New Democratic Party

satisfying jobs in the future. Canada is now strongly encouraging innovation to assist in addressing new and existing obstacles facing the nation. The Liberal party has publicly promised, “To get our economy growing again, we need to immediately invest in helping our businesses and entrepreneurs – including those in manufacturing – become more innovative, competitive, and successful” (Liberal Party of Canada, 2017). Investing millions every year to bolster job training opportunities for the nation’s

and various other initiatives while balancing the budget. This was perhaps the election of fiscal conservatism as even left wingers such as The NDP and The Green Party, who are usually the parties who suggest an easy monetary policy. Trudeau was only person in this election who was promising an easy money policy, this idea is not a new one, and it was originally introduced by economist John Maynard Keynes in the 1930’s. The easy money policy guarantees an increase in aggregate demand in the economy

INTRODUCTION British Columbia and Prairie West experienced many changes in economic, political, and social developments. The great depression of 1930s was more devastating on the Canadian prairies than other regions of Canada. It impacted badly on economy, social organization, and politics of the Prairie region. Various factors such as low wheat prices in the international market, fall of export markets during the depression, insufficient financial investments lowered the economy of the Prairie region

He was Premier of SK until 1961, when he resigned to head up the federal New Democratic Party, created as a formal alliance between the CCF and organized labour, and leading it until 1971. (CBC Canada; Weyburn Review, “Tommy Douglas”; Weyburn Review, “T.C. (Tommy) Douglas”). It was as leader of the NDP that he advocated for a national

Charlie Angus was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2004, a role which took him to the Forgotten Children of Attawapiskat. It was his experiences prompted him to write his book, Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada’s Lost Promise and one Girl’s Dream, which tells the story of Indigenous persons of Canada’s struggles, including treaty rights, residential schools, as well as the fight for education and safe housing. The book provides a challenge to many common assumptions, and it also explores

As a Canadian in today’s society we believe we have a certain set of inalienable rights. One of those rights that seem to be at the forefront of the 2015 Canadian election is privacy. As Dr. Kent Roach and Dr. Craig Forcese state, “privacy is, in our society, the right to be left alone by the state.” The Conservative upbringing of Bill C-51 challenges the ideology around our right to be private, as well as our government’s role in the protection of Canada from threats of terrorism. The Harper government

July 11th 1990, marked the beginning date of the Oka Crisis in Quebec Canada. It lasted until September 26th 1990 resulting in one fatality of a local police officer. The violent clash was triggered by something as simple as a golf course extension and as complicated as native burial traditions. It had drawn world attention, catapulting native land rights into the mix. The Oka Crisis is just one of many conflicts between the Aboriginals and the Canadian government. A major issue that has been of

A corrupt government can be a severe impediment to the progress of a country. The main types of corruption as defined by the UN are that of petty and grand corruption. Petty corruption mostly entails non-elected individuals working in public regions of society such as service receptionists or police officers. Grand corruption deals with elected officials usually in high-power positions. An example of grand corruption could be corruption from the elected members of a country. Canada ranked ninth with

stupidity and knee-jerk reactions, and it seems as though the political parties’ cater to the lowest denomination of intelligence. When one hears Democrats versus Republicans, demagoguery and division are usually among the first things that come to mind. This Center for Constructive Alternatives series explained the history behind the two parties, how situations like today came into fruition, and clearly alluded to an idea that the parties of old are crumbling. The first lecture, eloquently given by James

sentiment started to shift toward the democratic party with the Presidential campaign of New York Governor Al Smith for the 1928 election. Al Smith captured 17 percent of the black precincts of Philadelphia, 27 percent of the Black precincts of Cleveland and Chicago, and 28 percent of Harlem. These statistics showed a shift in support to the Democratic party previously unseen in American History. Full black voter shift did not occur with Al Smith’s Democratic Party. Al Smith wanted black support but