The difference between liberals and conservatives
The question is
is it possible to give a nice, neat
explanation of where liberals and conservatives (the ideologies, the "left" and
the "right" )
fundamentally differ?
As we all know in this country, the recent federal election has finally given the PC's Federal Progressive Conservative party the numbers needed to rule for a while. Good? Bad? it's hard to tell. There will be four years of conservative rule, the man at the top, Mr. Steven Harper.This is the party to the right..generally that is supposed to mean less government than the more socialistic leaning parties.. to the left.Liberals to the left, New Democratic Party (NDP) to the more far left..sort of.
In the process; the last opposition( Liberals) has been banished to number three. Their leader,a well educated and intelligent fellow could not even manage to get a seat and after the election promptly resigned.( Michael Ignatiev)..They say he's been out of the country too long qualify for the job. Teaching political science at Harvard I believe...for 25 years or so. Somehow or other, their last leader in power ( Paul Martin) managed to alienate the left wing of the party (Miss Cobbs group).
As well, during the last election the once popular Bloc Party in Quebec which was established solely to take the province out of Canada ( Separatist Party) has been all but wiped out.
And in the process of realignment and Quebec making peace with the rest of the country, more or less the NDP with their cancer stricken leader, Mr.Jack Layton (who shortly after the election passed away) managed to become the official opposition. Imagine, the opposition party without a leader.
And so today we have the Progressive Conservative Party in power. ( Sort of PC, more on this later)
And the New Democratic Party, NDP without a leader in opposition.
The Liberal Party as the third party in numbers with an ex NDP fellow washed up Bob Rae, acting like the opposition.
The Bloc reduced to 3 seats in Quebec. And finally one seat for the green party their leader finally managing to get elected. (Miss Elisabeth May I believe).
As we all know in this country, the recent federal election has finally given the PC's Federal Progressive Conservative party the numbers needed to rule for a while. Good? Bad? it's hard to tell. There will be four years of conservative rule, the man at the top, Mr. Steven Harper.This is the party to the right..generally that is supposed to mean less government than the more socialistic leaning parties.. to the left.Liberals to the left, New Democratic Party (NDP) to the more far left..sort of.
In the process; the last opposition( Liberals) has been banished to number three. Their leader,a well educated and intelligent fellow could not even manage to get a seat and after the election promptly resigned.( Michael Ignatiev)..They say he's been out of the country too long qualify for the job. Teaching political science at Harvard I believe...for 25 years or so. Somehow or other, their last leader in power ( Paul Martin) managed to alienate the left wing of the party (Miss Cobbs group).
As well, during the last election the once popular Bloc Party in Quebec which was established solely to take the province out of Canada ( Separatist Party) has been all but wiped out.
And in the process of realignment and Quebec making peace with the rest of the country, more or less the NDP with their cancer stricken leader, Mr.Jack Layton (who shortly after the election passed away) managed to become the official opposition. Imagine, the opposition party without a leader.
And so today we have the Progressive Conservative Party in power. ( Sort of PC, more on this later)
And the New Democratic Party, NDP without a leader in opposition.
The Liberal Party as the third party in numbers with an ex NDP fellow washed up Bob Rae, acting like the opposition.
The Bloc reduced to 3 seats in Quebec. And finally one seat for the green party their leader finally managing to get elected. (Miss Elisabeth May I believe).
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