Canada Party (2015)

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Canada Party
Parti Canada
Leader Jim Pankiw
FounderJim Pankiw
FoundedSeptember 15, 2015 (2015-09-15)(registered)
DissolvedSeptember 9, 2016 (2016-09-09)
Headquarters Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Ideology Cannabis legalization
Right-libertarianism
Senate reform
Canadian nationalism
Political position Right-wing
ColoursBlue, yellow
Website
www.canadaparty.ca

The Canada Party (French : Parti Canada) was a Canadian political party founded in 2015 and led by former Member of Parliament Jim Pankiw. The party's ideology and platform was outlined in the Gold Book - the party's manifesto, and being party leader Pankiw ran in Saskatoon West as the party's only candidate in the 2015 federal election. [1]

Pankiw received 271 votes, 0.719 percent in that riding, 0.002 percent of all votes cast in Canada.

The party was deregistered by Elections Canada on September 9, 2016. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Jim Pankiw makes another bid for federal seat Archived 2015-09-27 at the Wayback Machine ", The StarPhoenix . September 18, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Grenier, Éric (September 9, 2016). "Regional start-up party Strength in Democracy deregistered by Elections Canada". CBC News . Retrieved September 11, 2016. In its release, Elections Canada said the Canada Party was also being deregistered. The party was founded in 2015 by former Saskatchewan MP Jim Pankiw.
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