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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I think fotze brings up an interesting point and it is WHY this is unsettling to the people in the East. I don't know why you would think the Conservatives would be strict on wanting information and the Liberals not so much. I think most would agree that a primary plank of the Reform party, from which Harper came, was individual freedom. We are each the designer of our own destiny. For example, they were against nationalized daycare, but for daycare credits. Liberals on the other hand have historically been for curbing individual freedoms for the sake of the greater good to society. Some call it the nanny-state, I prefer to put it as Hillary did - it takes a village to raise a child.
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Not exactly. The Liberals are more socialist (no, that's not a dirty word), but they're also more, well, liberal! It's conservatives (small c, but those people are part of the big C Conservative base whether the big C Conservatives like it or not) who want to legislate morality (anti-piracy, anti-gay, anti-marijuana, anti-prostitution, anti-abortion etc.). That's why it's somewhat ironic the party that represents the people who want to tell society what to do also represents those who don't want the government to know what they're doing. Have to wonder if it's not a case as "do as I do, not as I say".
It also works the other way too... the conservatives don't want Canadians watching what they're doing in government. They could have backed of this move much earlier had they been transparent with their intent. Instead they tried to sneak it through when they thought nobody would be paying attention and got busted. They've also muzzled party members, withheld documents from the majority of the legislature and censored some of what they have released to the point that it loses its informative value.
And Devil's Advocate, thanks for your post. Great discussion that somehow helped me articulate what I wanted say.