Since the last two centrist/Red Tory federal leaders got nowhere electorally, one could reasonably expect that a different approach might be warranted. But not according to those whom Margaret Thatcher famously referred to as “the wets”. Mimic the Liberals, they say, or else…
“There will not be a new political party or anything until the next election because this leader has to be given a shot, right? But if we fail for the fourth time in a row, if we lose the next election, then, you know, all the cards are off the table,” predicted Peterson.
The only way to win, he argued, is to find a way to appeal to “moderate, pragmatic, middle-of-the-road Canadians” who do not see themselves in the other more progressive parties.”