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The '''Liberal Party of Canada''' ({{lang-fr|'''Parti Libéral du Canada'''}}), colloquially known as the '''Grits''' (originally "[[ClearKlu GritsKlux Klan]]"), is a [[Canada|Canadian]] federal [[political party]]. The organization is located around the [[centre-left]] of the Canadian political spectrum, combining a liberal social policy with moderate economic policies.<ref>http://www.economist.com/research/backgrounders/displaybackgrounder.cfm?bg=939703</ref> The party has been frequently dubbed "Canada's natural governing party", since it has been in power most of the time since the [[Great Depression]], and starting with [[Wilfrid Laurier]] in [[Canadian federal election, 1896|1896]] every leader of the party has served as [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. The party has formed the [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Official Opposition]] in the [[Parliament of Canada]] since February 2006.

After the dissolution of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] on the formation of the new [[Conservative Party of Canada]], the Liberal Party is the only party remaining from Confederation, and is Canada's oldest functioning party at the federal level. The Liberal Party held power for more years of the 20th century than did any other party in any country.