed half of the 72 votes conducted in the House over the past six months, and two-thirds of the votes since October.
Peterson told the CBC’s Rosemary Barton Thursday night that, after the Moncton debate, a gentleman approached him and told him that nine of the MP candidates “aren’t showing up in the House.”
Peterson said he assumed the candidates were campaigning in their spare time.
“Our team did a little work and the numbers we saw were pretty outstanding. These MPs, who have a responsibility to their constituents and to Parliament have missed two-thirds to half the votes,” he told Barton.
“If I don’t show up, I don’t get paid.” Peterson said, adding that given the feedback from Conservatives across the country who want accountability from politicians, taking on the issue “is a no-brainer.”
Barton suggested it’s easier for Peterson to take this position because he’s not elected. “You have to lead by example,” he replied. “You have to walk the talk. If you’re getting paid $170,000 with benefits, you have to show up.”
Peterson also singled out Conservative leadership candidates Leitch and Bernier, who he said have raised “hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars without fulfilling their responsibility to their electors, their constituents.”
He says that if he wins the Conservative party leadership, it “will not be politics as usual. My MPs will show up and they will vote.”
He posted a breakdown on his website of how much he thinks each MP owes:
Conservative leadership candidate Rick Peterson wants nine of his rivals — all sitting MPs — to pay taxpayers back for the Commons votes they missed while campaigning.
A statement on Peterson’s website is calling for nine candidates — MPs Kellie Leitch, Maxime Bernier, Steven Blaney, Lisa Raitt, Michael Chong, Brad Trost, Andrew Scheer, Deepak Obhrai and Erin O’Toole — to collectively reimburse taxpayers $216, 550 for missing votes in the House of Commons.
His website says the MPs have missed half of the 72 votes conducted in the House over the past six months, and two-thirds of the votes since October.
Peterson told the CBC’s Rosemary Barton Thursday night that, after the Moncton debate, a gentleman approached him and told him that nine of the MP candidates “aren’t showing up in the House.”
Peterson said he assumed the candidates were campaigning in their spare time.
“Our team did a little work and the numbers we saw were pretty outstanding. These MPs, who have a responsibility to their constituents and to Parliament have missed two-thirds to half the votes,” he told Barton.
“If I don’t show up, I don’t get paid.” Peterson said, adding that given the feedback from Conservatives across the country who want accountability from politicians, taking on the issue “is a no-brainer.”
Barton suggested it’s easier for Peterson to take this position because he’s not elected. “You have to lead by example,” he replied. “You have to walk the talk. If you’re getting paid $170,000 with benefits, you have to show up.”
Peterson also singled out Conservative leadership candidates Leitch and Bernier, who he said have raised “hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars without fulfilling their responsibility to their electors, their constituents.”
He says that if he wins the Conservative party leadership, it “will not be politics as usual. My MPs will show up and they will vote.”
He posted a breakdown on his website of how much he thinks each MP owes:
As 2016 draws to a close, federal Conservatives are hoping to profit off the political woes of Premier Kathleen Wynne … and Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown.
On Friday, Conservative leadership contender Pierre Lemieux fired off an email sharing his concerns about Brown’s efforts to marginalize social conservatives and asking so-cons to sign up and donate to his campaign.
“It’s sort of unusual seeing Conservatives criticizing other Conservatives, especially given the fact that Patrick Brown was a member of Parliament … so it’s a little unusual to see them attacking each other in that way,” Quito Maggi, president and CEO of Mainstreet Research, said of Lemieux’s email.
But with a December 31 deadline nearing for the Conservative leadership contenders to pay the next installment of $50,000 towards their $100,000 compliance fee, Lemieux is likely just trying to drum up donations, Maggi added.
In his email, Lemieux said social conservatives are “being told to sit down and shut up” every day in Ontario.
“This needs to stop. Everyone has the right to express their views in respectful debate,” he said in the email.
Lemieux, a social conservative himself, said Monday that his email was meant to encourage social conservatives to get involved in politics by joining the party and sharing their views.
“Within our strong and healthy democracy Canadians should be able to discuss and debate any matter of importance to them, which would include life issues in an open and respectful way,” Lemieux said.
“The process of being able to discuss and being able to debate and express your views, that’s such an important and vital process and it leads to unity because people feel like, ‘Yes, I was respected I was able to express myself.'”
In Ontario, Brown is making a mistake by excluding social conservatives from the Progressive Conservatives because it weakens the party, Lemieux said.
A “strong and united” party is one that welcomes all views, he said.
But appealing to social conservatives isn’t likely going to win Lemieux, or Brad Trost, the Conservative leadership, Maggi said.
Across the country, the number of people with hardcore socially-conservative views – those who are anti-abortion and anti-gay rights – is “dwindling,” he said.
Just a few days before Lemeiux hit send on his own fundraising email, Conservative MP Guy Lauzon sent an email to supporters asking for $35 donations to help the Conservatives “stop Kathleen Wynne and Justin Trudeau.”
While it may be slightly unusual to see Conservative attack Conservative, “it’s not surprising that the federal Conservatives are trying to capitalize … on (Wynne’s) unpopularity in Ontario,” Maggi said.
Brand confusion between federal and provincial parties happens all the time, he said.
“This is just an attempt to take advantage of that level of brand confusion.”
Conservative leadership contender fundraising off Brown’s split with so-cons
On Friday, Conservative leadership contender Pierre Lemieux fired off an email sharing his concerns about Brown’s efforts to marginalize social conservatives and asking so-cons to sign up and donate to his campaign.
“It’s sort of unusual seeing Conservatives criticizing other Conservatives, especially given the fact that Patrick Brown was a member of Parliament … so it’s a little unusual to see them attacking each other in that way,” Quito Maggi, president and CEO of Mainstreet Research, said of Lemieux’s email.
But with a December 31 deadline nearing for the Conservative leadership contenders to pay the next installment of $50,000 towards their $100,000 compliance fee, Lemieux is likely just trying to drum up donations, Maggi added.
In his email, Lemieux said social conservatives are “being told to sit down and shut up” every day in Ontario.
“This needs to stop. Everyone has the right to express their views in respectful debate,” he said in the email.
Lemieux, a social conservative himself, said Monday that his email was meant to encourage social conservatives to get involved in politics by joining the party and sharing their views.
“Within our strong and healthy democracy Canadians should be able to discuss and debate any matter of importance to them, which would include life issues in an open and respectful way,” Lemieux said.
“The process of being able to discuss and being able to debate and express your views, that’s such an important and vital process and it leads to unity because people feel like, ‘Yes, I was respected I was able to express myself.'”
In Ontario, Brown is making a mistake by excluding social conservatives from the Progressive Conservatives because it weakens the party, Lemieux said.
A “strong and united” party is one that welcomes all views, he said.
But appealing to social conservatives isn’t likely going to win Lemieux, or Brad Trost, the Conservative leadership, Maggi said.
Across the country, the number of people with hardcore socially-conservative views – those who are anti-abortion and anti-gay rights – is “dwindling,” he said.
Just a few days before Lemeiux hit send on his own fundraising email, Conservative MP Guy Lauzon sent an email to supporters asking for $35 donations to help the Conservatives “stop Kathleen Wynne and Justin Trudeau.”
While it may be slightly unusual to see Conservative attack Conservative, “it’s not surprising that the federal Conservatives are trying to capitalize … on (Wynne’s) unpopularity in Ontario,” Maggi said.
Brand confusion between federal and provincial parties happens all the time, he said.
“This is just an attempt to take advantage of that level of brand confusion.”
Conservative leadership contender fundraising off Brown’s split with so-cons
It's best for the country if they would. As a fiscal conservative, it frustrates me to see people like Justin and Rachel get elected. They have zero respect for taxpayer dollars. There is a sizable group of voters that would switch to the Conservatives in a heartbeat if the social conservatives would just go away. Loc, Das, Danbones et al have nobody to blame for the Liberal government other than themselves. Their ideology is so silly, people would rather vote for an intellectual lightweight like Trudeau. For the sake of the country, they really should STFU
OTTAWA — Celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary says he’s amassed a team of advisers on whether he should run for leadership of the federal Conservatives and now wants advice from Canadians.
The reality TV star and entrepreneur formally unveiled his circle of Conservative confidants Friday and also launched a website O’Leary For Canada seeking input from the public on whether he should officially join the race.
Among those on his leadership committee are former Ontario premier Mike Harris, former Conservative senator Marjory LeBreton and two former Conservative MPs.
The head of his exploratory committee is Mike Coates, who once helped prepare former prime minister Stephen Harper for election debates and also works as a vice-chairman of a public relations firm.
In a video posted to his Facebook page Friday, O’Leary brandished a spatula he says will be needed in 2019 to “scrape all that crap out” of Ottawa in 2019.
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O'Leary wants to know if you support his leadership bid | Canada | News | Toronto
He just got my vote.
The reality TV star and entrepreneur formally unveiled his circle of Conservative confidants Friday and also launched a website O’Leary For Canada seeking input from the public on whether he should officially join the race.
Among those on his leadership committee are former Ontario premier Mike Harris, former Conservative senator Marjory LeBreton and two former Conservative MPs.
The head of his exploratory committee is Mike Coates, who once helped prepare former prime minister Stephen Harper for election debates and also works as a vice-chairman of a public relations firm.
In a video posted to his Facebook page Friday, O’Leary brandished a spatula he says will be needed in 2019 to “scrape all that crap out” of Ottawa in 2019.
More.........
O'Leary wants to know if you support his leadership bid | Canada | News | Toronto
He just got my vote.
Former Ontario premier Mike Harris is acting as a “mentor” to Kevin O’Leary as he considers taking a run at the Conservative leadership, the Sun has learned.
On Friday morning, a full exploratory committee will be officially announced along with a website to gauge O’Leary’s support. Harris will be on that committee, along with former Senator Marjory Lebreton, an influential voice in Conservative circles.
The committee will be chaired by Mike Coates, the global vice chairman of Hill+Knowlton Strategies who also helped on Stephen Harper’s leadership bid and subsequent Conservative campaigns.
“Mike has been giving Kevin some advice since this summer and he really tried to explain to Kevin the good and the bad about running,” explained Coates in a phone interview. “I think Kevin is going into this with his eyes open. And Mike has been a very good mentor in that regard.”
The goal of the committee, explains Coates, is to figure out O’Leary’s level of support and perceptions about him among members and then come back with recommendations.
“Most of Kevin’s support is support in the public, what we want to gauge now is the support in the party,” says Coates.
In every major poll that O’Leary’s name has been included in, he’s at or near first. But many of those polls were of Conservative supporters and the general public.
“If O'Leary enters the race, he will focus like a laser beam on the economy with particular emphasis on the misguided policies of Justin Trudeau, Bill Morneau and Gerald Butts and how their actions have negatively impacted millennials,” Lebreton told the Sun in an email. “His entry will raise the level of debate among the Conservative candidates and will not only benefit the Party but also the country.”
Mike Harris joins O’Leary team | Canada | News | Winnipeg Sun
On Friday morning, a full exploratory committee will be officially announced along with a website to gauge O’Leary’s support. Harris will be on that committee, along with former Senator Marjory Lebreton, an influential voice in Conservative circles.
The committee will be chaired by Mike Coates, the global vice chairman of Hill+Knowlton Strategies who also helped on Stephen Harper’s leadership bid and subsequent Conservative campaigns.
“Mike has been giving Kevin some advice since this summer and he really tried to explain to Kevin the good and the bad about running,” explained Coates in a phone interview. “I think Kevin is going into this with his eyes open. And Mike has been a very good mentor in that regard.”
The goal of the committee, explains Coates, is to figure out O’Leary’s level of support and perceptions about him among members and then come back with recommendations.
“Most of Kevin’s support is support in the public, what we want to gauge now is the support in the party,” says Coates.
In every major poll that O’Leary’s name has been included in, he’s at or near first. But many of those polls were of Conservative supporters and the general public.
“If O'Leary enters the race, he will focus like a laser beam on the economy with particular emphasis on the misguided policies of Justin Trudeau, Bill Morneau and Gerald Butts and how their actions have negatively impacted millennials,” Lebreton told the Sun in an email. “His entry will raise the level of debate among the Conservative candidates and will not only benefit the Party but also the country.”
Mike Harris joins O’Leary team | Canada | News | Winnipeg Sun
Who......?
Winnipeg physician Daniel Lindsay announced Friday morning that he’s withdrawing from the Conservative leadership race.
“At this time, I have decided the best course of action is to leave the race and explore the opportunity of seeking a seat in Parliament,” Lindsay said in a release.
“The issues I have raised during this race – health care reform, First Nations, financial accountability and economic opportunity – remain vital to the future of this country and I am determined to continue to fight to ensure they again become the core issues and values by which we govern.”
Lindsay’s announcement to withdraw from the race comes just one day before candidates – who have already paid $25, 000 to enter the race – are required to pay a $50,000 ‘compliance fee’. The candidates who do pony up the $50,000 fee to continue in the race are also required to pay a final $25,000 on February 24.
Lindsay said he will reach out to other leadership candidates who have expressed interest in the policies he has raised over the course of the campaign.
Daniel Lindsay withdraws from Tory leadership race
Winnipeg physician Daniel Lindsay announced Friday morning that he’s withdrawing from the Conservative leadership race.
“At this time, I have decided the best course of action is to leave the race and explore the opportunity of seeking a seat in Parliament,” Lindsay said in a release.
“The issues I have raised during this race – health care reform, First Nations, financial accountability and economic opportunity – remain vital to the future of this country and I am determined to continue to fight to ensure they again become the core issues and values by which we govern.”
Lindsay’s announcement to withdraw from the race comes just one day before candidates – who have already paid $25, 000 to enter the race – are required to pay a $50,000 ‘compliance fee’. The candidates who do pony up the $50,000 fee to continue in the race are also required to pay a final $25,000 on February 24.
Lindsay said he will reach out to other leadership candidates who have expressed interest in the policies he has raised over the course of the campaign.
Daniel Lindsay withdraws from Tory leadership race
Lisa Raitt slams Kevin O'Leary, Kellie Leitch
Raitt asked Conservatives and all Canadians to go to her website, which features a list of criticisms of O'Leary and two videos and asks visitors to provide their email address and postal code. Askedif the website was designed for data mining, Raitt said it was a bid to mobilize like-minded Conservatives.
"It's an absolute exercise in organizing people who have the same point of view with respect to what a Conservative Party that can win in 2019 looks like. Absolutely," she said. "That's why the website is there."
"If principled and pragmatic Conservatives don't join together, we will see our party hijacked by the loudest voice in the room," she warned.
Raitt is the latest in a string of candidates who have lashed out at O'Leary.
On Tuesday, Andrew Scheer called on him to "fish or cut bait," and make a decision on whether to run before the Jan. 17 French language debate in Quebec City. O'Leary, who does not speak French, has tasked an "exploratory" team and launched his own website to drum up public support.
Erin O'Toole and Michael Chong have also criticized comments O'Leary made last month on Ottawa radio station CFRA when he said Canadians are known as peacekeepers, not warriors, and that "there is nothing proud about being a warrior."
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'Irresponsible' populism: Lisa Raitt slams Kevin O'Leary, Kellie Leitch - Politics - CBC News
Raitt asked Conservatives and all Canadians to go to her website, which features a list of criticisms of O'Leary and two videos and asks visitors to provide their email address and postal code. Askedif the website was designed for data mining, Raitt said it was a bid to mobilize like-minded Conservatives.
"It's an absolute exercise in organizing people who have the same point of view with respect to what a Conservative Party that can win in 2019 looks like. Absolutely," she said. "That's why the website is there."
"If principled and pragmatic Conservatives don't join together, we will see our party hijacked by the loudest voice in the room," she warned.
Raitt is the latest in a string of candidates who have lashed out at O'Leary.
On Tuesday, Andrew Scheer called on him to "fish or cut bait," and make a decision on whether to run before the Jan. 17 French language debate in Quebec City. O'Leary, who does not speak French, has tasked an "exploratory" team and launched his own website to drum up public support.
Erin O'Toole and Michael Chong have also criticized comments O'Leary made last month on Ottawa radio station CFRA when he said Canadians are known as peacekeepers, not warriors, and that "there is nothing proud about being a warrior."
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'Irresponsible' populism: Lisa Raitt slams Kevin O'Leary, Kellie Leitch - Politics - CBC News
Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch’s campaign manager, Nick Kouvalis, admitted Monday night to sharing false information on Twitter, saying he did so to get a rise out of “the left.”
Amidst a growing and disturbing trend of creating and spreading fake information and false news, Kouvalis tweeted a list of “billions” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government had supposedly given in international aid in the last year.
Included on the list was $351 million for the designated terrorist group, Hamas.
After the tweet led first to confusion and then backlash, later Monday night Kouvalis admitted he tweeted the fake list to “make the left go nuts.”
Leitch campaign manager gloats about spreading false info
Amidst a growing and disturbing trend of creating and spreading fake information and false news, Kouvalis tweeted a list of “billions” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government had supposedly given in international aid in the last year.
Included on the list was $351 million for the designated terrorist group, Hamas.
After the tweet led first to confusion and then backlash, later Monday night Kouvalis admitted he tweeted the fake list to “make the left go nuts.”
Leitch campaign manager gloats about spreading false info
I see this just a little differently. We complain Justin is no good, We complain the NDP
and Tom were no good and without him they're worse. Harper was no good and Liz
well, there is nothing to say.
There is the problem we have four parities and four leaders. They all have leadership
skill or they wouldn't be leaders. The problem is none of them or among the Tory
Hopefuls has a vision of where the hell we can go. We need a vision first then the policies
to get there. Vision is a mission statement and we don't have one. People were excited
for change, change alone without a purpose is useless
and Tom were no good and without him they're worse. Harper was no good and Liz
well, there is nothing to say.
There is the problem we have four parities and four leaders. They all have leadership
skill or they wouldn't be leaders. The problem is none of them or among the Tory
Hopefuls has a vision of where the hell we can go. We need a vision first then the policies
to get there. Vision is a mission statement and we don't have one. People were excited
for change, change alone without a purpose is useless
I think that either Lisa Raitt or Rona Ambrose could do that job, admirably. I don't see any males on he horizon that could, right now. Jim Prentice would have been a good choice, but alas.
This is what is easy about having Constitutional love within politics,you don't have to have all that emotional ambivalence within the he game of politics
Actually if you have an interest of Constitutional application go through any door you can go through,any Party,leader,etc will do,there is no time for emotional sediments In the humanities ,no time for emotional turnmoil ,
I see people like yourself be filled with turmoil,and I am great full I am emotionally content with what I do,
Try to be convicted to what you believe then you are free
Ms.Ambrosia is someone I struggle with for any leadership value
I know this is old thinking,
I also know these ideologies have facts to back up my statement
As a rule I am fiercely defensive of all women in politics,but Rona rubbed me wrong
Then I know people grow up in politics
I will try to pay attention