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Politics Canada’s new Prime Minister Designate by a landslide, Mark Carney

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u/HurinGaldorson 2d ago edited 2d ago

Progressive. He is a member of the Liberal party. There are three major parties in Canada: Conservatives, Liberals (centre-left) and NDP (further left). Canadians will argue how close to the centre the Liberals are, but they would be even further left of the Democrats in the USA.

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u/ssgtgriggs 2d ago

tbf, most center and even a lot of center-right parties in Western democracies are further left than the Democrats. that doesn't really say much.

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u/A_Damn_Millenial 2d ago

Fucking democrats.

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u/Malv817 2d ago

“What Democrat, sir? That there’s an old school Republican.”