POLB50Y3 Lecture : POLA51- lec 9 - apr 5.docx
17 Apr 2012
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Political party- determines who runs the country; didn"t exist in the 1930"s. Having a bunch of group of mp"s and parliament, form a cohesive unit. Party should be able to bring together of people with diff religions,from diff regions, based on platforms in diff cleavages, should be reconciliated to bring people together. Ideological parties- aim to a particular ideologies or views. Canada had 2 political systems: liberals and conservatives, from british political system. Ww1 conservatives had broken the whole idea of politics- union govt, imposed scription. 1921= election of 65 progressive- usually a farmer, from a small area. 1930"s depression area social credit party- more to the west joined with canadian labour of commerce before forming ndp by 1950"s/60"s we had 4 political parties. Pq ran in only elections in quebec to form separatism. Provincial ndp, quebec only has a federal ndp, dq at provincial and federal level.
