Talk:Conservative Party of Canada

Updates to ideology infobox

Would also like to seek a consensus on this to avoid an edit war with Ak-eater06.

There currently is a comment advising against a change to linking Conservatism with Conservatism in Canada in the infobox. I would like to make this infobox consistent with other conservative parties such as the GOP, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, Conservative Party (UK). I cannot find any prior discussion in the archives besides comments supportive of what I want to do here. Talk:Conservative_Party_of_Canada/Archive_2#Internal_factions, from 2017. If you do have a link to why this comment was made, please link it.

Under the ideology row, we should change Conservatism to Conservatism (Canadian) This is in line with the examples I linked above, and recognizes the differences between the CPC and the ideology itself. The CPC's ideology and how conservative they can actually be is heavily defined by Canadian culture and values, warranting some distinction here.

Deathying (talk) 20:38, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Fine. I'm okay with changing it to "Canadian Conservatism". The UK Conservative Party article using "British Conservatism" changed my opinion on this edit conflict. The definition of conservatism varies from country to country too (e.g. a Conservative in Canada, the UK, Australia might not be considered conservative in the US). Ak-eater06 (talk) 01:49, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Proposal to add fiscal conservatism

• Support We should also add Fiscal conservatism back as an ideology associated with the party, especially when it is so plainly spelled out in the party constitution and party platform. I might add the last (relatively) balanced budget in Canadian history was introduced by this party. If that's not fiscal conservatism, I don't know what is.Deathying (talk) 20:22, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose I would have no problem with Canadian conservatism change.... but fiscal conservative is a pipe dream....Fraser Institute

https://www.fraserinstitute.org › ...PDF Examining Federal Debt in Canada by Prime Ministers Since Confederation, 2022.Moxy- 23:21, 18 July 2023 (UTC) https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/conservatives-economic-vision-for-canada-is-hardly-conservative Moxy- 12:31, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

• What do the sources say? I'm wary of adding anything here simply based on our own analysis and what the party itself claims, because that has the potential to open a nasty can of worms. I'd also note that, after clicking through parties of the International Democrat Union, I see very few parties that have "fiscal conservatism" included — "economic liberalism" seems to suffice. — Kawnhr (talk) 16:15, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose now. Kawnhr's right; few Western right-of-centre parties don't list fiscal conservatism as an ideology. There's no need to add it to the ideology section in the infobox then. Ak-eater06 (talk) 17:46, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Wrong sub-section

I think the current leader's image, is in the wrong sub-section. GoodDay (talk) 15:40, 13 October 2024 (UTC)