1. I'm grateful for this tweet because it confirms something I've noticed as well, although my evidence is anecdotal https://twitter.com/InklessPW/status/657938363949953025 …
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2. One of Stephen Harper's genuine achievements had been that he created a Conservative party open to non-whites. Then he destroyed that.
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3. Unlike GOP in USA, Canadian conservatives were competitive with non-white immigrant voters, often social & fiscal conservatives
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4. Anecdotally, I've noticed that many South Asians who had been receptive to Harper in 2011 really turned off by his xenophobic.
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5. Key point is that South Asian voters turned off weren't just Muslim Canadians but also, in my experience, Sikhs, Hindus & Christian
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6. I'm going to sound like Tom Friedman here but I have a story about a cab driver. In my defence, he's a relative.
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7. Anyways, this cab driver is a Sikh, wears a turban. Said about the niqab stuff: "if they go after niqabs now, why not turbans tomorrow?"
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8. I think that's a common attitude, mixture of self-interest with universalism. If you open flood gates of xenophobia, where does it stop?
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9. Anyways, I think 2015 election might be a pivot point for Canadians conservatives, as 1964 was for GOP in losing black voters.
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10. The desperate Ford family event Harper did on eve of election attempt to re-capture those non-white voters. It failed.
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11. I noticed at Ford/Harper event crowd was very white for north Etobicoke (90% white). Much whiter than other Rob Ford events in area.
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