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I have the opposite impression of G&M's leanings, in fact I'm surprised to hear anyone say that.

• alephnerd 3y ago
  It's not as bad as the National Post, but the Opinions Pieces they host have a distinct PC (Progressive Conservative) tinge to it, and they have had a history of endorsing the Conservatives. This can be seen as well in their endorsements within Ontario (which is basically the only part of Anglophone Canada that matters tbh)
  • blast 3y ago
    Good to know. I'm surprised. Thanks.
• waffleiron 3y ago
  Wikipedia seems to agree with the poster you replied to, that it leans moderately conservative.
  • VancouverMan 3y ago
    Keep in mind that the "left" vs "right" determination is somewhat skewed within the Canadian political landscape. Among the major federal parties in Canada, none of them offer or propose policies that could be considered "right wing" in any meaningful way. Policy-wise, the Conservative Party should objectively be considered a "left-of-centre" party. They embrace socialism and big government, and they support high immigration rates, for example. Such stances are inherently antithetical to "right wing" ideologies. The Conservative Party only appears to be "right wing" because they aren't as far "left" as the Bloc Québécois or Liberal Party are, which aren't as far "left" as the NDP or Green Party are. The PPC is perhaps the most "right wing" of the mainstream parties, but platform-wise, it's still quite centrist in pretty much all respects. Essentially all mainstream media in Canada should be considered "left wing", including those that tend to be somewhat supportive of the Conservative Party.
    • orwin 3y ago
      I mean, when American say they are 'leftists', 90% of the west hear 'right of center'. NDP being 'far left' is quite funny, but I guess it is from an American perspective.
    • sdm 3y ago
      The NDP is a centre-right party. Don't apply the USA's very very right-shifted political spectrum to Canada. The American Democrats and Republicans both would be parts of the Conservative Party. The Democrats are closest to the Red Tory wing and Republicans to the Blue Tory wing of the Conservative Party. It's just there is very little difference between the USA's two conservative parties.
      • bparsons 3y ago
        This is pretty accurate. American Democrats don't like hearing this though.
    • faeriechangling 3y ago
      Well this is a first, I usually get told that Canadian politics is center (NDP), center-right (LPC), right (CPC) or far-right (PPC) because it’s compared to the politics of Western Europe. Generally I don’t consider it useful to conceptualize a global “center” and say that a countries political parties are mostly to the left or right of it. I only ever hear this in the context of somebody painting an entire country as (unduly) off to one side or the other. Compared to most comparable countries Canada is to the economic right and social left, and people tend to vastly overestimate how much social spending Canada does and vastly underestimate how much social spending the US does… when you crack open the books the amount spent on social services is shockingly similar.
    • deanCommie 3y ago
      You're following the American definition of "left" vs "right", and while America may dominate international culture, it is not the defacto standard for policy. The conservative party would be considered "left-of-centre" only in the United States. Whereas the Democratic party would be considered "right-of-center" everywhere else in the developed world. Unfortunately the Canadian conservative party imports a lot of unfortunate ideas from the American right including most recently a suspicion of vaccines and gender affirming care for youth. (inb4 "don't mutilate children" -> 'gender affirming care' is a broad spectrum of medical care including mental health, social changes, and hormonal care). > The PPC is perhaps the most "right wing" of the mainstream parties, but platform-wise, it's still quite centrist in pretty much all respects. I genuinely don't understand how you can write this in good faith unless you are actively trying to mislead those not following canadian politics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_of_Canada#Principles_and_policies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_of_Canada#Pri...
• pseudo0 3y ago
  I'd classify it as neoliberal. They favor business interests but lean left on social issues. They are also big proponents of the Century Initiative, a plan to have Canada reach a population of 100 million by 2100 through massively increased immigration.
  • lnxg33k1 3y ago
    What you describe is called the third way, neoliberalism comes from friedman, and is a right wing economic framework also known as https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics
• Tiktaalik 3y ago
  The G&M has regularly endorsed the Conservative party in election years. It's not deeply right wing (that would be the National Post), but it's essentially a centre-right classicly liberal establishment newspaper.
• sdm 3y ago
  It was the mouth piece of the Progressive Conservative Party before the merger. It's been a conservative newspaper since it's founding. Historically most of it's ownership has been directly involved, sometimes in a leadership capacity, of the current iteration of the conservatives. Yes, the National Post is now the mouth piece the current Conservatives, but it still has a very conservative byline by Canadian standard.