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James Moore

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
253 total appearances

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

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

Like, people...

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

identify increasingly with leaders and personalities as a chapter of a political party's sort of long string of narrative, as opposed to, I always vote for the Ontario Liberal Party.

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

And there is some of that.

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

There's the habit of voting for that party, unless there's a leader that you find particularly distasteful.

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

But

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

For the most part, for the passive voter, for the people who kind of come and go and float in and out, but show up when there's a crisis, when their parents tell them that elections really matter.

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

We have parliamentary system, but we have presidential style politics.

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

And so when that's the case, and when you have a leader who is succeeding and seems to be the, for lack of a better phrase, man of the moment, that's extraordinarily accretive to them in terms of positioning themselves to build that bigger tent.

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

I would say no, because Donald Trump is so caustic politically and problematic to the Canadian economy.

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

I think you'll see the opposition parties, they will tools down and Pierre Polyab has effectively done that.

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

Right.

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

So when it comes to Kuzma and the reconsideration of Kuzma this summer,

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

Going into the fall, we'll see what happens in the midterms and how bad it is for the Republican Party, what that means in terms of boxing in Donald Trump, you know, at least legislatively.

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

But he may become, therefore, more belligerent with his rhetoric.

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

And we'll see.

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

And the world will continue to triage the Trump presidency and mitigate against it as best they can.

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

But I think so.

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

So I think that's I think is about as aligned as they will be.

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

But but it'll be.