Whenever the CPC loses & debate about the party's ideology resumes, one vocal segment of the base always argues some version of "We don't need two Liberal parties!" It's a truism that masks an absurdity...
Imagine if R.J. Manion's Tories had voted against Mackenzie King's declaration of war against Germany, instead moving a motion approving of Hitler's invasion of Poland & wishing him every success, merely to avoid being too much "like the Liberals"...
That's the kind of poltroonery you end up with if your raison d'être is founded on a negative dialectics whereby you premise your existence on a state of not-being someone else.
Maybe the CPC should focus less on not-being (i.e. other parties) & more on *being* something...
Maybe the CPC should focus less on not-being (i.e. other parties) & more on *being* something...
The question in this case isn't "What can we do to keep not being Liberals?" The question is "Why aren't we Liberals?" or, put differently, "What is it about our beliefs that make us distinct from Liberals? Why do we exist?"...
This is a frightening question, because it asks whether the CPC has any core, organic, institutional principles or whether they're just a pin-striped spittoon half-full of GOP gob. Tucker Carlson's blind fledglings, waiting to swallow whatever gibberish he pukes up for them.
It's a question that seeks the expression of a tradition, a heritage, an anchor. Roots.
I'm guessing that is why the question is never asked.
#CPC #Elxn44 #cdnpoli
I'm guessing that is why the question is never asked.
#CPC #Elxn44 #cdnpoli
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