By Sniffles
Population-wise — although not land-wise, obviously — Nunavut is the smallest and most remote of Canadian provinces. But their Senator may have just had an outsized effect on the Canadian Conservative Party.
Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson, a longtime Tory, just quit the party's Senate caucus over the Conservatives' support of the Trumpy truckers, who have wreaked havoc in Ottawa for a week now.
"This is the Conservative Party, which has been known as the party of law and order," Patterson said, "and I’m very upset with the lawlessness and the desecration of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the hateful, repugnant symbols (like the Nazi swastikas) being used and I’m disappointed that this has not been called out." He went on to decry the Trumpy elements of the party that have backed the lawless truckers.
"This is no longer a caucus I want to belong to," he declared. "I do not support this approach, and I hope it will change."
Interesting that this breakaway occurred on the same day that Mike Pence stood against Benedict Donald for the first time since — well, since ever. Are the continent's traditional conservatives starting to realize how outrageous and fringe-y their parties have become? Not many, for sure — but cracks are starting to show. We cats PURR.
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