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Why Erin O’Toole wants politics to be less polarized (toronto.citynews.ca)

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In today’s Big Story Podcast, we have Justin Ling interviewing Erin O’Toole.

Like many places across the world, politics in Canada has become increasingly polarized. Long gone are the days of trying to appeal to the majority of voters – now some parties have gone to their most extreme constituents for support.

Probably the best example of this was the election of Pierre Poilievre as the new Conservative Party leader. Regardless of how you feel about Poilievre, there’s little doubt that he’s a sign of a new era of political polarization within Canada.

Last month, former Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole resigned his seat in the House of Commons and delivered an emotional goodbye to his colleagues. He made an appeal to everybody in politics to make Ottawa less combative, less toxic, and less polarized.

“We’re now framing our political impact by the number of likes we get on social media, not the number of lives we change in the real world,” says O’Toole.

So, what exactly can Ottawa do better? And how?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

He ran for leader of the CPC twice. He was trounced as a moderate the first time. He learned to win you have to court the crazies to win, and he did. The problem is that once you're done, you have a bunch of backstabbing crazies in your tent.