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@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.

#cdnpoli

@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."

#cannabis

@SCampbell Are you able to say in what way specifically they think the CPC is too far to the right?

@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.

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.

#politics

Is the current Conservative Party of Canada (#CPC) more right-wing than the PC Party of Brian Mulroney? If it is, then I encourage you to reply saying in what way specifically.

Boosts welcome.

#CanPol #cdnpoli

@dansup Congratulations!

(Maybe a good moment to update #FediDB? https://fedidb.com/servers/pixelfed.social )

@chris I hope few people think Pres. Trump is a friend to Canada. But I guess you could probably find such people on Twitter if you look for them...

@ChrisMayLA6 It's odd that the "Similar countries" include the US, Japan and Canada, in addition to the EU-27.

@gemlog
Increasing productivity simply means that we can accomplish more with a given amount of labour, normally because of better tools, techniques and more skilled workers. The benefits might all flow to the employer, all to the employee, or potentially to the government. But at the end of the day, for society overall to become more prosperous, we want productivity to rise.

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#economics

@gemlog
There's a story about an American economist who goes to China. He visits a dam construction site, and he sees hundreds of men working with shovels and wheelbarrows. "Why not use backhoes, excavators and bulldozers?" he asks. "China has many men, and we must provide them with jobs," is the reply. "Then why not take away the shovels and give them spoons?"

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@timbray There are lots of complaints in the world; it's good to see praise when it's deserved.