Another Echo Chamber

Vincent J. Curtis

23 Mar 21

 

Erin O’Toole and the media both believe that the Conservative Party has to change if it is to prevail against the Trudeau Liberals in the next election.  It can’t deny the “reality” of climate change.  It has to stop this social conservative stuff, and never mind what Western Canada thinks.  In short, the Conservative Party has to become the Liberal Party in all but name, and then offer itself as the safe alternative to more of Justin Trudeau.  These are the views reflected throughout Canada’s MSM like a hall of mirrors. (Or another one of Ben Rhodes's Echo Chambers!)

Conservatives have to change.  What???

Conservatism is about resisting change.  Conservatism isn’t about more, it’s about less: less regulation, lower taxes, less in-your-face-government.  (Doug Ford, Jason Kenney, and Brian Pallister notwithstanding.)  Conservativism is about looking before you leap, about being careful, suspicious of change, and the madness of crowds.  Conservatism cares about the pocketbook.  Conservatism is about realizing that to reach that shining city on the hill you have to pass through the valley of death.

The election of Trump shows that political conservatism nowadays is less about balanced budgets and more about social conservatism and economic opportunity.  Naturally, progressives want to protect their gains by warning off the Conservative Party from social conservativism; but if the Conservative Party isn’t socially conservative, then it offers no choice at all to the electorate, just different faces for the same thing.

The Conservative Party serves Canada best by remaining true to itself.

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