POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Labour Congress, Red Tory, Canadian Alliance
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Conservatives have changed a lot over the years. Liberals: not changed its name or party since confederation. When it collapsed, the leader moved to the conservative party on the condition it changed its name to the progressive conservative party. Don"t let the name fool you - name change did not change the party values. When it collapsed, the leader joined the conservative party on the condition that it changed its name to the progressive conservative party. Present at the federal and provincial level. Red tories like progressive because they could attract centrist and left of center voters. Ran into difficulties in the 1980s because there was controversy about constitutional changes. Election of 1993 they went from forming the government to only having 2 members of parliament. Party collapsed because of the split between the quebec wing (which formed the bloc. People in the remains of the progressive conservative party that wanted to get the parties back together.
