Blue Tory

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A Blue Tory in Canadian politics is a conservative who advocates for free-market libertarianism and economically conservative policies such as reductions in public spending, implementing tax cuts, opposition to deficit spending, and a more limited role of government. They also advocate self reliance, individual responsibility, personal freedom and liberty and therefore do not necessarily support social conservatism. The term has been applied to members of the modern Conservative Party of Canada and provincial Progressive Conservative parties, including the Ontario PC Party, as well as the historical Reform Party of Canada and its successor, the Canadian Alliance. In contemporary language, Blue Tories are sometimes described as "true-blue Conservatives".

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