Ottawa-based political reporter Lloyd Mackey, in an analysis prepared for the Vancouver Sun, estimated that half of the 98-member federal Conservative caucus is made up of religiously conservative MPs – 31 members are evangelical Protestants, with the remainder mostly devout Roman Catholics. The Sun emphasized, “That percentage is well over double the national average.”
However, according to LifeSite there is unjusted focus on this fact and it is just paranoia. I think it is strategy on the part of the left. I did like to conclusion of the piece.
...Contrary to the Sun’s paranoia surrounding religious conservatism in politics, law professor and expatriate James Allan pointed out earlier this month that Canada’s Tories are nowhere near as conservative in policy as conservative counterparts throughout the world. “Take today's Tories and Stephen Harper out of Canada and plunk them in New Zealand and they would be to the left of Helen Clark's Labour government,” he said, as reported by the National Post.
Or left of PM Tony Blair's Labour Government or left of the Senator Kerry led Democrats. That won't stop lefties in Canada calling the Conservatives fascist though.
