1. ARE YOU READY FOR A PARTY?

2. Because its time for a…. POLITICAL PARTY… Several to be exact!
Follow Hamilton Standish Aimsley the III, the happiest clown in Penticton as he guides you through the many political parties that exist in Canada.
Just follow me through this darkened hallway into this ominous door….

3. Why Political Parties? Function of a Political Party Offer Choice
make it easy for voters to choose a party, not an individual
Official Party Status
must have 12 seats in the House of Commons
receive funding for gov’t work
can participate in debates in House

4. List of Registered Parties

5. Current Political Party Platforms in Canada
Conservative Party – leader Stephen Harper
balance between balancing
budget and social programs
equality of all Canadians and
freedom of the individual
supports French and English
as official languages
free enterprise and free trade

6. Liberal Party – leader is Justin Trudeau
supports individual freedom and pursuit of equality of opportunity
favours the expansion of social programs
values multiculturalism and is sympathetic to the hopes of French Canadians
supports more free trade

7. New Democratic Party – leader is Thomas Mulcair
gov’t should intervene in
certain aspects of economy
(against privatization of gov’t
run companies)
favours welfare measures
believes gov’t should pay for
health care and education and
all Canadians should have
equal access to those services,
regardless of ability to pay.

8. Bloc Quebecois – leader is Mario Beaulieu
Created in 1990 as result of
Meech Lake Accord’s failure
believe that Quebec should
become a sovereign state
and separate from Canada
-Enjoy Poutine and Maple Syrup

9. Historic Political Parties (no longer in existence)

10. Rhino Party Of Canada 1960s-1990s)
Repealing the law of gravity
Paving Manitoba to create the world's largest parking lot yeahhhhhh
**Providing higher education by building taller schools
Tearing down the Rocky Mountains so that Albertans could see the Pacific sunset
Move the Rocky Mountains ten feet West – as a Public Works Project.
Making Montreal the Venice of North America by damming the St. Lawrence River
Abolish environment because it's too hard to keep clean and takes up much space.
Annexing the US, which would become the fourth territory, in order to eliminate foreign control of Canada's natural resources
Ending crime by abolishing all laws
Paving the Bay of Fundy to create more parking in the Maritimes
Adopting the British system of driving on the left; this was to be gradually phased in over five years with large trucks and tractors first, then buses, eventually including small cars and bicycles last
Selling the Canadian Senate at an antique auction in California (ZING)
Putting the national debt on Visa
Declaring war on Belgium because a Belgian cartoon character, Tintin, killed a rhinoceros in one of the cartoons
Offering to call off the proposed Belgium-Canada war if Belgium delivered a case of mussels and a case of Belgian beer to Rhinoceros "Hindquarters" in Montréal (the Belgian Embassy in Ottawa did, in fact, do this)
Ban lousy Canadian winters
Renaming the country Nantucket

11. Progressive Conservative Party (PC)
believed in privatization
protecting economy through tariffs
control gov’t spending, cut taxes on all income levels
Reform Party
western provinces needed a stronger voice in gov’t
reduce national debt through cuts to social welfare
create a more powerful and elected Senate
opposed Quebec’s demands for special status
Reform Conservative Alliance Party
roots stem from Western Alienation
flat tax rate of 17% for all Canadians
balance the budget
free enterprise, strong families, safer streets, secure borders (Original name was Canadian Reform Alliance Alternative Party --- C.R.A.A.P)

12. Hopefully you’ve enjoyed your Political Party!

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