One problem is that political strategists don't care about people.  They care about only one person:  the elusive middle Canadian.  This person is invariably white, male, middle class, middle income, residing in a medium sized city, in a middle income suburb, middle of the road politically, with a white picket fence, 2.3 kids, and some very traditionalist and conservative economic opinions.  This man doesn't like change or vision, he doesn't want to rock the boat, and he doesn't give two shits for the poor or victims of oppression.  Trust me, I've seen an NDP government take a right-wing position which >75% of the population opposed.  But the middle Manitoban (or at least his representatives in the Winnipeg Free Press and the Chamber of Commerce) wanted it, so it was done.  It doesn't matter if a left-wing idea is popular, we must be careful not to scare the elusive middle Canadian.

Personally, I've never met this guy, although I read the media speaking on behalf of him.

And this middle Canadian doesn't like things which are different.  He finds it scary.  And since you're different, you must be banished for you might scare the hypothetical middle Canadian so much that he might not leave the boundaries of his hypothetical white picket fence and vote for The Party.