Canada is it left-wing, right-wing or centralist country

[Jersay]

Now I was wondering on another issue what Canada is. For most of its history it has had left-wing parties running it federally and provincially in most provinces. With small bouts of conservatism.

So is the Canadian population a left-wing society, a right-wing society or a centralist society, or doesn't even know how to decide?

 

[Jay]

I thought Ontario just recently went through a 40 year period of Conservative governments? I don't think all provinces have had left-wing parties running them.

 

[Jersay]

Ontario appears to have, I don't know the dynamic of it from 1945-81 a Conservative government.

But that was Progressive Conservative.

 

[Jay]

We still have the same old PCs we've always had.

 

[Andem]

Ontario appears to have, I don't know the dynamic of it from 1945-81 a Conservative government.

But that was Progressive Conservative.

True, it was the PCs. I liked the PC governments that Ontario has had, but I would never vote someone like Steven Harper to run Ontario.. He'd probably create a separatist party for Ontario to join the US. Screw that :twisted:

 

[Jersay]

We still have the same old PCs we've always had.

I think in name only, something changed in the Conservative party under Harris. He wasn't a Progressive by a long shot.

 

[Jay]

I can't imagine we would ever join the US...Ontario just doesn't need to. If we were to separate, I'm sure we would go it alone. Besides...how could Ontario separate from Canada? We are Canada!!

 

[Jay]

We still have the same old PCs we've always had.

I think in name only, something changed in the Conservative party under Harris. He wasn't a Progressive by a long shot.

Why?

 

[I think not]

Re: RE: Canada is it left-wing, right-wing or centralist cou

I can't imagine we would ever join the US...Ontario just doesn't need to. If we were to separate, I'm sure we would go it alone. Besides...how could Ontario separate from Canada? We are Canada!!

:lol: The center of the universe eh mate?

 

[Jay]

You got that striaght!!

Maybe I'll let you come and visit it someday....

 

[Andem]

I'd say internationally, Canada is more centrist. Compared to our southern neighbours, we're definately left-wing alright!

 

[the caracal kid]

you are correct, andem.

i think canada tries to be a progressive country. Most of the country wishes to move forward, but we are held back a bit by the regressives amungst us (% of regressives dependent on the issue being discussed). We would be quite a but further along if we were not so heavily influenced by our neighbours to the south.

 

[Jersay]

I thought what made up Canada was a union of Upper and Lower Canada and then in 1867

New Brunkswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec?

 

[Jay]

That's it on paper, but in reality....

 

[the caracal kid]

but in reality,

TO is the glue that holds canada together. Everybody outside of TO can agree to hate it and its "centre of the universe" attitude! tee-hee

(in all seriousness, i didn't realize that attitude existed until i spent some time there.)

 

[wulfie68]

Historically I always saw Canada as pretty much a centrist country until the 60s. It was under Trudeau that we veered sharply left and have been sliding further left ever since. Now we are more a socialist country than a capitalist one, in many ways, although many don't like to believe that. I don't think thats entirely a bad thing, but the centrist in me is wary of leaning too far one way or the other: the far left has brought as much, if not more misery to the world in the past century, as the far right.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

I still think most Canadians don't stand too far right or left of center.

 

[Trotz]

The French Republic and Soviet Union had Conservatives but these were not right-wing parties but those which stood to preserve the status quo (current state).

Steven Harper is in fact just preserving the state of things since Trudeau and his successors have left them in this country. Politics in this country will continue to be one sided until we get a nationalist or secular right party. Instead, monopolization of media and FPTP ensures that we get dwiddle-dee-dwiddle-dum choices of Liberal, NDP and Greens.

 

[Bar Sinister]

It all depends on how far back in Canadian history you go. Prior to the 1960s Canada was probably a more conservative society than the United States, at least as far as social legislation is concerned. Where Canada did beat the US was in its attitude toward racial minorities, but only just barely. However, that seemed to change after 1960 with the movement to the left in the USA and the election of successive Liberal governments in Canada. The counter-culture ideas in the US were copied in Canada and seemed to have more staying power here that in the US. Where the US swung back to the right with the election of Reagan, Canada remained left of centre in many of its policies in spite of the election of Mulroney. Several factors seem responsible for this. One was the US involvement in Vietnam and its antagonistic attitude toward the USSR. Another was the creation of medicare, an institution that has definitely defined Canada in the minds of many Canadians. And finally the election of successive left wing governments in Quebec seems to have forced left wing policies on all federal governments regardless of whether they are left or right of centre.

 

[petros]

Canada is too big to label.