Young Liberals of Canada

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The Young Liberals of Canada (YLC) is the national youth wing of the Liberal Party of Canada. As the Conservative Party of Canada integrates their youth members into the main party structure, instead of forming a separate "youth wing", the Young Liberals are the largest political youth organization in Canada. Some policies that have been championed by the Young Liberals are same-sex marriage, ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, increased funding for post-secondary education and decriminalization of marijauna.

The organization is a member of the International Federation of Liberal Youth.

According to their website, the organization is structured similar to the Liberal Party of Canada.

The current President of the YLC is Cory Pike.

[edit] Manitoba

This wing was formed in 2001 following the division of the Young Liberals of Manitoba into federal and provincial wings to comply with provincial legislation that made a joint federal and provincial youth wing impossible.

The Young Liberals of Canada (Manitoba) have several campus clubs throughout Manitoba, including the University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg and College universitaire de Saint-Boniface. The current president is Katerina Ferlaino.