Are Canadian conservatives ditching the fringe?
The B.C. Conservatives were falling apart just last month. Then they united and won the election in a landslide. What happened? And what can other conservative parties learn?
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Front Burner26:15Are Canadian conservatives ditching the fringe?
At the end of September the B.C. Conservative party had imploded. Today, they are set to run the province. It's a stunning reversal of political fortune for a party that had been torn apart by infighting and resignations before a snap election call by the NDP.
The whole situation raises a tonne of interesting questions. Was this a triumph of one particular brand of conservatism over another? Or just a rejection of the NDP? Are there lessons here for Danielle Smith in Alberta and the struggling federal Conservatives?
Political strategist Kory Teneycke, co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Strategy joins us to talk about it.
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