Years ago, in the time of Wacky Bennett and Flyin' Phil Gagliardi, I used to say:

the Conservatives stand for big business;
the NDP stands for big labour;
the Liberals will stand for just about anything;
and the Socreds stand for election.

Since then, the Socreds have eaten out the Liberals from the inside, leaving only the hide as a thin cover over their scales.   Nothing else has changed.