23rd January 2004, 10:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 23rd January 2004, 10:19 PM by Dark Lord Neo.)
I think I've done this before but here's a comparison of the Canadian and American Political Parties from left to right
New Democratic Party of Canada - Liberal Party of Canada - Progresive Conservitive Party of Canada / American Democrats(they are about the same) - Canadian Alliance - Republicans
As of yesterday the Progressive Conservitive Pary and the Canadian Alliance no longer exist however and have formed the Conservitve Party of Canada, this new party will most likely be closer to the American Republicans than the Democrats because a large protion of the Progressive Conservatives jumped ship once the merger happened (including a former Prime Minister among other high profile deserters) and are either now independent or have joined the Liberal Party
In addition since the departure of Jean Chretien and Paul Martin becoming the Prime Minister the Liberal Party has taken a shift to the right and now occupy a position much closer to that of the American Democrats than during the Chretien era, now that the last remanents of the Trudeau-Pearson era have left politics.
It is expected that in the next federal election the Liberals will strengthen their majority now since they will be atracting many former PC suporters and for some reason Paul Martin, and anglo from Quebec has more support from fracophones in Quebec then Jean Chretien. While the new conservative party is expected to lose all credibility in eastern and central Canada now due to their more extreme conservative views and the image that they are a regionaly based western party rather than a true national party. The NDP are also expected to make gains as many of the more liberal supporters of the liberal party don't agree with the new more conservative positions of Paul Martin.
New Democratic Party of Canada - Liberal Party of Canada - Progresive Conservitive Party of Canada / American Democrats(they are about the same) - Canadian Alliance - Republicans
As of yesterday the Progressive Conservitive Pary and the Canadian Alliance no longer exist however and have formed the Conservitve Party of Canada, this new party will most likely be closer to the American Republicans than the Democrats because a large protion of the Progressive Conservatives jumped ship once the merger happened (including a former Prime Minister among other high profile deserters) and are either now independent or have joined the Liberal Party
In addition since the departure of Jean Chretien and Paul Martin becoming the Prime Minister the Liberal Party has taken a shift to the right and now occupy a position much closer to that of the American Democrats than during the Chretien era, now that the last remanents of the Trudeau-Pearson era have left politics.
It is expected that in the next federal election the Liberals will strengthen their majority now since they will be atracting many former PC suporters and for some reason Paul Martin, and anglo from Quebec has more support from fracophones in Quebec then Jean Chretien. While the new conservative party is expected to lose all credibility in eastern and central Canada now due to their more extreme conservative views and the image that they are a regionaly based western party rather than a true national party. The NDP are also expected to make gains as many of the more liberal supporters of the liberal party don't agree with the new more conservative positions of Paul Martin.