Socialism and Social Democracy in Canada
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Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy have been, along with liberalism and conservatism, a political force in Canada.
Canada's socialist movement is believed to have originated in Western Canada. The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and Great Depression are considered to have fuelled socialism in Canada.
The most prominent Socialist Party in Canada was the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). It gained support in the Canadian Prairies as well as from many Labour Unions. Led by Tommy Douglas, the CCF was elected to power during the 1944 Saskatchewan Provincial election.
The CCF and the early democratic socialist movement is seen, by some political scientists (such as Gad Horowitz), as mainly a Christian and European Canadian movement.
In 1961, the CCF joined with the Canadian Labour Congress to form the New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP is more moderate and social democratic than its predecessor, the CCF. The Regina Manifesto of the CCF called for abolishing capitalism, while the NDP merely wants to reform capitalism.
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Canadian Labour in Politics Gad Horowitz
