Canada's next Federal elections will be held in October of this year. Similar to the UK elections thread, this is a place for you to say which party/candidate you want to win. Feel free to just post if you want, but I posted descriptions below for people who may not know much about the parties. Here are the major party leaders and each party's policies. Stephen Harper - Conservatives The Conservatives, the party currently in power, believe in supply-side (low tax) economics, a war on drugs, free trade with other nations, and having a strong military. They have a strong base in West, but some recent bills have made them unpopular everywhere else. Specifically, this would be Bill C-51, which allows the government to spy on people, the bill they attempted to pass which prevented Muslim women from attending public events, and a bill for free-trade with China allowing China to sue Canada if First Nations get in the way of Chinese business. They are also becoming unpopular due to the wasted tax money on pro-conservative ads, as well as the fact that they are the only party to run smear campaigns against other candidates. Justin Trudeau - Liberals The Liberals, the third most powerful party, believe in consumer economics (tax cuts for low income people), peacekeeping, the legalization of marijuana, better education/healthcare, and multiculturalism. Having historical popularity and effective advertising (a photographer follows Trudeau around for social media), Trudeau has become more known than Tom Mulcair of the NDP. In fact, Trudeau even gets more TV media coverage than Mulcair. This, combined with unpopularity of the conservatives, makes it likely that we'll see a Liberal government, despite the party only having about 10% of the seats right now. The reason why they only have 10% is because the leader from last election lived in the USA for 30 years. What's working against the party are basically attack ads, as well as the fact that Trudeau's father was Prime Minister, and unpopular when he left office. Tom Mulcair - New Democrats This party is the official opposition, and to be honest, Canadians (including me) don't really know much about it. They are the most socialist of the parties, and have very interesting ideas which could make them good candidates for next election. In order to lower childhood obesity, they want to ban junk food ads, or at least make those companies make a healthy-eating ad for each junk-food ad, similar to how banning smoking ads lowered smoking rates. They want to greatly improve education and give everyone equal opportunities. I personally don't see them doing very well in the next election. Working against them is the media coverage and popularity of the Liberals and Conssrvatives (causing people to skim over the NDP), and the fact that they have never formed a government, which causes people to be weary about a "shock to the system". Green Party The newest, and smallest party is the Eco-friendly Green Party. They have seats in every riding, but only 1 seat in parliament - that of their leader. You can guess the policies of this party - more protected lakes, forest, national parks, a lower carbon footprint, etc. I'm not sure of their stance on social issues or foreign policy, but if you know, feel free to elaborate on what I don't know if you disagree. Bloc Québécois They represent Quebec and I know nothing about them. They are different than the Parti Quebecois, which is the separatist party. I don't really know much about them, beside the fact that they only run in Quebec. Feel free to comment and say who you want to win. Some day (next week?) I will tally "votes" and see where things stand.
Canada is Parliamentary governing Bloc Quebecois were crushed last election n only run for seats in Quebec. As for the NDP they always champion family values n education n healthcare n seniors. Mostly in opposition n not holders of power unless a minority government. They garner the unionist vote generally. Left of centre. Conservatives stronghold is Alberta n generally are a right wing party that moves closer to centre as elections come around. Liberals have been a party of power n influence but have undergone a change to re-establish themselves to prominence.