Harper's niqab ploy may have been his last chess move. Saved his policy legacy by taking down ndp.
@iwelsh issue was huge in Quebec and killed the ndp. Resulted in loss of national numbers making it look as if Liberals only viable choice
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@mrsinisterlefty@iwelsh “Not ready” is experience issue not character, made it easy for him to over perform and take limelight -
@bakevin@mrsinisterlefty Yes. I would have gone with "can't trust". It's c-51 that put NDP into lead in 1st place. Hammer him. -
@iwelsh@mrsinisterlefty Hard argument for Conservatives to make. I think problem was NDP didn’t define Mulcair well enough. -
@bakevin@mrsinisterlefty Ah, I meant for the NDP to make that argument. Mulcair has principles, Trudeau doesn't. -
@iwelsh@mrsinisterlefty IMO NDP failed to define Mulcair positively, or at all. More important than getting Trudeau. -
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@mrsinisterlefty Pretty terrible indictment of Quebecois. -
@iwelsh@mrsinisterlefty Ontario decides Federal elections. Always been the case. Why can't you guys vote NDP? How is this our fault? -
@julienstlaurent@mrsinisterlefty Ontario was already a lost cause. Are you arguing I shouldn't have expected better of Qebecois? Niqab? -
@iwelsh@mrsinisterlefty Sure. But niqab worked everywhere, not just QC. Islamophobia works. And NPD had nothing to fight it effectively? -
@julienstlaurent@iwelsh Dropped 17 percent in Quebec virtually overnight. -
@mrsinisterlefty@iwelsh NPD ran shitty campaign in QC. Need to respond to attacks and take firm stance. Can't maintain 50% polls otherwise. -
@mrsinisterlefty@iwelsh No strong stance on tar sands, pipelines, austerity. We already have public daycare, what else on offer? -
@julienstlaurent@mrsinisterlefty Too many Canadians are mean bastards who want other people fucked and don't care about civil liberties. - Show more
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@mrsinisterlefty about even before then, iirc? I haven't been following this election closely. Distracted and knew who I was voting for. -
@mrsinisterlefty@iwelsh Three way tie before niqab issue, but also strategy against Trudeau backfired.
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