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Originally Posted by Red Mile Style
IR is political science. You learn that in poli 201. So is comparative politics, policy studies... Political Science is an umbrella for different disciplines. If you cared to read the introductory paragraph of a poli sci text, you would know that.
Yeah, I can tell you the difference between a red tory, but it's irrelevant. All you're trying to do is create a difference between Mulrooney and Harper, which there might be, but the people involved are all the same. How many MPs served under Mulroney? Look at the appointments Harper has made, and lest us forget one of the first meetings Harper had after the election, it was with, of corse, Mulroney. Harper hasn't established any significant policy that anyone would be able to classify his ideological beliefs.
If you want, I can tell you the differnce between different ideologies, but I guess that would just make me a "brainless ideologue"
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You're still having a lot of trouble distinguishing which is which.
Of course IR is under the "umbrella" of political science. But you have said you are taking IR as a degree, which at the UofC doesn't place as much focus on political science as it does a combined element of things. So I question your knowledge on basic tenets of political science. Mainly your repeated assertion that Harper is a clone of Mulroney. The Red Tories were awful, they became a corrupt and almost identical clone of the Liberal Party of Canada. High taxes and deficit spending is NOT conservatism, but I'm sure you know that.
MPs? Look at how many former Reformers were elected as Con MPs. Much of Harper's cabinet is composed of former Reformers. I certainly hope you know the difference between Reform and the PCs.
As for Harper's policy, well it has a distinctly conservative bent to it. Although in this minority government situation, it's obvious he is not able to introduce the fiscal reforms that he wants to.