I just posted the following elsewhere, I do not think it is really political, it is more about how to vote. Well, how I vote.
Now that the election is done, I will have my say. At one time, I was a member of the old Progressive Conservative party. I was definitely what is called a Red Tory: I was fiscally conservative and socially liberal. There used to be space in the PC party for this sort of thing, a lot in fact.
Here is an interesting fact, I know it is old, but in the 1968 Federal election which party suggested guaranteed annual income? My God, that is socialist bordering on communism! Well, it was the PCs under Robert Stanfield. They were vague on details, but it was part of their platform. Look it up, it is true.
Back to more recent history, when the PCs merged with the social conservatives of the Reform Party (who were really Social Credits under a different name - Preston Manning’s father had been the SC Premier of Alberta) I felt left out. I did not stay a party member. I did vote for some Conservatives since then, but I really gave it a lot of thought.
Since that time I have voted Conservative, Liberal, and NDP. I have looked at each election differently and decided who to vote for based on what was important at the time. Sometimes it was to vote someone out (a very common Canadian thing to do), sometimes because I thought the local candidate was the best person, regardless of party.
Over time, I have felt this is the best way to do things.
Blindly voting for whatever party without thinking because you always vote for that party is not really doing your duty as a citizen. Even worse, you blindly vote for that party just because your parents did, and you have never given it a thought: you should lose your right to vote in my opinion. That is why I am not in charge. 😉