Canadian Alliance

Canadian Alliance
Alliance canadienne
Former federal party
FoundedMarch 27, 2000 (2000-03-27)
DissolvedDecember 7, 2003 (2003-12-07)
Preceded byReform Party of Canada
Merged intoConservative Party of Canada
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing[1][2]
Colours  Teal

The Canadian Alliance (French: Alliance canadienne), formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (French: Alliance réformiste-conservatrice canadienne), was a centre-right to right-wing federal political party in Canada that existed under that name from 2000 to 2003. The Canadian Alliance was the new name of the Reform Party of Canada and inherited many of its populist policies, as well as its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons of Canada. The party supported policies that were both fiscally and socially conservative, seeking reduced government spending on social programs and reductions in taxation.

The Alliance resulted from the United Alternative initiative launched by the Reform Party of Canada and several provincial Tory parties as a vehicle to merge with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The federal Progressive Conservative Party led by Joe Clark in the late fall of 1998 rejected the initiative to "unite the right."[3] After the Alliance led by Stockwell Day was defeated and a third consecutive Liberal majority government was won in the 2000 federal election, talks reopened and in December 2003, the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative parties finally voted to merge into the Conservative Party of Canada.

  1. ^ Paikin, Steve (August 30, 2016). "What I wish I could have asked Stephen Harper". TVOntario. TVOntario. Retrieved November 2, 2019. the centre-right forces in the country were split among the Canadian Alliance, the Progressive Conservative Party, and the Bloc Quebecois
  2. ^ Harrison, Trevor W. (February 7, 2006). "Canadian Alliance". The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 2, 2019. Clark's resignation as leader in August 2002 provided the opportunity for a conciliation between Canada's two right-of-centre parties.
  3. ^ Pammett, John H.; Dornan, Christopher, eds. (2001). The Canadian General Election of 2000. Dundrun Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-55002-356-5.

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