Which democratic nation, Canada or the U.S., has done the best job of implementing principles of liberalism.?
The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary defines the word liberal as “giving freely, generous, not sparing; open-minded, not prejudiced … for general broadening of the mind”. It also defines the word as “regarding many traditional beliefs as dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change”. Liberalism has been a strong force in Canadian politics since the late 18th Century. While Canada has the same features of other liberal democracies in the Western democratic political tradition, it is, in some respects, an exemplar of liberalism … Historically, Canada has had two liberal phases. Prior to the 1960s, Canadian politics were classically liberal, i.e., there was a focus on: Individual liberty Representative government Free markets This brand of liberalism can be traced to the arrival in Canada of the United Empire Loyalists and the enactment of the Constitutional Act of 1791. The Constitutional Act established representative government through the elected assemblie
