Is there room in the Canadian political marketplace for a new centrist party that rejects the tribalism being embraced by the Liberals and Conservatives? I’m increasingly of the mind that there is.
Maybe it’s just the effect of February in Canada but the dismal events of recent weeks have led me to the conclusion that our major parties are beyond renewal.
The nature of politics in the age of the algorithm is that you have to be polarizing to attract attention. Both the progressive left and populist right have stoked tribal emotions and the tribes are feeding off an unhealthy silage of fear and hatred.
The CPC can hardly be described as “right” let alone “far right.”
