Political Parties

• Liberal: Justin Trudeau

  Conservative: Pierre Poilievre

  NDP: Jagmeet Singh

  Bloc Quebecois: Yves-Francois Branchet

  Green Party: Elizabeth May
• • The political spectrum is a line or spectrum where political parties can be arranged from left to right according to political beliefs. 
• • Parties closer to center are more moderate, far ends more extreme
  • Left = socialist
  • Far sides = extreme
  • Right = conservative
• LEFT -- NDP, Bloc Quebecois, Green, Liberal, Progressive Conservatives, Conservative, Reform Alliance -- RIGHT
• Conservative:

  • Lower taxes
  • Strict/harsh treatment toward those who break the law
  • More money in military
  • Private hospitals (people with money can get better treatment)
  • Smaller/limited government
  • Will take money out of healthcare system and make it privatized
  • Get rid of carbon tax
• Liberal:

  • Balance in public and private business
  • Supports social programs like healthcare and old age pension
  • Less strict criminal investigation
  • $9 billion to seniors over 5 years
• NDP:

  • Economic equality
  • Supports social programs
  • Taxing large corporations
  • Supports wide range of human rights
  • Really into reconciliation
  • Will appoint prosecutor to pursue accountability for crimes in residential schools 
  • Universal pharma and health-care, dental care 
  • (they are the founding party [Sask] behind medicare) 
• Bloc Quebecois:

  • Abortion/LGBTQ rights
  • Quebec rights
  • Legalization of assisted suicide
  • Environmentalism
  • Wants all federal policies to do a “climate test” 
• Green:

  • Very green lol
  • Implementing national carbon tax
  • All citizens have right to express their views
  • Eliminating oil and gas subsidies 
  • Slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60% below 2005 levels
• protest parties

  A political party whose platform addresses and brings attention to one issue/cause. (Ex. Rhinoceros Party to bring attention to promises that mainstream political parties make during elections). 

  Advantage: can send powerful messages

  Disadvantage: people might not take them seriously, they take up media from other important things
• regional parties 

  Political parties formed to focus on a particular region. (Ex. Bloc Quebecois or Western Block). Advantage: support people who might not feel represented, regionally, in other political parties

  Disadvantage: what they believe might not be what the people in a region believe in (and they might not have many seats in parliament)