Blue Tory

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Blue Tory is a fiscally conservative, pro-business faction within Canadian conservatism that emphasizes free markets, smaller government, and economic liberalism over social conservatism.

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Blue Tory canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative tendency ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
political ideology ⓘ
advocates limited government intervention in the economy ⓘ
smaller government ⓘ
associatedWith Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
provincial Progressive Conservative parties in Canada ⓘ
contrastsWith Red Tory ⓘ
social conservatism ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
emphasizes economic issues over social issues ⓘ
economic liberalism over social conservatism ⓘ
ideologyFamily conservatism ⓘ
economic liberalism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
opposes high levels of government spending ⓘ
large public sector ⓘ
partOf Canadian conservatism ⓘ
policyFocus competitiveness ⓘ
economic growth ⓘ
investment attraction ⓘ
private‑sector job creation ⓘ
positionOnEconomicPolicy fiscally conservative ⓘ
pro‑business ⓘ
positionOnSocialPolicy less emphasis on social conservatism ⓘ
relativeTo Red Tory ⓘ
spectrumPosition centre‑right ⓘ
right‑of‑centre economic policy ⓘ
supports balanced budgets ⓘ
deregulation ⓘ
free markets ⓘ
low taxation ⓘ
market liberalization ⓘ
private enterprise ⓘ
reduced government spending ⓘ
trade liberalization ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century to present ⓘ
typicalSupportBase business community ⓘ
professionals ⓘ
urban and suburban voters ⓘ
usedAs label for fiscally conservative Canadian conservatives ⓘ
viewOnPrivatization support for privatization of some government services ⓘ
viewOnRegulation preference for light‑touch regulation ⓘ
viewOnTaxation preference for lower corporate taxes ⓘ
preference for lower personal income taxes ⓘ
viewOnWelfareState preference for targeted and limited social programs ⓘ

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