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Blue Tory
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A Blue Tory in Canadian politics is a conservative who advocates for free-market and economically liberal (sometimes known as fiscally conservative) policies[1] such as reductions in public spending, tax cuts, opposition to deficit spending, and a more limited role of government. They also advocate self reliance, individual responsibility, personal freedom and liberty and therefore do not necessarily support social conservatism.[2][3]
The term has been applied to members of the modern Conservative Party of Canada and provincial Progressive Conservative parties, as well as the historical Reform Party of Canada and its successor, the Canadian Alliance. In contemporary language, Blue Tories are sometimes described as "true-blue Conservatives".[4]
- ^ Gagnon, Alain-G.; Tanguay, A. Brian (2016). Canadian Parties in Transition (Fourth ed.). University of Toronto Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4426-3470-1.
- ^ Postmedia News (April 9, 2012). "Alberta election pits PC's 'red' versus Wildrose's 'blue' conservatives, experts say". National Post. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "Why Jews were red tories". Canadian Jewish News. March 4, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ Whittington, Les (August 23, 2021). "A true-blue Tory in the Conservatives' big tent? In search of Erin O'Toole". Hill Times. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
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