ABSTRACT
The Canadian case is presented in two parts: an essay on the policy and attitude of the Canadian government over the years by Christopher Rose, and one on the policies of the New Democratic party, Canada’s social democratic party, by Hugh Thorburn. The reason is the completely separate nature of the two. Canada has always been governed by one or other of the two brokerage parties: the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives. While their policies have generally not differed significantly (certainly there is no clear ideological distinction between them), there did occur a dramatic contretemps in 1963 on the question of nuclear weapons. The New Democratic party, on the other hand, has never been in power at the national level, and has never even had a minister in government. Therefore its foreign and defence policies have been its own: hammered out in conventions and smaller party committees over the years.
