There is a Conservative vision of Canada out there – one where the size of federal government as part of Canadian society is reduced to its absolute minimum, one where provinces and municipalities are more empowered depending on the services delivered, one where the rearing of children is a duty and responsibility worthy of support at all levels, one where individual responsibility takes precedence over tribal and societal desires. But that particular vision of Canada rarely gets articulated, either because its adherents take such a vision for granted or because they’re afraid of the effort needed to sell it to the rest of the nation.
