Political liberalism began changing in the mid-eighties when Reagan, Mulroney and Thatcher changed the political and economic landscape (most manufacturing began migrating offshore in the 80s - those "good middle class jobs" that lasted a lifetime or until one's pensionable years went away). Trickle down ideology started being sold as the panacea…I’m old, I remember consultants hired to sell this bullshit to workers losing their jobs. By the early 90s, all main political parties were a little further right.
Justin Trudeau, in some respects, is less of a trickle-down neoliberal than his predecessors Chretien and Martin; but not by much. The NDP - in provinces where they have governed - are not Jack Layton socialists and fulfill few to none of the promises Jagmeet makes at the federal level. In policy, they are more like the federal Liberals than a Jack Layton era party. The Conservative Party is wholly owned by reformers who clearly value strong man leadership. Scheer and O'Toole were regarded as wimps. Harper and PP are revered by the membership.
The Conservative Party has no progressive element left in it. Doesn’t matter that Michelle Rempel periodically reassures the gays and women she’s with them; she’s on the dust heap now. PP did not include her in his shadow cabinet. Ed Last is another one thrown away. Stephen Harper continues to be the party’s role model and who are his role models? Orban in Hungary who is well on his way to establishing a dictatorship. Bolsonaro, another fascist and Meloni, Italy's newest fascist. They admire and seek to emulate their populism in the hope it will be palatable to Canadians. But most importantly, the Conservative Party is aligned with US Republicans and US right wing lobby groups. And we know what they are doing.
What do conservatives stand for? Nothing they can explicitly admit if they want to get elected. All reform leaders have had to fake it until they make it. O’Toole demonstrated this when he pivoted from his “take Canada back” leadership campaign to supporting the carbon tax during the election campaign. He told the party it would need to modernize if it wanted to win. The party shunned this idea. His successor Poilievre has decided to go full hard right and campaign like an Orban/Meloni/Bernier populist. Lie through his teeth, repeat the lies every day, shout empty slogans and rage against taxes (never prices and profits), call experts “elitist” and pretend he is a working-class hero. Where Harper would never have given anti-abortionists like Lewis a cabinet post, PP has no problem with it. He is taking a gamble his hard right populist strategy will sway voters.
Is Poilievre a different conservative today? When PP was a Harper foot soldier, he crafted an elections act that weakened Elections Canada and sought to make voting difficult. The legislation didn’t succeed because of the public backlash, particularly in the Globe and Mail which hammered it in repeated editorials. But his Orwellian named Fair Elections Act is something he would certainly resurrect. The party is dominated by social conservatives who fraternize with and court white supremacists and misogynists. Poilievre hired Jeff Ballingall, a professional ratf*cker, to increase his social media following. #MGTOW and #Shapiro were not mistakes.
Know them by who they admire and emulate, who they support in a crisis like COVID (antivaxxers and white supremacists), who they congratulate around the world (neofascists), who they welcome as members, who they approve to run in elections.
The fact you claim the Conservative Party is aligned with US Republicans shows how little you know about Canadian politics. A government running a pro-life platform is political suicide in Canada and will never happen, that alone places the Conservative Party on the same social position as US Democrats
This is what conservatives claim and women would be fools to believe them.
If the Conservative Party of Canada achieved a majority, it would erode abortion rights. Erin O'Toole allowed a free vote on abortion when he was leader. It was only defeated because the CPC does not have the votes in the HoC. The CPC, like Republicans, plays the long game. The party is now dominated by social conservatives. Women were told what you claim in the US for years and now are facing being hunted like criminals if they seek abortions. Republicans are also trying to criminalize contraception. Women would be fools to believe anything the CPC claims about human rights.
Madison I have 50 years as a political vet and you are seriously wrong, Pierre was a bully child and schools had a hard time with him. His adopted parents were both very right winged people who brought him up in a strange way. His neighborhood never liked him. He’s still a bully liar, you sound more like a Russian troll then anyone normal because your basing your ridiculous on one man. Pierre stands to hurt everything good we have. So take your twisted facts back to troll land you will be reported
Gawd please don’t let a monster like Pierre win. That liar is pathetic little bully. He says nothing about policy because his plans are horrifying. Taking away the federal senior pensions and taking away EI means no Maternity leave, no illness help and seasonal workers are screwed and so are those that lose jobs. Canada does not need a fascist regime like these reformed conservatives ever. They attacked my life, they are cruel stop jinxing Canada we don’t need a Trump like Pierre. He’s a actor he hates people so I pray your wrong. 
You simple mindedly equate Poilievre to "Trump", but Scrimshaw's previous article stated "is he the moderate, self-described pro-choice candidate he always pitches himself to Carleton as?"
Scrimshaw also stated "Poilievre has always come across, as someone who knows people who know him and can literally see his riding from my house, as someone at ease with modern conservatism and modern society. Talk to any of his constituents in Carleton, and the picture they paint of him – attentive, reasonable, moderate – is entirely at odds with his public persona."
It's a shame Scrimshaw's commenters can't be as thoughtful has he is, Scrimshaw has his biases but still acknowledges the full picture of a situation.
Poilievre has a track record of not being what you claim he is. Obviously you support him and that's fine, but you're not going to persuade anyone keeping up with him that he's reasonable or progressive. If you want to persuade someone to your point of view, I'd avoid opening with insults.
Pierre is a born bully he hates people ask his neighborhood in Alberta and now Ontario his fake words out of his mouth are evil he hates farmers yet plays them like a fiddle. He states no policies but do people catch on? Nope. Reporters are bought by conservatives
Political liberalism began changing in the mid-eighties when Reagan, Mulroney and Thatcher changed the political and economic landscape (most manufacturing began migrating offshore in the 80s - those "good middle class jobs" that lasted a lifetime or until one's pensionable years went away). Trickle down ideology started being sold as the panacea…I’m old, I remember consultants hired to sell this bullshit to workers losing their jobs. By the early 90s, all main political parties were a little further right.
Justin Trudeau, in some respects, is less of a trickle-down neoliberal than his predecessors Chretien and Martin; but not by much. The NDP - in provinces where they have governed - are not Jack Layton socialists and fulfill few to none of the promises Jagmeet makes at the federal level. In policy, they are more like the federal Liberals than a Jack Layton era party. The Conservative Party is wholly owned by reformers who clearly value strong man leadership. Scheer and O'Toole were regarded as wimps. Harper and PP are revered by the membership.
The Conservative Party has no progressive element left in it. Doesn’t matter that Michelle Rempel periodically reassures the gays and women she’s with them; she’s on the dust heap now. PP did not include her in his shadow cabinet. Ed Last is another one thrown away. Stephen Harper continues to be the party’s role model and who are his role models? Orban in Hungary who is well on his way to establishing a dictatorship. Bolsonaro, another fascist and Meloni, Italy's newest fascist. They admire and seek to emulate their populism in the hope it will be palatable to Canadians. But most importantly, the Conservative Party is aligned with US Republicans and US right wing lobby groups. And we know what they are doing.
What do conservatives stand for? Nothing they can explicitly admit if they want to get elected. All reform leaders have had to fake it until they make it. O’Toole demonstrated this when he pivoted from his “take Canada back” leadership campaign to supporting the carbon tax during the election campaign. He told the party it would need to modernize if it wanted to win. The party shunned this idea. His successor Poilievre has decided to go full hard right and campaign like an Orban/Meloni/Bernier populist. Lie through his teeth, repeat the lies every day, shout empty slogans and rage against taxes (never prices and profits), call experts “elitist” and pretend he is a working-class hero. Where Harper would never have given anti-abortionists like Lewis a cabinet post, PP has no problem with it. He is taking a gamble his hard right populist strategy will sway voters.
Is Poilievre a different conservative today? When PP was a Harper foot soldier, he crafted an elections act that weakened Elections Canada and sought to make voting difficult. The legislation didn’t succeed because of the public backlash, particularly in the Globe and Mail which hammered it in repeated editorials. But his Orwellian named Fair Elections Act is something he would certainly resurrect. The party is dominated by social conservatives who fraternize with and court white supremacists and misogynists. Poilievre hired Jeff Ballingall, a professional ratf*cker, to increase his social media following. #MGTOW and #Shapiro were not mistakes.
Know them by who they admire and emulate, who they support in a crisis like COVID (antivaxxers and white supremacists), who they congratulate around the world (neofascists), who they welcome as members, who they approve to run in elections.
The fact you claim the Conservative Party is aligned with US Republicans shows how little you know about Canadian politics. A government running a pro-life platform is political suicide in Canada and will never happen, that alone places the Conservative Party on the same social position as US Democrats
This is what conservatives claim and women would be fools to believe them.
If the Conservative Party of Canada achieved a majority, it would erode abortion rights. Erin O'Toole allowed a free vote on abortion when he was leader. It was only defeated because the CPC does not have the votes in the HoC. The CPC, like Republicans, plays the long game. The party is now dominated by social conservatives. Women were told what you claim in the US for years and now are facing being hunted like criminals if they seek abortions. Republicans are also trying to criminalize contraception. Women would be fools to believe anything the CPC claims about human rights.
Madison I have 50 years as a political vet and you are seriously wrong, Pierre was a bully child and schools had a hard time with him. His adopted parents were both very right winged people who brought him up in a strange way. His neighborhood never liked him. He’s still a bully liar, you sound more like a Russian troll then anyone normal because your basing your ridiculous on one man. Pierre stands to hurt everything good we have. So take your twisted facts back to troll land you will be reported
Gawd please don’t let a monster like Pierre win. That liar is pathetic little bully. He says nothing about policy because his plans are horrifying. Taking away the federal senior pensions and taking away EI means no Maternity leave, no illness help and seasonal workers are screwed and so are those that lose jobs. Canada does not need a fascist regime like these reformed conservatives ever. They attacked my life, they are cruel stop jinxing Canada we don’t need a Trump like Pierre. He’s a actor he hates people so I pray your wrong. 
You simple mindedly equate Poilievre to "Trump", but Scrimshaw's previous article stated "is he the moderate, self-described pro-choice candidate he always pitches himself to Carleton as?"
Scrimshaw also stated "Poilievre has always come across, as someone who knows people who know him and can literally see his riding from my house, as someone at ease with modern conservatism and modern society. Talk to any of his constituents in Carleton, and the picture they paint of him – attentive, reasonable, moderate – is entirely at odds with his public persona."
It's a shame Scrimshaw's commenters can't be as thoughtful has he is, Scrimshaw has his biases but still acknowledges the full picture of a situation.
Poilievre has a track record of not being what you claim he is. Obviously you support him and that's fine, but you're not going to persuade anyone keeping up with him that he's reasonable or progressive. If you want to persuade someone to your point of view, I'd avoid opening with insults.
Madison the fake troll report this fake
Pierre is a born bully he hates people ask his neighborhood in Alberta and now Ontario his fake words out of his mouth are evil he hates farmers yet plays them like a fiddle. He states no policies but do people catch on? Nope. Reporters are bought by conservatives
What do you mean?
Sorry wrong comment I deleted it