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  United Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
United Party is a term used in various variants by various political parties.
In Canada, the "United Alternative" (unrelated to the obscure United Party of Canada listed above) was a movement from the late 1990s to the year 2000 to unite the Reform Party of Canada with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada as a whole, and with conservative activists individually, into one unnamed party.
While the PC Party did not initially join, the UA movement led to the 2000 creation of the Canadian Alliance, which would merge with the PCs in 2003 to form the Conservative Party of Canada.
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 2004 Liberal Party of Canada infighting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The period between Paul Martin's assumption of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada on November 14, 2003, and the 2004 federal election being called on May 23, 2004, saw a considerable amount of infighting within the party.
The divisions in the Liberal Party, a united Conservative opposition, and damaging allegations from the Gomery Inquiry, all combined to end 13 continuous years of Liberal rule.
In Burnaby—Douglas, Martin supporter Bill Cunningham, a former president of the Liberal Party of Canada (British Columbia), was directly appointed by the party leader without allowing a vote; the entire riding association executive resigned in protest.
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 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Even though the Quebec Conservative Party dominated politics in that province for first thirty years of Confederation at both federal and provincial levels in the 20th the party was never able to be force in provincial politics and ultimately dissolved the Union Nationale in 1935.
The steep decline in the party's support and the impact of the first past the post system used in Canada resulted in collapse of the Conservative parliamentary caucus: the went from being the majority party to only two seats in the House of which was not enough to maintain official party status.
The two parties united to form new party called the Conservative Party of The union was ratified on December 5 and December 6 by both parties and the new Party was formally registered on December 8.
www.freeglossary.com /Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada   (2314 words)

  
 United States - Canada Consultat
Canada noted its appreciation for the quick action by the United States to re-establish trade, and further noted that 9 other partners (including the EU) had removed the trade ban on BC and another 4 had removed their ban against all of Canada.
Canada noted that although the EU had approved one variety of corn, an approach to approvals on a sustained basis would be needed before it is possible to consider that the system is working.
Canada also provided an update on the biotech-related meetings held with representatives from Africa, South America, Asia and Mexico and stated that Canada is working on marketing, documentation regulations and environmental concerns in addition to regulatory issues related to the biosafety protocol.
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 List of political parties in Canada - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
In contrast with the political party systems of many nations, Canadian parties at the federal level are often only loosely connected with parties at the provincial level, despite having similar names.
Socialist Party of Canada (in Manitoba) 1904-1922, 1932, 1945
From approximately 1898 to 1905, political parties were active, however, legislative government was eliminated when the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created out of the heavily populated area of NWT.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/List_of_political_parties_in_Canada   (886 words)

  
 Canada Election 2004 Voter Guide: Political Parties - Conservative Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The United Alternative conference also foreshadowed what was to come: the polling firm of Ipsos Reid issued a report indicating that, of the PC members who favoured the merger, 50% wanted then PC leader Joe Clark to be its leader, whereas 40% of those PCs wanted Preston Manning to be its leader.
After controversial votes were held within each party, the agreement was ratified in mid-December of 2003, and the parties were merged later that month into a single party called the Conservative Party of Canada.
The party came into being without a constitution or a set of policies: the merger was ratified with each party's members hoping that, after the merger, they would have enough power to determine the direction of the party.
www.mondopolitico.com /elections/canada2004/parties/conservative.htm   (1887 words)

  
 Reform Party of Canada fonds
The Reform Party of Canada was born out of a sense of frustration and disillusionment amongst a coalition of western Canadian businessmen and interest groups with what they regarded as the federal Progressive Conservative Party’s disregard for the West’s contributions to the political and economic well being of the country.
Two United Alternative conventions were held in 1999 and 2000 which lay the groundwork for a new party by bringing together supporters and organisers from a variety of right-wing parties, accepting policies, principles and a constitution that was drafted between the two conventions.
On March 25, 2000 members of the Reform Party voted 92% in favour of dissolving their party and adopting the constitution of the new political party, and the Canadian Alliance was born.
www.ucalgary.ca /archives/FondLevelDescriptions/Reform.htm   (991 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Canada - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Template:Infobox Canada Political Party The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits (originally "Clear Grits"), is a Canadian federal political party positioned around the centre of the political spectrum, combining a generally progressive social policy with moderate economics.
The Liberal Party was reduced from a majority to a minority government due, in part, to the sponsorship scandal, in which advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services.
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.
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 Green Party of Canada - dKosopedia
The Green Party of Canada is a federal political party in Canada.
In February 2004, the Green Party of Canada Living Platform was initiated by the Party's former Head of Platform and Research, Michael Pilling, to open the party's participatory democracy to the public to help validate its policies against broad public input.
Still, the party was somewhat embarrassed in 2004 to find Greenpeace and the Sierra Club of Canada ranking its environmental platform slightly below that of the NDP (a fact the NDP made much of in some closely-contested ridings in an attempt to encourage Greens and other environmentalists to vote for them strategically).
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada   (1542 words)

  
 Canada Election 2004 Voter Guide: Political Parties - New Democratic Party (NDP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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)

  
 CBC News Indepth: Conservative Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Barely two years after members of the old Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties voted overwhelmingly to merge and form the Conservative Party of Canada, the new party defied the sceptics and won a federal election.
But, the PC party under former leader Joe Clark concluded that Manning's dream of a united right appeared to be far closer to Reform's values than it was to the party of Sir John A. Macdonald.
Members of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives overwhelmingly approved the merger in early December 2003 – and the Conservative Party of Canada was born.
www.cbc.ca /news/background/conservativeparty   (1016 words)

  
 SAVE THE RHINOCEROS PARTY OF CANADA!!!!!!!
BIOGRAPHY OF CANADA'S RHINOCEROS PARTY The Rhino Party of Canada, was a registered political party in Canada from the 1963 to 1993.
The party, which is spiritual descendant of a Brazilian rhinoceros who had been elected member of São Paulo's city council in the 1950s, listed Cornelius the First, a rhinoceros from the Granby zoo east of Montreal, as its leader.
Political successors The party disbanded in 1993, when it chose to boycott that year's federal election due to new rules that deregistered any political party that did not run candidates in at least 50 ridings at a cost of $1,000 per candidature.
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 Liberal Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Liberal Party is often called "Canada's governing party" because it has been in in Canada for most of the past It is one of only two parties 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 party of free trade continentalism and opposition to excessive imperialism.
Under the party's new leader John Turner Liberals lost power in the 1984 Canadian election and were reduced to only 40 in the House of Commons.
www.freeglossary.com /Liberal_Party_of_Canada   (1967 words)

  
 North America Canada Society and Culture Politics Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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.
Sovereignty Party of Canada - Political party based on the principle of the Supremacy of God, responsible government and rule of law.
United Party of Canada - Federal party urges unifying political views and policies from all sides to create a comprehensive platform.
www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Regional/North_America/Canada/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties   (475 words)

  
 CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Voter Toolkit
A "third party" is a person or group that is participating in an election through advertising or advocacy.
One new political party says it was formed partly because of the restrictions on spending by third-party groups.
The Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada figured that if they couldn't spend as a third party, why not register as a political party to get their message across.
www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/voterstoolkit/third_party.html   (1045 words)

  
 Conservative Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Perhaps once the new party acquires more members and support in all parts of Canada (which is likely if this generates as much interest as we are predicting), the entire membership would be more interested in OMOV.
The new party will have a new constitution, so the undemocratic remnants of the old PC party could be eventually swept away.
It was a western-based party with policies that were seriously conservative, as opposed to the PC party, which was only moderately conservative, and appeared quite wishy-washy and even left-wing much of the time.
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 United States International: Canada
But the French of Canada never shared English Canada's animosity to the U.S., and never understood why speakers of English around them should be in separate countries while speakers of French should be forced to cohabit with SOME of the speakers of English but FORBIDDEN to cohabit with the others.
We are to believe that Canada's cradle-to-grave paternalist government, semi-socialist economy, and collectivist culture are far 'nicer' and better than the 'cold-hearted' government, 'cut-throat' capitalist economy, and meanly individualistic culture of the United States.
USI Charter Member the Expansionist Party of the United States has two polls, one for Canadians, one for Americans, on the topic of Canadian accession to the Union.
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 Online NewsHour: Conservative Party Wins in Canada -- January 24, 2006
Canada's Conservative Party scored an election day victory Monday night, bringing to an end 13 years of the Liberal Party as the majority in the government.
During the campaign, he promised to reduce crime, improve the efficiency of the nation's health care system, revisit Canada's support of the Kyoto global warming accord, and improve strained trade relations with the United States.
And the general feeling in Canada is that we've now passed that tipping point and it would be very difficult to move back.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/canada/jan-june06/election_1-24.html   (1221 words)

  
 CNN - New day in Canada - June 3, 1997
But many of his fellow Liberals -- including the defense and health ministers -- lost their seats, and Chretien's party held onto the slimmest of majorities in Parliament.
Chretien admitted he has work to do to repair Canada's stalled economy and a socialized health care system wracked by budget cuts.
Canada's southern neighbor, the United States, breathed a sigh of relief at Chretien's victory because of the prime minister's willingness to reach out to Quebec, which has strong economic ties across its southern border.
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 Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada web ring is a forum for those who are members, supporters or friends of the Liberal Party of Canada.
His political party is $1.3 million in debt due to his overspending in 2004.
And as of July 1st, Canada Day, Harper's spindoctors and advisors all quit on him, a sure sign that he is soon to be replaced.
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 index.page
Grey Party members across Canada are united on the Health Care issue and will not stand for American style health care.
The Grey Party was founded in January 2002, by Jim Webb from New Brunswick and has not slowed down since.
The Grey Party is not a one issue party, but we are launching an all out campaign on Health Care in Canada.
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 Canada will not join the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Canada has a proud tradition of picking apart, analyzing, and putting down in every way possible every thing that happens, not just in Canada, but around the world.
Mostly because, even when looking at the Socialy conservative: Conservative party in Canada, their economic policy is far more left than probably even Nader.
The reason for this is split in two seperate groups- Group one, who I'm assuming No_Dice is in just wants the Government to be a fix all solution where they solve all their problems for them because they don't want to take responsibility for it.
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 About the Communist Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Since its founding in May 1921, Canada's party of Socialism, the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) has been in the forefront of left wing Canadian politics, fighting for jobs, democratic rights, Canadian independence, peace, socialism and working class internationalism.
We strive to promote the broadest possible unity of the working class and its allies against all forms of oppression and to bring all these forces into the daily struggles of working women and men for jobs, social justice and democratic advance.
The Communist Party of Canada analyzes the political processes at work in Canada and abroad from the perspective of a scientific socialist world view, Marxism-Leninism.
communist-party.ca /contact/about.html   (335 words)

  
 Libertarian Party of Canada - LPedia
Each individual has the right to his or her own life, and this right is the source of all other rights.
Only Voting Members may vote at Party conventions, hold elected office or appointed positions in the Party or run as candidates for the Party.
Building from the bottom up, an attempt to avoid Nationalist Party mistakes of the past, like a National LP in the United States, have more of a Federal LPC.
www.lpedia.org /index.php/Libertarian_Party_of_Canada   (287 words)

  
 CANADA: Quebec's new united left party
Founded in 2002, the party fielded candidates in 73 of the province's 125 electorates in the April general election.
The Parti Quebecois (PQ), the pro-sovereignty bourgeois party that has governed Quebec with support from a wide range of trade union and nationalist activists for 18 of the past 28 years, is now in crisis following its defeat in the election.
The party is also circulating a petition calling for public consultations on the issue, proposing male-female parity in representation, regional weighting and speedy implementation of electoral reform.
www.greenleft.org.au /back/2003/565/565p25.htm   (1680 words)

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