- Jean Charest is not a 'Liberal', Gordern Campbell is not a 'Liberal'

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-caving-of-three-provincial-grit-fortresses/article1742339/comments/

The caving of three provincial Grit fortresses
LAWRENCE MARTIN


Jean Charest is not a 'Liberal'.

One source of confusion is that the now the Conservative Party of Canada with Stephen Harper as leader is referred to as 'the Tories' which would make Charest look like a middle of the road Liberal.

"He is a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party (1993–1998) . . .

he was elected Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian Parliament for the riding (electoral district) of Sherbrooke in the 1984 election. From 1984 to 1986, Charest served as Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons. In 1986, at age 28, he was appointed to the Cabinet of then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as Minister of State for Youth.

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In the 1993 election, the PCs suffered the worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level. Only two of the party's 295 candidates were elected— Charest and Elsie Wayne. As the only surviving member of what would turn out to be the last PC Cabinet, Charest was appointed interim party leader and confirmed in the post in April 1995. Charest therefore became the first (and last) leader of francophone descent of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada."
(wikipedia)

Gordon Campbell and his 'British Columbia Liberal Party' is anything but 'Liberal'.

They are literally 'Liberal' in name only. As some have phrased it "it is the Soc-Cred's in the witness protection program". My observation is that the vast majority of supporters, although Campbell has boasted that there are actually Liberal supporters as well - but without examples, are aligned with Harper and the Con's Federally. Certainly his policies are at the right wing of the political spectrum and he generally supports Harper and Con policies.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html