Harper Ethnic strategy in B.C. will fail

The Tories are back to mischief again. They are trying their new found Mantra of reaching out to  ethnic communities because that is what they are lacking to win a majority. Ethnic outreach from Conservatives is not something new, we have heard about it earlier too

The good news is that finally the Conservatives are starting to treat visible minorities with respect, the bad news is that they are just seeing us as a instrument of vote to get them a majority.

Lets look into the facts. The conservatives are targeting the Chinese, Jewish and Hindu's among the top ethnic groups along with Koreans, Filipino and some other communities except Sikhs and Muslims. The rationale is that Sikhs and Muslims tend to go left (NDP) from the Liberals and they are targeting communities that they think will go right(Tory) to them, but they are wrong. There are Sikh and Muslim MP's in the Conservative party and all communities, like mainstream support parties based on their platform and commitment, not as a bloc. 

The Conservative approach towards Chinese and Hindu's have similar patterns. Appointments, family values,attending community events, criticizing the Liberals for lack of support to these Communities, but they have never done anything credible at the grass root level to win the support of the voters. Sure, some people will tend to go Conservatives because of various reasons including not being happy with the Liberals, but then that is a small percentage that can be seen irrespective of the Conservative ethnic strategy. At the same time, there are people who voted Conservative last time, who say they will vote for the Liberals next time.

By large, polling numbers and in conversation with people in the Chinese, Jewish and Hindu grassroots, people are not flattered with Harper that will make them vote for the Tories.

In fact more and more people are realizing that the Conservatives are all about talking and media time, but are not doing anything for the people. The Conservatives lack understanding of ethnic communities. They think community leaders will be gateway to the community, but don't realize that their own people end up being the gatekeepers.

It ain't happening Jason, not with the current strategy.