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Originally posted by MarchHare@Apr 23 2005, 06:05 PM
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So I'm going to ask again. Conservative Party supporters, why should I vote for your party? And please answer that question without attacking the Liberals. What about your own party's policies makes them worthy of my vote?
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Convincing you to vote conservative would obviously first depend on your opinion of our social safety net. If you are big government, big spending supporter, then obviously things like national day care will appeal to you, and the conservatives arent the party for you.
For me, the most important reason to vote CPC is the promise of tax cuts. The feds collect $1500 per person more now than it did a decade ago despite all of these balanced budgets. At some point, some of this money needs to come back to the people and buisnesses.
Similaraly, the ending of corporate welfare. We should not be paying innefecient buisnesses to remain that way.
The Conservatives would put more funding into law enforcement. While I am trying to avoid dumping on the Liberals here, I have to say I would rather see one more cop on the street rather than one more bureaucrat maintaining the gun registry. The CPC would dump the registry and redirect that money towards enforcement.
Better relations with the US. Honestly, I do not understand why this is such a boogeyman. Simply put, we need them. They are our biggest trading partner, and while Canada's economy weathered the post 9-11 storm very well, we are still greatly affected by what happens to the American Econonmy. The border crises affecting Canada's beef and lumber industries are not going to get better so long as we continue to strain our relationships with the US.
Scrapping Kyoto. While I often call this a worthless treaty, it did have one benefit: It got people thinking harder about protecting the environment. That said, the treaty itself is about wealth redistribution, not the environment. We should not be forced to pay off other nations financially because we did not meet an artificial target by an artificial date. Similaraly, Ontario's automakers should not be getting breaks where the oil and gas industry does not.
And quite frankly, the fact that the auto makers can get credits and breaks alone shows how worthless Kyoto is. We can do better. Hell, the Alberta PC's have been much more proactive than the Feds have, and they oppose Kyoto more than anyone.
Finally, the hope of some kind of governmental reform. Certantly a CPC government wouldnt just completely reform parliament - nobody is going to do that anytime soon - but at the very least recognizing the senators Alberta elected would be a first step. Perhaps if Alberta's efforts were finally recognized, other provinces would join in and we can push for greater reforms.