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Originally Posted by Bunk
The PCs in Alberta are a governing party - they occupy the middle of the political spectrum, pushing their rivals to the periphery. It would be hard to argue, in my view, that their actual policies are any more conservative than for example the Liberal Party in BC or the Liberal Party in Ontario.
Things like fiscal responsibility are now simply orthodoxy (and have been for twenty years), and real hot button social issues (same sex marriage, abortion, capital punishment) simply are not issues at all anymore.
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I actually laughed out loud at this point. Just because these topics may not seem to be at the forefront of political campaigning doesn't mean there not part of political parties ideology. Just ask any gay rights, pro choice, or pro life activist if these are political non issues anymore.
There are also other hot button social issues that deal with ideology, like marijuana law reforms, and the big one right now Privacy laws.