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Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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@mcc@mastodon.social absolutely — they just look nicer that way.
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That said, about 13% of delegates voted non-confidence, so support is
not unanimous. I ran into delegates who lamented that people they knew who'd
always supported the Conservatives wouldn't vote for the party with
Mr. Poilievre as leader.12/12
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5. Pierre Poilievre. Members of the CPC like him personally, like where he
stands on issues, like the way he's a fighter, like the way he's brought new
support into the party. I ran into one guy who said that he'd be another
Robert Stanfield, someone who'd be an excellent PM but who would never win.
But I didn't run into anyone who'd admit to opposing Mr. Poilievre; there was
no one organising against him; there were not even anti-Poilievre buttons
around.11/n
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I did bring up Pres. Trump a few times,
and when I did so, the response I received was that he was doing crazy things
and that he was bad for our electoral chances. But people weren't really
talking about Pres. Trump one way or another, so I can't claim to know that
that was the general feeling.10/n
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4. Trumpiness. The party struck me as essentially the same as it was twenty-five
years ago: same sort of spirit, same sort of issues, even many of the same
individuals (I ran into people who fought in the Clark-Mulroney struggle). I
have to say that there wasn't much discussion of Canada-US issues; mostly I
talked about domestic policy (the CBC! Zoning!) or current regional/national
politics (John Rustad was terrible!).9/n
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3. I enjoyed meeting some people whom I'd crossed paths with primarily on
social media: @yuanyiz.bsky.social , @tonyclement , https://nitter.net/stephentaylor . In retrospect, I should probably
have looked for more MPs.8/n
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@mcc Real pros — like me — — — put mdashes around their mdashes.
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(Here on
Mastodon, people would ask completely fair and valid follow-up questions to any
of those sentiments; but it's pleasant to be among those who fundamentally
agree.) In the news, they tend to report the issues on which the party is
divided, but on most of the policy propositions discussed at the convention
there was at least a 4/5 consensus.7/n
