Unity in Diversity? Neoconservative Multiculturalism and the Conservative Party of Canada

In his former po folio he a a io l de c ibed b de ac o a he Mini e of Cen o hip and Depo a ion and ppo e a he hand -on Smiling B dha and Mini e of c in a h of Canadian politics for his work in gove nmen and a he pa mo effec i e poke pe on and a egi of an app oach idel c edi ed fo leading he Con e a i e e hnic o each effo (Canadian Press & 2012, 2012; Cheadle & Levitz, 2012; Friesen, 2010a; Keung &. [...] Ba ed on in e ie i h hi Con e a i e Pa eli e in 2011 and 2012 and a ong e pon e a e, Ma land and Flanagan (2013) confi m he cen ali of ma ke ing and an i a i e da a o he Con e a i e o e all app oach. [...] Operating in their favour as they sought to shift the country in neoconservative directions, a Ma in ha no ed, e e ome of he b oad endlines of the times- the post-9/11 effect, the fracturing of the left, the conservative turn of an aging population, the media trend to the right, the economic a cendanc of he e e n p o ince , he lo of le e age of Q ebec all conjunctural elements o king in Ha pe p ef. [...] Discourses and practices of othering co ld be een in he Con e a i e go e nmen ea men of Zunera Ishaq, a Muslim woman and permanent resident who invoked the principle of religious freedom to wear a niqab in 2014 while aking he ci i en hip oa h and he Con e a i e go e nmen a emp o gene a e and p ofi f om a moral panic on the issue, including in their 2015 election platform (Table 2 and Carlaw, 2015b. [...] S a e m l ic l ali m p ope of ha Thobani refers to as the communalizing power of he a e o help o gani e and gene a e e hnic comm ni ie a in ome a ipe fo ha Flanagan efe ed o a he a ime op do n and clien eli na e of e hnic o each (Thobani, 2007, p.