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James Moore

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
253 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

You know, you're 10 points up in the national polls, you're 15 points up in Ontario, you're 20 points up in preferred prime minister.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

You now have a clear majority in the House.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

You have no provinces fighting you.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

You have no reason to not deliver.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

So so where's my thing?

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

And everybody's going to start looking for their thing.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

The fangs and the teeth, the media get a little bit sharper.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

Even independent media, you know, conservative media, they get they get a little bit more aggressive and they start hunting down cabinet ministers in airports and at home and in community events because the official opposition has sort of they've lost seats in parliament and they've lost momentum.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

So we need to do our part to stand up for the conservative cause.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

And they're going to get a little bit more aggressive.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

Everything actually gets harder.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

The only thing that gets easier is.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

committees and your ability to pass stuff through the house.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

But everything else takes on a different shape and a different perspective.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

So you buy yourself more time.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

Fundraising gets harder because you don't have to sort of scare the base with the dynamic that we have an election in 90 days.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

We have a confidence vote coming up.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

Look out.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

So you have to find different ways in order to appeal to get your

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Moore Butts -- Why Does A Majority Make Such A Difference?

50 dollar checks and 20 dollar donations and 100 dollar donations so you have to reimagine that a little bit you also have to make sure that your caucus doesn't say oh we're not going to have an election until 2029 we're good no no stay on your toes keep leaning in keep showing up keep being aggressive so i think actually everything gets a lot harder and the expectations get a lot harder so when you get a majority congratulations but i hope you're the switch is flipped in your brain in terms of how you're going to approach government because it gets harder