The party's aim is to promote conservative French-Canadian Catholic values. The party opposes Quebec separatism, and supports Canada continuing as a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Quebec The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the country of Canada. ... The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...
ConservativeParty, Canadian political party formed in 2003 from the merger of two older parties, the Progressive ConservativeParty and the Canadian Alliance.
The Progressive ConservativeParty developed in largely French-speaking Canada East (now Québec) and English-speaking Canada West (now Ontario) in the 1850s when both were part of the British colony of Canada.
From the beginning the party was defined by cautious loyalty to traditional authorities and interests, and in particular to the monarchy of Britain and the traditions of British Toryism.
The ConservativeParty of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada) is a political party in Canada, colloquially known as the "Tories", is a right-of-centre political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive ConservativeParty of Canada in December 2003.
Former Progressive Conservative MP Rick Borotsik became openly critical of the new party's leadership during its initial months of existence and officially retired from politics at the end of the parliamentary session of spring 2004.
The Conservatives' announcements played to Harper's strengths as a policy wonk[6], as opposed to in the 2004 election and summer 2005 where he tried to overcome the perception that he was cool and aloof.
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