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Alright, there's clearly an edit war going on here. SimonP, 149, why don't you take it here to Talk: instead of just reverting over and over again? Bryan ummmmmmm what is the political symbol for the canadian alliance??how about you guys answer that

In response to the assertion the Reform votes did not come from the NDP, there is actually a fair bit of evidence that this did occur and that many of Reforms, and the CA supporters outside of Alberta were former NDP supporters. In general these are voters who dislike both major parties and vote for the strongest third party challenger. Look at the long NDP hled ridings in Manitoba and Saskatechewan that went for Reform in 1993. For other evidence see: [1] [2] - SimonP 19:01, Oct 19, 2003 (UTC)

Green and Blue VS Blue and Green, since the party accepts Green as official since Blue was used by the PC's in responce to the Reform/NDP... those ridings voted for Populists, and the CA became Populist, hence, the CA DID pick up some NDP supporters, but, most of those supporters were themselvs former SC supporters. Pellaken 14:35, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The Conservative Party is socially progressive? Does anyone but the anonymous editor agree with this? I bet the gay and lesbian couples who would have the legal recognition of their marriages taken away if Stephen Harper and 95% of the CPC caucus had their way would disagree. I don't want to get into an edit war with someone who isn't willing to put his/her name to his/her edits, so help me out here, please. Kevintoronto 13:05, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Reform movement link[edit]

This is a useless link. The anonymous editor who keeps putting this in should read what that article has to say before linking to it. Here is the main part of that article:

Reform movement is a kind of social movement that aims to make a change in certain aspects of the society rather than fundamental changes. It is opposed to radical social movement such as revolutionary movement or reactionary movement.

What does this have to say about the Reform Party of Canada or the Canadian Alliance? Really not very much. The rest of the article provides links to various reform movements in the US, especially those in the arts. Thanks, SimonP, for keeping on top of this.Kevintoronto 17:49, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Please see Talk:Reform Party of Canada for my proposed compromise to resolve this. Thanks. Kevintoronto 19:10, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Name[edit]

Wikipedia naming conventions are to use the most common name, and Canadian Alliance is by far the most common. - SimonP 07:12, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)

What is the differ between center-right and right-of-center? Michaelm 4 July 2005 21:36 (UTC)

Centre-right implies a party that is centrist, but in the right half of the central portion of the political spectrum. Right of centre is a synonym for right wing, and refer to a party that is not centrist. - SimonP July 4, 2005 22:55 (UTC)

Unfortunate acronym early on, CCRAP. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-party-changes-embarrassing-acronym-1.240933 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.55.29.76 (talk) 15:17, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Canadian Tory"[edit]

The Canadian Alliance does not belong in that box. It was never called the "Tories", and actually refuted the name "tory".Habsfannova 23:14, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Reform Party of Canada into this article[edit]

The Reform Party of Canada is the same party as the Canadian Alliance. Reform was renamed the Canadian Alliance in 2000 and had minor changes to its official positions and the Canadian Alliance was dominated by former Reform MPs. There are too little differences for there to be a Reform Party of Canada article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.95.161.40 (talk) 19:26, 12 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Do not merge -- each article is of suitable length. Merging would create an article that is too long. The relationship between the two parties is adequately discussed in each article, so nothing would be gained by merging. Ground Zero | t 19:40, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do not merge -- Agree with Ground Zero, and in any event these were not technically the same party. CJCurrie 04:27, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do not merge -- the relationship between the parties is adequately discussed. The difference may be small, but was there. And it did even exist in the minds of voters. --Saforrest 01:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Party's ideology[edit]

Per WP:BRD, the lead remains in status quo form, until/if a consensus can be reached for a change. Attempts to 'edit-war' in changes, is disruptive. GoodDay (talk) 03:02, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Canadian Alliance was the new name of the Reform Party[edit]

In terms of its registration with Elections Canada, the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance was not a new party, but rather the new name of the Reform Party of Canada, effective on 2000-MAR-27. Preston Manning was leader of the Canadian Alliance in April 2000, according to the website of Elections Canada. Here are relevant links from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine:

Press Release, Elections Canada, 2000-MAR-27 (French version)
Press Release, Elections Canada, 2000-APR-02 (French version)
Decision on Reform Party Application, Chief Electoral Officer, 2000-APR-02 (French version)
Jill Mahoney (2000-04-03). "Tories vow court action over new party's title". The Globe and Mail. p. A4. Chief Electoral Officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley decided in favour of a request by former Reform leader Preston Manning to change the Reform Party's name to Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance.
"The 2000 fight over the use of the word 'conservative'". CBC Archives. 2020-03-31. Archived from the original on 2020-04-07.
Registered Political Parties, Elections Canada, 2000-FEB-29 (note Reform Party of Canada registration date is 1988-10-21)
Registered Political Parties, Elections Canada, 2000-JUN-19 (note Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance registration date is listed with "Party Leader: Mr. E. Preston Manning" and registration date 1988-10-21)

Motivated by discussion at Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board#Preston Manning as leader of the Reform Party - succeeded by "position abolished" or by "Deborah Grey as leader of the Canadian Alliance". Mathew5000 (talk) 02:02, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Still valid live link at https://elections.ca/content.aspx?section=med&document=decision&dir=pre&lang=e ..Moxy-

14:01, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I oppose any proposed merger in the future solely because the size of the article would be massive, and it is easier to navigate the different periods in the party with the current arrangement of two articles. CentreLeftRight ✉ 21:46, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]