Word: regionalist
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...Alliance and Bloc Quebecois may be classified as regionalist parties. The Alliance is a new party; its full name is the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance. Its membership is drawn partially from what used to be the Reform Party--currently Canada's official opposition--and partially from disillusioned Conservatives. Like the Bloc Quebecois, which advocates Quebec's separation from Canada, its appeal is largely regional. West of Ontario, the Alliance shows healthy (for Day, at least; most Canadians, however, pale at the prospect) leads in the polls. East of the Manitoba-Ontario divide, responsible citizens balk at Stockwell "Doris" Day, insisting...