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Originally Posted by Matty81
Personal memory, but I don't ever really feel like the Liberals in my lifetime (Chretien/Martin years) pushed through a lot of social legislation that the vast majority of the country was against - honestly asking for some examples of that - their whole approach seemed to be about doing what the majority wanted as a means of maintaining power.
I honestly don't know if the conservatives have a hidden agenda these days - I did study under Ted Morton and co at U of C during the reform/alliance years and I know for a fact that there were some extreme dudes in that camp who most Canadians aren't in line with socially. The quiet prevent kind of campaign when you have that sort of background isn't real reassuring.
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So you are saying people of Christian backgrounds shouldn't be allowed to be in politics? Or shouldn't be allowed to express their opinions? Confusing.
Most recently the Liberals passed legislation allowing gay marriage (a policy I happened to agree with) but it was a very divisive policy. It certainly wasn't supported by 'a vast majority' of Canadians at the time. Their policies on Abortion were certainly not supported by a 'vast majority' of anyone either. The Conservative Party under Harper has promised time after time to stay away from these subjects purely because of the split among Canadian opinion.
In the current Lib platform, pushing for a national daycare program is a clear attack on those parents who may choose to stay at home to raise children; another example of a left-leaning social engineering type of policy. Contrast this with the CPC which offers tax cuts for people with children, a much more Libertarian approach allowing all parents to benefit equally.
I only see one party continually trying to shape the social policies of the federal Government, and it's not the Conservatives.