Reply #24: tsk

[iverglas]

Where the Fraser Institute's at, there isn't all that much wrong with being "conservative" (and even, in much of the past and perhaps again in future if we see a re-schism, "Conservative").

What the Fraser Institute is, is right-wing. On the pretty distant right-wing fringe of Canadian politics.

Google "fraser institute" "right-wing" and ya get 10,000+ returns. Here's one:

http://info.wlu.ca/~wwwpress/jrls/cjc/BackIssues/21.4/taras.html
"The Winds of Right-wing Change in Canadian Journalism"

The <1997> conference <organized by David Frum> also revealed deep divisions between so-called fiscal conservatives who wanted a smaller role for the state and a climate that would foster business growth and social conservatives who wanted greater state involvement in legislating morality whether on abortion, criminal justice, or "family" values.

In the US, they go almost entirely hand-in-hand; up here, that is less true, and until recently the "fiscal conservatives" didn't spend much time pandering to the authoritarian right. The Fraser Institute is economically right-wing, which of course does make it completely out of step with actual Canadian values, which focus on things like social equality and tolerance and diversity and justice along with personal liberty.