Is the current Conservative Party of Canada (#CPC) more right-wing than the PC Party of Brian Mulroney?
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When was the last time the conservative party supported environmental legislation, let alone pass any, or sign on to any environmental treaties?
Their environmental policy now is "drill baby drill or you're a communist".
Their platform now can be reduced to "starve the beast", as in tax cuts, service cuts, and privatization. That's it.
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@mpjgregoire I have friends who have been PC supporters for years. Still support NS PC but now don't support CPC. They feel Reform Party is now dominant in CPC & in party's effort to block Bernier went too far to the right. Trudeau was a deal breaker for them but they are comfortable with Carney.
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@mpjgregoire creating culture wars based in disinformation is neither left nor right. But it is right leaning parties that use that tactic to “recruit” voters because they know that pure right wing won’t win.
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@mpjgregoire
Mulroney created many national parks and protected areas (as Canadians want), the maple maga cons now do the opposite.Mulroney acted against air pollution and acid rain, the maple maga coms are scheming to eliminate pollution regulations because they deny climate change as their oil overlords tell them.
Mulroney was anti-aparthied, the maple maga cons are more akin to neonazis.
Mulroney almost outlawed abortion, the maple maga will succeed if they get power.
Mulroney sold us out to the USA, the maple maga will erase Canada.
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@mpjgregoire Let's say they're not, which you seem to be heavily suggesting is the case. Not sure what that would tell us about the current situation.
If there's a two punch that goes with the one punch, interested in it.
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This question is inspired by https://cosocial.ca/@johannab/116092554598007145 . I think the image there is correct for #uspol for some senses of "right-wing" [0]. In Canada, I tend to think the federal Conservatives have moved to the left on social issues — the Mulroney PCs would have opposed the legalisation of cannabis, for instance, whereas the CPC is not proposing to ban it.
[0] I remember when supporting free trade and NATO were right-wing values in American politics; not in the MAGA Republican Party.
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This question is inspired by https://cosocial.ca/@johannab/116092554598007145 . I think the image there is correct for #uspol for some senses of "right-wing" [0]. In Canada, I tend to think the federal Conservatives have moved to the left on social issues — the Mulroney PCs would have opposed the legalisation of cannabis, for instance, whereas the CPC is not proposing to ban it.
[0] I remember when supporting free trade and NATO were right-wing values in American politics; not in the MAGA Republican Party.
@mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca
You're talking about this Mulroney?
https://nationalpost.com/news/brian-mulroney-cannabis -
This question is inspired by https://cosocial.ca/@johannab/116092554598007145 . I think the image there is correct for #uspol for some senses of "right-wing" [0]. In Canada, I tend to think the federal Conservatives have moved to the left on social issues — the Mulroney PCs would have opposed the legalisation of cannabis, for instance, whereas the CPC is not proposing to ban it.
[0] I remember when supporting free trade and NATO were right-wing values in American politics; not in the MAGA Republican Party.
@mpjgregoire That was 36 years ago. I'd say society changed & parties reflect it.
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When was the last time the conservative party supported environmental legislation, let alone pass any, or sign on to any environmental treaties?
Their environmental policy now is "drill baby drill or you're a communist".
Their platform now can be reduced to "starve the beast", as in tax cuts, service cuts, and privatization. That's it.
@Sir_Osis_of_Liver
1. Didn't the Mulroney government support the Hibernia project? But overall I guess I agree about the environment: the PCs were more concerned about #ClimateChange .2. Regarding privatisation, the Mulroney ministry sold off CN and Petro-Canada; nothing so big is envisioned by the CPC.
3. The PCs were more in favour of cutting the deficit than cutting taxes, but as I recall they favoured both. A bit later, I remember Jean Charest running on a "lower the GST" promise.
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@mpjgregoire I have friends who have been PC supporters for years. Still support NS PC but now don't support CPC. They feel Reform Party is now dominant in CPC & in party's effort to block Bernier went too far to the right. Trudeau was a deal breaker for them but they are comfortable with Carney.
@SCampbell Are you able to say in what way specifically they think the CPC is too far to the right?
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@mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca
You're talking about this Mulroney?
https://nationalpost.com/news/brian-mulroney-cannabis@driusan You're correct, #BrianMulroney moved to the left on social issues too:
"Despite overseeing a government that introduced legislation that would have categorized cannabis at the same level as heroin, Mulroney said his view of the plant evolved in the years that followed his tenure as Prime Minister."
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@mpjgregoire That was 36 years ago. I'd say society changed & parties reflect it.
@SCampbell Yes, on many social issues modern parties have moved to where the parties of the left were then.
The only major policy in #CanPol I can think of where the inverse has happened is free trade: even the NDP now oppose the end of NAFTA/CUSMA.
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/top-stories-01r3k2ttz/-/a-I-_u3ojXTUOiR_pzNTox5g%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
That is a cursed typeface.
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