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To: BEEF JERKEY who wrote (3828)	4/5/2004 1:27:06 PM
From: Lino...	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37174

....and some American Conservative groups consider the GOP too far to the left, so using that as a benchmark, it is safe to say the Canadian liberal partly is a left wing extremist group. Perception is everything.........

To: BEEF JERKEY who wrote (3828)	4/6/2004 1:24:17 AM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37174

For the life of me, I can't understand how people think the terms "Left" and "Right" are all that useful in discussing political positions anymore. It may have been useful in the 70's when the only concern was how much of the economy should be government run, but it is only one of many issues today. The whole world has moved "right" as the realization of the damage done by collectivism becomes obvious to even hardened socialists. That isn't even an issue anymore. Surely, the attribute of the GOP that scares the begeebers out of libertarians, for example, isn't their economic conservativeness. Among the real issues are fundamental political rights, honesty, accountability, foreign policy, and the structure of public health and educational systems. None of these issues is simply "Right" or "Left". Both the CPC and the Liberals have publicly funded health care and education as central to their platforms. Both have "progressive" social policy as one of the principles of incorporation. The CPC differs in their support for private property and their goal of a proportionally smaller (but not small) government, so they are considered to be to the right of the Liberals, but is that the most important distinction? I think not. For example, the Liberals support certain social freedoms (e.g., gay marriage) while denying many others (private property, truly representative democracy, etc.). The CPC has no official policy on the controversial social freedoms but many elements balk at them. On the other hand, the CPC supports personal economic and political freedom in general. Which of these is right or left? -g