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One added bonus in waiting to show his hand is that the Leader of the Opposition forced many business and professional associations to fend for themselves for a while in opposing this tax increase. You will recall that in his speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade, Mr Poilievre had quite correctly complained about lobby groups who meet with the opposition to rail against government policy, only to be mute publicly in fear of angering the ruling party. The same thing might have happened on this policy had the CPC instantly opposed it. By waiting, they gave groups like the CMA, Venture Capital Association, and farmer-led groups no choice but to publicly fight it themselves. Whether intentional or not, it had the net effect of making these lobby groups say the same thing publicly that they do privately.

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