Canadian Political Parties
Conservative Party of Canada
Description: Essentially like the US Republican Party. Supports low taxes, more interventionism, anti-abortion rights, anti-gay marriage, pro-traditional values, exc.
Percentage of population: 35%
Social Democratic Party
Description: Supports a more socially liberal and economically progressive platform and prefers a less heavy handed policy on crime and on foreign policy. Supports liberal abortion laws, gay marriage legalized, soft drugs legal, somewhat weaker military, and more redistribution of wealth to the lower classes.
Percentage of Population: 35%
Canadian Nationalist Party
Somewhere between the two major parties on economic issues, but socially authoritarian and supporter of strong military and neoconservative foreign policy. Coalition of moderate nationalists, moderate fascists, and outright pro-Hitler neo-nazis.
Percentage of population: 5%, although at least half oppose their "Nazi" program but want a strong internationalist party.
Christian Democratic Party
Economically moderate left, supporter of social conservatism, generally does not see the Conservatives as either compassionate or socially conservative enough so they are the "Compassionate Conservative" party. Supportive of some wealth distribution, although less so than the social democrats, and stricter laws on social behavior than the mainstream Conservative Party.
Percentage of Population: 10%
Libertarian Party
Self-explanatory, supportive of liberty above all other political values, anti-government intervention in just about everything.
Percentage of population: 10% but split between moderates and hardcore like the CNP.
Minor Parties: These parties are major enough to get into the PR-House but are of little importance once there.
The Red Party
Authoritarian Communists.
The Anarchist Party- anarcho-communists.
Populist Party- "With the people, against the elites". Dead-center since they don't really have any political views.
Quebec Independence Party- This party doesn't really have any political views except to fight for Quebec's independence.
And for each party's average position on the political compass:
http://politicalcompass.org/crowdch...=Quebec+Independence+Party&newec=-2&newsoc=-4