his handlers probably calculate that they run a greater risk of alienating their base if they run moderate, than running moderate and raising their ceiling
I don't think that's possible. Who else will Conservatives vote for? The CPC could act like LPC/NDP and they'd still get their core voters to vote them in because as long as they aren't 'red' or 'orange'.. they're 'good'.
Based solely on the merit of the amendments they've proposed, such as changing titles or a single word, they should face some sort of punishment for wasting precious time. It's clearly meant to do nothing but waste time and guess who pays for it?
There are always sheep, regardless of views. My belief is that Conservatives have 'better' sheep because they rarely ever vote against their own party (even when damaging information comes to light) whereas LPC/NDP share a voter base and often cannibalize each others support.
What happened to Evernote? I'm using it now and never heard about any issues.