Hey nintendo_fanboy.
I figured I'd move our politics talk out of the mailbox and on to the forum.
We'll pick up with your last message
Ok here we go, these are the five most important parties:
Green Party (10 %): They are much the same as everywhere, very much on the left side and against pollution.
The SP (Social Party, 23 %): They are a little more on the left than in other european countries, but more or less the same. They are pro social welfare and sometimes pro higher taxes, they have a liberal approach to society. They are also pro-EU which is a heavy debate here.
The FDP (Liberal Party, 17 %): They are pro economics but also looking for good social welfare. They are trying to make the education system better and have also a liberal approach to society which means trying to achieve structures that allow the mothers to work and such things. They are also pro-EU but not as much as the SP.
The CVP (Christian party, 15 %): They are pretty much the same as the FDP, a little less liberal but a little more conservative and social instead. They are not sure about EU.
The SVP (conservative party, 26 %): They are pro economics but not in every question. They are very conservative, nationalist and against foreigners. They are very much against EU.
informative party breakdown, thanks.
As for Canada, we more or less have those five parties. HOWEVER, there are some differences. And as much as I hate using the left wing/right wing dichotomy, I'm going to use it now just to keep things simple.
First off, our Christian party, the Christian Heritage Party, Has almost no support. They only run candidates in very few ridings and recieve far less than one percent of the vote.
The Green party is growing it's political support, but still hasn't won a seat yet. That said, they are unlike most other green parties in that their polilcy is considerably more right wing economically. They focus largely on shifting the tax code to reduce polution, and are big on tax cuts.
Our big four parties are the Liberals, Conservatives, New Democratic party and the Bloc Quebecios.
The Liberals, Conservatives and New Democratic parties (NDP) are fairly like you've mentioned in Switzerland. I'd say that the NDP aren't as fundamentalist, but that just might be my personal bias.
The other party, the Bloc, is based entirely in the province of Quebec. They're main focus is Quebec sovereignty and their ideology is centre left.
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