"Mimicking local norms rather than embodying a genuine commitment to Quebec’s distinct cultural and political realities."
What "local norms" is he mimicking?
Comparing Layton to Poilievre is interesting, but there is less "there" there. A province with more left-of-centre voters will get a stronger response to a left-of-centre message. Tory messaging in Quebec since Harper has not been about winning over the whole province with a tailored platform, Mulroney style, but attempting to convince the (smaller) pool of non-left gettable voters that they are Conservatives and build incrementally over time.
Or is this a language and accent thing? I am wondering if that is what you are really talking about.
Layton spoke "Quebec Anglo French" with enough experience of working-class Quebecois folks in his past to put in some twang. Pierre speaks "heritage Prairie francophone French." Is there a greater distance between Pierre's French and the voters, a lack of resonance?
Interesting piece, but also quite vague.
"Mimicking local norms rather than embodying a genuine commitment to Quebec’s distinct cultural and political realities."
What "local norms" is he mimicking?
Comparing Layton to Poilievre is interesting, but there is less "there" there. A province with more left-of-centre voters will get a stronger response to a left-of-centre message. Tory messaging in Quebec since Harper has not been about winning over the whole province with a tailored platform, Mulroney style, but attempting to convince the (smaller) pool of non-left gettable voters that they are Conservatives and build incrementally over time.
Or is this a language and accent thing? I am wondering if that is what you are really talking about.
Layton spoke "Quebec Anglo French" with enough experience of working-class Quebecois folks in his past to put in some twang. Pierre speaks "heritage Prairie francophone French." Is there a greater distance between Pierre's French and the voters, a lack of resonance?
Do Quebecers really value ‘deep authentic engagement’ (whatever that means exactly? If so, how will Davos man do?
Enough to make Quebecers forget that he is the head of a party based in the prairie provinces, whose residents hold anti-Quebec sentiments?