Editing Party system (section)

==== Territorial party systems ====
[[Nunavut]] and the [[Northwest Territories]] do not have political parties, and instead operate under [[Consensus government in Canada|consensus government]]. All candidates run and are elected as independents, and the newly elected legislature decides which of its members will make up the executive council. Due to their smaller populations, many argue that the absence of political parties makes it easier for voters to decide the person they are voting for. Other argue that it makes it harder for voters to recognize the goals and priorities of candidates, and that the lack of an opposition makes it harder for identify issues during debates.<ref name="Henderson2006">{{Cite journal |last=Henderson |first=Ailsa |date=2004 |title=Northern political culture?: Political behaviour in Nunavut |journal=Études/Inuit/Studies |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=133–154 |doi=10.7202/012643ar |issn=0701-1008 |doi-access=free}}</ref>