Is conservatism on the way out? Not, according to Merritt resident Michael Beauclair, the former BC Conservative Candidate in the Fraser Nicola riding
Today in the National Post, I saw a story written by Colby Cosh, entitled, “ Is conservatism on the way out? ” In part the writer stated: Perhaps the secret of recent history in the provinces is that conservatives are not addressing psycho-semantic problems with the term “conservative.” How many times have you heard someone say, “I’m a social liberal but a conservative on economics”? This is the default political position of most adults now, is it not? Liberalism, which is to say pluralism, has won the argument in the “social” realm of government. What once was liberalism in economics, the dirigisme that my generation was taught to think of as the “mixed economy,” has largely lost; but the people who call themselves Liberals have succeeded at extricating themselves from the reputational burden … I thought the story raised some interesting points on ‘conservatism’ as a whole, Michael Beauclair which is why I posted it to my Facebook page . It got a...