Canadians are not getting more conservative, they are getting more apolitical:

[jeffreyab]

The growing ideological no man's land

MICHAEL VALPY

Globe and Mail Update

September 19, 2008 at 9:53 PM EDT

From Saturday's Globe and Mail — Stephen Harper declared recently that Canadians have become more conservative over the past two decades. He is right, although at least half of his fellow citizens will have no idea what he's talking about.

The rest of the article is here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080919.welxnvote20/BNStory/politics/home

I have to agree with this based on my personal experience. I was a Red Tory in my youth and since their demise I have been casting around for a new political home. Unlike most Canadians I still identify more to the left than the right but this has never meant the same things in Canada as it does in the United States where the badge Democrat or Right Winger has also meant more than similar labels in Canada. Probably because we have had more political choices since World War One with at least one third choice in every national election since 1914.

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Thank you for that link. =)