POLS 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sponsorship Scandal, New Left, Classical Liberalism
25 Aug 2016
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Market liberalism: old left and right cleavages. Moral traditionalism- new left and right spectrum. Opposing views about out free enterprise and the role of government in the marketplace. Traditional left tends to be skeptical of free enterprise and has confidence in government to manage on the economy. Traditional right tends to be laissez faire (more free market) and is skeptical of government. Opposing views on morality and family values. New left tends to support liberalization of those things. New right tends to favor more traditional gender roles, opposing alternative lifestyle and sexual orientation. In addition, the reachers look at other influences. Always a bit of a wild card in canadian politics. Attitudes of non-quebec voters towards quebec can influence their choice nationally. Significantly, voters less sympathetic to quebec increasingly likely to support western based parties. Bernier announced his champaign for old quebec cpc. That money was kicked bac to the liberals it was a sheme.
