RodEdwards.ca » Budget 2009 http://www.rodedwards.ca A Manitoban Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:23:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The New Right is a Little to the Left http://www.rodedwards.ca/2009/02/the-new-right-is-a-little-to-the-left/ http://www.rodedwards.ca/2009/02/the-new-right-is-a-little-to-the-left/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:50:57 +0000 Rod Edwards http://www.rodedwards.ca/?p=45 Lots of conservative navel gazing going on today after Ezra Levant’s defence of the budget in the NP. I think BlueLikeYou sums it up the best, while making the point that having a left-of-center Liberal party and a right-of-center Conservative party battling for the center vote keeps both honest and accountable.

True conservatives balk at things such as government subsidized housing or loan guarantees to the auto sector. But Canada’s right has already tried a purist conservative party — it was called the Reform party and it kept losing elections. Party members voted to inter it and build a broader electoral coalition, making the strategic choice to moderate policy in return for a chance at power. [Ezra Levant, NP]

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get on with the mission of making conservatism the most relevant & effective policy foundation for Canada.

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