Most students said they believed that the Canadian Alliance, Canada's newest and most conservative political party, nevertheless represents Canada's liberal tendencies.
"The Canadian Alliance is further to the left than the Republicans," Lincoln said. "But not by much."
Harvard College Canadian Club Co-Prime Minister Karen W. Kiang '01 said the recent increase in support for the Canadian Alliance worries her.
"The Alliance is scary," she said.
The event brought out professors and members of the non-Harvard community as well as students.
Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies Jeffrey G. Reitz said, no matter who won, Canada would still be more liberal than the United States.
He said that even the Canadian Alliance promotes more liberal stances on tax cuts and trade liberalization.
Read more in News
Liberal Arts Graduates To Enjoy Hot EconomyRecommended Articles
-
Canadian Elections: A PrimerOn November 27, voters will head to the polls in an election that will decide the future of a nation.
-
Mulroney Urges U.N. Presence In BosniaThe United Nations should use "all instruments available" to make peace in Bosnia, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said last
-
Canada's TrudeauP ierre Elliot Trudeau, who on Saturday became Canada's fifteenth Prime Minister, is an unconventional man. He drives fast cars
-
Anti-Americanism in CanadaThe average Canadian seems about as un-American as Everett Dirksen. He drives a car designed in Detroit, watches Bonanza and
-
Campbell Defends Canada's Health CareFormer Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell yesterday defended the Canadian health care system at a lunch sponsored by the Institute
-
The Good NeighborNo two nations on earth have as cliched a relationship as do Canada and the United States. Even Canada's complaints
