http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada...cid=spartandhp
Just in time to be on the right side of history, too! Nailed it!!!!
Sarcasm aside, we need strong parties in this country, and I think it's great that the party is looking to become relevant again and sees no reason to continue fighting against a pretty progressive population where being against things like gay marriage get a pretty big eye roll from the majority of citizens, unlike our neighbors to the south.
Also interesting to note that Harper himself was apparently the biggest supporter of traditional marriage and fought really hard to keep opposing it.
I'm now starting to gain interest in the party again after this announcement (I know it's only one thing), as I had supported them in the past, as they actually gave a **** about the west. It was pretty surreal as a youngster in 2006 to see someone from Calgary running the country after so many years of being ignored by the feds.
Hopefully they pick a strong, progressive leader, and I really hope the next thing they do is distance themselves from the muzzling of scientists.
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The federal Conservative Party shed its official aversion to gay marriage this weekend as rank-and-file members voted to remove the traditional definition of wedlock from their policy book – part of an effort to recast the Tories after bidding farewell to founder Stephen Harper.
“It’s about telling Canadians that you can love whom you want,” Conservative MP and leadership contender Maxime Bernier said.
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“Welcome to a broad, national political party. There are always going to be different views on different issues but when we talk about unity it means unity in diversity.”
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There were clear signs of how the Tories are changing without the influence of Mr. Harper, known for secrecy and distrust of the media.
The Tories opened all their policy debate sessions at their Vancouver convention to the media. It was a first for this party, which has less to lose now from such a move now that it’s longer in power
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