Canadian 2006 ElectionEssay Preview: Canadian 2006 ElectionReport this essayThe 2006 Canadian Election CampaignPolitical Science 100: 13 Ð- Dr. ClancyVladimir Kozousek: 200506730The 39th Canadian General Election was held on January 23, 2006 with the purpose to select members to the House of Commons. In Canada when one thinks of political parties, five major parties come to mind. The first two and of course the most popular parties include the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, trailing by the NDP (The New Democratic Party), Bloc Quebecois (seperationists) and than by the independent Green Party.
In the last election held in 2004 the Liberal Party won by a landslide of 36.7 percent, totaling 135 seats. With there rivals the Conservative Party only controlling 29.6 percent, which equals out to 99 seats. With the Liberals controlling such a large number of seats it was evident that they have effectively placed themselves as the majority party in the House of Commons with Paul Martin as their leader and effectively the new leader (Prime Minister) of Canada. The Bloc Quebecois seizing 54 seats in the house with a national interest of just 12 percent, though within its founding province, of course Quebec, they have managed to acquire almost half of the provincial vote with a staggering 48.9 percent. The NDP having some interest vested by Canadian Citizens controlling 16 percent of the national vote giving them 19 seats. Last but not least the newly formed independent party, the Green Party controls 4 percent nation wide.
However, what really shocked me was that they held that much power in cabinet with a prime minister running as their leader after they had only four months under a Conservative government. The question really came down to this: is Paul Martin an independent, or does that represent a problem of being unelected and controlled by a new party. In other words, isn’t he doing the following to win a new party, because now everyone knows that he is doing it to win the next government at the expense of his political rights? I have had to ask this question several times already, but again I have failed to find answers for myself. To summarize: Paul Martin is an independent leader who isn’t an Independent. This means that by electing a new party, I am giving him the full power to govern our country in a manner that only the leader of an independent party represents. That does not explain why the Bloc Quebecois and NDP, who now control 51 seats, won the provincial election last year. It doesn’t explain why John Diefenbaker won in a landslide of 43 to 30. With only 44 seats for Paul Martin the NDP or Green have controlled 56 seats and with their leadership of the Conservative Party being as popular as the Bloc Quebecois or NDP having only 11 seats it makes sense. Why isn’t this right? If John Diefenbaker had only the majority in the house they would have been the party without government. After all the Bloc Québécois in Canada have been given a power that has been transferred as far back as 1999, it was the Bloc Quebecois in power that had the largest mandate on governance for three of the last four Canadian Parliament buildings. This power has now been delegated to the government of Manitoba, where they have no other government with only 27 seats. These same powers have been delegated to this particular Bloc Canadaois for the rest of this Parliament. What makes the Bloc Quebecois not “independent” is its political experience and their inability to hold the most power in the country, which is why this can be especially disturbing for them when they assume their parliamentary majority by taking over a country which they have been granted only two times in their history. This is simply because the NDP is now the least powerful party in Canada. Now to think about this: how do some of the Bloc Quebecois think of John Diefenbaker when he was elected government leader of a Conservative party of five years ago, as the party was able to get the majority of seats but it was not able to get enough seats to maintain its leadership? While this doesn’t sound like a big deal when used against anyone, at the end of the day he took the whole country for himself and won. The people at the top are so under-represented in the government that there are just not many in the cabinet they need to make decisions with respect to policy. That is why so many of our elected politicians, like Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada at first, don’t like to get their heads in the sand to talk about economic and labour issues. If Paul Martin loses the next election he might be the only MP in Canadian politics again. That said he did lead the Bloc Quebecois to power in the house for the next year and it didn’t happen by going easy on Albertans. There is another question that you may not be able to answer with respect to how Paul Martin is acting in his role playing role: what has been going on in this government. If Paul Martin had the majority of the House of Parliament at the beginning of the last Parliament the NDP would control all of the seats but still have an independent support. The Liberals control all nine seats because they have won just 3 of them
The NDP is on track to lose one seat in the House of Commons in order to become the second largest political party in Canada.
It has no MPs, unlike the B.C. Conservatives.
The NDP managed to gain 19 seats in the House of Commons with a national interest of 3 percent. Like in the previous election the Liberal Party lost just 8 seats to achieve the national electoral base.[10]
The NDP also has the potential to form a government and have its membership fall, at least politically, among the younger, lower strata of Conservative voters who are more involved than many of the older, lower strata in the House of Commons. That is if it can be confirmed that it, too, has the ability to win by the electoral college of the country – and the opportunity to have the majority by the vote of a majority of Canadians in the House of Commons, as well as by a mandate to form a government, to be named by the voters, to serve as president of the Canadian Senate and to be elected by a majority of voting Canadians, rather than a minority. With about two months left before election day, the NDP can use its political strength to form a government that can provide Prime Minister David Cameron’s Government with majorities, a government that could possibly deliver the necessary electoral improvements and to bring about a majority in Parliament. Though an election without a Liberal government might be seen as simply a means of weakening the Liberal Government and undermining its leadership of the New Labour party, such a win would be seen at odds with all the anti-establishment rhetoric about why New Democracy should be left independent. However, the NDP will not lose these seats to the Liberal Party, as it had with the other three parties in previous elections. As of July 1st, 2014, the NDP had just 51 members in the House of Commons.[11]
If the NDP manages to gain a majority, it needs to demonstrate a greater national interest in the House of Commons and win a mandate as the leader of the Conservative Party. As the NDP’s popularity rises, the Conservative Party needs to win support from the youth, young people, the labour force and a large majority of the population to gain support. It is not a perfect proposition to have a Liberal government, of any kind from the Conservatives, but such a win would have tremendous consequences for the Conservative Party. In any election with a majority of people voting Conservative and that group does not support a Liberal government, the prime minister would need to have the backing of a majority of the electorate regardless of party affiliations. Furthermore, the NDP can do it by winning back the support of other large segments of the population, and by increasing turnout by giving a smaller and slimmer share of that support. The party cannot be held hostage to special interests, and it could even lead the country through an ‘independent Canada.’
According to a February 8th, 2013 National Elections Commission report, Canada’s population is growing by up to 9 million. That means that by 2020 the average youth population will be growing by 2.6 million, and the largest proportion of that population over the next 10 years will be children, with a projected growth of 13.8 million by 2020.[12] By the time that young Canadians retire, the NDP will need the support of the nation’s young people to gain support. It has not yet won any important elections. The NDP would lose a major majority in the House of Commons, in a number of instances, in order to achieve this important goal.[13]
The NDP may have an opportunity to become the next Prime Minister by winning the support of the country’s young people. It must get support from the public. However, there is no question that the NDP
The NDP is on track to lose one seat in the House of Commons in order to become the second largest political party in Canada.
It has no MPs, unlike the B.C. Conservatives.
The NDP managed to gain 19 seats in the House of Commons with a national interest of 3 percent. Like in the previous election the Liberal Party lost just 8 seats to achieve the national electoral base.[10]
The NDP also has the potential to form a government and have its membership fall, at least politically, among the younger, lower strata of Conservative voters who are more involved than many of the older, lower strata in the House of Commons. That is if it can be confirmed that it, too, has the ability to win by the electoral college of the country – and the opportunity to have the majority by the vote of a majority of Canadians in the House of Commons, as well as by a mandate to form a government, to be named by the voters, to serve as president of the Canadian Senate and to be elected by a majority of voting Canadians, rather than a minority. With about two months left before election day, the NDP can use its political strength to form a government that can provide Prime Minister David Cameron’s Government with majorities, a government that could possibly deliver the necessary electoral improvements and to bring about a majority in Parliament. Though an election without a Liberal government might be seen as simply a means of weakening the Liberal Government and undermining its leadership of the New Labour party, such a win would be seen at odds with all the anti-establishment rhetoric about why New Democracy should be left independent. However, the NDP will not lose these seats to the Liberal Party, as it had with the other three parties in previous elections. As of July 1st, 2014, the NDP had just 51 members in the House of Commons.[11]
If the NDP manages to gain a majority, it needs to demonstrate a greater national interest in the House of Commons and win a mandate as the leader of the Conservative Party. As the NDP’s popularity rises, the Conservative Party needs to win support from the youth, young people, the labour force and a large majority of the population to gain support. It is not a perfect proposition to have a Liberal government, of any kind from the Conservatives, but such a win would have tremendous consequences for the Conservative Party. In any election with a majority of people voting Conservative and that group does not support a Liberal government, the prime minister would need to have the backing of a majority of the electorate regardless of party affiliations. Furthermore, the NDP can do it by winning back the support of other large segments of the population, and by increasing turnout by giving a smaller and slimmer share of that support. The party cannot be held hostage to special interests, and it could even lead the country through an ‘independent Canada.’
According to a February 8th, 2013 National Elections Commission report, Canada’s population is growing by up to 9 million. That means that by 2020 the average youth population will be growing by 2.6 million, and the largest proportion of that population over the next 10 years will be children, with a projected growth of 13.8 million by 2020.[12] By the time that young Canadians retire, the NDP will need the support of the nation’s young people to gain support. It has not yet won any important elections. The NDP would lose a major majority in the House of Commons, in a number of instances, in order to achieve this important goal.[13]
The NDP may have an opportunity to become the next Prime Minister by winning the support of the country’s young people. It must get support from the public. However, there is no question that the NDP
The NDP is on track to lose one seat in the House of Commons in order to become the second largest political party in Canada.
It has no MPs, unlike the B.C. Conservatives.
The NDP managed to gain 19 seats in the House of Commons with a national interest of 3 percent. Like in the previous election the Liberal Party lost just 8 seats to achieve the national electoral base.[10]
The NDP also has the potential to form a government and have its membership fall, at least politically, among the younger, lower strata of Conservative voters who are more involved than many of the older, lower strata in the House of Commons. That is if it can be confirmed that it, too, has the ability to win by the electoral college of the country – and the opportunity to have the majority by the vote of a majority of Canadians in the House of Commons, as well as by a mandate to form a government, to be named by the voters, to serve as president of the Canadian Senate and to be elected by a majority of voting Canadians, rather than a minority. With about two months left before election day, the NDP can use its political strength to form a government that can provide Prime Minister David Cameron’s Government with majorities, a government that could possibly deliver the necessary electoral improvements and to bring about a majority in Parliament. Though an election without a Liberal government might be seen as simply a means of weakening the Liberal Government and undermining its leadership of the New Labour party, such a win would be seen at odds with all the anti-establishment rhetoric about why New Democracy should be left independent. However, the NDP will not lose these seats to the Liberal Party, as it had with the other three parties in previous elections. As of July 1st, 2014, the NDP had just 51 members in the House of Commons.[11]
If the NDP manages to gain a majority, it needs to demonstrate a greater national interest in the House of Commons and win a mandate as the leader of the Conservative Party. As the NDP’s popularity rises, the Conservative Party needs to win support from the youth, young people, the labour force and a large majority of the population to gain support. It is not a perfect proposition to have a Liberal government, of any kind from the Conservatives, but such a win would have tremendous consequences for the Conservative Party. In any election with a majority of people voting Conservative and that group does not support a Liberal government, the prime minister would need to have the backing of a majority of the electorate regardless of party affiliations. Furthermore, the NDP can do it by winning back the support of other large segments of the population, and by increasing turnout by giving a smaller and slimmer share of that support. The party cannot be held hostage to special interests, and it could even lead the country through an ‘independent Canada.’
According to a February 8th, 2013 National Elections Commission report, Canada’s population is growing by up to 9 million. That means that by 2020 the average youth population will be growing by 2.6 million, and the largest proportion of that population over the next 10 years will be children, with a projected growth of 13.8 million by 2020.[12] By the time that young Canadians retire, the NDP will need the support of the nation’s young people to gain support. It has not yet won any important elections. The NDP would lose a major majority in the House of Commons, in a number of instances, in order to achieve this important goal.[13]
The NDP may have an opportunity to become the next Prime Minister by winning the support of the country’s young people. It must get support from the public. However, there is no question that the NDP
With the 2004 elections in mind, the end results of the 2006 elections seemed to have come with quite a surprise in the end.Party (Independent). In 2004 these are the percentages acquired nationally by each party. Liberal wins with a whopping 135 seats and controlling 36.7% where as the conservative trail with only 99 seats and controlling 29.6% of the votes. NDP may not be in the top two but they are beginning to show a large amount of support nation wide with 19 seats in office and controlling just shy of 16%. The Bloc controls 54 seats in office where as they made up 48.9% of the voters in Quebec and 12% nationally. The Green party shows some interest nation wide with 4% of the vote. These same parties are those striving for domination in 2006. The greed and prevalence of the Canadian Political Party and its strategies are what allowed those parties to strive the way the have in the past 2 years.
The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons.
The Conservative Party of Canada won a plurality of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up 25 seats from 99 in 2004, and 36.3% of votes: up 6.7% from 29.6% in the 2004 election. The election resulted in a minority government led by the Conservative Party with Stephen Harper becoming the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada; this is Canadas smallest minority government