so, we live in a liberal democracy.

and, we have elected a member of the liberal party to be our prime minister.

what does that mean, exactly? what is with this world liberal?

well, it's a complicated word. truly.

but, in canada, when we use the world liberal in a social or political or even an economic sense, we almost always refer to it in the sense of the term as it was understood by js mill, who was a dominant figure in the british liberal party, of which our own liberal party derives from.

mill wrote a classic text - on liberty. this is very much the foundational text of what we call canadian liberalism.

i read it in first year law, myself.

you can access it here:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/34901/34901-h/34901-h.htm

and, it would, indeed, be quite useful if you were to read it and understand it, if you insist on throwing this word liberal around - even if you ultimately disagree with it.

after all - he might be wrong.