POL 2101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Charlottetown Accord, Preston Manning, Western Alienation In Canada
1 Jun 2016
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It is rare that a former prime minister remains a member of parliament. It is a very large political force in canada. We have received liberalism and conservatism from our roots of great britain. The conservative party has changed (john a macdonald versus stephen harper). Many of the conservatives have created social programs, historically they are linked to the. British empire, it was conservative in edmund burks (cautious with change, elitist favoring the elite expert opinion) felt that there was a duty for a government out of compassion to help the poor elements of society. It was not about a small state, tax cuts and very different to the united states and great britain. Leadership through john bracken was from the progressive party. This was a contradictory in turn, when you are progressive you aren"t conservative it expressed the notion that the conservative party of canada had a lot of progressive characteristics (social equality).
