e/Pink Tory

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has gloss	eng: Pink Tory is a term used in Canadian and British politics to describe an extremely liberal member of one of the Conservative or Progressive Conservative parties, even more liberal than a Red Tory. The term was often derisively applied to the 1971 to 1985 Ontario Progressive Conservative government of Bill Davis by critics on the right, particularly Toronto Sun columnist Claire Hoy. In 2002, Jim Flaherty described rival leadership contender Ernie Eves as a "pink" Tory. More recently the term has been used to describe socially progressive Conservatives who are in favour of legalized same-sex marriage and are pro-choice
lexicalization	eng: Pink Tory
instance of	c/Political movements in Canada