- Andrew Coyne: Canada's left-wing, unconservative, compromise-ridden Conservatives
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The following is an edited excerpt of Andrew Coyne’s recent presentation to the Manning Networking Conference and Exhibition in Ottawa.
I fear I am here under false pretenses. I was introduced as being a real conservative, somebody who sees things in pure, free-market terms, sort of the good old-fashioned religion.I’m actually not a conservative — either in name, or in any other way. If forced to describe myself, I’d say I’m a socialist, because by any usual or sensible definition, I would be.
I favour public pensions, public health care, public education, public unemployment insurance. I favour a whole battery of things involving the state function. In fact, I’ve had tangles with some of my conservative friends over things like user fees for health care, or the necessity of carbon taxes to combat global warming.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Being Right Does More Than Being Left
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About Me
- Unhypentated Canadian
- I lean to the right but I still have a heart and if I have a mission it is to respond to attacks on people not available to protect themselves and to point out the hypocrisy of the left at every opportunity.MY MAJOR GOAL IS HIGHLIGHT THE HYPOCRISY AND STUPIDITY OF THE LEFTISTS ON TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. Last word: In the final analysis this blog is a relief valve for my rants/raves.
1 comment:
ah, the irony of conservatism.
Being a conservative, loud and proud, at least until one needs bailouts, government money, or other scheme to enhance one's position.
The dying days of the Bush admin, with the smorgasbord of unheard of government spending to bring about the highest deficits in US history, and almost a trillion in bailouts with no direction or limits on where.
Conservative until "socialism" is beneficial.
Leftists can own their share of hypocrisy, but I think conservatives, clearly, are the true winners in that category.
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