Tories self-destructing
The federal Conservatives these days are a textbook example of the political reality that if you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything.
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals soar in the opinion polls, the Tories are hurling themselves into the black hole of political irrelevancy by turning on each other and pretending to be Liberals.
The latest example is a bizarre brawl in the party over leadership contender Kellie Leitch’s logical proposal that immigrants to Canada should be screened for “anti-Canadian values".
Not only has Interim Tory Leader Rona Ambrose condemned the idea -- thus displaying bias in a leadership race in which she should be neutral -- but fellow leadership contender
Michael Chong has accused Leitch of “dog-whistle politics”.
In other words, he’s saying Leitch is trying to win the Conservative leadership by using code language to appeal to racists within the party who are anti-immigrant.
Tories self-destructing | Opinion | Toronto Sun
The federal Conservatives these days are a textbook example of the political reality that if you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything.
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals soar in the opinion polls, the Tories are hurling themselves into the black hole of political irrelevancy by turning on each other and pretending to be Liberals.
The latest example is a bizarre brawl in the party over leadership contender Kellie Leitch’s logical proposal that immigrants to Canada should be screened for “anti-Canadian values".
Not only has Interim Tory Leader Rona Ambrose condemned the idea -- thus displaying bias in a leadership race in which she should be neutral -- but fellow leadership contender
Michael Chong has accused Leitch of “dog-whistle politics”.
In other words, he’s saying Leitch is trying to win the Conservative leadership by using code language to appeal to racists within the party who are anti-immigrant.
Tories self-destructing | Opinion | Toronto Sun
