Original sentence: As the successor of the western-based Canadian Alliance, the party also supports reform of the Senate to make it "elected, equal, and effective" (the "Triple-E Senate"), as well as several other substantial reforms to reduce the present power of the Prime Minister's Office, such as establishing fixed election dates every four years and giving individual MPs more leeway in representing their constituents.Being conservative both fiscally and socially, the Conservative Party generally favours lower taxes, smaller government, more decentralization of federal government powers to the provinces modelled after the Meech Lake Accord, a tougher stand on "law and order" issues and more spending on the military, and harmonizing standards and regulations with those of the United States.It is also opposed to the legalization of cannabis and has had a free vote on whether the House wanted to reopen the issue of same-sex marriage, which was defeated
Edited sentence: As the successor of the western-based Canadian Alliance, the party also supports reform of the Senate to make it "elected, equal, and effective" (the "Triple-E Senate"), as well as several other substantial reforms to reduce the present power of the Prime Minister's Office.Consisting primarily of elements from the former Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, the Conservative Party can be defined as big tent, as it includes members with varying positions on different issues.It supports free votes in Parliament, and has had one such vote on whether the House should reopen the issue of same-sex marriage, which was defeated (though it should be noted that both the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois enforced party discipline for this vote).The Conservative Party generally falls on the centre-right, and favours individual rights, lower taxes, smaller government, decentralization of federal government powers to the provinces, an assertive system of law and order, increased military spending, and the harmonization standards and regulations with trading partners.The Conservative Party strongly advocates democratic reform of the federal government.The party also seeks to improve  relations with Canada's primary trading partner, that had been deteriorating under Liberal Prime Ministers Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin.The party has at times opposed the legalization of cannabis, unrestricted abortion, and same-sex marriage, but has since either stopped advancing these positions, or dropped them from its official policy altogether.This includes establishing fixed election dates every four years and giving individual MPs more leeway in representing their constituents