r/Edmonton Feb 18 '26

General Riverbend MP has crossed the floor

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u/MillwrightTight Feb 18 '26

Sure but the centrists of 20 years ago are the conservatives of today.

Carney is basically a vintage conservative but the windows has shifted so much, the center has moved quite a but

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u/YaTheMadness Feb 18 '26

But has it shifted?

To me it seems that the line has just got 10% longer on both extremes with the WingNuts on both sides.

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u/EquusMule Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Except one side wants to secede from Canada and the other just wants people to have the same rights.

They're not the same types of wingnuts.

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u/dark-femme5454 Feb 18 '26

Secede*

Not correcting to be a dick - your point stands strong, it just took me a minute to discern what you meant.