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The Political Party in Canada fills a crucial gap for a comprehensive, updated study of Canadian political parties

The executive and legislative branches of government are the main ways to exert political influence, particularly in cabinet and the Prime Minister’s Office. But the route to exerting that influence runs through political parties and those connected to them.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. Authors Bill Cross, Scott Pruysers, and Rob Currie-Wood tackle the core question: 'who, or what, is the political party in Canada?' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY ALEX MARLAND

December 19, 2022

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.—Political parties are a formidable force in Canada. Everything in the Canadian public sector seems to revolve around them, even as people are increasingly turning towards other forms of activism to effect change. The executive and legislative branches of g...

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