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Canadian Politics – Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada has historically been the most politically successful and has governed for the longest in the great white north.
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Elections: Part I, the Liberal Party of Canada
The Prime Minister called the elections. First up, the Liberals.
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Liberal Leadership Race is on to Replace Dion
Senior Liberal Party members Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae have each kicked off a second round of campaigning to replace recently defeated party leader Stéphane Dion
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Manitoba Elections
Elections are on September 21 in Manitoba. The Conservative Party will try to keep its majority government while the Opposition will try to form the next government.Will Manitoba be like other provinces this year (New Brunswick, Ontario, Nova Scotia) and paint their maps blue or will it be different than the others?
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Ontario Elections, Part II: Liberal Party
Second part (of three) in Ontario Election Articles.Dalton McGinty and the Liberal Party.
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Will the Canadian Prime Minister resign?
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"A Party For Ordinary Blokes:" The Birth Of Britain's Labour Party, 1900-1924
Labour Party, 1900-1924, Liberal Party, 1900-1924, World War I, Britain, politics, David Lloyd George
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The Rise of Labour Politics (Final Chapter)
The rise of Labour politics and socialist ideas and the decline of the Liberals in Scotland.
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Manitoba and Saskatchewan Election Results
Well september was busy for Elections as both Saskatchewan and Manitoba held elections. Both provinces elected an NDP government. In Saskatchewan, the NDP was reduced to a minority and in Manitoba the NDP forms a new majority government after years of Tory rule.
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A Lack of Ideology, Part II
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Canada's Government on Brink of Total Collapse
Barely seven weeks have gone by since Canada's third federal election in four years and already the newly strengthened Tory minority is fighting for survival.
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Harper Government seeks Stimulus Approval
The Harper government is seeking Parliamentary approval for a three billion dollar stimulus package separate from January's budget. The request has met with oppositon.
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Is Federal Budget Boom or Bust for Canadians?
After a lengthy period of Parliamentary prorogue, the Canadian government came alive at the end of January to promise goodies to Canadians, if it can remain in power.
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New Coalition Threatens Conservative Minority
A Coalition of the Liberal, NDP and Bloc Quebecois parties in Canada force Harper to back down on controversial Economic Statement.
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Non-Confidence Vote Averted in Canada
Because a minority parliament is not a common occurence in Canada, Canadians reacted with fear when opposition coalition threatened to end Conservative reign.
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The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin
Canada's new Prime Minister, Paul Martin, Jr.
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PR for PR - When elections fail to deliver fair results
A call for proportional representation in the Canada and other countries with unresponsive democratic systems.
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Who's afraid of the Big, Bad Martin? Everyone, apparently.
The exodus of John Manley leaves but two competitors in the cake-walk to succeed Prime Minister Jean Chrètien.
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Alexander Mackenzie: Canadian PM 1873 to 1878
Humble beginnings and lesser formal education did not stop Alexander Mackenzie from reaching the top post as the country's Prime Minister after Sir John A. Macdonald.
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Biography of Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was a British politician and is best known for being the Prime Minister of Britain during World War Two.
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British Columbia election results
Not since the early eighties has a premier won two consecutive elections in British Columbia. Things changed this may
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Canadians Don't Trust Politicians
With the Mulroney/Schreiber affair soon to be back on the front pages, politicians are likely to see their tarnished reputations drop further.
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Conservative Bid for Majority Government Fails
Despite the Conservatives targeted campaign against Stephane Dion's Liberals for this past federal election, Stephen Harper's Conservatives failed to obtain a majority.
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DVD Review: Menzies & Churchill At War
A new documentary focuses on the bitter relationship between Britain's Winston Churchill and Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies during World War II.
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Evolutionary Liberalism in Great Britain
Great Britain had slowly emerged as a country that was dominated by classical liberalism as it evolved during the seventeenth and the eighteenth century.
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Flaherty: Canada's Deficit At $50 Billion
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has announced the national deficit to be around $50 billion. His announcement follows the January budget predicting a smaller deficit.
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Howard Proves He's Yesterday's Man
By refusing to be attend the apology to the Stolen Generations, John Howard is reminding Australia why they voted him out of office and damaging his own legacy.
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Ignatieff Confirmed As Liberal Leader
Michael Ignatieff was confirmed Liberal Leader at the party's convention. The party's confirmation follows his election last December.
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Liberal convention seeing green
Several Liberal leadership candidates have made finals bids for the party's top job by promising a strong environmental focus - an issue that unites Canadians.
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Peter Costello: Australia's PM?
Always a runner-up in politics, Peter Costello could still prove the doubters wrong and become Prime Minister of Australia - if he's prepared to do what it takes.
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The First Federal Elections in Canada: 1867
Canadians have exercised their rights to vote since Confederation but in the 1800s, voting was a privilege. Few had opportunity to call out their choice in public
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Another Tory Name Change
An agreement has been made between the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative to form a new party: the Conservative Party
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Federal Election Results
Post-Election thoughts
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Government Advertising Policies
A look at government advertising in the United States, Canada and Australia and the questions it generates about propagandizing taxpayers.
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Ontario Elections, Part One: The Progressive Conservative
Mike Harris has called an Election for June 3rd. A look at the Progressive Conservative Party.
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Political Crisis Shuts Down House of Commons
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has avoided losing his job after convincing Michaëlle Jean to prorogue parliament just days before he would have faced a non-confidence vote
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Showdown in Canada's Parliament Continues
After a tense showdown in Parliament in early December, the dynamics of the Opposition shifted with the appointment of a new Liberal Leader.
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Sir Winston Churchill: The British Bulldog
Churchill rose from the House of Commons to become Prime Minister and is considered the greatest British leader of the 20th Century.
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The Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is one of the two main political party in the United Kingdom along with the Conservative Party. Here is a profile of the party.
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The Week in Politics
A look at recent events on the Canadian political scene.
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Change comes to B.C.'s electoral system
The establishment of the Citizen's Assembly for Electoral Reform has sent British Columbians down the road towards a different way to elect our governments.
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Corruption runs rampant in federal sponsorship programs
The Auditor General's release of her damning report into federal finances causes the new Martin administration Excedrin-sized headaches.
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Does the Ontario Liberal victory sound the death knell for the far right?
The unprecedented victory of the Ontario Liberals in the recent provincial election has many Ontarians - and Canadians - wondering if we're witnessing political parties scurrying back to the center.
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Sir John Abbott, Canada's 3rd Prime Minister
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott became Prime Minister in 1891. Though reluctant to be PM, Abbott was an able leader, surviving scandal and pushing through reforms
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Tories and Alliance Complete the mating dance
After months or years of debate, bickering and name calling, Canada's two conservative parties announced plans to come together in a new party to challenge the federal Liberals.
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What If Belgium Hadn't Been Invaded in 1914??
Article exploring whether Britain would have entered World War I without the German invasion of Belgium.
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"What About the Rentiers?": The Formation of the National Government (1931), Part I
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A Brief Biography of Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.
Ninoy Aquino's martyrdom galvanized the Filipinos to unite and rise in opposition against former President Ferdinand Marcos, which restored democracy in the Philippines.
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A Look at the Provinces, Part III: Saskatchewan
This is the third article in the series. A Look at the Province of Saskatchewan
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Alberta Election Results
On November 22, Alberta re-elected Ralph Klein's Progressive Conservatives.
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