query: political_ideology prince edward island liberal party
supports: The Liberal Party of Canada, colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centre of the Canadian political spectrum. The Liberal Party is traditionally positioned to the left of the Conservative Party of Canada and to the right of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Canada (French: ) is a country in the northern half of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering , making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest land border. The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains. About four-fifths of the country's population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border. Its capital is Ottawa, its largest city is Toronto; other major urban areas include Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton. The New Democratic Party (NDP NPD) is a social-democratic political party in Canada. The leader of the federal wing of the NDP is Thomas Mulcair, who was elected in the 2012 leadership election, led the party through the 2015 federal election and then lost a party leadership review on April 10, 2016. Mulcair will remain as leader, until his replacement is chosen at a leadership election to be held in 2017. The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public liberal arts university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the sole university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the "University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000."  FOREST (short for "Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco") is a United Kingdom political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity. Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality. Whereas classical liberalism emphasises the role of liberty, social liberalism stresses the importance of equality. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas and programmes such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, free markets, civil rights, democratic societies, secular governments, gender equality, and international cooperation. The Conservative Party of Canada, colloquially known as the Tories, is a political party in Canada. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum. The party's leader from 2004 to 2015 was Stephen Harper, who served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015. The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party is a major political party in the province of Prince Edward Island , Canada . The PEI Liberals are aligned with the federal Liberal Party of Canada . The party is led by Wade MacLauchlan , a former president of the University of Prince Edward Island . It was created when PEI was a British colony by Reformers who agitated for the system of responsible government . This was granted by the British crown to the colony in 1851 . George Coles was its dominant figure in its first decades . While initially supportive of Canadian Confederation , Coles and the Liberals soured on the project , and it was n't until 1873 that the island joined Canada as a means of relieving the PEI government 's severe debts . The early party supported the abolition of school fees , and a resolution to the `` Land Question '' that divided the province . The Liberals supported land reform through were state acquisition of large landed estates . These estates were broken up and turned over to tenants and squatters . The Liberals have been one of only two parties forming government on the island since 1851 , the other being the Conservatives . The Liberals have formed government more often , but not in recent times . In practice , there is little to distinguish the two parties from each other : both lean towards the centre of the political spectrum . The Liberals being slightly to the left and the Conservatives ( Tories ) slightly to the right . Traditionally , the Tories have done better among Protestant , voters while Liberals have had more support from Catholics . Politics on the island , however , has never been sectarian , and both parties have always had voters and members from both populations . Indeed , it has been the custom until recently for a Liberal incumbent of one denomination to be opposed by a Tory challenger of the same denomination and vice versa . This had tended to minimise religious sectarianism within the parties . The Liberals have also traditionally enjoyed the support of the province 's small Acadian population concentrated in Prince County at the west end of the island . Conservative support has tended to be greater on the eastern half of the island . In the past forty years the most significant figures in the party have been Alexander B. Campbell and , later , Joe Ghiz . Liberal governments in the 1960s and 1970s under Campbell supported diversification of the province 's agricultural economy . Government incentives were provided to attract manufacturing and tourism . Under Ghiz in the 1980s , the Liberals opposed free trade between Canada and the United States , and the federal Tory government 's decision to close a military base on the island . The party 's enthusiasm for economic intervention in the economy had waned since the Campbell years . In addition to winning two general elections under Joseph A. Ghiz , Canada 's first provincial premier of non-European ancestry , the PEI Liberal Party won a subsequent election in 1993 under Catherine Callbeck , the first woman to be elected as a provincial premier in Canada . After more than ten years in opposition ( the last four under leader Robert Ghiz ) , the Liberals defeated the Progressive Conservatives ( under Pat Binns ) in the 2007 election . The Liberals won re-election in 2011 .
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answer: liberalism