tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608187347082258635.post4559986819072603995..comments2023-06-24T04:31:55.215-04:00Comments on The Orange Tory: Canada as a Concept for OthersSJLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507376219360029032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608187347082258635.post-13733188491631705132017-08-12T13:01:31.325-04:002017-08-12T13:01:31.325-04:00I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of t...<i>I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of the motivations of those politicians in regards to private healthcare. I think that is how they had to discuss public healthcare given attitudes about it. </i><br /><br />Even if it doesn't, is does still say a lot about the attitudes of members of the public who call themselves conservatives, but still only support the idea of private medicine because they think it will ease pressure on public healthcare. <br /><br />You see it even with attitudes towards social conservatism-while some backbenchers and activists in Alberta and nationally during the Stephen Harper era tried to get gay marriage back on the agenda, their efforts didn't amount to much. Nor was it much of an issue for most voters, who seemed quite comfortable re-electing Harper and Ralph Klein despite it all.Jared Milnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893936894329476190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608187347082258635.post-49095669934621297082017-08-11T16:28:02.254-04:002017-08-11T16:28:02.254-04:00Thanks for the feedback Jared, I'm glad you li...Thanks for the feedback Jared, I'm glad you liked the article. <br /><br />I would say that the breakdown between American and Canadian conservatives may be in the initial conception of the state. I think libertarianism has a comparative weak hold in Canadian conservatism. Though you could argue it has little bearing on the present the Conservative Party was founded on national projects and protecting industry. <br /><br />I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of the motivations of those politicians in regards to private healthcare. I think that is how they had to discuss public healthcare given attitudes about it. <br /><br />Fundamentally Canadian conservatives are conservative while American conservatives are reactionaries. Conservatives in our country want to, generally, keep the status quo for the sake of stability. Republicans are eager to overturn decades of precedence for their policy objectives. There's a lot more to breakdown, but I think these are some of the things at the heart. SJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507376219360029032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608187347082258635.post-73245135304403335992017-08-08T23:12:25.448-04:002017-08-08T23:12:25.448-04:00Great article.
In fact, I would venture so far a...Great article. <br /><br />In fact, I would venture so far as to say that there are subtle but important differences between Canadian and American conservatives, rooted in their attitudes towards healthcare. <br /><br />When Canadian conservatives support a greater role for private healthcare delivery, in my experience they do so because they believe that this will ease pressure on the public system and allow people who really need care and can't afford it to get it sooner. <br /><br />You can see it even here in Alberta. Preston Manning, during the early salad days of the Reform Alliance, tried to emphasize that Reform did not want to kill private healthcare-it wanted to get Canada's deficit problems under control so we could afford to keep financing public healthcare. <br /><br />Former Premier Ralph Klein tried to justify more private delivery of healthcare with his "Third Way" proposals, based on a third way between public and private delivery. However, his proposals never got anywhere-the public had little enthusiasm for them, and even Klein's own caucus got cold feet. This was a surprising defeat for a Premier who had the well-earned nickname of "King Ralph" for the power he wielded over his caucus and the anemic opposition he faced in the Alberta Legislature.Jared Milnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893936894329476190noreply@blogger.com