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Liberalism (French: Libéralisme) has been a major trend in Canadian politics since the late 18th century. Canada has the same features of other liberal democracies in the Western democratic political tradition. This article gives an overview of liberalism in Canada.
The Conscription crisis divided the party as many Liberals in English Canada supported conscription. Many of them joined Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives to form a Unionist government. With numerous Liberal candidates running as Unionists or Liberal-Unionists with the support of provincial Liberal parties in a number of provinces, the Laurier ...
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 ...
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 ...
Americans have moved to Canada throughout history. During the American Revolution, many white Americans, 15-25% of the population (300-500,000), loyal to the British crown left the United States and settled in Canada. By 1783, 46,000 had settled in Ontario (10,000) and the Maritimes (36,000). 9.000 lived in the Eastern Townships by 1800.
A former leader in Canadian politics remarked on how the 2010s and the 2020s have shown staggering defeats for liberalism, but argued the ideology is worth saving.
The Liberal Party of Canada has generally adhered to modern liberalism, supporting a welfare state, and is regarded as a centrist to centre-left party in the Canadian context although some provincial parties such as the Quebec Liberal Party combine liberalism with conservative ideas. (Main article: Liberalism in Canada).
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