bloc quebecois

based political party.” The Bloc aims to support social democratic principles and Quebec nationalist policies. The party is firmly based in Quebec with little support outside the region.

a registered political party.
In the 1997 federal election, the party fell to 44 seats and lost official opposition status to the Reform Party. They reduced further to 38 seats in the 2000 election and over the past few elections, the Bloc has continued to decline in seats.
Last 3 Elections:
2011 - 4 seats
2008 - 49 seats
2006 - 51 seats

to self-identify as a lesbian.
The Bloc Québécois wants any spending more than $100 million to be subjected to agreement by the House of Commons. The party disfavors the idea on the lack of clearness concerning military spending.
Louis Plamondon is the longest serving MP in Parliament. He was first elected as a Mulroney-era Progressive Conservative in 1984. Plamondon is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec and the current interim parliamentary leader of the Bloc Québécois.
He aims to keep the party up to date with only four elected members of Parliament, in the midst of a new leadership race to replace Gilles Duceppe, along with dozens of other veteran Bloc MPs who were drowned by a wave of support in Quebec for Jack Layton's New Democrats.
In the last three elections, the Bloc Québécois has won a total of 104 seats. The party currently holds 4 seats in the House of Commons. In the 2011 federal election, the Bloc Québécois lost their official party status when they only won 4 seats.
The Bloc Quebecois accomplished earning “Official Opposition” winning the second largest amount of seats in the House of Commons. In 1995, the Bloc Quebecois aimed to become their own nation and independent party. They attempted to separate but failed to do so due to the rest of the countries' thoughts and opinions about this. During the 2011 federal election they lost official party status winning only four seats in the House of Commons.

movement made up of Quebec MPs who left the Conservative and the Liberal parties after the failure of the Meech Lake Accord. This federal political party was founded officially on June 15, 1991 by Lucien Bouchard.
The party has never been the official government. However, it has been the official opposition once in the 1993 federal election. The Bloc Québécois won 54 seats in the House of Commons, the second largest amount of seats won in the House of Commons at the time.

Vancouver East. Davies has strongly represented this federal electoral district since 1997 when she was first elected to parliament. She is a member of the New Democratic Party and has held the role as Deputy Leader for this political party since 2007. Davies was also a House Leader from 2003 to 2011 and is currently the federal NDP Spokesperson for Health.

federal riding in Canada. She was elected in the 2006 Canadian federal election and re-elected in 2008 and 2011. Maria was consequently assigned as the Bloc Québécois Critic on public security and on the Status of Women in the Canadian Parliament. In the past, she has worked as a professor, researcher, and probation officer.
The fundamental goal of the Bloc Québécois is to achieve an independent Quebec. Most of their policies are tied to this concept. The Bloc Québécois aims to achieve sovereignty. They believe the federal government should allow key issues to be under the control of the provinces.

punishment and the toughening of the Young Offenders Act. They plan to step up gang enforcement efforts, eliminate the automatic statutory release, and abolish the double credit practice for time spent in custody awaiting trial.
The Bloc will implement a ten-year, interest-free loan program for first-time home buyers, provide financing to maintain social housing, adopt a federal pay equity act and increase payments under the Employment Insurance system to help families. They also believe that provinces should have more control over their own economies.