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The policy positions of minor political parties in Canadian federal elections are summarized here by election.
2006 election
See also: Canadian federal election, 2006 A Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th general election) will occur on January 23, 2006. ...
Taxation: The 2005 federal budget originally implemented relatively modest tax cuts that have been criticized by both the right and left. Parties, major and minor, from the centre to the right demanded much greater tax relief. The Christian Heritage Party (CHP) urged more support for families raising children at home. Parties on the left, the Communist and Marxist-Leninist parties, urged higher taxes for corporations and higher-income Canadians. The Green Party is proposing to "shift" $3.5 billion of taxes by raising taxes on polluting activities and reducing personal and corproate income taxes. In particular, the Green Party would impose a tax on motor fuel of 10 cents per litre, reduce the lowest personal income tax rate, and eliminate the Goods and Services Tax on "green" products and reading materials. The 2005 Canadian budget was the budget of the Government of Canada for the 2005-2006 fiscal year. ...
The Christian Heritage Party of Canada is a federal political party in Canada. ...
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. ...
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The Green Party of Canada is a federal political party in Canada. ...
The Canadian Goods and Services Tax or GST (Taxe sur les produits et services, TPS) is a multi-level sales tax introduced in Canada in 1991 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. ...
Electoral reform: The Green Party and the CHP promote the idea of proportional representation voting. Neither party has won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons under the current first-past-the-post system. The Marxist-Leninist Party advocates the enshrined right of the public to recall elected officials from office. They also support replacing Elections Canada with a Canada-Wide Electoral Commission, as well as having Electoral Committees in each constituency. The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...
Gun registry: The CHP and the Libertarian Party strongly oppose the Canadian gun registry, while the other parties generally support it. The Libertarian Party of Canada is a minor political party in Canada that adheres to the philosophy of libertarianism. ...
The Canadian gun registry is a government-run registry of all legally-owned guns in Canada. ...
Foreign policy The Marxist-Leninist Paty calls for the complete and immediate withdrawal from all economic and military blocks such as the FTA, NAFTA, APEC, NORAD, and NATO. They also call on the democratization of the United Nations. The Green Party says that it will commit to military actions only if sanctioned by both the Canadian parliament and the United Nations. The Green Party opposes the U.S. space based missile programme and would declare canada a "military nuclear-free zone". The Green Party also calls on Canada to push for a delay in the Haitian elections, scheduled to be held in 2006, until all political prisoners are freed and the killing and intimidation of Lavalas Party supporters by the Haitian National Police is stopped. FTA may stand for: FTA Free Trade Agreement, see free trade, or Trade bloc for a list of FTAs FTA Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Free trade area FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas Failure to appear, legal term Fundamental theorem of algebra, mathematical term Free-to-air...
The North American Free Trade Agreement, known usually as NAFTA, is a comprehensive trade agreement linking Canada, the United States, and Mexico in a free trade sphere. ...
APEC may refer to: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour Advanced Placement European Civilization Atlantic Provinces Economic Council This article consisting of a 4-letter acronym or initialism is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...
NORAD is short for: North American Aerospace Defense Command Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4...
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Fanmi Lavalas is a political party in Haiti. ...
2004 election See also: Canadian federal election, 2004 A Canadian federal election (more formally, the 38th general election) was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...
Child care: The CHP supported a large tax break for two-parent families with school-age or younger children, if one parent stays home to care for the children. The Communists and Marxist-Leninists support an expansion of child care.
Same sex marriage: The Communist party also strongly favoured same-sex marriage. Support also came from the Canadian Action Party. All CHP candidates opposed it. The Canadian Action Party (CAP) is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. ...
National missile defence: The Communist party also opposed Canada joining a US missile shield.
Gun registry: The CHP strongly opposed the gun registry.
Legal status of Marijuana: The Marijuana Party made legalization of marijuana a cornerstone policy that impacted on all other issues, citing how the ban on marijuana negatively impacted rental property, for example. The CHP opposed decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana. The Marijuana Party is a Canadian federal political party that aims to end prohibition of cannabis. ...
Abortion: The CHP opposes abortion. All other minor parties (Canadian Action, Marxist-Leninist, Communist, Green, Libertarian Party) support legal abortions. The Libertarian Party of Canada is a minor political party in Canada that adheres to the philosophy of libertarianism. ...
Monetary policy: The Canadian Action Party promoted a change to monetary policy to allow the Bank of Canada to fund all government debt. The Bank of Canada Building in Ottawa The Bank of Canada is Canadas central bank. ...
Taxation: The Green Party proposed a policy of "tax shifting", i.e., increasing taxes on polluting activities in order to reduce income taxes on individuals and corporations.
1993 election See also: Canadian federal election, 1993 Popular vote map with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25, 1993. ...
National debt: The Natural Law Party proposed meditation to eliminate the national debt. The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party, the political arm of Maharishi Mahesh Yogis Transcendental Meditation movement. ...
Direct democracy: In addition to the Reform Party, the Canada Party also supported direct democracy, with referenda and recall as initiatives to be available to citizens through petition. The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
The Canada Party was a short-lived political party that ran 56 candidates in the 1993 Canadian election, and one candidate in a 1996 by_election, but was unable to win any seats. ...
Parliamentary reform: The Abolitionist Party favoured the abolition of the Canadian Senate and the role of the monarchy in Canada's government. The Canada Party favoured the election of the prime minister and cabinet ministers by the members of the governing party. The Abolitionist Party was a Canadian political party founded by perennial candidate John C. Turmel on a platform of: monetary reform, including the abolition of interest rates, abolishing income tax, the use of Local employment trading system banking, and introducing a form of social credit with monthly dividends being paid...
The Senate (French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ...
Monetary reform: The Canada Party and the Abolitionist Party promoted social credit thoeories of monetary reform. Social Credit is an economic ideology and a social movement which started in the early 1920s. ...
Free trade: The National Party campaigned to abrogate the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, which was signed in 1988. The National Party was a short-lived Canadian political party that contested the 1993 Canadian election. ...
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was a trade agreement reached by Canada and the United States in October of 1987. ...
1988 election See also: Canadian federal election, 1988 Map of the Popular Vote with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories The Canadian Parliament after the 1988 election The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...
Free trade: The CHP supported the principle of free trade, but had serious reservations about the deal just reached with the United States.
Free trade was opposed by the Communist and Marxist-Leninist parties.
See also This article lists political parties in Canada. ...
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Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm (see Monarchy in Canada) with a federal system of parliamentary government, and strong democratic traditions. ...
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