Socially Conservative

socially conservative: Those are two areas that the prime minister has insisted the government does not want to reopen. However, the tally of resolutions adopted after this national convention suggest the two are still very much live issues for the socially conservative wing of the party, according to The Star. More at thestar.com: Harpers missed opportunity CALGARY The Conservative party grassroots, ignoring leader Stephen Harpers political skittishness, formally condemned abortion in passing a declaration of opposition to gender selection and entrenched the partys opposition to legislation on euthanasia and assisted suicide. At the 2013 policy convention attended by Harper, who kept well away from reporters the party reinforced its small-c conservative bona fides. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.