How the West was won

Now that the Cons are able to wield some power, they have to look at what moves the Liberals will make with a new leader in place, and obviously two things can happen.

A) The Liberals stay, or move, left: how does the NDP react to this? They aren’t going to move their policies down the line to get out of the way, so they need to keep taking a stand against the Liberals that social agendas are their turf. Get out or the vote splitting will kill you and you’ll never see a majority again.

B) The Liberals move right, back to where they used to live. If this is the case, Harper has to be ready to quash the issues of abortion and gay marriage once and for all. It’s done, forget it and burry it. Those in caucus that support that issue must have a price to make it go away. Meet it. Giving provinces more autonomy over their finances will mean more prosperity for Alberta, which is already doing pretty well if you haven’t noticed. This is the angle Harper needs to take, or whatever else gets this off the agenda.

Yes, “meeting a price” speaks of mob like tactics, but they’re apt here. By doing that, he can make a move on the big 3 cities and show that nobody need be afraid and the hidden agenda was make believe. He need not give away the farm to the social conservatives; merely give them the control over the land so to speak.

GL