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It makes perfect sense though. The party has spent a lot of time being the "not Trudeau" Party. A lot of voters vote on vibes and don't read the platforms or anything else.
If they don't have a platform or positions then they can be whatever a potential voter projects on them. It works. Ask a conservative voter why they are voting conservative and the majority won't talk about the conservatives they will talk about the liberals or NDP.
Campaign manager : Whatever you do, don’t sound like Trump or Maga when you speak.
Candidate: Don’t speak. Got it.
literally the only thing they have is the party affiliation noted beside their names on the ballot.
they certainly haven't got a platform or policy to benefit all voters. talking will just expose that fact and open them up to 'hard' questions they don't want to (even try to) answer 'on the record'.
Most individual’s political opinions these days just has to do with hating the other side.
People don’t like to be educated, because it challenges the options they want to have.
If the Conservative party doesn't trust their candidates enough to allow them to speak to the media, why should we trust them with our votes?
This party is so clearly presenting a facade that they can't even afford to talk to the press for the risk of poking a hole. This also means that the party leadership has ironclad grip on its MPs and therefore when in government the decisions really come down to a tiny circle of people with PP at the helm. This is how it was when Harper was our PM too. It was scary even back in 2012.
They are incapable of talking without saying the quiet parts out loud. Silence is better than spilling the beans on evil.
They know the "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
This is what embracing shoddy practices gets you. Nobody even wants to talk to you.