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Good points Charlatan. But being a small "L" libertarian, I liked the reform ideals. What we think of today when we think of the Reform Party and what they began as are totally different. They were grass-roots, govern from the masses, small government. Unfortunately, they became a platform for the wacky Conservative Christian movement in Canada. Conservative Christians are lovely people. Just keep the wacky ones out of office...
As for the neo-cons, I'll accept your wikipedia definition but I don't think it describes Mr Harper at all. He does not believe in deficit spending (or social welfare for that matter) and I don't think he is the foreign policy hawk that we make him out to be. I think he is towing the line with big brother next door , for sure, but that may be more out of need than desire.
I'd say he is old-school conservative. Not PC. Not reform. Not wacky Christian Right. Thoughtful Christian Right. We haven't seen that in Canada in many decades.
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