Re: ibelieveinopen: 51 candidates signed up

Posted by Hugh McGuire-2 on Sep 27, 2008; 7:10pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/ibelieveinopen-51-candidates-signed-up-tp1279p1292.html

any number of parties can run in an election, many of them will run in just one or a couple of ridings. we have the marxist-leninists, the communists, Christian Heritage Party of Canada, Marijuana Party, the Rhinos, People's Political Power Party of Canada, etc, see:

http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=pol&document=index&dir=par&lang=e&textonly=false

On Sep 27, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Christopher D. Ritter wrote:

I apologize if I sound ignorant, but could someone explain to an American what 21 parties mean?

We've got the Green Party that is somewhat popular, but I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around 21 parties.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Robin Millette <[hidden email]> wrote:

Le Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:26:55 -0700,
Cory Horner <[hidden email]> a écrit :

> Hey... where's the bloc? it's probably a bad idea to alienate half of
> quebec...  and keep in mind they are usually pretty damn progressive
> on these things.

Use http://cancan.waglo.com/candidates-canada-2008.csv to find all the candidates (from 21 parties, that's 1601 in total).

Not sure what is the holdup for that party... it was once the official opposition!

More info:
http://rym.waglo.com/wordpress/2008/09/14/candidats-2008-des-elections-canadiennes/

I hope to put a bit more time into http://cancan.waglo.com/ today and help with the translation of ibelieveinopen.ca

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