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Thread #157839   Message #3745392
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
20-Oct-15 - 04:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: The writ dropped in Canuckistan 150802
Subject: RE: BS: The writ dropped in Canuckistan 150802
Australian election analyst comments on Canadian election result with several comments from an Australian perspective

Good political party, Safe, Steady and Fair to the people.

( The Liberal Party of Canada), colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centre of the Canadian political spectrum.
Historically the Liberal Party has been positioned to the left of the Conservative Party of Canada and to the right of the New Democratic Party (NDP)
The party dominated federal politics for much of Canada's history, holding power for almost 69 years in the 20th century—more than any other party in a developed country—which resulted in its being sometimes referred to as Canada's "natural governing party".
Among the party's signature policies and legislative decisions include universal health care, the Canada Pension Plan, Canada Student Loans, peacekeeping, multilateralism, official bilingualism, official multiculturalism, patriating the Canadian constitution and the entrenchment of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Clarity Act, restoring balanced budgets in the 1990s, and making same-sex marriage legal nationwide.

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Those Canadians are strange people, they have a Liberal Party that is actually populated with liberals. What a novel idea. (Australian Liberal party is very right wing & attacks in Australia some of the things the Canadian liberals support or created)

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