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==In Canada==

Although the term entryism was used little if at all, opponents accused [[David Orchard]] and his supporters of attempting to take overwin the leadership of the former [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Orchard had made his name as a leading opponent of [[free trade]], which was perhaps ''the'' singular signature policy of the Progressive Conservative government of [[Brian Mulroney]] in the late 1980s and early 1990s. While opponents pointed to this remarkable distance, Orchard and his supporters argued that they represented "traditional" [[Tory]] values and economic nationalism that the ''older'' [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative Party]], and the Progressive Conservative party before Mulroney, had espoused, namely that of [[John Diefenbaker]].

Opponents of the 2003 merger between the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties, also charged Alliance members with entryism. It was widely speculated that most, if not all of the approximately 25,000 Canadians who swelled the PC Party's membership before the merger vote were Alliance members. They would likely have voted in favour of the merger.

Members of [[Socialist Action (Canada)|Socialist Action]], a small Trotskyist group, play a leading role in the [[New Democratic Party]] [[New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus|Socialist Caucus]], a small faction on the left wing of that [[social democracy|social democratic]] party, and advocate that their members join and engage with the NDP.