06-23-2023, 12:54 AM
(06-22-2023, 09:54 PM)nms Wrote: I think it will be interesting to see what happens when the "strong mayors" decide to do things that the PC government wasn't anticipating (eg anything left of centre that Doug Ford railed against while he was on Toronto City Council).
I am betting that this won't happen.
Mostly because I'm cynical...
The left is rarely bold, often afraid of it's own shadow.
Yeah, some progressive mayors might do things DoFo disagrees with, but they'll still not do anything radical and ambitious. Where as right wing extremist conservatives given strong mayor powers absolutely would start doing extreme things.
Of course, some of this isn't on progressives themselves. Our largely conservative media would eviscerate any progressive policies, while strongly normalising even the most extreme regressive policies.
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