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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
Are saying the GP is far left? If so, that's not entirely true. They contain elements of both far left and far right policies in their platform. They don't pigeon-hole well like the mainstream parties.
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Yes I believe they are far left,
From the 2006 platform
Vision:
Frist 2 paragraphs
[We are socially responsible and inclusive. That means: health, not just health care, lessening financial obstacles for post-secondary students, affordable housing, working with Aboriginal communities to improve well-being and self-governance, properly funding arts and culture, supporting immigrant communities]
[We are environmentally sensitive and innovative. That means: promoting energy conservation, and the conservation of wildlife, habitats, and natural ecosystems, shifting to a green economy, building mass transit and transportation systems that make ecological and social sense, reducing greenhouse gases and achieving Kyoto targets and moving beyond. We believe that those who pollute should pay the full cost of remediation and any damages arising from their recklessness. We have a strong vision for a sustainable society, one that respects all citizens and the natural environment that sustains us]
Last 2 paragraphs
[We are sound financial managers. We know that the full-cost of many activities is not always found in the financial bottom line, we believe in living within our means, we know that Canada’s changing demographic reality will place greater burdens on our society, and we know that reducing poverty rates will benefit all Canadians]
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We are democratically representative. That means: adopting a proportional representative electoral system, renewing our political institutions, restoring people's trust in government, and connecting with community groups and citizen-based movements that are giving us the progressive tools of a more accountable and participatory society.
We can build healthy communities and a healthy country. And together, we can again inspire Canadians]
First and last 2 paragraphs included because they are always the most important in a paper.
Yes I would call them far left. People who believe that they can live within budget and still implement the Kyoto Protocol by passing full costs to pollutors while funding environmental and social responsibility are very very left because they are smoking so much weed it has clouded their frontal lobe. That or they are habitual liars.
Sounds alot like NDP and Liberals jazzed up with a new name.
MYK