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 -
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@DougSaunders@HeerJeet Yes, anti-Muslim rhetoric is calculated, aimed at non-Islamic S. Asians in 905, not just Old White Guys in AB, SK,MB2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@StephenHenighan@DougSaunders I mean, if you stir up Islamophobia, your mor likely to get Sikhs & Hindus attacked, as in USA.2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
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@HeerJeet@StephenHenighan Maybe. It surprises me that post-Partition xenophobias i.e. Hindutva haven't been transplanted much in diaspora1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@DougSaunders @StephenHenighan Also, there's a fair bit of social mixing among diaspora. My Sikh cousin married Hindu guy. Not uncommon.
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@HeerJeet@DougSaunders Point taken. Still possible, though, that CPC strategy (like Ont. PC) is to accentuate divisions for electoral gain.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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