Like Military Intelligence?
Basically. Think “New York Republican.” Usually horrible but still better than the alternative—and on a good day they sometimes get something right.
They are the provincial equivalent of the federal Conservative Party.
There’s a loose relationship between provincial and federal parties in Canada.
The PCs face tough odds in unseating the Ontario Liberals in the next election.
Nationally they call themselves “The Conservative Party of Canada” nowadays after a third reformist party split the old “Progressive Conservative Party” back in the 1990’s until there was a union under the new label.
The “Progressive Conservative” label was first used in the 1935 national election in Canada because the Depression was driving most voters towards the Liberals and away from the “Conservative Party”.
The Liberals won the election anyway back then, but the PC label endured nationally for decades and is still used provincially in Canada.
“Progressive Conservatives”
Kinda like a Prune Danish, with a Kaopecktate Chaser?