Conservatism is defined by an adherence to foundational principles like private property, rule of law, and localism rather than the reactive, counter-revolutionary stance of the modern right.

“Well, I mean, I think that being a conservative is rooted in basic principles, private property, rule of law, traditional virtue, localism, subsidiarity, balance of power among the branches of government. Right? These these were all the things that I grew up with as a conservative.”

The modern conservative movement has correctly shifted its focus from abstract procedural concerns to substantive national interests.

“One way though in which the conservative movement writ large has improved over the last 10 years, one clear way that it's improved is that previously the conservative movement under the sway of libertarian ideology focused overwhelmingly almost exclusively on procedural questions.”

Maxime Bernier asserts that the Conservative Party of Canada is not truly conservative, labeling them as conservative in name only.

“You know PV and the conservatives and I said that long time ago that they are conservative in name only. They are the Reno Canadians.”

The free market is inherently moral because it requires providing value to others to achieve personal gain.

“the only way in a market system to make yourself better off is to make someone else simultaneously better off”

He observes that people who run small businesses tend to share a conservative mindset regarding government regulation and taxes.

“just like you know most people who run a small business have a sort of mindset they want less regulation and lower taxes and breaks and they tend to be republicans”

Monica Smearman defines ultra-right conservatives as individuals who seek to base national laws on personal religious beliefs without respecting other perspectives.

“Ultright conservatives are people that want to base the laws of our country on their religion and their personal moral code without respect or understanding to anybody else's religion, ideology, perspective, or history.”

The speaker contends that the current discourse on the conservative side is of poor quality because those representing it lack factual evidence and have moved too far to the right.

“I will tell you right now I'm hideously disappointed at the quality of discourse right now on what passes for the conservative side I mean Ben Shapiro is not a thinker dinesh d'souza is an idiot I mean and I and I I'm sorry I take him on on Twitter he doesn't have any facts”