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Republican options were discussed following the election of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois to government in Quebec, but only specifically in relation to the province. [60] Continuing talks of constitutional reform led to the role of the monarchy in Canada coming under scrutiny in the lead up to the patriation of the Canadian constitution ...
The Reform Party of Canada (French: Parti réformiste du Canada) was a right-wing populist [1] [2] and conservative federal political party in Canada that existed from 1987 to 2000. Reform was founded as a Western Canada -based protest movement that eventually became a populist conservative party, with strong social conservative and fiscal ...
The Reform movement in Upper Canada was a political movement in British North America in the mid-19th century. It started as a rudimentary grouping of loose coalitions that formed around contentious issues. Support was gained in Parliament through petitions meant to sway MPs.
The Canadian Alliance was the new name of the Reform Party of Canada and inherited many of its populist policies, as well as its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons of Canada. The party supported policies that were both fiscally and socially conservative , seeking reduced government spending on social programs and ...
Human rights in Canada are given legal protections by the dual mechanisms of constitutional entitlements and statutory human rights codes, both federal and provincial. [14] [15] Claims under the Constitution and under human rights laws are generally of a civil nature. Constitutional claims are adjudicated through the court system.
Though for most of the 1990s, the Tories enjoyed roughly the same electoral support as the Reform Party due to Canada's first-past-the-post system of elected representatives to the House of Commons, Reform dominated the position of Official Opposition. In 2000, the Reform Party was dissolved and joined by some right-wing members of the PC Party ...
In 1993, the Reform Party made a political breakthrough in electing large numbers of members of parliament. [19] The Reform Party opposed LGBT rights, and advocated for more restrictions on immigration. In 2003, the party merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada.
Citizens for a Canadian Republic (French: Citoyens pour une République Canadienne) (CCR) is a Canadian advocacy group founded in 2002 that advocates for the replacement of the Canadian monarchy with a head of state who could either be chosen directly through a general election, indirectly by the Parliament of Canada, the Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories, or some ...