FrozenKemp, on Oct 21 2019 - 23:21, said:
Oh no, I would say the contrary in a certain sense - Harper kept a tight lid on things and you can't say that he let the social conservatives have their way. I don't think that would be the same to the same degree with Scheer.
However, we have a distressing habit of continually flip-flopping between the two parties, and there are 4 parties vying for more left-wing policies (Liberals, NDP, Bloc, and Greens) so it's possible that Scheer will win. I
Depends if you consider law and order shenanigans to be social? I'm thinking primarily about the laws about minimum sentences and expats bring unable to vote, both of which looked pretty unconstitutional on the first read-through, even to a lay person. To me, the fact he pushed those through when his party was full of lawyers that could/would have told him it wouldn't fly just seems like a waste of the court's time and resources. The fact that 5 of those judges were his appointees shows it wasn't activist judges out to ruin his day, but a legitimate over reach.
That aside, he definitely ran a tight ship, and I agree Scheer doesn't seem up to the task. I'm not sure if it's just the prairie conservatives high jacking the party, or Scheer just waiting until he's more secure before he starts cracking the whip.
A Conservative-led minority might be the best option at this point. A Liberal-NDP coalition would just drag it too far to the left, Trudeau could have easily left the Transmountain pipeline to rot, since it's not like Albertans would vote for him anyways, and I doubt a leftist coalition would have done the same. At the same time, a minority would keep Scheer from going off the deep end, assuming we can avoid partisan deadlock.