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ATKINS, Norman

1990-0386

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1964-09-11

Progressive Conservative Association of Canada / Association progressiste-conservatrice du Canada

Proceedings recorded on the third day of the National Conference on Canadian Goals held at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Conference chairman Dalton Camp opens the evening session by reading an article he wrote in the Toronto Star about the purposes of the conference. The panel discussion on "The Meaning of Conservatism" begins with a presentation by George Hogan who speaks on the conservative principle of liberty. Egen Chambers, past-president of the Progressive Conservative Association, talks about Canadian conservatism followed by Senator Wallace McCutcheon who offers his philosophical view of conservatism. MP Gordon Fairweather makes the last presentation, in which he outlines conservative goals for reform. The ensuing open discussion period deals with topics such as: liberalism, appeal of the New Democratic Party to lower income groups, definitions of Burkian conservatism.

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MSS 28558

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