POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Protestantism, Progressive Conservative Party Of New Brunswick, Canadian Alliance
8 Feb 2016
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Early conservatives liked using the state to build things. First word of warning; its changed a lot. Historically though conservatives wanted to have closed borders for trade. Behind the change of name was the need for a new leader. For 60 years you have this party. 70-80s it meant equality between men and women (progressive) Conservatives have always had their strongholds in the west. Diefenbaker true conservatism, british and very protestant. Focused on issues like war, military projects, canadian bill of rights industrialization development, education, modern economy (cid:1) (cid:1) Looks as though trudeau era is finished. Debates within the party about his leadership (clarke) He doesn"t believe he has the support within his party so he leaves, trudeau gets re-elelcted. Was amongst those who didn"t want clarke as leader. 1982 patriation helps mulroney a lot tells quebec that trudeau betrayed them and promises quebec that theyl come back into the light. Wins a lot of quebec sseats, the majority.
