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The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; Quebec French: Parti libéral du Canada, PLC) is a federal political party in Canada.The party espouses the principles of liberalism, [6] [7] [8] and generally sits at the centre [6] [9] [10] to centre-left [10] [11] of the Canadian political spectrum, with their main rival, the Conservative Party, positioned to their right and the New Democratic Party ...
Liberal parties exist on a provincial level; however, while they mostly share similar ideologies, not all provincial parties are officially affiliated with the federal party. In Canada, a "capital-L" Liberal refers to the policies and ideas of the Liberal Party of Canada/Parti Libéral du Canada (member LI), the most frequent governing party of ...
In English-speaking Canada, the Liberal Party's support for free trade made it popular among farmers, and helped cement the party's hold in the growing prairie provinces. Laurier led the Liberals to power in the 1896 election (in which he became the first Francophone Prime Minister), and oversaw a government that increased immigration in order ...
The two dominant political parties in Canada have historically been the Liberal Party of Canada and the current Conservative Party of Canada (as well as its numerous predecessors). [22] Parties like the New Democratic Party , the Quebec nationalist Bloc Québécois and the Green Party of Canada have grown in prominence, exerting their own ...
Kellie Leitch, a candidate for leadership candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada's 2017 Convention, was a vocal proponent of such government screening. [82] In 2016, an Environics public opinion poll found that 54 per cent of Canadians agree that "there are too many immigrants coming into this country who are not adopting Canadian values."
The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC; French: Parti conservateur du Canada, PCC), colloquially known as the Tories or simply the Conservatives, is a federal political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the two main right-leaning parties, the Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) and the Canadian Alliance , the latter ...
The Bridge Party of Canada (David Berlin), 2015–2017 [6] Canada Party (II) 2015–2016 [6] Canadian Democrat (Gerry Goeujon), 1957; Capital familial (Henri-Georges Grenier), 1957–1962; Christian Democrat Party of Canada (Sydney Thompson), 1981; Christian Liberal (Howard A. Prentice), 1953
In early Canadian history, religion played an important role in politics. The Conservative Party was composed mainly of Anglicans and conservative French-Canadian Catholics while the Liberal Party was backed by reform-minded French Canadian Catholics and non-Anglican English Canadians due to their support in Quebec and Ontario.