Canada's tiny, weird political parties

Let's learn about the various parties that will never, ever get elected to anything in Canada, ever.

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[Jean-Poule_II]

Ah yes a video about Canada's C R I N G E P A R T I E S

[byzantineempire]

I really want to read an article saying "Quebec accidnetally elects wrong Maxime Bernier"

[GordonSlamsay]

Ok finding a guy named Maxime Bernier to run against Maxime Bernier is hilarious

[TrialByDance]

Marvel: "Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history."
JJ and Jreg:

[docmexicano]

J. J: the Rhino party is cringe cause it makes dad jokes

J. J. 5 seconds afterwards: you could say the marijuana party has gone up in smoke

[MarkerPliyah]

My dad has been a member of the rhinoceros party since he was in university. My favourite part of their platform is to pave all of Saskatchewan to make it the world's largest parking lot

[superduck]

Ok, but some of the stuff the Rhinoceros party says is actually kind of funny. My favorites: promote higher education by building taller schools, privatize the Queen, count the Thousand Islands to make sure the Americans didn’t steal any, and tax the black market. It’s stupid, but fun.

[morbidsearch]

My mouth dropped open for a full 30 seconds when JReg appeared

[LordDavid]

One of the platforms of the Rhino Party in the past was to have the Queen move to Buckingham, Quebec if elected.

[OnkelJajusBahn]

Meanwhile in Germany, there is a party called "Die Partei" which literally translates to "The Party", which is also a joke party, but has won seats in the European Parliament and various city councils.

[Svitjod_]

"progressive conservative party"

Why yes i am a anarcho-totalitarian

[crackpotofantioch]

Me seeing Jreg in a JJ vid: ah sucks we need a Jregness dimension on the political compass

[jaaksootak]

In Estonia, in the 1990's when we had just regained our independence, we had a Royalist Party. Their official program was focused around making Estonia a kingdom.


I'm too young to remember them personally, but they were essentially seen as a satirical protest movement that became unexpectedly popular.


In the 1992 election they even won about 7% of the vote and 8 seats in the Parliament. They did not join any interest groups or caucuses in the Parliament, but were known for some humorous actions.


For example when there was talk of starting sessions of Parliament with a prayer (presumably a Lutheran christian one), the Royalists brought some big shaman's drum and started beating that.

[vfsdm]

JJ: we have almost 12 parties, that’s crazy!!

Brazil: *36 P A R T I E S, +120 waiting to be aprove*

[ostiedestrie]

The Christian Heritage Party seems pretty wacky, but wacky in a "I admire their ideological consistency, even if I really hope they never gain power" sort of way.

[thomasatkinson]

Britain has exactly the same thing as the Rhino Party called the "Monster Raving Loony Party". They only really stand in seats that they think will get particular media attention (key marginals, leaders' seats, etc.) and invariably abuse British electoral law on candidate names to be registered as things like "Nick The Flying Brick" who stood in Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn's constituency) and "Lord Buckethead" in Uxbridge & South Ruislip (Boris Johnson's constituency). They hold a special position in the national conscience as sort of guardians of the British people's healthy disregard towards politics, but are generally seen as being (like the Rhino Party) a bit last century.

[DJJablonsky]

Me when political compass glitches: o boy what cross over is this

Me, a moment later: JRE-

[kaminapearl]

As a brazilian it made me feel weirdly happy knowing that electing the Rhino had international consequences!

JREG and Knowing Better crossover! Awesome!

[pqbdwmnu]

Me: Oh cool a guy is covering Canadian politics


[Jreg pops up in full an-cap getup]



Me: :0

[koalasandwich]

The Rhino party should rename itself the Mario Party, it'll get plenty of support from young people now.