While Ford is undoubtedly and maybe the best embodiment of a greasy Conservative he’s also seemingly kept his nose rather clean to the crazy right wing stuff Rustad and Danielle Smith not only supports but can’t seem to stop talking about.
For example them are loud supporter of the Convoy stuff while Ford didn’t act when his provinces was one of the worst impacted ones along with his son in law being ass deep in that stuff.
If it’s something along the lines of “is this why he’s still in power” I think the answer is yes. For all of Doug Ford’s faults, and there are many, he stayed out of the convoy thing, handled the COVID response OK, has mostly stayed out of social and identity issues compared to the other right wing leaders in North America, and immediately distanced himself vocally and significantly from Trump when the tide turned with the Canadian right.
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t me espousing support. I wouldn’t vote Con if I was paid to (and we were). But I think he’s savvy enough to know that social politics isn’t going to bolster his support with his base it will just lose him votes in the GTA. If the goal is cronyism, lowering taxes, privatization, and making sure he can drive everywhere then those other things just distract from the goal.
It’s actually kinda amazing he seems to have never gotten into the whole “wokeism” thing Pierre and Rustad still peddles to this day as one of society’s greatest issues. Although I’m glad Pierre is to dumb to stfu with the idiotic rhetoric.
As someone from BC I have a question.
While Ford is undoubtedly and maybe the best embodiment of a greasy Conservative he’s also seemingly kept his nose rather clean to the crazy right wing stuff Rustad and Danielle Smith not only supports but can’t seem to stop talking about.
For example them are loud supporter of the Convoy stuff while Ford didn’t act when his provinces was one of the worst impacted ones along with his son in law being ass deep in that stuff.
I think you forgot the question.
If it’s something along the lines of “is this why he’s still in power” I think the answer is yes. For all of Doug Ford’s faults, and there are many, he stayed out of the convoy thing, handled the COVID response OK, has mostly stayed out of social and identity issues compared to the other right wing leaders in North America, and immediately distanced himself vocally and significantly from Trump when the tide turned with the Canadian right.
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t me espousing support. I wouldn’t vote Con if I was paid to (and we were). But I think he’s savvy enough to know that social politics isn’t going to bolster his support with his base it will just lose him votes in the GTA. If the goal is cronyism, lowering taxes, privatization, and making sure he can drive everywhere then those other things just distract from the goal.
Yes that’s what I was getting at.
It’s actually kinda amazing he seems to have never gotten into the whole “wokeism” thing Pierre and Rustad still peddles to this day as one of society’s greatest issues. Although I’m glad Pierre is to dumb to stfu with the idiotic rhetoric.