Archive footage from the 1984 Canadian federal election, when Canada’s political parties were given five minutes of prime-time t

...a 1984 free-time,prime-time telecast of Canada’s lately lamented Parti Rhinocéros (1963-93). By 1984 there were 16 registered political parties in Canada. The Rhinos were fourth largest, outpolling even mainstream Conservatives and New Democrats in several ridings, primarily in Québec. In 1993, the combined Liberals, Conservatives and New Democrats, engineered several changes to the Canada Elections Act designed to remove the Rhinos and other lesser known parties from the political scene. The R