…[Massolin argues that Toryism] exalted the British connection not simply as a political link but as a set of moral virtues that exalted English Canada above the United States, and enabled Canada to develop as an autonomous community in North America. Finally, argues the author, Canadian Tories were eclectic and selective in borrowing conservative ideas.”
Michael Gauvreau, “Review of Canadian Intellectuals, the Tory Tradition, and the Challenge of Modernity, 1939–1970” in History of Intellectural Culture, 2005, Vol. 5, No. 1.