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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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Born in Montreal to Charles Trudeau and Grace Elliot, Trudeau earned a law degree at the Université de Montréal in 1943, followed by a master's in political economy at Harvard. During his attendance at the Université de Montréal, Trudeau was conscripted into the army, and joined the Canadian Officers Training Corps. Trudeau served with other conscripts in the home guard, since it was only later, starting in 1944, that limited numbers of conscripts were sent overseas, with the vast majority of those sent overseas being volunteers. He said ...

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Pierre Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau - Early life and career, Pierre Trudeau - Justice minister, Pierre Trudeau - Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau - Defeat and opposition, Pierre Trudeau - Return to power, Pierre Trudeau - Final years, Pierre Trudeau - Death, Pierre Trudeau - Religious views, Pierre Trudeau - Honours and awards, Pierre Trudeau - Legacy, Pierre Trudeau - Cultural legacy, Pierre Trudeau - Legacy with respect to Quebec, Pierre Trudeau - Bilingualism, Pierre Trudeau - Constitutional legacy, Pierre Trudeau - Overview, Pierre Trudeau - Supreme Court Appointments, Pierre Trudeau - Artistic depiction, Pierre Trudeau - Bibliography, Pierre Trudeau - Books about Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau - Works by Trudeau

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Canada's first minority government was a result of the rise of the Progressive Party in western Canada. In the 1921 election the Liberals under William Lyon Mackenzie King fell one seat short of a majority government. The almost seventy member strong Progressive contingent had little unity and there was always at least one that would vote with the government on any matter. Mackenzie King thus governed as if he had a majority. In the 1925 election, the Progressives fell to 25 seats, but the Liberals won only 101 seats. both losing seat ...

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Minority governments in Canada, Minority governments in Canada - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Minority governments in Canada - Arthur Meighen, Minority governments in Canada - John Diefenbaker, Minority governments in Canada - Lester B. Pearson, Minority governments in Canada - Pierre E. Trudeau, Minority governments in Canada - Joe Clark, Minority governments in Canada - Paul Martin, Minority governments in Canada - Stephen Harper

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Many Canadians, particularly in western Canada, disliked Trudeau and his policies. Trudeau's policies were thought by many westerners to favour Ontario and Quebec, at the expense of Alberta and British Columbia. On a visit to Winnipeg, Manitoba, he quipped: "Why should I sell the Canadian farmers' wheat?" (This was actually in the context of a longer comment in which he answered his own question, but is rarely remembered as such.) One particularly unpopular policy in the West was the National Energy Program. His imposition of the W ...

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John George Diefenbaker served briefly in World War I in the Canadian Army from March 1916 to July 1917, acquiring the rank of lieutenant in the 29th Light Horse. He was sent to England for pre-deployment training, but he was never deployed to France, having suffered an injury that had him coughing up blood. Invalided back to Canada, he was there discharged as Medically Unfit for Service, due to heart irregularities. He was called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1919, and became a criminal defence lawyer. In 1920 Diefenbaker was elected as an ald ...

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New Democratic Party - Origins and early history. The NDP was created in 1961 as a merger of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). Tommy Douglas, the long-time CCF Premier of Saskatchewan, was elected the party's first leader. In 1960, before the NDP was officially registered, one candidate, Walter Pitman, won a by-election under the New Party banner. The influence of organized labour on the party is still reflected in the party's leadership elections as lab ...

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New Democratic Party, New Democratic Party - Principles policies and electoral achievement, New Democratic Party - History, New Democratic Party - Origins and early history, New Democratic Party - The party under Ed Broadbent, New Democratic Party - Popularity, New Democratic Party - Recent developments, New Democratic Party - Structure, New Democratic Party - Provincial and territorial parties, New Democratic Party - Current members of Parliament, New Democratic Party - Federal leaders, New Democratic Party - Federal election results 1962–2006

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Robert Stanfield, the 53-year-old PC Premier of Nova Scotia, was a late entrant to the campaign, and was the eventual victor. He had disclaimed any interest in running for the federal leadership having won a healthy mandate in the spring 1967 Nova Scotia election. He finally bowed to pressure from Dalton Camp and other Ontario opponents of Diefenbaker, and joined the race. According to reportage in the Toronto Star, it was his "honesty, forthrightness, and quiet demeanour" that set him apart from other candidates. Stanfield was ...

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Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Background, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Issues, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Candidates, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - The campaign, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - The convention, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - The voting, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Aftermath

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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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John George Diefenbaker served briefly in World War I in the Canadian Army from March 1916 to July 1917, acquiring the rank of lieutenant in the 29th Light Horse. He was sent to England for pre-deployment training. He was never deployed to France, having suffered an injury that had him coughing up blood. He was invalided back to Canada where he was discharged from the Service as Medically Unfit for Service due to heart irregularities. He was called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1919, and became a criminal lawyer. In 1920 Diefenbaker was elected ...

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John Diefenbaker, John Diefenbaker - Early career, John Diefenbaker - Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker - Party leader and Member of Parliament, John Diefenbaker - Legacy, John Diefenbaker - Supreme Court appointments, John Diefenbaker - Trivia

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In the October 1993 election, Jean Chrétien became Prime Minister of Canada by leading his party to a majority victory, ousting Prime Minister Kim Campbell and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 1997 and 2000 elections. During Chrétien's term as prime minister, no party emerged as a viable challenger to the supremacy of his Liberal party, in part due to vote-splitting between the Prog ...

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Unlike most other Canadian parties, the NDP is integrated with its provincial and territorial parties, such that a member of a provincial or territorial NDP is automatically a member of the federal NDP. This precludes a person from supporting different parties at the federal and provincial levels. There are three exceptions. In Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, whose territorial legislatures have no parties, the federal NDP is promoted by its riding associations, since each ...

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New Democratic Party, New Democratic Party - Principles policies and electoral achievement, New Democratic Party - History, New Democratic Party - Origins and early history, New Democratic Party - The party under Ed Broadbent, New Democratic Party - Popularity, New Democratic Party - Recent developments, New Democratic Party - Structure, New Democratic Party - Provincial and territorial parties, New Democratic Party - Current members of Parliament, New Democratic Party - Federal leaders, New Democratic Party - Federal election results 1962–2006

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The provincial New Democratic Parties are sections of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada. According to the party constitution a member of a provincial or territorial NDP is automatically a member of the federal NDP - the federal NDP has no membership of its own except in Quebec where the party has no provincial counterpart. This distinguishes the NDP from the Liberal and Conservative parties which have more complex relationships with their provincial counterparts (and in some cases, no formal r ...

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New Democratic Party, New Democratic Party - Principles policies and electoral achievement, New Democratic Party - History, New Democratic Party - Origins and early history, New Democratic Party - The party under Ed Broadbent, New Democratic Party - Popularity, New Democratic Party - Recent developments, New Democratic Party - Structure, New Democratic Party - Provincial and territorial parties, New Democratic Party - Current members of Parliament, New Democratic Party - Federal leaders, New Democratic Party - Federal election results 1962–2006

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As prime minister, Trudeau espoused participatory democracy as a means of making Canada a "Just Society". His desire for greater citizen involvement in government appears to have been frustrated by lack of support within his party, and he later opposed greater involvement for citizens in representative democracy. He vigorously defended the newly implemented universal health care and regional developme ...

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Pierre Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau - Early life and career, Pierre Trudeau - Justice minister, Pierre Trudeau - Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau - Defeat and opposition, Pierre Trudeau - Return to power, Pierre Trudeau - Final years, Pierre Trudeau - Death, Pierre Trudeau - Religious views, Pierre Trudeau - Honours and awards, Pierre Trudeau - Legacy, Pierre Trudeau - Cultural legacy, Pierre Trudeau - Legacy with respect to Quebec, Pierre Trudeau - Bilingualism, Pierre Trudeau - Constitutional legacy, Pierre Trudeau - Overview, Pierre Trudeau - Supreme Court Appointments, Pierre Trudeau - Artistic depiction, Pierre Trudeau - Bibliography, Pierre Trudeau - Books about Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau - Works by Trudeau

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As justice minister, Pierre Trudeau was responsible for removing laws against homosexuality from the Criminal Code of Canada, famously remarking: "The view we take here is that the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation." He also liberalized divorce laws, and clashed with Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson, Sr., during constitutional negotiations. At the end of Canada's centennial year in 1967, Prime Minister Pearson announced his intention to step down. Trudeau was persuaded to run for the Liberal leadership, and ran an energ ...

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As of November 28, 2005, the NDP held 18 seats in the House of Commons. On November 29, 2005, the Parliament of Canada was dissolved following a vote of no confidence the previous day. New elections held on January 23, 2006, have given the NDP 11 more seats, totalling 29. 12 of the 29 are women. For a list of NDP MPs in the previous parliament, and their critic portfolios, see New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet. One senator, Lillian Dyck, chooses to associate herself with the NDP. However the party does not allow her to be part of the parliamentary caucus, as the NDP favours the abolition of the Se ...

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New Democratic Party, New Democratic Party - Principles policies and electoral achievement, New Democratic Party - History, New Democratic Party - Origins and early history, New Democratic Party - The party under Ed Broadbent, New Democratic Party - Popularity, New Democratic Party - Recent developments, New Democratic Party - Structure, New Democratic Party - Provincial and territorial parties, New Democratic Party - Current members of Parliament, New Democratic Party - Federal leaders, New Democratic Party - Federal election results 1962–2006

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Trudeau's victory in 1980 highlighted a sharp geographical divide in the country: the Liberals had won no seats west of Manitoba. Trudeau had to resort to appointing Senators to Cabinet to ensure representation by all regions. The introduction of the National Energy Program (NEP) created a firestorm of protest in the Western provinces and increased what many termed "Western alienation". A series of difficult budgets by long-time loyalist Allan MacEachen in the early 8 ...

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Following his death and to the surprise of many, it became known that Trudeau was in fact deeply religious. He hardly ever missed Sunday mass and had required his wife Margaret to convert to Catholicism before their marriage. He had earlier in life broken up with a girlfriend over her growing agnosticism. He experienced a crisis of faith following the tragic death of his son but he had reconciled himself with it by the time of his death. However, his religious views seemed to have influenced his politics only insofar as they affected ...

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John MacLean was the first candidate to enter the race in January 1967. As an unknown, he was not taken seriously, and the campaign did not begin in earnest until George Hees and Davie Fulton joined the campaign. For most of the campaign, Hees and Fulton appeared to be the most likely winners. Stanfield’s entry on July 19th changed the situation dramatically. Duff Roblin’s entry on August 3rd – a little more than a month before the vote -- changed the campaign again as the campaign began to focus more on the two popular premiers. Support for Donald Fleming’s campaign, in particular, ...

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Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Background, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Issues, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Candidates, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - The campaign, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - The convention, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - The voting, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Aftermath

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Stanfield arrived at the convention with considerable momentum, but it was his speech to the Policy Session of the convention on the Tuesday night that made him the candidate to beat. Hees, on the other hand, delivered his speech to the Policy Session like a carnival barker, and made Hees victory unlikely. Among the many rumours circulating during the convention was one of a deal between Stanfield and Fulton that whichever candidate won fewer votes would withdraw and support the other. Speculation mounted further about whether or not ...

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Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Background, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Issues, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Candidates, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - The campaign, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - The convention, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - The voting, Progressive Conservative leadership convention 1967 - Aftermath

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Mary Walker-Sawka was eliminated as the candidate receiving the fewest votes. John MacLean withdrew because he did not want the convention “to go too late”. Stanfield was, as expected, at the head of the pack, but did not win the 600 votes that he needed in order make victory certain. Hamilton resisted pressure from other Diefenbaker loyalists to withdraw in favour of Diefenbaker. Fleming’s placement at the botto ...

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