Research topic: Canadian Alliance

Canadian Alliance former Canadian political party that had its origins in the Reform party of Canada, which was founded in 1987 in Winnipeg, Man., as a W Canada-based conservative alternative to the Progressive Conservative party . Fiscally conservative and strongly in favor of tax cuts, the Alliance was also strongly federalist. The Reform party's formation was spurred in part by reaction against Prime Minister Brian Mulroney 's attempts to negotiate a special status for Quebec within the Canadian confederation (see also Meech Lake Accord ). Led by Preston Manning , the party... Read more