The thoughts on Red Tory-ism are interesting. I suppose that's why so many Canadians who seem so conservative on the outside (tradition, religion, manners to the max, etc.) are far from it inside.
Bottom line...veering from a belief in individual responsibility is a death knell for true conservatism and Canada is a good study in that.
Social responsibilty is a phrase you hear a lot in Canada. Basically it means justification for the nanny state. The nanny state and its social safety net live with the root assumption that people are too irresponsible to handle their own affairs.