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  Reconstruction Party of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
The Reconstruction Party nominated 174 candidates in the 1935 federal election.
The Liberal vote was 2,076,394, the Conservatives 1,308,688, and that for the Reconstruction Party 389,708; while the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the Social Credit parties garnered 386,484 and 187,045 votes respectively.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reconstruction_Party_of_Canada   (325 words)

  
 Conservative Party of Canada (historical) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The roots of the party are in the pre-confederation coalition government of 1854 the parti bleu of George-Étienne Cartier (see also Quebec Conservative Party) and Ontario liberals and conservatives led by John A. MacDonald.
It was out of this coalition that the Liberal-Conservative Party (generally known as the Conservative Party) was formed and it was this period that formed the basis for confederation in 1867.
The attempt to turn the Conservatives into a hegemonic party by merging with Liberal-Unionists failed as most Liberals either joined the new Progressive Party of Canada or rejoined the Liberals under its new leader William Lyon Mackenzie King.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)   (1468 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is one of only two parties that have alternately governed Canada since Confederation, the other being the now-defunct Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and its various preceding incarnations.
In their early history, the Liberals were the party of free trade, continentalism, and opposition to excessive imperialism.
Under the party's new leader, John Turner, the Liberals lost power in the 1984 Canadian election and were reduced to only 40 seats in the House of Commons.
www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/liberal_party_of_canada.html   (1953 words)

  
 LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA FACTS AND INFORMATION
The Liberal Party was reduced from a majority to a minority_government due, in part, to a scandal in which advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services.
The period between Paul Martin's assumption of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada on November_14, 2003, and the 2004 Canadian election call on May_23, 2004, saw a lot of infighting within the party.
In April, 2005 David_Kilgour, one of the party's two MPs from Alberta announced that he was leaving the party to sit as an independent member of the House of Commons due to the damaging allegations of corruption in the Liberal Party's Quebec wing based on testimony in the Gomery_Commission inquiry.
www.dontpayyourtaxes.com /Liberal_Party_of_Canada   (3078 words)

  
 Canada (08/05)
Canada joined the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1990 and has been an active member, hosting the OAS General Assembly in Windsor in June 2000, and the third Summit of the Americas in Quebec City in April 2001.
Canada is a strong proponent of the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines.
Canada is a significant source for the United States of marijuana, as well as precursor chemicals and over-the-counter drugs that are used to produce illicit synthetic drugs.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2089.htm   (3792 words)

  
 United States Democratic Party Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Of the two major U.S. parties, the Democratic Party is to the left of the Republican Party, though its politics are not as consistently leftist as the traditional social democratic and labor parties in much of the world.
Civil libertarians also often support the Democratic Party because its positions on such issues as civil rights and separation of church and state are more closely aligned to their own than the positions of the Republican Party, and because the Democrats' economic agenda may be more appealing to them than that of the Libertarian Party.
The party's proposal (in 2000 and 2004) for public policy on termination of pregnancy is for abortion to be "safe, legal and rare" - namely, keeping it legal by rejecting laws that include governmental interference in any individual matter, and reducing the number performed by promoting both knowledge of reproduction and incentives for adoption.
www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/United_States_Democratic_Party   (6264 words)

  
 Blank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
All members and friends of the Communist Party of Canada have been shocked by the impact of the Dec. 26 tsunami on the coastal regions of the Indian Ocean.
Parties can nominate up to the number of members to be elected in each riding, and voters will rank all candidates (including independents) in order of preference.
The view of the Communist Party is that political progress in Canada depends on building broad unity in action among all progressive forces, both in the extra-parliamentary struggles and in the electoral arena, including at the civic level.
pvoice.communist-party.ca /jancurrent2.htm   (3905 words)

  
 Articles - Liberal Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Under the party's new leader, John Turner, the Liberals lost power in the 1984 election, and were reduced to only 40 seats in the House of Commons.
The Liberal Party was reduced from a majority to a minority government due, in part, to a Chrétien-era scandal in which advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services.
The Saskatchewan Party was an unofficial merger of the members of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and members of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, now contains supporters of the federal Conservatives and federal Liberals in its ranks.
www.worldhammock.com /articles/Liberal_Party_of_Canada   (2875 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is one of only two parties that have alternately governed Canada since Confederation, the other being the now-defunct Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, one of the two ancestors of the modern Conservative Party of Canada.
The period between Paul Martin's assumption of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada on November 14, 2003, and the 2004 Canadian election being called on May 23, 2004, saw a large amount of infighting within the party.
Many pundits have dated the current split to that earlier era, arguing that there is a clear division between the socially-populist, federalist wing of the party represented by Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chrétien, and the constitutionally flexible, economically-minded wing of John Turner and Paul Martin.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Liberal-Party-of-Canada.htm   (2879 words)

  
 Foreign Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Canada promotes commonly shared values such as equality and democracy through its participation in many international organizations, including the United Nations, the Commonwealth and La Francophonie.
Canada has continuing concerns about the possibility of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and about the humanitarian situation there.
Canada negotiates agreements and rules that knock down barriers to trade, eliminate red tape, and settle disputes.
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /foreign_policy/menu-en.asp   (570 words)

  
 Socialist Party of Canada - Socialism and the Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The history of Manitoba and of Canada has shown – regardless of the party in power, be it Progressive, Liberal or Tory –; a gradual worsening of conditions and a growing insecurity, now capped by the present world-wide depression.
The Socialist Party enters the field with only Socialism to offer you, and regardless of the specious promises of the other parties, this is the only cure for your present insecurity of life.
The Socialist Party of Canada enters this fight and submits for your consideration the single plank of Socialism as opposed to the bankruptcy of the Bracken Government, the follies and futilities of the Tories, the step-ladder of the I. P., and the comic opera demands of the Communists.
www.worldsocialism.org /canada/election.manitoba.1932.htm   (675 words)

  
 NTU Info Centre: Richard Bedford Bennett   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He was born in Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick, Canada, and studied at Dalhousie University, graduating in 1893 with a law degree.
With this law, the leaders of the Communist Party of Canada, including Tim Buck were arrested and imprisioned for sedition.
However, this action proved to be a damaging embarassment for the government, especially when Buck was the victim of an apparent assassination attempt when he was shot at when he was confined to his cell during a prison riot, despite the fact he was not participating in any way.
www.nowtryus.com /article:Richard_Bedford_Bennett   (671 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bush: Canada eligible in Iraq reconstruction contracts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Canada was not a member of the U.S.-led coalition that ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in April.
But Bush said he reconsidered the policy toward Canada because it has offered financial support for rebuilding Iraq — $240 million — and sees the value of having a democratic government in the heart of the Middle East.
Canada also is an ally in the fight in Afghanistan.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-01-13-bush-canada_x.htm   (526 words)

  
 Freedom Party of Ontario (CANADA) - May Calendar
Walter Block (1941-) is the former Senior Economist of the Fraser Institute of Vancouver, Canada, a free-market "think tank", and is now chair of the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas.
Reconstruction program inflames racial intolerance in the South, and slaves were freed only as a matter to destabilize the South, not as a matter of principle.
They are not allowed to land under Canada's immigration laws and the ship is forced from the harbour 32 days later.
www.freedomparty.org /calendar/cal_may.htm   (1147 words)

  
 Vive le Canada - The Canadian High Tory Tradition and Our New Republican Party
The recent decision by some in the PC party and most in the Alliance party to merge and create a right of centre republican party of Canada is both a historic move and a short sighted manoeuvre.
The merging of the PC party and the Alliance party, and the equally worrisome leadership of Paul Martin in the Liberal party, is part of the comprador class in Canada furthering the colonization of the True North.
Much like CBC reporting "the new conservative party of Canada, without a constitution, without policies, today released their new logo.." like they expect a house under construction to be fully furnished, many have already condemned this new party before it's begun.
www.vivelecanada.ca /article.php?story=20031218163137601   (3386 words)

  
 Socialist Party of Canada - W. A. Pritchard’s Address to the Jury
Here we have Reid, the Socialist Party of Canada candidate for the Dominion Electoral District of Red Deer–it could not be for 1911, it had gone past–nominated as the candidate for the Electoral Division of Red Deer, evidently for the election that came on in 1917.
Gentlemen, the reason that the Socialist Party of Canada have not put up any candidates since the last election might be easy for you and I to find even though it would cause some cudgeling of the brains of a distinguished lawyer.
Under the heading "Politics", in the Manifesto of the Socialist Party of Canada, there is an excerpt from the Communist Manifesto.
www.worldsocialism.org /canada/pritchards.address.to.jury.htm   (7367 words)

  
 Green Party of Canada - Someday is Now!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Canada is in the process of deploying an additional 1,250 troops to the Kandahar region of southern Afghanistan to operate as Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRK's).
The Green Party Foreign Affairs Critic is also calling for a more visible role from Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew in establishing the appropriate international profile for the enhanced Canadian involvement in Afghanistan.
The Party will again be running candidates in every electoral district in the upcoming federal election.
www.greenparty.ca /announcement49.html   (342 words)

  
 Be a PRO-activist, join the united front of the Marijuana Party of Canada - Edge Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Marijuana Party of Canada is the only Federal Political party in Canada that has a realistic viable platform that is easy to implement, simpler to understand and most beneficial to all in Canada.
At least the Marijuana Party platform is easy to understand, simple to implement, and actually saves the Canadian taxed voter some of their money, unlike the other political party platforms that constantly drain the pockets of the overtaxed voter dry.
The Marijuana Party of Canada is there for you and all of Canada, it is the only Political party with an easy and simple to understand platform that is beneficial to all in Canada.
www.overgrow.com /edge/showthread.php?t=611835   (3329 words)

  
 NTU Info Centre: Conservative Party of Canada (historical)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Regardless, the party had almost always been referred to as simply the Conservative Party or Tories, whatever the party's official name might be.
The Liberals were reduced to a minority government in the 1925 election the Conservatives managed to win a plurality of seats in the House of Commons but King was able to stay in power with the support of the Progressives and form a minority government.
In desperation, the Tories again turned to Arthur Meighen for leadership but Meighen was trounced by the CCF when he attempted to enter the House of Commons in a February 1942 by-election in York South and his party's agitation for a re-enactment of conscription in World War II only further alienated Quebec from the Conservatives.
www.nowtryus.com /article:Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)   (1298 words)

  
 Free Will   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Canada, however, is preparing for its 1 million-strong Muslim minority to be under the authority of a Sharia system enforced by the Canadian court system, according to the Canadian Law Times.
He said his party is prepared for Perdue to remain in transitional power until early elections are held -- but are not prepared to enter a dialogue on keeping the status quo.
One firm is getting $2.2 million over four years to publicize the reconstruction of Interstate 74 through Peoria, Ill. Contract costs for this year include $27,000 for "message development," $46,000 for "identifying groups for speaking opportunities," $25,000 for writing news releases and $17,000 to write newspaper opinion pieces and letters to editors.
freewillblog.blogspot.com /2003_11_01_freewillblog_archive.html   (15191 words)

  
 Talbot Party Emigration - 1818   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
However, it was also normal procedure.) During the wait in Cork, the size of the party grew with the addition of the Burton family, and Talbot's servants.
During the six weeks in Cork, the settler's had spent much of their capital, and were concerned about the shortness of the growing season to plant crops to survive the winter after arrival.
Our party had language and culture concerns, and were also unimpressed with the quality of the soil for farming around Québec.
www.cam.org /~roncox/Talbot_Emigration.html   (3759 words)

  
 How Australia became a player (and why Canada is not on the Iraq reconstruction team)
Canada, naturally, has zero positions -- a number reflecting our contribution to the war effort.
Canada and the United States are also united by their membership in NATO, NORAD, NAFTA and countless other bodies -- not to mention history and blood.
Alberta Tories are to discuss the merits of a so-called political "firewall" to sever ties with the federal government - putting the province in charge of collecting income tax, dumping the RCMP and forming a provincial pension plan.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/894480/posts   (1616 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: A Short History of Reconstruction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
An abridged version of Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, the definitive study of the aftermath of the Civil War, winner of the Bancroft Prize, Avery O. Craven Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Award, Francis Parkman Prize, and Lionel Trilling Prize.
Foner debunks the theory that the "Radical Republicans" were the bad guys and the Andrew Johnson was a moderate acting in the spirit of Lincoln.
Certainly, the Republicans in the North became indifferent, culminating in President Rutherford B. Hayes' abandonment of Reconstruction after his narrow victory over Samuel Tilden in the 1876 election.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0060964316   (695 words)

  
 Columbine Paintball
It was a very hard decision for us to perform this move, it was an extraordinary ordeal to move and rebuild this facility, but it is done now.
We are sorry Canada, but the USA has shown extraordinary support for this wonderful sport of paintball and we have decided to bring Columbine Paintball to the USA to show that we appreciate their outstanding business and support.
Since Americans made 87% of our business up there in Canada it just makes good business sense to move where the demand is.
www.columbinepaintball.com   (931 words)

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