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The provincial NDP was unable to recover its previous levels of support, and suffered an electoral wipeout in the 1995 Ontario general election. The Liberal Party was initially the main beneficiary of the opposition to the Social Contract, but, ultimately, the Progressive Conservatives won the election.
The New Democratic Party (NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique; NPD) is a federal political party in Canada.Widely described as social democratic, [5] the party sits at the centre-left [10] to left-wing [17] of the Canadian political spectrum, with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. [20]
Mulcair was a senior civil servant in the Quebec provincial government, ran a private law practice, and taught law at the university level. [1] Mulcair joined the federal NDP in 1974 [2] and was the provincial member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Chomedey in Laval from 1994 to 2007, holding the seat for the Quebec Liberal ...
The Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) (French: Régime d'assistance publique du Canada) was a financing program created in 1966 by the Pearson government.The CAP consisted of a cost-sharing arrangement between the federal government and provinces, territories and municipalities whereby the federal government would partially fund eligible social programs.
The Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party have come to a agreement in a confidence deal that would keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in power with a minority ...
The Canadian federal government announced in 2023-24, $94.6 billion to transfer to the provinces and territories through major transfers (Canada Health Transfer, Canada Social Transfer, Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing), direct targeted support and trust funds), a $7 billion increase from the previous year, 2022-23. [2]
The NDP was leading or elected in 47 seats - just enough to form a majority government - in Canada's westernmost province, while John Rustad's Conservative Party of British Columbia had 44 seats ...
The 1990 Ontario general election surprisingly produced the NDP's breakthrough first government in 1990. The victory produced the first NDP provincial government east of Manitoba. During this time, Rae’s government brought forward a number of initiatives that were unpopular such as the Social Contract. The 1996 election saw the NDP reduced ...