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  New Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The NDP is noted for its populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots, its close affiliation with organized labour, and, while the party is secular and pluralistic, it has a longstanding relationship with the Christian left and the Social Gospel movement, particularly the United Church of Canada.
The influence of organized labour on the party is still reflected in the party's leadership elections as labour votes are scaled to 25% of the total number of ballots cast.
However the party does not allow her to be part of the parliamentary caucus, as the NDP favours the abolition of the Senate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Democratic_Party   (1987 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Conservative-Party-of-Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada) is a right wing political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003.
The party is still referred to as "Tory" by the media and retains the tie to the historical Conservative Party of Canada founded in 1854 by Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier by virtue of the fact that the merged entity assumed all assets and liabilities of the Progressive Conservative Party.
An interim leader, in Canadian politics, is a party leader who is appointed by the partys legislative caucus or the partys executive to temporarily act as leader when there is a gap between the resignation or death of a party leader and the election of his or her...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Conservative_Party_of_Canada   (8614 words)

  
 Anarchist Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
New Democratic Party of Canada Canada's social democratic party led by Jack Layton.
Nizkor: Reform Party Reviews allegations that a CSIS informant took actions that were designed to discredit the Reform Party of Canada.
Canada Online: Federal Liberal Party The history, policies, structure and issues of the Liberal Party of Canada, including information on the Prime Minister, cabinet ministers, and Liberal members of parliament.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Anarchist_Party_of_Canada.html   (457 words)

  
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The New Democratic Party (NDP) is a federal and provincial political party in Canada.
He was elected at the party's convention in Toronto on January 25, 2003, defeating his nearest rival, longtime MP Bill Blaikie, on the first ballot with 53.5% of the vote.
Unlike other federal parties, the NDP is integrated with its provincial and territorial party, such that a member of the federal party is a member of the provincial or territorial party where he or she resides.
www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/new_democratic_party.html   (822 words)

  
 New Democratic Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The party has sitting members in every provincial legislature except those of (The largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British) Quebec and (An island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada) Prince Edward Island.
New Democrats are also active municipally, and have been elected mayors, councillors, and school and service board members — (The provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)) Toronto mayor (Click link for more info and facts about David Miller) David Miller is a leading example.
Since then, the federal NDP is not integrated with a provincial party in that province; instead, it has a section, the New Democratic Party of Canada (Quebec), whose activities in the province are limited to the federal level, whereas on the provincial level its members are individually free to support or adhere to any party.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Ne/New_Democratic_Party.htm   (2242 words)

  
 New Democratic Party of Canada Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Canada is a federation of ten Provinces and territories of Canadaprovinces and three Provinces and territories of Canadaterritories, governed as a Parliamentary systemparliamentary representative democracy.
Canada has three main national parties: the New Democratic Party (NDP), which is the party furthest to the "left", the Liberal Party of Canada, and the Conservative Party of Canada, which is the party furthest to the "right".
Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia) and the wild animals that reside within them, such as moose, caribou, beavers, polar bears, and grizzly bears.
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 Marijuana Party of Canada - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Marijuana Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party whose platform is to end prohibition of cannabis.
The party's leader is Marc-Boris St-Maurice, an activist and member of the punk group Grim Skunk.
A number of sections of the party are considering endorsing the New Democratic Party of Canada because of its liberal stand on marijuana laws.
www.free-definition.com /Marijuana-Party-of-Canada.html   (252 words)

  
 Canada Election 2004 Voter Guide: Political Parties - New Democratic Party (NDP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Until a few days into the election, the party also had an "Issues" page that set's out the party's (much more frankly-worded) stance on issues ranging from taxation to gays and lesbians (some text remains, but the page is incomplete or in the process of being removed as of May 25, 2004).
The New Democratic Party is proud to be associated with the democratic socialist parties of the world and to share the struggle for peace, international co-operation and the abolition of poverty."
Like the Communist Party of Canada, it opposes profit and supports government ownership of capital (it calls government ownership "social ownership", which has a friendlier ring to it).
www.mondopolitico.com /elections/canada2004/parties/ndp.htm   (521 words)

  
 Responses - New Democratic Party of Canada
New Democrats have also long advocated for the extension of EI coverage for caregivers to terminally ill friends or family members.
Other parties are promising a fraction of this amount, often back ended in 5 or 10 year plans.
Certainly our party would make it possible for cancer patients to have sufficient financial support to face the difficult challenges that they would be facing.
www.cbcn.ca /english/advocacy.php?show&211   (2254 words)

  
 Canada Tibet Committee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Party leaders were also asked about their willingness to promote negotiations between the Dalai Lama and Chinese authorities.
New Democrats will take steps to ensure that increased monitoring of the dialogue, with stipulated benchmarks for success between China and Tibet, is an issue in upcoming sessions of parliament.
New Democrats will take steps to ensure that increased dialogue between China and Tibet is an issue in upcoming session of parliament.
www.tibet.ca /en/publications/press1123-00.shtml   (993 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - New Democratic party (Canadian History) - Encyclopedia
New Democratic party (NDP), Canadian political party, founded in 1961 when the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) reorganized itself and entered into close ties with Canadian labor unions, especially the Canadian Labor Congress (CLC).
The CCF, formed in 1932, began as a largely W Canadian federation of farm, labor, and socialist groups with a democratic socialist program of increased welfare measures, moderate nationalization, and government economic planning.
It had some success, especially in western provinces, and was the majority party in Saskatchewan (1944–64).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NewDemoc.html   (239 words)

  
 Definition of Socialist Party of Canada (new)
The Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia section) was founded in 1928 as the Independent Labour Party.
It rejected both the Leninism of the Communist Party of Canada, and the evolutionary socialism of the CCF.
In this form, the Socialist Party of Canada still exists today with a handful of members, mostly in Vancouver and mostly of advanced age.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Socialist_Party_of_Canada_%28new%29   (353 words)

  
 New Democratic Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
9 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's New Democratic Party is prepared to drop its opposition to bank mergers if the government ensures that lenders don't close branches or increase banking fees, a party official said.
OTTAWA - The New Democratic Party, a long-time opponent of mergers between Canada's big banks, says it is now prepared to endorse such multi-billion-dollar mega-deals.
You would be surprised to know of the support here in Canada for the democratic process in Venezuela and the support for President Chavez.
www.infothis.com /find/New_Democratic_Party_of_Canada   (269 words)

  
 NDP-Quebec Statutes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Statutes of the New Democratic Party of Canada (Quebec)
The New Democratic Party of Canada (Quebec) holds fast to the principle that the dignity and liberty of the person constitute a fundamental right that must be protected and expanded.
The New Democratic Party of Canada (Quebec) is proud to be associated with other social-democratic parties in the world and to fight with them for peace, international cooperation, protection of the environment, the elimination of poverty, the rights of women, youth, the elderly, and cultural communities, and for the right of aboriginal peoples to self-determination.
www.web.net /qcndp/en/statuts.html   (2639 words)

  
 UQAM: Guide de recherche en science politique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Parti réformiste du Canada / Reform Party of Canada
Parti libéral du Canada / Liberal Party of Canada
Parti libertarien du Canada / Libertarian Party of Canada
www.unites.uqam.ca /guide/ressource_parti.htm   (92 words)

  
 Business Wire: New Democratic Party of Canada Selects election... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
New Democratic Party of Canada Selects election.com to Conduct First Online Leadership Election; First Political Party in Canada to Adopt Internet Voting.
All Party members will have the option of voting remotely via the Internet or the traditional way with a postal paper ballot.
"The New Democratic Party is breaking new ground in Canada by being the first political party in the country to introduce Internet voting," Mark Prieto, President of election.com, said.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:91751984&refid=ink_tptd_g1   (639 words)

  
 ATTAC-New Democratic Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On October 28, 1998, Lorne Nystrom, the Member of Parliament for Regina-Qu'Appelle and New Democratic Party of Canada Revenue and Taxation Critic, introduced a motion that the Canadian government show leadership on the enaction of an international financial transaction tax.
The New Democratic Party of Canada passed the following resolution at their 18th Federal Convention in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, April 11-13, 1997.
That opens up an exciting vision of the world of tomorrow, a new vision where people regardless of the colour of their skin, regardless of where they live, work together toward a common cause and a common good.
www.attac.org /fra/part/doc/canndp.htm   (5488 words)

  
 Viewing NetStep @2Learn.ca
Green Party of Canada / Parti Vert du Canada
Liberal Party of Canada / Parti liberal du Canada
Marijuana Party of Canada / Parti Marijuana du Canada
www.2learn.ca /search/NetStepView.asp?PID=1508   (46 words)

  
 New Democrats on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The NDP is the only political party in Canada's House of Commons to have registered opposition to the Multilateral Agreement on Investment
New Democrats see the MAI as the most dangerous "free trade" initiative to date
New Democrats across the country have been talking and working against MAI since 1995 and before.
home.ican.net /~edtoth/ndpmai.html   (211 words)

  
 New Democratic Party Regional, Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
NDP on Trade and Globalization The views of the New Democratic Party on globalized trade and the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
NDPot New Democrats in favour of the legalization of cannibis.
New Democratic Youth of Canada (NDYC) Youth wing of the social democratic New Democartic Party of Canada
www.wacofdn.org /d2RjXzgwODQz.aspx   (338 words)

  
 Canada Conservative New Party Resources from the Right Side of the Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BlueDraft.com was created to bring attention to the leadership race for the new Conservative Party of Canada, as well as to support the process of...
of the Conservative Party of Canada, Stephen Harper, the Leader of the Bloc Québécois, Gilles Duceppe, and the Leader of the New Democratic Party, Jack Layton...
The new party is to elect a leader on March 20, 2004.
www.rtside.com /directory/canada-conservative-new-party.html   (529 words)

  
 Open letter to Jack Layton, Leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party of Canada on Middle East   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We were alarmed at the Party's silence on the building of Israel's Apartheid Wall and the NDP's inability to condemn this serious violation of UN Resolutions 242 and 343, as well as International Law.
We ask that the Party explicitly state its position on the ICJ ruling and the Liberal government's abstention from the vote at the UN.
We also need an assurance that we will not be shut out of the NDP Councils and Conventions by bureaucratic hurdles; that we will have access to and presence in the Resolutions Committee, and that those who chair the debates on such matters will not misuse their privileges to silence us.
www.palestine-pmc.com /details.asp?cat=7&id=55   (1287 words)

  
 Labour Progressive Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When the Communist Party of Canada was banned in 1941 it ran as the Labour Progressive Party.
The LPP ever elected one Member of Parliament under its own banner Fred Rose was elected in a 1943 by-election in Montreal and sat in the House of Commons.
The party also ran candidates in Quebec general elections from 1944 to 1956 as the ouvrier-progressiste.
www.freeglossary.com /Labour_Progressive_Party_of_Canada   (295 words)

  
 New Democratic Party of McGill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The New Democratic Party of McGill University / le Nouveau Parti Démocratique de l'Université McGill declares that this constitution is designed to educate the students of McGill in the development and realization of social democracy and democratic socialism, through the New Democratic Party of Canada.
The name of the Association is the New Democratic Party of McGill University / le Nouveau Parti Démocratique de l'Université McGill (NDP-McGill / NPD-McGill), hereafter known as the Association.
IV.1 Every member in good standing of the New Democratic Party of Canada / le Nouveau Parti Démocratique du Canada who is a student at McGill and expresses an interest in the Association is a Member of the Association.
ssmu.mcgill.ca /ndp/constitution.html   (1031 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: North America: Canada: Society and Culture: Politics: Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Communist Party of Canada - Canada's "party of socialism" dedicated to the creation of a new economic arrangement in Canada where the economy works for the needs of the people rather than the other way around.
Progressive Canadian Party - A new progressive conservative party formed by former Tories who opposed the merger with the Canadian Alliance.
The Undecided Party of Canada - Outlines the policies of the Undecided Party of Canada.
www.dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/Canada/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties   (365 words)

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