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Originally Posted by Slava
Well to be fair though, the current CPC has gone against a lot of the Reform party ideals and objectives. While the Reform party had some policies I disliked, they were for accountability and openness. We surely don't see any of that today with the CPC. The candidates skipping debates, not answering questions and just generally thwarting democracy is something that the Reform party never did. They were the exact opposite in fact; say what you will about their policies or ideas, but they were a genuine democratic party underneath that.
Truthfully, there are a number of ideals that the CPC has completely abandoned from those roots. Their fiscal platform is completely different, and looking at their track record I have a hard time thinking that Preston Manning would be thrilled with what he saw there.
The muzzling of scientists and ideas of controlling or outright hiding data is also something that flies in the face of the Reform movement. I can't help but think that if they still existed they would be battling this conservative incarnation just like they were with Mulroney and his cronies in the late 80's and early 90's.
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Yeah that's true. The current Conservatives are a weird breed. They are like the worst of everything rolled into one, but with a "stable economy" line that gets way more play than it deserves.
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