Canadian Political Parties

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[@UsefulCharts]

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[@Maulbert]

Interesting fact: the US used to use the same color scheme for parties until 1980 when ABC's president at the time thought that it was too confusing because, and get this stupid idea, Republican started with R, Reagan started with R, and since Red started with R, people wouldn't understand why his states were blue. American television executives are idiots. BTW, I'm American.

[@jaredmcginnes5939]

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[@EEYore-py1bf]

The Liberal Party and the Conservative Party should have been right on top of each other tbh. The Conservative Party is in favour of corporate bailouts, mass migration, abortion, gay marriage, secularism, and doesn’t support the conservation of anything.

[@canman5060]

@@EEYore-py1bf I think you have mixed up with the two parties.

[@chadsimmons4496]

@@EEYore-py1bf LMFAO.... you're looking for theocracy, bud... I hear the US is looking for more Handmaid's Tale practitioners.

[@UsefulCharts]

Me: Places Liberals in the middle Europeans: Omg, Liberals should be right! Americans: Wtf? Liberals should be left! Canadians: Hockey anyone?

[@iamaoi8751]

Canadians know that Libs are left too.

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

@@iamaoi8751 but they aren't the NDP exist

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Pakistani: Liberals should be dead!

[@samantha12892]

Ben McKean you might be confusing communism with authoritarianism. The communist countries that caused the deaths did so because of their authoritarian nature. The NDP aren’t even communist, nor am I.

[@16Alain]

@@samantha12892 Yes Social democracy...

[@weldin]

Prior to the 1970s, the United States also used the left = red and right = blue system. TV changed that.

[@nathanrobinson1099]

Lol it was a convenient switch

[@carsonsmith8362]

I think it was that, coupled with the political realignment in the mid 20th century.

[@badgerrrlattin35]

The Leftists being the "REDS", was just a little too....shall we say...on point.

[@OhavYisrail]

Yeah up until about that point the RNC (freed the slaves) was the left and the DNC was the right. Notable examples are Strom Thurmond and Barry Goldwater. Both on the right and both originally democrats.

[@weldin]

Barry Goldwater was never a Democrat, and the party switch was more of a gradual process from the 1930s to the 1960s. The real reason the colors switched was the advent of color TV.

[@booti_boi6927]

You could probably call it a "Constitutional Monarchy",

[@princekrazie]

A crowned republic. Really a republic with a monarchy as a side dish

[@brookemuzzatti9710]

it is official a Constitutional Monarchy

[@princekrazie]

@@brookemuzzatti9710 North Korea is officially a democratic republic.

[@hamnchee]

If I was a monarch I'd dissolve parliament so fast, I wouldn't be able to resist.

[@akzebraminer5679]

PRINCE KRAZIE lmao

[@UsefulCharts]

This was video was unplanned but we've got an election here in Canada next week so yesterday I put together a quick video about it.

[@Autconscipatheonive]

You shouldn't get into pollitics, because most of what you Said about the party placement was absolute bullshit by international standards

[@UsefulCharts]

@@attalan8732 Well, from a Canadian perspective, I honestly didn't say anything all that controversial. For anyone outside of Canada, they should just view this video as insight on how an average Canadian understands politics.

[@iamaoi9946]

@@UsefulCharts Not controversial just incorrect. Liberals are lefties, the 31st ammendment thing is b.s. I read in another comment

[@UsefulCharts]

@@iamaoi9946 Um, the 31st amendment thing was a pretty obvious joke.

[@Gameflyer001]

@Ben McKean Look up the King-Byng affair of 1926; this was the last time a Governor General refused to approve a government formed by a party leader and thus deny royal assent.

[@JJMcCullough]

I am surprised you put the Greens where you did. You cited the CBC, but the CBC political compass actually puts the Green Party to the LEFT of the NDP. The idea that the Greens are "more conservative" is mostly an NDP talking-point, because they don't like admitting that anyone is more left-wing than themselves.

[@UsefulCharts]

Point taken. But more importantly: welcome fellow KZbinr! I noticed there's an EastVan logo in your header ... that's my hood :)

[@JJMcCullough]

@@UsefulCharts Oh yes! I've seen you at comic shows selling your charts before!

[@bernardfitzgerald7865]

Yo homie jj, do u agree with the bloc Quebecois placement? I think Gilles Duceppe was more left than Yves francois

[@judexavier1929]

shut up, boomer.

[@jackdueck665]

Daddy?

[@rickmitton6971]

Thank you for explaining the monarchy/gov general aspect, very little known even among us Canadians. Also, I appreciated that this video was kept to the facts, and not an opinion on who you like or dislike. When you discussed the Green Party's placement, I was really glad that you had sought out other avenues so that it would be more objective. I don't know if it would be too much or too long, but a look through the Prime Ministers would be a fun video, just like you do with monarchies. Same with the Presidents. Thanks for taking the time to teach us all a little about politics and history! Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

[@user-dl3zl9dn8h]

>Liberals are a Centrist party >I appreciated that this video was kept to the facts ... OK

[@rcknross]

correction -- he gave opinion -- PPC is NOT far right -- fake news

[@VoxUrania]

A Canadian Prime Minister video is a great idea. I have the amazing Canadian history poster and love the accompanying video. These Canadian resources are invaluable.

[@brettbarager9101]

@@rcknross Oh yes they are!! Stop with the Americanism. We are Canadian.

[@brettbarager9101]

I also appreciate the neutral presentation of our Parties.

[@arda9437]

last time i was this early the americas werent colonized yet

[@jonahgraham157]

Nice likes

[@HebaruSan]

The Conservative party logo looks like it's for a grain shipping company

[@AstOnokGaming]

Thats because it basically is

[@radztransdoggo]

Also kind of look like a petrolium compagny. Make sense they look like their bosses

[@ob1kenobi748]

@@radztransdoggo your kidding right, then I guess that makes every other party (except the PPC) are funded and ran by communists

[@Liletter]

What I’ve learnt about the major parties via school and memes. Bloc Québécois: Bye Canada! We’re revoking your second largest country status by leaving you! NDP: I’ve got a bunch of twelve year olds screaming about me and I’m pro-abortion. Racism bad. Conservatives: I’ve got one very, very passionate twelve year old screaming about me and I’m anti-abortion. Also, money good. Green Party: We like trees. People’s Party: Anyone who isn’t white sucks. Liberals: Blackface is totally fine, corruption is totally fine, everything is totally fine.

[@rleones]

I live in Canada as an immigrant. I can't vote yet, but it is nice to know a bit more about Canadian politics.

[@sillylilyham]

I completely agree with your placing of the greens. I’ve never understood why the CBC puts them more left than the NDP. They are a more left wing party but if you read their platform, many of the economic points lie more with the liberals, or more centre than the NDP

[@ob1kenobi748]

The only not liberal party's are Conservative and the PPC

[@chronicallyboredenby]

Ya precisely I think people don’t understand that the greens are fundamentally an eco-populist party, and while having a lot of left wing policies they do tend to attract conservatives with an eco mindset.

[@vincentcournoyer5522]

Hi! I'm also Canadian (Province of Quebec) and I think you got the right positions on that line. By the way I just subscribed to your channel you got some really cool vids!

[@GarryMarshall95]

I’d love to see one of these for the British Political Parties, we have many political parties who get seats and with the devolved parliaments I believe our politics is much more interesting than other countries particularly the US.

[@philipnguyen8591]

Garry Marshall Campbell true I’m American and I like to keep up with UK politics and Canadians

[@mowermen1762]

Well us has 2 parties and a few 3rd parties that only manage to take votes away from the main parties For us if you vote 3rd party you may as well not vote So yeah I agree any other countries politics is more interesting

[@Anonymous-bc4dl]

It's funny that regional parties all over the world are different and sometimes right or left..

[@canman5060]

Also centre left and centre right , right left right , left right left !

[@truedarklander]

Catalonia has both right and left wing nationalist parties PDeCAT: Center right ERC: Left

[@antoine6694]

A 2d (social and economic ) chart would have been better in my opinion to give a better understanding of their positions .

[@EEYore-py1bf]

Yeah, it looks like this chart was purely economic, otherwise none of the parties could have been on the right.

[@truedarklander]

@@EEYore-py1bf are you saying that neither conservatives or the PPC are socially liberal? The conservatives are kinda centrist socially but the PPC? Not a chance

[@EEYore-py1bf]

@@truedarklander Kinda centrist? The CPC is openly left wing. The PPC is centrist because they're social libertarians.

[@noemiel.4873]

Ok, can we maybe hope for other videos on political parties in the world ? Cause I just found out that I really wanna see that. Also, Canadian politics seems way less messy than French politics (at least on the chart)

[@nikolaytsankov9066]

There was a video by a channel named Azure scapegoat on Swedish politics and the election in 2018, you may find that interesting to watch

[@TheOwenMajor]

The Westminster system we inherited from the UK is inherently stable. There is a reason why the UK is the oldest major democracy, and why France, well what are you on the third or fourth republic?

[@teduppy3867]

@@TheOwenMajor 5th Republic 😆😆

[@noemiel.4873]

@@TheOwenMajor Fifth :')

[@CoolioXXX52]

@@TheOwenMajor major democracy. You didnt have common people vote until 1860s. You didnt have a diverse parliment until early 1800s

[@LaurensCorner]

I really like that you have done this video as i am not so well versed on canadian politics than i am on USA/ UK politics, i think you should continue to do more videos like this on global politics explaining them, contrasting them, diving in to the various parties of different countries and intertwining Monarchial history where it is applicable.

[@merric4754]

Left and Right as dictated by Canadian terms. Many people in Europe and the US often misrepresent what "Left and Right" by what the terms mean in their own countries. Anyone who believes that their countries definition is superior to that of another make this mistake most often. It gets very annoying when people from other countries assume that they know more about your politics than you as a native does.

[@idratherbewithmycatrightnow]

Glad to know that no one in Canada has ever done that very same thing themselves. 🙄

[@zakattack8624]

The NDP and Green Party are usually so close with each other when you look at different political compasses that they sometimes overlap, so I think anyone is justified to say that the Greens are either more conservatives or more liberal than the NDP. But I don't think they're much different from one another. Only difference is that the Greens are only relevant with power in BC where the NDP is relevant nationwide with power. So you're correct and wrong :) haha.

[@canman5060]

They are both Left Wing parties.The Green is SUPER Left. NDP just comes and go !

[@TheBlackestKey]

Damn i never knew the Bloc was left. Never paid attention as Im from Alberta. I think well get a Liberal minority.

[@peterholt5686]

Well they were formed by progressive conservatives and liberals. A lot of people think they are more right wing because they are French. And well there French

[@theodorappelqvist9531]

In Sweden left is red and right is blue too

[@hannesproductions4302]

NATO blue and USSR was red. I think that was the origin. I dont now why the US has it different.

[@Ratchet4647]

Hannes productions Yes, Red is associated with communism. The red scare was a period of fear of communism taking root in the US for example. However when TV was first broadcast in color, the 3 channels at the time each picked a red-blue color scheme for their election maps, resulting in red and blue being used for both parties depending on the channel. It just so happens the current colors were used by 2 of the channels and the other was used by the remaining channel. After 1 or 2 elections the third channel shifted to match the other 2 and here we are!

[@karandeepsingh7074]

This is really informative. Thank you.

[@haroulatodoulos1246]

BTW, thanks to this chart, I was able to understand the results on CBC and have a discussion with my cousins in Canada! Thanks again for this and keep up the good work!

[@merze9183]

PPC

[@yummyzerg]

These videos are so relaxing to listen to. I don't know a thing about Canadian politics (and don't really care), yet I still watched the whole thing.

[@alankent]

Thank you for this breakdown of Canadian political parties. I was unaware of ppc

[@r.c.brousseau9655]

Nice summary. Keep up your good work!

[@sundaelove2162]

From Québec Canada. Well done! I enjoy your vids.

[@16Alain]

Awsomely well done Sir. I dared to share it on my Twitter account. Hope it'll give you some new subscribers.

[@nathrezim3703]

Very good introductory video to Canadian political parties.

[@RadiantVaughn]

"He (Jagmeet) is the first person of color to lead a major party in Canada..." Trudeau in blackface: Am I a joke to you?

[@lolwat5418]

Thanks for this video 😄 we only learn about American politics so this is very informative

[@christophestevenson1448]

Hello. I have been watching your videos for a while now and you explain your charts well. It is nice that we have one on a Canadian issue. However, I feel that you had brushed over the role of Her Excellency the Governor General acting in the name of Her Majesty The Queen of Canada - in particular as it is expected that we have a minority parliament. The Governor General will have an important role to play, in making sure that confidence is respected in the House of Commons. Maybe, another video that you could make would be to explain the King-Byng issue of 1926, explaining the importance that the Governor General makes sure that democracy is respected.

[@missboop007]

Thank you, this was very helpful.

[@mushtaqtanvir8242]

easy and well explained overview of political parties in Canada

[@hamnchee]

I live in Tennessee but was in Vancouver BC a couple days ago for work. I kept an eye out for you, but didn't see you.

[@MrPbhuh]

Could you do a better system than Left vs Right and talk about more axis? Like conservative vs progressive etc.? Because the left vs right is really outdated and doesnt show the nuances well.

[@tomasroma2333]

P Tjeerdsma The Political Compass isn’t a lot better tbh. One extra axis doesn’t all the nuances of politics

[@MrPbhuh]

@@tomasroma2333 While true, it gives you a much more complete picture of the views of people. Political Compass usually does Libertarian/Liberal vs Authoritarian, but generally doesnt really work for most systems. Conservative vs Progressive works quite well as you have some of the green parties usually being more progressive than socialist parties and far right parties being generally less economic right but more conservative.

[@zevaronxz7288]

Use jregs 100 dimensional political model

[@andrewrobs]

Gosh we're back at it again!

[@gpafficionado]

Matt, would love it if you did a refresh of this for the current election!

[@maggiebee5261]

Just my opinion, but I think the Greens should be slightly further to the left, as their policy platform is admirable (particularly on the environment) but highly aspirational. Also just my opinion, but you have the Conservatives too far to the right. The Liberals are fiscally conservative and socially progressive, but only slightly left-of-centre; the Conservatives are almost indistinguishable on economic issues, but fall right-of-centre on social issues. The gap between the Conservatives and the PPC should be wider on your graph. As you said, your video is meant merely to provide an overview of the parties. The issues in this, indeed any, election are complex, and can’t be represented on a straight-line graph. Sometimes, though, simplicity is the beginning of clarity ...

[@lordvalen8133]

I think Green should just BE the left. Like, just make that entire half of the line green.

[@michaeltnk1135]

When you’re American but you already know this stuff since you watch JJ McClough

[@bobsomething4733]

He's hardly a good source of info, being extremely biased. Even more than this video.

[@michaeltnk1135]

Bob Something But we have the same bias, and he tries to stay neutral at first and then gives his opinion

[@luizsa8300]

This is an interesting format. You should do similar videos for other countries: UK,US, Brazil, etc.

[@Abdurahman-xc7zr]

thank you for helping , before i don't understand that but right now i'm understand thank you so much.

[@f_f_f_8142]

When the UK passed that law changing the primogeniture did this only effect the UK meaning at some point the UK and Canada might have different monarchs?

[@UsefulCharts]

All the countries with the British monarch as their monarch passed similar laws at the same time.

[@Matso444]

A policitcal spectrum with only 1 axis doesn't work.

[@williamdion1236]

Thank you!!

[@scoobyrds]

It would be impossible to get every appropriate spectrum, though. even having 2 or 3 axes is too few since there are so many areas of policy that exist and interact with each other

[@Matso444]

@@scoobyrds yes, while that is true, at least 2 or 3 shows a lot more then just 1

[@cannesartex3426]

Why was this somewhat a ASMR video? Btw I love how respectful you were with every single parties. :)

[@jaymenjanssens720]

Glad you're motivated :)

[@chicgeek8698]

i spent too much time scrolling through the controversial comments. way too much time.

[@woodpeckerwilly6470]

You may have put the conservatives a bit to far right lmao

[@rina123456]

You're Canadian?! Ahh I just got so much more excited about this channel! I thought it was American based. Yes! Thank you

[@UsefulCharts]

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@sonosempreio8726]

Well if you are Canadian, you are American

[@chronicallyboredenby]

@@sonosempreio8726 no

[@sheepmasters4489]

nice job recommending this after the election, youtube

[@thomasdixon4373]

I don't live in Canada but it was interesting to learn about your parties. Long live Queen Elizabeth II

[@HemiJB91]

The queen is dogshit

[@Bykv78]

Long live the Queen. ❤

[@canman5060]

@Nicolas Chaput The Queen of England is just a figure Head.Napoleon dynasty is long gone. Vote Bloc and say no more to Trudeau.

[@chadst.pierre5257]

@Nicolas Chaput I'm a French Canadian as well but I live in the United States. So my country's leader is the President of the United States of America. My family are apart of the many French Canadian families who had settled in the New England states of the United States as they were immigrating to the United States of America in the middle and late 19th century. Since both of my parents grew up is the state of Rhode Island the smallest state in the United States of America. Then my father enlisted into the United States Marine Corps at the age of 19 in 1979 and spent 23 years in the Marine Corps retiring as a Marine Corps Captain. My father's parents actually still lives in Rhode Island today. But my dad and my grandfather both were born in New Brunswick, Canada and were once Canadian citizens before becoming American citizens. My grandfather's family still lives in the province of New Brunswick in Canada today since his oldest sister and oldest brother lived all of their lives in New Brunswick, Canada when he and some other of his siblings settled in the United States between the states of Maine and Rhode Island. My dad lived in Maine until he was almost three years old when he moved to Rhode Island permanently until he left Rhode Island for basic training for the Marine Corps in Parris Island, South Carolina. But because of my father's career in the US military I had to grow up moving from one place to another by being born in Japan. Since my father was stationed in Japan around the time I was born. Japan was the only foreign nation outside of the United States where I lived and been to other than the United States of America itself. Since we left Japan the military kept us stateside for the rest of my life since I was almost three years old myself. So I've lived in four US states and have been to half of this entire nation with only 19 states of the 50 states of the United States of America that I have not been to as of yet. So I'm very close to being able to have visited most of the entire nation of the United States during my travels throughout this nation I live at today. But sometime in the future I would love to revisit the states I've already been to as a child and to visit those 19 states within the US that I hadn't been to yet. All so one day I could say that I have visited all 50 states of the United States of America. I'd also like to visit Canada as well because I'm pretty sure I do still have distant cousins in Quebec and other parts of Canada as well since all of my roots come from Canada itself.

[@Jfk2Mr]

10:55 Interesting, in my country if something political has "people's" in its name then it's (post)communist or has agrarian facade (not mutually exclusive) PS. Last Sunday (13X2019) there were also parliament elections in Poland

[@themilkssiah]

Kuba Król that’s usually how it would be in Canada too, in fact I was really surprised when I found out that the People’s Party wasn’t communist or on the left at all

[@Jfk2Mr]

@alexpetal really? Give me a proof

[@nottechytutorials]

The NDP is actually the communist party in Canada, but they call themselves "socialists". I don't think the People's Party of Canada is far-right like what the guy in the video said, they're more centrist.

[@Shafa1Uchiha]

As a foreign living in Canada, thank you very much for this

[@colinberry6921]

Thank you for informing me about Canadian politics. I did not know that there were 6 parties in Canada

[@Dunkle0steus]

I don't think liberals are equidistant from conservatives and NDP

[@UsefulCharts]

Who would you put them closer to?

[@Dunkle0steus]

@@UsefulCharts Liberals. When NDP gets more votes, liberals get fewer. The brief period when NDP became the official opposition was when the liberals took a huge hit.

[@lordvalen8133]

I think NDP should be equidistant from Liberals and Green. Preferably with Liberals in Center/Center-Left and Greens Further Left. How large the distance might be depends entirely on reference points and scale.

[@chuck430]

if Canada wasnt ceded to England until 1763 and Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, wouldnt Elizabeth II then be Canada's Elizabeth I?

[@nathanrobinson1099]

No, in 1763 New France was ceded to the British, the British in the rest of Canada had all the monarchs, the French did not.

[@chuck430]

@@nathanrobinson1099 thanks

[@chrism.t.7726]

Great video! PPC is a new player but I think that they may establish themselves as the "Libertarian" Party of Canada. I'm glad that you put the Bloc on left, that's pretty much where they stand actually but they have been moving around over time since they emerged from the Conservative Party of the time.

[@koenarmstrong1376]

Damn when you said 10 years ago I wasn’t expecting you to say 2011 lol

[@adelebuhay]

I think if the wrong party gets in, the Western Provinces of Canada will be looking to separate from the East.

[@Ninja1live]

I wish I could move west! (Trudeau, took all my money.)

[@rieuwerthuisman2702]

Why not make a politicle compass like u said, instaid of a line :(

[@xp_studios7804]

Because it's only purpose is to prove people are libretarians

[@burtlecuber6875]

XP_Studios thats true

[@jonahgraham157]

Ah, thank you for making this video fellow canadian

[@LifeLostSoul]

How are the leaders of the party chosen? That was skipped over a little bit. How does a parliamentary system work?

[@canman5060]

PPC IS the true Conservative Party. Andrew Sheer Conservative Party is a Liberal Party without Trudeau.

[@ponraul1221]

@alexpetal I'm a Filipino immigrant that moved to Canada and now am a citizen and will be voting for the PPC on Monday. Maxime Bernier is not racist or xenophobic and my riding candidate even visited to my house this Wednesday and we had a nice chat. I do plan on moving to the USA though. I'm turning 18 just in time to vote so I'm excited

[@ponraul1221]

@alexpetal No he doesn't lol, I'm an immigrant myself, it sounds like you're completely getting your information from a very biased Liberal or NDP point of view.

[@me9039]

TheLaneSplitter MC u know during slavery there were slaves who denounced other slaves who were planning to run away

[@ponraul1221]

@@me9039 not only what alexpetal was saying completely false, that is a disgusting comparison. What lengths people go to in the name of tolerance never ceases to baffle me. You leftists need to take a look in the mirror sometimes.

[@me9039]

TheLaneSplitter MC a jew could’ve voted for Hitler that doesn’t change the fact he was an antisemite, and speaking of antisemitism, don’t you think the lunatic right has ruined countries enough (the Philippines per example)

[@italianpc4119]

Liberal should be more on the left, and conservative less on the right

[@JPlumsIX]

lol no

[@attalan8732]

Yes. Canadians who don't see that are living in a bubble. The rest of the world, including much of Europe, thinks Canada is waaayy to the left.

[@Shocked-Face]

I would suggest to move every party except the PPC to the left a little bit, and move the PPC farther right. Of course my impression my be wrong, but I would also suggest that the Bloc is not as tied to the left/right spectrum, especially as they seem to be getting a boost from the people who voted CAQ in the provincial election.

[@iamaoi3174]

PPC 2019

[@BrisonVids]

@heehee mefunny I wish everyone had the same attitude about politics as you do 😊

[@kanyekubrick5391]

Can you make a video highlighting what each of the parties and their leaders are promising for the voting day? I’m a young guy who’s trying to learn about this stuff to make up my mind on who to vote for

[@chadsimmons4496]

Scheer: move Israel embassy, support Trump's war with Iran. Bernier: give corporate multinational carte blanch with deregulation and capital gains tax abolishment. Trudeau: tail between legs to Trump's war in Iran...supports Bolsanaro in Brazil and gives platitudes to reconciliation. Singh: universal pharmacare, abolish c51, cap telecomm price gougers. May: much like Singh.

[@chadsimmons4496]

@J OneLife nope... As proven by Max's record...not denied by his stump speeches. When you support a coup d'etat in another country, you are a globalist.

[@TwoMoSmoka420]

How is the Green Party not to the left of the NDP? What's conservative about them? You should do the political quadrant.

[@maddoxbellrose7679]

You are looking at the parties through a Canadian lens (don't worry my school does to) however if you use an objective lens you'll find that the ucp is a centrist left party.

[@sweetrios]

Canada has had 13 minority governments and recently experienced three successive minority government between 2004 and 2011 (2004-06 Liberal, 2006-08 and 2008-11 Conservative). They remind relatively rare in comparison with other countries that have multiparty parliaments. There has only been one coalition government out of all of those minority governments and that was during the First World War.

[@ahsanmohammed1]

What are the monarch's powers in Canada? What are the monarch's Governor General's power in Canada?

[@awakenedone7577]

I voted PPC! MAX BERNIER FTW

[@meislouis1381]

😷😷😷

[@awakenedone7577]

Oh well, next time I'll vote for the Christian Heritage Party. I don't care about politics anymore

[@williedavis9465]

In the US we have a President elected by a minority of the people, a Supreme Court controlled by the minority party, and the Senate controlled by states with a minority of the population; we're well aware of what it means to have a minority government. The closest thing we have to a majority government is the House of Representatives but due to nonsensical caps on the total number of Representatives and gerrymandering that too is not representative of the country.

[@tomasroma2333]

Willie Davis Thats not what a minority government is. In order for a minority parties to be in power, you need to have more then 2 parties elected so that way no party has overall control. It does not refer to a minority of people voting for a government, thats quite an in incredibly common occurrence here in the Uk for example but we normally have a majority government.

[@champions_ash4594]

Finally something I can relate to

[@iciajay6891]

Yeah. Voting next week.

[@geomenda7159]

We are having elections too in Spain.... Again...

[@geomenda7159]

@@thepiperandthedrummer7826 Yeah

[@evanchaika3533]

When are y’all letting Catalonia leave :p

[@geomenda7159]

@@evanchaika3533 when the constitution is reformed so leaving Spain is legal, meanwhile no ty

[@MyKonaRC]

Quite voting for the "wrong" guy for office. Its you the people who are to blame. You're the one's putting them in the chair.

[@geomenda7159]

@@MyKonaRC actually I prefer to have no Presindent, in this way the country goes much better

[@mattbuttler5807]

The Liberal party of Canada is not Centrist. The CBC, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and the Huffington post have all reported at one point or another that this government is a left of centre party.

[@carsonsmith8362]

Matt Buttler Of course media corporations would say that.

[@chadsimmons4496]

Oh, so CBC said it, it's true? C'mon man.

[@BIGGELATO]

Canada = Make your own party

[@wy4tt_487]

nice video

[@SparrowValentine]

Green and NDP should be same level imo.

[@jnonya7743]

Nah Elizabeth may used to be a conservative, her party and her position is still a bit more to the right then the NDP.

[@chadsimmons4496]

@@jnonya7743 but petty differences compares to LibCons. GreeNDP would have a voice. Apart, they don't.

[@jrconn0609]

I work with Canadians from both Ontario and Quebec. They've taught me (what I thought was) a lot about Canadian politics but this video shattered my complete understanding. 1) Didn't realize Canada was a Monarchy, though I knew it wasn't an official democracy and DEFINITELY didn't realize it was under Queen Elizabeth 2) Since I watched this AFTER the election I thank you for explaining in simple terms what a minority government is (I'm American). 3) I'm still a little fuzzy about the whole Moarch>Governor General>Prime Minister concept so I've got some reading I get to do now :) Just found your channel and think these videos are pretty cool so far! Thanks!

[@milianozuniga-deanda4955]

I didn't even know you're Canadian...LMAO! xD

[@Mikebloke]

Electionphile right here, I know quite a bit of Canadian politics from when I used to run a website. I'll watch out for the vote results. Also amusing people debating the use of the word Liberal, its not as easy to define as communist, fascist etc as its a broader term that can apply in many different scenarios. Generally however, western countries have gradually leaned towards the centre to try and take the largest ground, and then occasionally react to changes internally (UK labour party taking a shift back into the left, while the conservatives taking a shift back to the right)

[@justuskuhn6941]

I wouldn't say that communist is easy to define

[@Anonymous-bc4dl]

Fun fact: in germany the NPD is one of the most right-winged party of all. There have already been two debates on wether it should be baned or not because of their ideology. The name literally means Nationaldemocratic Party of Germany. Kinda the opposite of the canadian npd as it seems

[@Vigilante-3-1]

As if banning a party isn't fascist already...

[@justuskuhn6941]

@@Vigilante-3-1 That's not fascist it's a democracy that protects itself...

[@Vigilante-3-1]

@@justuskuhn6941 protect democracy? Ok, let's start by banning anarchists, islamists and communists. Also, what do you achieve by banning them? At least when they are public they can be exposed. Also, would you remove their democratically elected officials from office? Fight totalitarianism with totalitarianism?

[@hansoskar1911]

oh man liberal means left only in the US where everything is cracy.

[@osz804]

Yeah americans are as crazy as it gets. Pretty much across the world everyone to the left of center hates liberals

[@laslooo]

Enjoyed the video! Would love to see more of this type as well (maybe the same thing but for other countries). Is a Canadian "Liberal" MP like a Republican from Massachusetts or a Democrat from Alabama?

[@UsefulCharts]

Both maybe? :)

[@nathanrobinson1099]

Bill Clinton. Perfect example.

[@leokupperman7320]

Liberal party is at least as left as the majority of democrats, probably a bit more so. They are right of most European liberal parties.

[@Lakeboii70]

I would agree with that

[@Shaden0040]

If you weer smart in Canada, you'd adopt Prince Harry as your next king.

[@kanyekubrick5391]

Pup314 elaborate

[@kanyekubrick5391]

Because right now I’m thinking that’s silly

[@JL-ti3us]

What abt the Rhino party😂?

[@ericveneto1593]

Would the PPC be likened to the American Constitution or Libertarian Party?

[@alexcsere]

2 things I say as a Canadian: 1. The Americans used to also have the left as red and the right as blue. The parties switched emphasis shortly after the emancipation movement. 2. The position of the left is correct but you put our right side too far. The conservatives sit middle right and the ppc are where the conservatives were placed. One easy arguement for this is that those will still keep Canada's Socialist healthcare system, even though they're right.

[@sixshot4]

ScarCrazy A.C. American party never switched. KZbin search pragerU did the parties switch. The whole switch is a leftist disinfo to cover up their slavery past

[@alexcsere]

@@sixshot4 the whole "that was a leftist coverup" is a rightist coverup that they used to be populist and welcoming to immigrants

[@grantorino2325]

Wasn't the "Bloc Quebecois" formerly called the "Bloc Populaire"? (Or am I thinking of a political party in another country?)

[@tobeapirate]

they've always been called the Bloc Quebecois. I know there is a provincial version of them named the Parti Quebecois, though i don't know if they've always had that name.

[@16Alain]

@@tobeapirate Parti Québécois was there before Bloc Québécois. Bloc is a "federal" version of Parti Québécois

[@Gameflyer001]

@@tobeapirate The Parti Quebecois has been around in its current form for a very long time. The two referenda on Quebec seceding from the confederation were instituted by the PQ, and it nearly happened again the last time the PQ was in power in the province a few years ago.

[@Gameflyer001]

@Nicolas Chaput I'm referring to Pauline Marois.

[@andrewparker1622]

I'd place everyone further to the right. Peoples as extreme right, Conservatives as far right , Liberals as centre right, Greens as centrists and NDP/Quebec as centre left

[@pronintendogamer3123]

Andrew Parker I would say the opposite. Liberals are left, ndp are lefter, green is off the screen to the left, conservatives I would mostly agree with the placement, and ppc to the right a little more for me.

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Should’ve sized the labels according to MP numbers.

[@christopherbaker7209]

The political spectrum is an interesting tool in that what determines "left" and "right" depends on social values and norms. Supposedly the "central" party represents the majority of Canadian values, norms, and expectations. I am interested in how much influence the parties have on Canadians, vs how much influence Canadians have on the parties. It is an interesting push-pull mechanism that is obviously influenced by many factors such as media, perception, political activity, and demographics.

[@DouBtBest]

Liberal would be more left winged. Edit : Hockey Anyone?

[@bums1491]

Lol that green decision is not accurate my dude

[@nathanrobinson1099]

I’ll bite, why not?

[@jasonpeterson8170]

@@nathanrobinson1099 Because they are literal communists who want to destroy the economy.

[@chadsimmons4496]

@@jasonpeterson8170 lol. "Literal" communists. Geezuz

[@lordvalen8133]

@@chadsimmons4496 Have you even watched the debate? In her setup she essentially describes communism as her plan. She also said, "All white men have privelege".

[@chadsimmons4496]

@@lordvalen8133 "literally".... then, "essentially".... Next will be "virtually".

[@WilliamCarterII]

Just wanna say that as a Marxist, liberals are considered staunchly right wing lmao

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

Just under half of Canadians oppose the British Monarchy, and just over half don't want Charles as their king, so, maybe a decade from now, this video will be outdated.