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| | Burkean Canuck: Why I don't want "Tory" to mean "Libertarian Party of Canada" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Or, "Why I don't the Conservative Party of Canada to be thorough-goingly libertarian." In yesterday's National Post, here, Brian Chen, self-described as "a teenaged, card-carrying Conservative living in Ontario," argued against "social conservatism" in the Conservative Party and "for small government and personal freedom." I disagree with Mr. |
 | | Libertarianism doesn't account for the plurality of institutions and associations, and tends to reduce society to the individual and the state. |
 | | I want a party of limited government, a party that wants to support institutional and associational plurality, a party that supports free speech, er, discourse, in the public square for people of faith, and a party that desires to form a government dedicated to the pursuit of public justice with a view to human flourishing. |
| burkeancanuck.blogspot.com /2005/06/why-i-dont-want-tory-to-mean.html (1241 words) |
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