POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: October Crisis, King World Productions, Nova Scotia Liberal Party
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1887 to 1917 first party system era. 1921 to 1957 second party system era. Start of the cold war and the soviet union. 1962 to 1993 third party system era. Emergence of the reform party in alberta and saskatchewan. 2011 onward fourth party system era (1993-2006) uninterrupted rule of the liberal party, and parties that wanted to destroy. Canada/ seperatists/ reform party liberal party reforming itself, and the ndp as the opposition. Political parties operate in all 10 provinces and in yukon. Difficult for many people to recognize extent to which a party has national ties. Just because two parties share the same label does not mean that they are like-minded or collaborative. Just because twpo parties have different name does not neccesarily mean they oppose each other. If you sign up for the ndp you are apart of both the provincial and federal party. Only in nunavut and the north west territories there are no political parties.