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Charles Taylor, CC, BA, MA, Ph.D, FRSC (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and modern western identity of individuals and groups. He is often classified as a communitarian. His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive humanism"—a humanism without reference to the transcendent, especially as it relates to cultural, social, or political life. Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in 1952) and at Oxford (B.A. in Philoso ...

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The créditiste movement first appeared in Quebec under the name Union des électeurs, founded in 1939 by Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier. It ran two candidates, Even and Armand Turpin in the 1940 federal election as part of the Canada-wide New Democracy movement. Even won 17% of the vote and placed third in the riding of Lac St. John-Roberval. Turpin placed second with over 31.8% of the vote in Hull. The Union des électeurs ran more candidates in the 1944 Quebec election, but won no seats. In the 1948 Quebec election, the party ma ...

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In order to understand the stance that Taylor presents in Sources of the Self" one should undersatand his philosophical background, especially his writings on Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. As something of a "post-analytic" philosopher, Taylor rejects naturalism, mediational epistemologies, and what he calls "monological consciousness" (or the intellectualist's perspective). One of his most interesting essays is on Wittgenstein's analysis of rule-following. In the essay "To follow a rule," Taylor explores wh ...

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The movement also caught on in Quebec. It first nominated candidates under the New Democracy banner in the 1940 federal election, but none was elected. the movement was able to win a post World War II by-election under the Union des électeurs label, with Réal Caouette being sent to the Canadian House of Commons. He lost his seat in the 1949 federal election. Caouette founded Ralliement des créditistes in 1959. It achieved a major breakthrough in the 1962 federal election, and remain ...

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The Social Credit Party of Canada was formed in 1935, taking many voters from the Progressive Party of Canada and the United Farmers movement. In the 1940 federal election, Socreds ran with supporters of William Duncan Herridge as New Democracy, but reverted to the Social Credit name in subsequent elections. The party was generally fairly small, and gradually declined. In the 1960s, the Québécois wing of the party split off to form the Ralliement créditiste, and although the two wings reunited in 1971, the party was ultimately left without any parliamentary seats following ...

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Réal Caouette had been a social credit stalwart since the joining the movement in 1939, running as a candidate for the Union des électeurs. He won a seat in the House of Commons in a by-election, but lost it in the next general election. He was a true believer in social credit theory and a charismatic, almost evangelical speaker. In 1958, he broke with Union des électeurs founders Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier, and formed the Ralliement des créditistes du Canada as the Quebec wing of the Social Credit ...

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In October 1967, the Ralliement des créditistes changed its name to Ralliement créditiste. In the 1968 federal election, the Social Credit Party won no seats in the House of Commons, while Caouette's Ralliement créditiste returned several MPs. On January 25, 1970, the federal Ralliement créditiste established a provincial wing in Quebec, the Ralliement créditiste du Québec, to compete in provincial elections. In 1971, Caouette and the Ralliement créditiste rejoined the ...

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Other political parties have also promoted social credit principles including John C. Turmel's Christian Credit Party and Abolitionist Party of Canada, and the short-lived Canada Party. The Global Party of Canada also appears to promote social credit economic policies. The Canadian Action Party has monetary reform policies in its platform, but is not considered to be a social credit party. ...

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In Saskatchewan, Social Credit won seats in the Legislature in two elections - 2 seats in the 1938 election, and 3 in the 1956 election. In 1956, the party held third party status. Social Credit was never able to win more 16% of the popular vote. See: Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan ...

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The ideology was embraced by the Reverend "Bible Bill" William Aberhart, who formed the Alberta Social Credit League based on Douglas' ideology and conservative Christian social values. He was elected Premier of Alberta in the 1935 provincial election. His government was probably the only one in the world that adhered to the social credit ideology. In fact, he once tried to implement social credit by issuing "Prosperity Certificates" to Albertans, although this measure was disallowed by the Supreme Court of Canada on the basis that only the ...

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In Manitoba, the party was able to win a few seats in the Legislature, and was the third party in each at various times. From 1936 to 1940, the party supported John Bracken's minority government, and in 1940 it joined Bracken's coalition government. Of the ten elections from 1936-1973, the party won seats in seven. In the 1936 provincial election, Social Credit finished third, and in the 1941 provincial election, it tied for third. However, Social Credit never won more than 14% of the p ...

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In the 1930s and 1940s, the social credit movement in British Columbia was largely fractious, and made up of various small groups, the largest of which being the Social Credit League. The British Columbian movement was largely at odds with the Albertan wing, and sought to distance itself from William Aberhart's religious preaching. The effective death of the movement came when W. A. C. Bennett was elected leader of the League in 1951. Bennett joined in order to use the party as a political vehicle, and was quick to dump the original ideology, and reorganize ...

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