Definitely self provoking, because the conservative party / parties overlap policy-wise with the liberals (and probably NDP). For example Charest would be indis

Definitely self provoking, because the conservative party / parties overlap policy-wise with the liberals (and probably NDP). For example Charest would be indistinguishable from the Liberals on a lot of policies, as would Doug Ford. Unfortunately the actual "conservative" elements usually have some other ideological hangups that make them impossible as mainstream choices. But I'd rather support a slightly politically unpalatable further right conservative that won't take power than see all the parties just converge to some sort of centre-left unprincipled thing and have no different voices in the discussion, like in the last federal election.