Are there significant ideological differences between Canada’s Conservatives and Liberals? Compare the two parties in terms of basic principles of their programs. Differences Between Canada’s Conservatives and Liberals…
Ontario Liberals have a long tradition of working to improve the lives of all Ontarians. Today we continue on in the best tradition of the early party – whether it be making post-secondary education more affordable, and more in reach, giving families more money to help with the high cost of raising their kids, or investing in sustainable infrastructure, which makes our communities safer and more resilient, even helping to make Ontario a North American leader in clean technology – attracting more, higher paying jobs for Ontario families. It is important that the people who live here, and that will be mostly affected by who is chosen to become prime minister has their fair share of needs met, and their opinions voiced. With the cost of post-secondary…
The Coalition between the Liberal-Conservatives in Canada West and Le Parti bleu in Canada East was nearly fair by the Coalition of the Reform Party of Canada West and Le Parti rouge of Canada East. The Coalition government…
This article written by Shkimba expresses the outcry of changing the electoral process to that of a national popular vote. The author writes bi-weekly an opposition editorial for the Hamilton Spectator regarding such views as local and political social views. She achieved an honors level B.A. in History, Women’s Studies, and Public Relations from McMaster University. Her opposing view of editorials expresses the disgruntlement of the general population in spinning the loser of a popular vote into a winner of an election.…
However, it is undeniable that the structure was impeccable. Lengthier campaigns drastically grew engagement, issues discussed, and insight on leaders. All of these factors led to the historically high voter turnout. However, change needs to be gradually implemented and federal election campaigns should be lengthened to a certain extent. At the moment, Canada is not fully ready to reach that level nor do they have the intention to do ever reach the degree of severity evident in the United States’ campaign period.…
Those who have more environmental concerns and left wing views will certainly not receive the policies they want if Harper is re-elected and those who support Harper's right-wing views will certainly not agree with the policies that Mulcair and Trudeau have promised to put in place. The article "Policy Attitudes of Party Members in Canada: Evidence of Ideological Politics" by William Cross and Lisa Young suggest, through a series of surveys and research; that attitudes amongst party members on the main political factors of Social Tolerance, Laissez-faire Economic Approach, Provincial Powers and Populism are quite similar among party members that belong to specific parties. It is easy to place each party on a certain ideological part of the spectrum no matter their shared initiatives to help the middle class. The results of this study showed that Canadian political parties do have a structure based strongly on the attitudes of party members. These attitudes are undoubtedly manifested in their policies: showing an ideological system rather than…
is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was formed by Members of Parliament who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative Party and Liberal Party. BQ founder Lucien Bouchard was a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. The BQ seeks to create the conditions necessary for the political secession of Quebec from Canada and campaigns actively only within the province during federal elections. English-speaking Canadians commonly refer to the party as "the Bloc"; the party is sometimes known as the BQ in the English-speaking media.…
In Canada the Single Member Plurality electoral system is used when voting during elections. Politics, Power and the Common Good by Mintz, Close and Croci define this system as “an electoral system in which voters in each electoral district elect a single representative to the legislature. The candidate with the most votes is elected, even if that candidate did not receive the majority of votes.” (Ch7, pg. 147) This is a system that is simple to administer and the candidate that gets the most votes than the others is declared the winner.…
When one looks back on the History of Canada, one begins to see that even though Canada is a small country that has not been around for many years, it has done many things and has faced many challenges head on. Challenges from, confederation, developing a constitution, becoming its own nation state from Britain, and many more. However, throughout all these challenges Canada, has developed into a powerful and respected nation around the world. When Pierre Elliott Trudeau took office in 1968 he came into office in the middle of a post second World War time known as the Cold War, between the Russians, using Cuba as a base of operations, and the United States. In 1976 Pierre Elliott Trudeau travelled to Cuba on a diplomatic visit to see Dictator…
Looking at the intuitions in Canada can help uncover aspects of the system that are failing voters. First Past the Post is the current electoral system used in Canada. Supporters of this system argue that it is simple and easy to understand and that most of the time a clear winner can be decided but for some reason it does not procure a high voter turn out. Proportional representation electoral systems usually have the highest voter turn out. A single vote may not influence an outcome the same way it does in a First Past the Post system but there is an incentive for parties to mobilize supporters outside of their voter base.…
Further, it will argue that the aggressive and dismissive treatment of legitimate political question of separation by both the Liberals and Conservatives can only lead to increasing separatist sentiment, and that the NDP have the clearest and most advantageous policy position in response to Québec nationalism. The three major political parties in Canada going into the 2015 election are all Federalist. The Liberals, Conservatives and New Democrats (NDP) all believe in the concept of a Québec nation that exists within Canada. This common agreement among popular political parties is encouraging, as Québec separation would be both economically and politically disastrous for the province and for Canada.…
Debates about the Canadian electoral system are in no way new, with concerns being specifically brought to light as more people are concerned about the fairness of the current system to minority groups,…
That is on the grounds that in every election, there have a tendency to be more than two candidates—it's not strange to see a few candidates on the poll. In 2015, there were 23 parties enlisted with Elections Canada, however most didn't run candidates. Since the vote gets partitioned among a few candidates, singular candidates can win with returns in the 30 percent go, or even lower. At the point when this happens crosswise over hundreds, millions of votes are squandered and parties leave away with larger part governments with far under 50 percent of the vote.…
Not to disclose the fact that even though the Canadian government is democratic and reveals that all of the voices are accounted for, at the end of the day, the bills passed are in favor of the majority, which may not actually be what the majority of citizens want. That being said, if party A is the majority, then they…
An electoral reform is a change in the electoral system of a country in order to improve how public desires are expressed in an election. An electoral reform is necessary for Canada’s democracy in the 21st century since the current system does not accurately represent people’s choice. By analyzing the pros and cons from the different recommendations on proportional representation (PR), I will prove how this new electoral system is a better option for Canadians over the current one, first-past-the-post (FPTP). Background…