You cleared up some things for me, thank you...But the Liberals are center? =O That's a big surprise for me...So does that mean that Republicans are Right-Center? Because the way the Republican's use the name "Liberal" has a "bad" connotation of someone being on the left. I mean you've seen how they say that "Obama is the most Liberal Senator on the US Senate." Differences in Canadian and American Politics...(Wow they were right, America IS a Center-Right Country)
That's....hard to label. XD You sorta have to ballpark it. I would try to tackle it like this:
Green Party = Left; their official stance is that they're nothing. XD And that they'll adapt to what's needed at the present time. But right now (and for ages) they've been Left. They practise Green politics surprisngly enough. lol
New Democratic Party = Centre-Left. They practise Democratic Socialism
Liberal Party = Centre. They practise Social Liberalism.
Progressive Conservative Party = Centre-Right; I'm mentioning this because I live in Ontario and we still have this party at the Provincial level. I fall here. They practise Liberal Conservatism.
Conservative Party = ...somewhere between Centre-Right and Right since it is a merger of the Federal PC Party (Centre-Right) and the Canadian Alliance (Right) and they had to make a compromise and as such they currently practise Liberal Conservatism. Harper was part of the Canadian Alliance.
And then there's the Bloc Québécois. I have no idea where they fall on the spectrum. Uhh...the French end? XD They pretty much just go for Québec Sovereignty.
That's that for the major parties. We have some fringe parties out there that would fall closer to things like Far Left and Far Right, but none of the major ones really go that route.
I would say that the Democratic Party would be most similar the Liberals because they practise Social Liberalism and that the Republican Party would be most similar to what the Canadian Alliance was as they practise Social Conservatism (which is a Canadian Alliance thing, not a PC thing, nor an aspect of the merged party).
It's tough to make a comparison. In general, even with the Conservatives, I would say that Canada falls more to the Left than America does and is more Social than America is. Canada is Social Democracy (somewhat). The States...not so much. The degree of rightism and leftism for each party varies on the leader of the party at the time. But the above is how I would try to label it.
