They're a union of the Progressive party with the Conservative party, that happened a long time ago and I'm way too pre-coffee to do that history justice. (I didn't really study the Progressives in any depth... a pity, really.)
Their federal incarnation is gone, swept away by the post-Mulroney public meltdown that makes the current Liberal collapse look like a stubbed toe (the PCs went from a majority parliament to a fringe party, almost losing official status, in one election) but the provincial versions still linger on.
-- Steve misses those old Tories, as they were far more pragmatic and less doctrinaire than the current Conservatives.
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Date: 2011-06-02 10:26 am (UTC)Their federal incarnation is gone, swept away by the post-Mulroney public meltdown that makes the current Liberal collapse look like a stubbed toe (the PCs went from a majority parliament to a fringe party, almost losing official status, in one election) but the provincial versions still linger on.
-- Steve misses those old Tories, as they were far more pragmatic and less doctrinaire than the current Conservatives.