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[thinkaboutit]

Hello sirs and mams. Is there a good website that has current information on the main Canadian parties economic decision making policies? Basically I want to shy away from their entire platform and I'm interested in seeing how close or far away they are in the free-market approach or if they think more government control in necessary in regards to various economic decisions.
I am mostly concerned with NDP, Liberal, Conservative...but Bloc and Green party would be great.

Again, what are some useful unbiased sites I could obtain this kind of info other than each of their websites.

All I can say is thanks a lot for any helpful replies!

[Evening Star]

Why would you not want to look at their platforms??

[thinkaboutit]

A good question and one that I certainly anticipated having the pleasure of answering.

Cause I'm busy and only have a few days to fart out this project. Rather than read hundreds of pages of their platforms and retain all that information and decipher their exact position on this particular aspect, I'd rather get a clearer look at the topic that I'm interested in.

Then after all the stress is over, I can read their entire platform and we can all sleep better at night.

[Boges]

A good question and one that I certainly anticipated having the pleasure of answering.

Cause I'm busy and only have a few days to fart out this project. Rather than read hundreds of pages of their platforms and retain all that information and decipher their exact position on this particular aspect, I'd rather get a clearer look at the topic that I'm interested in.

Then after all the stress is over, I can read their entire platform and we can all sleep better at night.

I did a google search on this and the first site that came up has the Green's first

http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/canada/The-Canadian-Political-Spectrum.html

Here's their analysis of the CPC

The ultra right-wing Conservative Party is a relatively new party based upon the fragments of the Reform Party, the Canadian Alliance Party and the old Progressive Conservative Party. The ideas however have changed dramatically compared to the old PC party. Today, the Conservative Party stands for privatization. Namely:

Privatize healthcare. Canadians should pay for healthcare. Turn hospitals into private companies and auction them off.

Sell water right to American/international companies.

Continue subsidizing the oil industry to the tune of $5.9 billion Canadian per year. Allow oil drilling in Canada's National Parks.

Decrease non-European immigration. Get rid of special schools for immigrants and get rid of the welfare system.

Raise taxes on the poor/middle-class while lowering taxes for the rich.

Increase funding for the Canadian military. Saying YES to military aggression and sending Canadians overseas to fight and die for American oil exploitation. Raise the draft age to 39 and create new draft legislation so that women can now be drafted into the military. If the United States goes to war, we will go with them.

What have the Conservatives Privatized in their 6 years in power?

Any site you find probably won't provide an objective analysis of each party.

Basically it's:

Conservative: Right/Centre-Right
Liberal: Centre/Centre-Left
NDP: Left
Bloc: Left/Separtist
Green: Environmentalism is number one priority but they're kinda fiscally conservative.

Each party has members that are from one end of the spectrum to the other.

That's why I don't see the NDP and Liberals merging because there are many Liberals that share more in common with the CPC.

Also this last election proves that NDPers in Quebec are just Separtists that don't feel the Separtist vibe right now.

Edited by Boges, 12 January 2012 - 03:32 PM.

[Michael Hardner]

Rather than read hundreds of pages of their platforms and retain all that information and decipher their exact position on this particular aspect, I'd rather get a clearer look at the topic that I'm interested in.

The parties are Green, NDP, Liberal, Conservative and Bloc Quebecois.

Just put a few paragraphs under each bolded party name - you can wing it, or make it up - and you'll do fine.

[August1991]

Cause I'm busy and only have a few days to fart out this project.

While I admire your originality in solving the problem of how to write your essay, I'm not sure that your teacher would approve of letting others do your research for you.

Nevertheless, if you PM me, maybe we can strike a deal.

[prairiechickin]

Yes, the bibliography should be short and sweet on this paper.

[punked]

Also this last election proves that NDPers in Quebec are just Separtists that don't feel the Separtist vibe right now.

Or NDPers in Quebec are Social Democrats who were tired of voting for Conservative parties and so parked their vote with the only Social Democratic party (the Bloc) until they saw another option. With Quebec's long history leaning to the left this is more plausible historically at least.

[Tilter]

A good question and one that I certainly anticipated having the pleasure of answering.

Cause I'm busy and only have a few days to fart out this project. Rather than read hundreds of pages of their platforms and retain all that information and decipher their exact position on this particular aspect, I'd rather get a clearer look at the topic that I'm interested in.

Then after all the stress is over, I can read their entire platform and we can all sleep better at night.

look at the liberal platform -- since the party shrunk to 35 seats they have shortened the platform-- it's now called "We must regain our ENTITLEMENTS" and it's only one page long.

[thinkaboutit]

August1991, My prof would not mind me going on a forum and asking people who are actively discussing political issues to indulge me on any informative, not-so search engine-friendly, sites that would be dedicated to this particular problem.

Thanks for the replies

[fellowtraveller]

Raise the draft age to 39 and create new draft legislation so that women can now be drafted into the military.

Make sure you include this howler.
Profs get bored with the same-old and enjoy a good chuckle.

[William Ashley]

Hello sirs and mams. Is there a good website that has current information on the main Canadian parties economic decision making policies? Basically I want to shy away from their entire platform and I'm interested in seeing how close or far away they are in the free-market approach or if they think more government control in necessary in regards to various economic decisions.
I am mostly concerned with NDP, Liberal, Conservative...but Bloc and Green party would be great.

Again, what are some useful unbiased sites I could obtain this kind of info other than each of their websites.

All I can say is thanks a lot for any helpful replies!

Yeah - conservatives spend what they want - often on military at cost of the public service, and none of the other parties spend because their vote doesn't count until 2015 or disaster.