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Tony F.'s avatar

I've said this elsewhere: Poliviere feels a lot like Social Credit 2.0; Prairie populism for a digital age. The 'evil bankers' message stays; social credit gets bumped for the magic inflation fighting magic of Bitcoin; and hardworking young couples can (something, something, gatekeepers) suddenly afford a lovely home in an area with lots of amenities. It didn't deliver what it promised in v1.0 and I'm not convinced v2.0 will be more successful.

If Canadian conservatism is going to thrive it really needs to have something meaningful to say about real issues a lot of people care about. Poliviere was his strongest on issues of affordability, but he doesn't seem to have any convincing solutions. Solutions are hard and take time and there seems to be large chunk of the electorate that is short on patience. Certainly, a rapidly changing economy, shifting demographics, Canada's place in a rapidly changing world, a changing climate -- all of these beg for sober policy solutions, not slogans. None of the candidates really approaches this standard, though.

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Allen Batchelar's avatar

Lucki says she regrets the way she handled the meeting with the NS Division. I think she regrets it going public for if she truly regretted it she would have contacted the Division the following day and apologized for her conduct and given the staff an “attaboy” for coping with the stress they were under.

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