[GeronL]

no, it is more normal than Reform Party was.

The PC in Alberta is liberal. They recently banned homeschoolers from teaching kids that homosexuality is a sin. We are talking about private conversations, AT HOME, between a parent and child... being REGULATED.

Does that sound conservative to you?

[Dr. Sivana]

They recently banned homeschoolers from teaching kids that homosexuality is a sin.

Per HSLDA, they pulled back on that before the expected passage (possibly due to an army of HSers calling in). I am amazed at how often the Progressive Conservative-types cannot resist going for the high risk, low-yield type of social legislation as SOON as they think they can get away with it. God Bless Alberta and the Wild Rose party.

[Darren McCarty]

I haven't followed Canadian politics lately, although from what I hear, the parties vary greatly from province to province.

I wouldn't expect the "conservatives" or even "Progressive conservatives" would be liberal in Alberta though. The homeschool regulations sound like something out of Toronto, or California, or Illinois.

[Hieronymus]

The Progressive-Conservatives were re-born in the 60’s after near-extinction as a more urban/progressive alternative to the Social Credit party, which had been in power since ‘35. On the whole, their election in ‘71 was a move to the centre/left. The Wildrose is both a turn to the right and a turfing of a dynasty that has been in long enough.