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Good question. I don't think there's an easy, clear-cut answer because SoCons are not all in agreement on what constitutes "social conservatism". And as I think you allude to in asking whether it exists, it has changed over the years as well. I would say that, broadly-speaking, "the social...

Some, perhaps many/most do. I am a social conservative myself, but I think it is foolish to think that. As noted by Brad Sallows, it would never happen that SoCon MPs formed a majority in any parliament such that they could change abortion laws. But even if, for the sake of argument, we...

Turn it around. Suppose a CPC government required Canada Summer Jobs applicants to check off a box attesting that the organization's core mandate is to limit abortions or support only one-man-one-woman relationships in order to get funding. I find it hard to believe that anyone would say that...

Off the top of my head, anyone who disagrees with the LPC on the question of abortion would be another group, which would cover a large percentage of Christians (cf...

Honest question ... why is it more acceptable to you to have a leftist wing nut who doesn't respect other peoples' personal rights, than a "religious wing nut" who doesn't respect a different group of other's peoples' personal rights? It's not as if the Liberals under Justin Trudeau's...

This is just good tactics/politics on O'Toole's part and if you want to bang your head against a wall or blame someone, blame MacKay for not at least acknowledging SoCon concerns and trying to woo some of their vote. Frankly, I don't even know what kind of a campaign MacKay ran. I never heard...

Canadian Forces training back in the 50s was the inspiration for some of the training depicted in the novel, not the general society in Starship Troopers, at least according to the anecdote posted here. Frankly, I saw definite similarities between my time in Gagetown and the MI training, albeit...

I'm re-reading an "oldie but a goodie", Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers. If you've only ever seen the movie by the same name, the movie has almost nothing in common with the novel aside from some of the characters' names. The novel is superb, my favourite of Heinlein's and with so much...

Thanks for posting this. I haven't heard anything either, but hopefully this means I'll be able to get my interview booked before too very long too. Mind if I ask what province you are in? I suspect there may be differences between regions.

I'd say that a lot more than 10% of LPC party members want to take away peoples' guns, otherwise it would not have been a key policy that the Party campaigned on. I haven't gone out and counted but I'm pretty sure more than 10% of LPC members have publicly stated support for Trudeau's...

It's not the "Jordan clause" -- the right to trial within a reasonable time is guaranteed by s. 11(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."Jordan" refers to the case of R. v. Jordan, 2016 SCC 27, which laid out a new/updated framework for determining what is "reasonable". Essentially, it is a...

Has anyone heard anything about when recruiting centres in Ontario might be re-opening for in-person portions of the application process? I see that CFRC Hamilton is still listed as "Temporarily Closed" although Hamilton itself has been in "stage 3" of reopening for several weeks now. I guess...

I don't think there's anything you can do as the recruiting centres seem to be simply closed to in-person visits right now, be it for medical or otherwise. I got my medical done in February before the COVID stuff hit the fan, but I've been waiting for my final interview (I'm applying for CIC...

By the letter of the law, as written, the police were actually correct to investigate it as a "hate crime". The "hate crime" provisions of the Criminal Code do not specify that you're only prohibited from inciting hatred against certain groups, or that you're not allowed to incite hatred...

I am one of those much-maligned evil "social conservatives". I see no meaningful difference between MacKay and O'Toole on these issues and I'm also realistic enough to realize that not only is it very difficult for a "social conservative" to win I also don't believe in forcing my beliefs on...

The bolded 100%. Something I wish I had realized back during in infantry officer/Phase training days. Looking back on it I now see it, but at the time (as a 19, 20, 21 yo.) I didn't understand this and therefore found things much more stressful and confusing than it should have been. I'm...

Things seem to be "picking up" a little ... I've had good contact with both my file manager and my Military Career Counsellor over the past month. The last email from my Military Career Counsellor said that "At this point in time we are not yet conducting interviews for CIC/COATS applicants. If...

I was going to ask, what good is getting elected if the CPC is led by someone who's basically Liberal-lite? Then I remembered that Justin Trudeau is the leader of the LPC, and I would take a Liberal of pre-Trudeau years over Mr. Trudeau all day every day.

A significant update from the Formation Commander, BGen Cochrane regarding training in September and beyond...

Perhaps I'm overly cynical, but with a site with such an ideological bent, I wonder if they didn't take the article down because they didn't want readers seeing all the positive stories about cadets in the comments box?