"...there are [those] who cut their political teeth with Harper who say he's abandoned "principled conservatism", that his government has let spending run out of control and broke his word on fixed election dates - just like the Liberal governments before him.... These are the philosophical small-c conservatives who wanted a government in Ottawa that would address judicial activism, turn the Senate upside down, introduce free-market principles for health care delivery, but most of all, lower income taxes by slashing government spending.