My short answer is "nowhere near," but I'd better qualify it.
In general, Canadian Christians see it as part of their faith to support socialist programs such as education and medicare. I have never heard even the hardest-line right-wing Christian Canadian say that public medicare should be scrapped entirely, though I've heard many suggest different levels of privatization. Also, the Conservative party is the most common political rallying point for right-leaning Christians, but I know just as many Christians who vote further left because of the "socialism as love-thy-neighbour" angle.
That said, the gay-marriage debate has split the country down somewhat religious lines; you've got the Catholics and the right-wing evangelicals saying it's a sin, and the middle-of-the-line people saying "give them the same benefits as married couples but call it something else," and the liberal Christians who see no point in splitting hairs like that. Then of course there's the non-Christians asking why decisions are being made on religious lines at all.
So - no, the Conservative party is nowhere near as far to the right as the Republicans; I'd put their position similar to the more-right-leaning Democrats on most issues. You don't have any parties socialist enough to match most of our political spectrum.
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In general, Canadian Christians see it as part of their faith to support socialist programs such as education and medicare. I have never heard even the hardest-line right-wing Christian Canadian say that public medicare should be scrapped entirely, though I've heard many suggest different levels of privatization. Also, the Conservative party is the most common political rallying point for right-leaning Christians, but I know just as many Christians who vote further left because of the "socialism as love-thy-neighbour" angle.
That said, the gay-marriage debate has split the country down somewhat religious lines; you've got the Catholics and the right-wing evangelicals saying it's a sin, and the middle-of-the-line people saying "give them the same benefits as married couples but call it something else," and the liberal Christians who see no point in splitting hairs like that. Then of course there's the non-Christians asking why decisions are being made on religious lines at all.
So - no, the Conservative party is nowhere near as far to the right as the Republicans; I'd put their position similar to the more-right-leaning Democrats on most issues. You don't have any parties socialist enough to match most of our political spectrum.