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The Green Party of Canada


Jarret MacDonald
Political Studies 102
G. Germain
March 31, 1997

Canada had nine registered political parties in the 1993 federal
election. Each one of these parties was trying to place their candidates into
Parliament as members. In this particular election there were the usual
dominating parties that ran, the Liberals and Conservatives. Also vying for
seats were seven minority parties which included the Green Party, the Christian
Heritage Party, the National Party of Canada, the Abolitionist Party, the
Commonwealth, The Canada Party, the Liberaltarian Party, the Marxist-Leninist
Party, and the Natural Law Party. Each of these minority parties had then and
still do have their own values, goals, and political expectations. Most
minority parties try to guide themselves along on the basis of these beliefs,
especially around election time when they work hardest to raise issues of policy
alternatives trying to make a mark......

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