Conservative Party of Canada

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The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC; French: Parti conservateur du Canada; PCC), sometimes referred to as the Tories, is a federal political party in Canada. The party sits at the centre-right to right of the Canadian political spectrum, with their federal rival, the centre to centre-left Liberal Party of Canada, positioned to their left. The Conservatives are defined as a "big tent" party, practicing "brokerage politics" and welcoming a broad variety of members, including "Red Tories" and "Blue Tories". The CPC was formed by the merger of the two main right-leaning parties, the Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) and the Canadian Alliance. The PC Party's roots go back to the original Conservative Party of Canada, which had formed numerous governments dating back to Canadian Confederation in 1867. In the 1993 federal election, the PC Party's Western Canadian support transferred to the Reform Party, which later became the Canadian Alliance. When it became clear that neither the PC...

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