77
submitted 1 year ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

The Conservative grassroots voted overwhelmingly to restrict gender-affirming care for trans youth under the age of 18 on Saturday.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fair enough and that's a fun discussion... but I was replying to someone who said CPC, not all historical federal 'conservative' parties. The old PC/Reform split allowed for conservatives and right liberals to belong to different parties. Different times, policy wise though I think you're right, the PC party is dead and gone in the CPC. I wonder where their voters went.

[-] Sir_Osis_of_Liver@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

👋. I was a member of the federal PCs back in the day. I worked on both Mulroney campaigns, voted for him once, and even voted for Kim Campbell. I continued to support the party until the Reform takeover. Moderate PCs were very much made to feel unwelcomed, and I didn't support most of what became policy.

I've been voting Liberal since. Which was a big jump for me. But the CPC aren't conservative. They're right-wing, populist reactionaries.

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A right proper Tory as I live and breathe, I thought you all went extinct when Peter MacKay turned over the keys.

I'm just kidding with you, I feel like your story is probably common enough with people who were considered red Tories back in those days.

this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2023
77 points (100.0% liked)

Canada

7230 readers
358 users here now

What's going on Canada?



Related Communities


🍁 Meta


🗺️ Provinces / Territories


🏙️ Cities / Local Communities

Sorted alphabetically by city name.


🏒 SportsHockey

Football (NFL): incomplete

Football (CFL): incomplete

Baseball

Basketball

Soccer


💻 Schools / Universities

Sorted by province, then by total full-time enrolment.


💵 Finance, Shopping, Sales


🗣️ Politics


🍁 Social / Culture


Rules

Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage: lemmy.ca


founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS