PSCI 2002 Lecture Notes - Joe Comuzzi, List Of Political Parties In Canada, Politics Of Canada
13 May 2013
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Canadian democracy is a widely debated topic of discussion amongst many political scholars. One specific area of democracy that is consistently questioned and analyzed is how canadian political parties" actions affect canadian democracy. Political parties are used to bring forth the interests of the people, and ultimately represent the average citizen in government actions. With multiple parties in canada and different mandates for each one, voters are able to choose from an array of candidates, but even with this variety of options, not everyone"s political opinions are able to be expressed. Canada"s party system has evolved into a two party plus" system as described by rand. Dyck in his 2011 book titled canadian politics, critical approaches. This system he says is centered on the democratic election of only two major parties that are centered around brokering to the public while the other two parties are focused more on an ideology (pg 338).
