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  Canadian Democratic Movement :: Alternative News Media on Democracy, Politics, Trade, Environment, Military and Money ...
Canadian Political Parties / Provincial Political Parties / New Brunswick
Canadian Political Parties / Provincial Political Parties / Nunavut
Canadian Political Parties / Provincial Political Parties / Saskatchewan
www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca /CmodsWebLinks-index-req-AddLink.html   (330 words)

  
 Role of Political Parties
The organisational support of political parties is vital to the stability and viability of a party's parliamentary members.
All parties have methods of debating issues and formulating policies to be presented to the electorate during election campaigns.
Parties are one of the main avenues for political debate and discussion in the community.
www.canadian-politics.com /parties/parties_role.shtml   (499 words)

  
 Youth Participation in Canadian Political Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In understanding political parties’ recruitment practices and incentives, and the experience of Canadian youth in parties, we can begin to understand why some youth join parties while many other engaged youth do not.
Political parties occupy a crucial role in Canadian democracy.
They are privileged by their central role in elections and in Parliament, and as Canadian youth are tuned-out of party politics, the relationship between youth and parties presents a compelling case.
www.ucalgary.ca /~ptyyouth   (255 words)

  
 POL 211 CANADIAN POLITICAL PARTIES 1998-99
Manon Tremblay, "Political Party, Political Philosophy and Feminism: A Case Study of the Female and Male Candidates in the 1989 Quebec General Election," CJPS 26 (1993), pp.
Henry Milner, Politics in the New Quebec (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1978).
Anderson and Masson, eds., The Emergence of Urban Political Parties (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972).
www.chass.utoronto.ca /~clarkson/courses/pol211y_bib.html   (12248 words)

  
 Registered Political Parties & Candidates for 2006 Canadian Elections
Political parties and candidates must register with Elections Canada in order to appear on the ballot.
The best way to discover what each political party stands for overall, or what it has to say on a particular issue, is to visit their web site and see what that have to say.
You can look up the spending limits a registered political party is allowed to spend in each of the 308 ridings; note that this is in addition to the amount that the individual candidates can spend.
www.sfu.ca /~aheard/elections/parties.html   (615 words)

  
 Political Parties | Digital Copyright Canada
The Official list of Registered Political Parties is maintained by Elections Canada.
The Canadian political parties have spoken on climate change
The concept of a political party, in general, deviates from my approach to democracy: I prefer to focus on the local candidates rather than the party for fear of inaccurate representation.
www.digital-copyright.ca /taxonomy/view/or/331   (564 words)

  
 Canadian Political Parties: members and policies are interchanable
I realize these statements will get many of the old guard from all parties up in arms; but to see the truth in the statement, all one has to do is examine the last five decades of Canada's political party leadership history.
The wishy-washiness of many of the individuals who have sought party leadership is one of the best indicators of how the lines between the parties have dimmed.
The main reason they won't come to their senses is that the power they perceive to be granted by being a "bigwig" in a political party, and the perks that go with it, corrupts and corrupts completely.
www.danielnpaul.com /Col/1998/AnyoneCouldCrashAnOttawaParty.html   (868 words)

  
 Canada Election 2004 Voter Guide: Political Parties - Canadian Action Party
Like the Abolitionist Party, CAP was founded - in 1997, just before the federal election of that year - by former Liberal Deputy Prime Minister Paul Hellyer, and some of his acquaintances.
Chief among the target parties was the federal New Democratic Party (NDP).
Arguably, if you want to understand what this party stands for, you should probably look at what the Council of Canadians (founded in 1985 over the free trade issue) stands for: the two organizations virtually overlap in terms of their views.
www.mondopolitico.com /elections/canada2004/parties/cap.htm   (638 words)

  
 Department of Political Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
With the support of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the first ever comprehensive, national study of political party membership in Canada is being conducted by Dr. Bill Cross (Mount Allison University) and Dr. Lisa Young (University of Calgary).
The purpose of this study is to further our understanding of changes to the Canadian party system by exploring the dynamics of party membership.
We thank the staff of the national offices of the five political parties and the members of the parties who took the time to complete the survey for their invaluable assistance.
www.mta.ca /faculty/socsci/polisci/scppm   (574 words)

  
 Campaigning for Canada Begins, Canadian Political Parties Seek Voice-Overs : ArriveNet Press Releases : Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Typically, voice-overs for political campaigns are chosen carefully with the objectives of instilling trust, camaraderie, and, over the course of the campaign, to successfully persuade the voter to concur with the values and mission of the political party.
Often times, the advertising for political campaigns will highlight what the party will do to change the political landscape and how they intend to make a difference in the lives of those that they are marketing to, whether concerns are related to healthcare, taxes, education, national unity, and so on.
All political campaign voice-over job postings will receive Express service free of charge to ensure that their message is recorded as soon as possible for their election campaign.
press.arrivenet.com /government/article.php/726161.html   (867 words)

  
 Canadian Political Parties/Les Partis politiques du Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Parti communiste du Québec/Communist Party of Quebec, PCQ
Parti municipal Rive-Sud - Équipe Gladu, PMRS (Longueuil)
Parti Municipal Énergie avec Sylvie Surpenant, PME-Surpenant (Ste-Thérèse)
home.ican.net /~alexng/can.html   (796 words)

  
 Thomson Nelson - Political Science -Canadian Politics on the Web/Political Parties in Canada
Political parties provide the basis for Canadian government.
Election choices are made simpler because Canadians can decide which candidate to vote for based on which party they wish to form the government.
Political parties also structure most of work of the legislatures by organizing the members into disciplined blocs.
polisci.nelson.com /parties.html   (272 words)

  
 List of political parties in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1.1 Political parties with representation in the Canadian Parliament
2.5.1 Parties represented in the House of Assembly
The first party government, in 1903, was Conservative.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_political_parties   (873 words)

  
 Log Cabin Chronicles Tim Belford's Canadian Political Parties column
The left wing of the Liberal Party, however, is to the right of the NDO fiscally and to the left of the Conservatives socially except for the Red Tories, which are to the left of the Martin Liberals socially and to the right of the left wing of the Canadian Alliance on fiscal matters.
The NDP is to the left of the Liberals with the exception of the moderate wing of the party which wants to discard these kinds of labels entirely in order not to have to explain themselves.
Meanwhile, the agricultural wing of the party is to the right of the liberals, who don't give them enough subsidies, and to the left of the Canadian Alliance, who wouldn't give them anything.
www.tomifobia.com /belford/canadian_politics.shtml   (533 words)

  
 Election Watch 2000
Canadian Politics, Elections and Political Parties - The Canadian political scene, the electoral system, federal and provincial elections and links to major Canadian political parties.
Canadian Debate.com - links to local candidate pages and the opportunity to compare parties on issues.
Political Parties in Canada - comprehensive listing of Federal and Provincial/Territorial Parties.
www.angelfire.com /il3/CanadianGoose/election_watch_2000.html   (214 words)

  
 Thomson Nelson - Political Science -Canadian Politics on the Web/Political Parties in Canada
Election choices are made simpler because Canadians can decide which candidate to vote for based on which party they wish to form the government.
Political parties also structure most of work of the legislatures by organizing the members into disciplined blocs.
As such, it is important to know what our political parties stand for, and how they are structured.
www.polisci.nelson.com /parties.html   (272 words)

  
 Canadian Political Parties and "Web 2.0" | D'Arcy Norman dot net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Green Party: Jim Harris has a blog on Typepad (subscribed) but the candidate in my riding appears to be doing nothing online...
Well in addition to the fact that their politics fit mine o.k., they are the only major party actively campagining on electoral reform, and until we see that happen, we will be choosing between the lesser of two evils.
The irony is that the whole party and representation system was put into place because direct participation in government (ala Greek civic democracy) didn't scale to a population larger than a small city.
www.darcynorman.net /2005/12/07/canadian-political-parties-and-web-20   (1819 words)

  
 Canadian Democracy - Political Parties Control it
If one were to do an in-depth study for the period, it probably would be found that the times a party received a majority mandate could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Barring an age of enlightenment dawning within the ranks of the thinkers of the mainstream parties, they are not the source from where the system's reform will be voluntarily launched.
And, to insure that their supremacy is sustained, the parties have these things in place: They have the right to raise funds in order to elect a person whom they deem to be politically correct.
www.danielnpaul.com /Col/1995/TrueDemocracy-ElectorsControl.html   (709 words)

  
 Canadian Political Parties - Ottawa Kiosk
The Liberal Party embraces equality of opportunity for all persons, enhancement of our unique and diverse cultural community, recognition of Canada's two official languages, and preservation of the Canadian identity in a global society.
The primary purpose of the New Democratic Party is to offer a vision for Canada where people come first; a clear democratic socialist political alternative.
The Conservative Party of Canada is working to represent the interests of all Canadians and offer a national political alternative.
www.ottawakiosk.com /political_parties.html   (244 words)

  
 polparti2004_1
The list is consistent with the Parliamentary Library's role as a provider of information and in no way indicates an endorsement of particular political parties, organisations or web sites.
The following list includes both those parties registered with the Australian Electoral Commission together with those which are not.
Political Parties: Dept. of Politics, University of Keele
www.aph.gov.au /library/intguide/pol/polparti.htm   (229 words)

  
 ▷▷ Canadian Political Parties (it's a SelectSmart.com Politics & Government selector. Keywords: Politics & ...
I am a fourth year Political Science student at UBC trying to figure out the Canadian political parties.
Free trade is harmful to the Canadian economy and/or its culture.
Canadians should be willing to support our social services, such as health care and employment insurance, even if it means paying higher taxes.
selectsmart.com /FREE/select.php?client=canpoliparties   (379 words)

  
 Political Resources on the Net - Canada I
Canadian Politics by I. Laponce (University of British Columbia Library)
Parti Bloc-pot du Qébec Quebec's provincial party in favor of legalization of marijuana
Parti marxiste-léniniste du Qébec Marxist-leninist Party of Quebec
www.politicalresources.net /canada/canada.htm   (271 words)

  
 Political parties, interest groups, and other movements around the world
America's Open Debates Foundation is a national foundation committed to networking existing "free election" organizations, every legitimate national party, ballot access and election reform movements into one cooperative, unified and powerful voice.
Third Parties '96 is a movement to build a new mainstream political party
The Atlantica Party represents Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /parties.htm   (1232 words)

  
 Canadian Federal Politics Links
The relatively recently reborn Conservative Party of Canada is Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition whose principal task is to hold the federal Liberal party to account.
A non-partisan, public policy research association that actually appears to be non-partisan in most of its research.
Canada's premier weekly newsmagazine covering politics, social and economic issues as well as entertainment and lifestyle articles.
www.suite101.com /links.cfm/canada_politics   (228 words)

  
 Political Parties and Elections in Canada (Provinces and Territories) - Les élections et les partis politiques ...
Political Parties and Elections in Canada (Provinces and Territories) - Les élections et les partis politiques au Canada (Provinces et territoires)
Portals : large collection of links to all kinds of political and social science research sites, including university political science departments, government departments, think tanks, journals and newsletters, to mention but a few...
Orwell paints a vivid picture of a violent political revolution of farm animals against the farmer who owns all, works the animal population hard, sends their offspring to slaughter, and feeds them little.
www.canadiansocialresearch.net /politics_prov_terr.htm   (2211 words)

  
 Canadian Federal Political Parties - Politics Watch | Canada's Political Portal
Canadian Federal Political Parties - Politics Watch
PoliticsWatch - Canada's Political Portal selected the top INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SITE OF 2000 by international panel of web experts (January 2, 2001).
We are also interested in hearing from candidates or political parties who believe their domain name is being held hostage by cybersquatters or political opponents.
www.politicswatch.com /parties.htm   (159 words)

  
 Canadian Legal Resources: Government/Canada/Political_Parties
Canadian Legal Resources: Government : Canada : Political Parties
Cosmopolitan Party of Canada - Canada's socially progressive quality-of-living focused federal political party alternative.
Disclaimer: Not all materials may be applicable in your jurisdiction.
www.gahtan.com /cdnlaw/Government/Canada/Political_Parties   (73 words)

  
 Nelson - Political Science-Canadian Politics on the Web/Political Parties in Canada
Nelson - Political Science-Canadian Politics on the Web/Political Parties in Canada
You can visit related sections of Canadian Politics on the Web that are dedicated to Canadian
Canadian Political Parties by Alex Ng Canada - Political Parties and Youth Organizations by Ben den Butter
www.nelson.com /nelson/polisci/parties.html   (139 words)

  
 Canadian Political Parties and Elections
: in particular in the Canadian, general and advanced / academic databases)
eg./ type canada AND (name of party) both under Subject Field AND (policy or policies or platform*) under Default Field
- type canada AND (political parties) both under Subject Field AND (policy or policies or platform*) under Default Field
www.westmount.ci.yrdsb.edu.on.ca /polt-parties.html   (141 words)

  
 The Implications of New Campaign Finance Legislation for the Organization of Canadian Political Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
On January 1, 2004, new legislation came into effect that significantly changes the way Canadian political parties finance their activities.
Over the next three years, a team of four researchers from three universities will be studying the impact of these changes on the organization and activities of political parties in Canada.
This research is funded by a Standard Research Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
www.partyfinance.ca   (98 words)

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