Frustratingly, despite leading in several dozens of polls, Conservatives are not polling nearly well enough in the seat-rich Greater Toronto Area to win an overall majority.
David Johnston’s resignation as special rapporteur highlights the invidious position of those who serve, for just a few years, as a proxy head of state.
The irony is that it was originally established by a Conservative prime minister, and need not exist in a state of perpetual existential struggle against one of the country’s two main parties.
Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have all managed to better implement the centre-right recipe for success, despite being ruled by left-of-centre parties.
From Canada to Montana to New Zealand, centre-right parties have found different ways to break the grip of NIMBY gatekeepers and build the homes people need – and are reaping the electoral reward.