Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
Social liberalism
A centrist to centre-left party. Its recent platforms have combined carbon pricing with household rebates, national childcare and dental programmes, comparatively open immigration and official multiculturalism.
- Founded
- 1867
- Positions as of
- 2025 election platform
- Last verified
What does it believe?
Environment and growth
Carbon pricing with revenue returned to households — the policy design that leaves most lower-income families better off.
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
Evidence: Documented
Personal liberty
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
Evidence: Well documented
Environment and growth
Evidence: Well documented
Crime and punishment
Evidence: Documented
Sources
Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.
- Liberal Party of Canada election platform · Liberal Party of Canada · 2025
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