That's a shame since extremists on both sides of the house never form government.   As a moderate who would be comfortably at home in the old PC party, I've had to switch between parties based on balanced, prudent policy for the majority Of us reasonable folks in the centre.  I'll gladly support and vote for the Conservatives who demonstrate compromise and a desire to govern for all Canadians, not whatever you view as Conservative policies as an inflexible ideology.