Not sure we should let the CPC & media allies draw too great a distinction between them & the PPC, which could arguably be seen as embodying a "tendency" within the parent party. Important to recall that Bernier left the CPC only because he was burned by the leadership results...
It's not like he underwent some kind of public ideological metamorphosis. He may well represent what a "mainstream" CPC pol looks like when he's decided real power is out of reach & he has nothing left to lose. He's the guy who ridiculed Kellie Leitch as "Karaoke Trump"...
If it was possible for Bernier to devolve from anti-Trump, pro-globalisation mainstream neocon to barking MAGA clone within weeks, why wouldn't it be possible for any other CPC MP or candidate? I mean, Leslyn Lewis, Cheryl Gallant, & Rempel-Garner are halfway there already...
There's a reason why the CPC called upon Warren Kinsella's meagre talents to chip voters away from the PPC. Why spend that kind of cash & effort on a tiny support base? Because, though small, it's vote-rich for the CPC. The CPC's a father begging the prodigal sons to come home.
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