DerbyX DerbyX:
Its a contrast between urban and rural attitudes and their associated lifestyles.
It's a contrast between pimaraly *Eastern* urban centers and the rest of the country.
Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg are all major urban centers, but they all vote CPC. Whereas the Liberals get support from Toronto, Ottowa and others in that area. The only notable exception is Vancouver.
These are also just the biggest of the urban centers.
DerbyX DerbyX:
Its why the CPC constantly champions pro-Xtian positions as the bulk of their support comes from that mindset.
This is a preception that has no basis in reality.
Partially I think it's because of the Evangelical influence in *American* politics, but Canada has nothing even remotly like that. The church-going public in Canada is *small*. Last time I heard it was something like 20% attending any kind of service once a *month*, compared to double or triple that for most places in the US.
Paul Martin and Jean Cretien were both church-going catholics, so you can't even lump that whole 20% behind the CPC. The CPC has even done things that would piss christans off. While the 'conservative christians' in the southern US rallied against the use of the HPV vaccine, the CPC put $300 million toward vaccinations.
I'm not a Christian and I voted for the CPC in the last election because they had a good platform. At the present time I'd still vote for them because - although not perfect - they have at least tried to impliment thier platform as much as politics will allow (politics being 'the art of the possible' and such).
If they ever adopted a pro-xtian stance or even a platform that was obviously based in xtanity I would not vote for them because religion has no business being in politics.
I will also speculate that the preception of Canadian conservatives has something to do with the influence of American TV and news. Please be mindful enough to differentiate thier 'conservatives' from our Conservatives.
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