The Unite the Right movement was a Canadian political movement which existed from around 1996 to 2003. The movement came into being when it became clear that neither of Canada's two main right-of-center political parties: the Reform Party of Canada (later the Canadian Alliance ) or the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC), was independently capable of defeating the governing Liberal Party. The objective of the movement, therefore, was to merge the two parties into a single party (or, if this was not possible, to find a power-sharing arrangement between the two parties). The goal of uniting the right was accomplished in December 2003 with the formation of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Read more about Unite The Right: 1987 - 1993: Fragmentation On The Political Right, Barriers To A Merger, 1995 - 1996: Early Efforts To Unite The Right, 1997 - 2000: The United Alternative / Canadian Alliance, 2000 - 2002: Fragmentation of The Canadian Alliance, 2002: New Leadership, 2003: Merger Negotiations, 2003 - 2004: Creation of The Conservative Party of Canada, Aftermath, Provincial 'Unite The Right'
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