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footslogger said:The thing that I can't understand is that in the polls both Conservatives and Liebrils are very close to being tied. What could it possibly take for these people to see that party for what it is?
Many powerful groups benefit from the growth and implementation of "Progressive" ideology (i.e. government and quasi government unions, bureaucracies, government companies like the CBC and businesspeople who have discovered how to milk the system). These interest groups will go to very great lengths to maintain their hold on power. They have also discovered how to manipulate the population, using the promise of social programs to bribe the voters, inversion of language to disguise concepts (think about what "progressive taxation" really means, for example), and the use of ad hominem arguments and contrived scandals to supress or eliminate debate on various topics. Controlling institutions like schools, the media and the courts also ensures things go the way "they" want.
In one sense, the fight against the HRC's may represent the first crack in the Progressive's armour. HRC's operate as "Star Chambers" to enforce the memes of Political correctness, and as currently constituted operate beyond the law. Once this battle is joined fully, it may occur to many people that there are lots of other bureaucracies and government agencies which also infringe upon our rights and freedoms, and action must be taken against them as well.
I know this is a sea change which will be fought against with all the weapons in the Progressive armoury, and all the more difficult since most of these people and institutions have access to the resources of the State itself. The rise of the CPC and corresponding small Classical Liberal perties at the provincial level (Wildrose Alliance, Saskatchewan Party, Reform Ontario) suggests to me that there is now a real chance this battle can be won in the end.