Fiscally conservative, socially liberal. That’s actually the demographic that both the Liberals and the present Conservatives covet most as they represent the wishes of the largest majority of Canadians.
However, Brian Mulroney made the Progressive Conservative party particularly toxic after the whole “Irish Eyes” fiasco and the Liberals made the astute move of positioning themselves as the party of the centre. Peter McKay did the weak thing and sold the PC Party out to the Alliance Party, thus depriving Canadian voter of an alternative on the conservative side of the political spectrum.
I've found that to be a ludicrous, impossible and rankly hypocritical combination. You cannot be the latter and be the former at the same time. To support the latter means to be supportive of highly expensive government programs. Being a Social Lib is not cheap by any means. Conversely, as we've seen all around, you can be a Social Conservative and Fiscal Liberal (all the while claiming to be a Fis Con). Spending is an epidemic worse than cancer.