4. The pursuit of "old stock" voting base is remarkable because unlike the Republicans, Canadian Conservative's have courted non-white vote
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5. Interesting to compare GOP to CPC. GOP's Southern Strategy, hot button pushing of welfare/busing/affirmative action, crime, etc.
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6. In Canada, first moves to non-racist immigration policy & state recognition of multiculturalism came from conservative PM, Diefenbaker.
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7. For a host of reasons, Canadian conservatives avoided making ethnicity/race a wedge issue in elections. Until now.
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8. Over 10 years Conservatives have cultivated immigrant vote by stressing (rightly) congruence of values with new Canadians
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9. All the outreach to New Canadians over last decade is now down the drain. In a tight election, they've doubled down on "old stock" vote
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10. New Canadians, and especially their children who were born in Canada, aren't going to forget the CPC's dog whistle politics anytime soon
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@DougSaunders True (and I think ads to Chinese community in Mandarin play to that).7 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@DougSaunders Right, and have a generic "Indian" identity which didn't really exist in home countries.
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