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The ___MASK20___ Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits , is the oldest federal political party in Canada . The party espouses the principles of ___MASK22___ , and generally sits at the centre of the Canadian political spectrum . The ___MASK20___ Party is traditionally positioned to the left of the Conservative Party of Canada and to the right of the New Democratic Party ( NDP ). The Conservative Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Tories , is a political party in Canada . It is positioned on the ___MASK26___ of the Canadian political spectrum . The party ' s leader from 2004 to 2015 was Stephen Harper , who served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015 . The Prince Edward Island ___MASK20___ Party is a major political party in the province of Prince Edward Island , Canada . The PEI Liberals are aligned with the federal ___MASK20___ Party of Canada . The party is led by Wade MacLauchlan , a former president of the University of Prince Edward Island . It was created when PEI was a British colony by Reformers who agitated for the system of responsible government . This was granted by the British crown to the colony in 1851 . George Coles was its dominant figure in its first decades . While initially supportive of Canadian Confederation , Coles and the Liberals soured on the project , and it was n ' t until 1873 that the island joined Canada as a means of relieving the PEI government ' s severe debts . The early party supported the abolition of school fees , and a resolution to the `` Land Question '' that divided the province . The Liberals supported land reform through were state acquisition of large landed estates . These estates were broken up and turned over to tenants and squatters . The Liberals have been one of only two parties forming government on the island since 1851 , the other being the Conservatives . The Liberals have formed government more often , but not in recent times . In practice , there is little to distinguish the two parties from each other : both lean towards the centre of the political spectrum . The Liberals being slightly to the left and the Conservatives ( Tories ) slightly to the ___MASK26___ . Traditionally , the Tories have done better among Protestant , voters while Liberals have had more support from Catholics . Politics on the island , however , has never been sectarian , and both parties have always had voters and members from both populations . Indeed , it has been the custom until recently for a ___MASK20___ incumbent of one denomination to be opposed by a Tory challenger of the same denomination and vice versa . This had tended to minimise religious sectarianism within the parties . The Liberals have also traditionally enjoyed the support of the province ' s small Acadian population concentrated in Prince County at the west end of the island . Conservative support has tended to be greater on the eastern half of the island . In the past forty years the most significant figures in the party have been Alexander B . Campbell and , later , Joe Ghiz . ___MASK20___ governments in the 1960s and 1970s under Campbell supported diversification of the province ' s agricultural economy . Government incentives were provided to attract manufacturing and tourism . Under Ghiz in the 1980s , the Liberals opposed free trade between Canada and the United States , and the federal Tory government ' s decision to close a military base on the island . The party ' s enthusiasm for economic intervention in the economy had waned since the Campbell years . In addition to winning two general elections under Joseph A . Ghiz , Canada ' s first provincial premier of non - European ancestry , the PEI ___MASK20___ Party won a subsequent election in 1993 under Catherine Callbeck , the first woman to be elected as a provincial premier in Canada . After more than ten years in opposition ( the last four under leader Robert Ghiz ) , the Liberals defeated the Progressive Conservatives ( under Pat Binns ) in the 2007 election . The Liberals won re - election in 2011 . The New Democratic Party ( NDP NPD ) is a social - democratic political party in Canada . The leader of the federal wing of the NDP is Thomas Mulcair , who was elected in the 2012 ___MASK43___ election , led the party through the 2015 federal election and then lost a party ___MASK43___ review on April 10 , 2016 . Mulcair will remain as leader , until his replacement is chosen at a ___MASK43___ election to be held in 2017 . FOREST ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the ___MASK26___ to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a United Kingdom political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity . The University of Prince Edward Island ( UPEI ) is a public ___MASK20___ arts university in Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island , Canada , and the sole university in the province . Founded in 1969 , the enabling legislation is the " University Act , R . S . P . E . I 2000 ." Canada ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . Canada ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . ___MASK22___ is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality . Whereas classical ___MASK22___ emphasises the role of liberty , social ___MASK22___ stresses the importance of equality . Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles , but generally they support ideas and programmes such as freedom of speech , freedom of the press , freedom of religion , free markets , civil rights , democratic societies , secular governments , gender equality , and international cooperation .