POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Dominant-Party System, Provincial Rights Party, List Of Political Parties In Canada
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Significant changes over time: names changes, branches, etc, organization, name and values, progressive conservatives. Main opposition party: opposed by french-canadians, catholics, and western canada (until. Diefenbaker: tree important pms: macdonald, bennett, and diefenbaker. Key themes: opposition to closer link to the united states (until mulroney, monarchy and link to great britain. Opposed focus on quebec, more socially conservative, more populist and mostly based in the west. Failed attempt at becoming a more national party. Product of a merger between the canadian alliance and the conservative party. One of the most successful parties in the world. From provincial rights to defender of a strong federal government. From free trade to protectionism to free trade: a different type of nationalism. More focused on developing canada"s own symbols: strong support from catholics and french-canadians, history of alternative between francophone and anglophone leaders, a centrist party. Associated with national symbols: the party"s shrinking coalition.