Canadian Action Party

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Canadian Action Party
Parti Action Canadienne
AbbreviationCAP
PAC
Leader Jeremy Arney
PresidentJeff Sakula
Founder Paul T. Hellyer
Founded1997
Dissolved31 March 2017
Headquarters788 Mabel Lake Road, Lumby, British Columbia, Canada
Ideology Canadian nationalism
Civic nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Anti-Americanism
Anti-globalization
Monetary reform
Political position Left-wing
Colours  Red
House of Commons
0 / 338
Senate
0 / 105
Website
ActionParty.ca

The Canadian Action Party (CAP; French : Parti action canadienne, PAC) was a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997 and deregistered on 31 March 2017. [1]

Contents

The party stood for Canadian nationalism, [2] monetary and electoral reform, [3] and opposed liberal globalization and free trade agreements that had been signed by the Canadian government.

History

The Canadian Action Party (CAP) was founded by Paul Hellyer, [4] a former Liberal minister of national defence [5] in the cabinet of Lester B. Pearson. Hellyer ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Liberal Party in 1968, and for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1976.

CAP nominated candidates for the first time in the 1997 federal election.

After the 1997 election, it absorbed the Canada Party, another minor party concerned about monetary reform which had been formed by former members of the Social Credit Party of Canada. Former Canada Party leader Claire Foss served as vice president of CAP until November 2003.

Hellyer resigned as CAP leader in 2003 after the New Democratic Party (NDP) never agreed to a merger proposal, under which the NDP would change its name. In 2004, Connie Fogal, an activist lawyer, was acclaimed party leader after David Orchard failed to respond to an invitation to take over the leadership. Fogal stepped down in 2008; she was succeeded by Andrew J. Moulden following the 2008 federal election.

The acting chief electoral officer of Canada advised the party leader that the party would be deregistered effective Friday, March 31, 2017, for not having at least 250 members who are eligible voters. [6]

Positions

Monetary reform movement

Monetary reform was a key policy issue for CAP, to ensure the sovereignty of the country's money supply. [7] CAP sought fundamental reform of the banking system. [8] CAP advocated for borrowing from the Bank of Canada to finance infrastructure. [9]

A number of CAP members also belonged to the Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform and had been influential in developing CAP's monetary policy, particularly its position that the Bank of Canada, rather than chartered banks, should provide loans to the government, if required, to fund public spending. Hellyer advocated for the Bank of Canada to more extensively create money and finance public debt. [10] CAP proposed increasing the ratio of new money created by the government to 50%. [11]

CAP also argued for the abrogation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and opposed current government trade initiatives and any legislation leading to the Free Trade Area of the Americas, Trans-Pacific Partnership and what it saw as integration with the United States and Mexico into a North American Union. [12] [ verification needed ]

Federal leaders

Shown by default in chronological order of leadership
YearNamePeriodTime in office
1997 Paul Hellyer 1997 – 20047 years
2004Connie Fogal2004 – November 20084 years
2008Andrew J. MouldenNovember 2008 – August 20099 months
2009Dave WilkinsonAugust 2009 – October 20092 months
2009Melissa BradeOctober 2009 – September 201011 months
2010 Christopher Porter September 2010 – July 20121 year
2012Jason ChaseJuly 2012 – April 20141 year
2014Jeremy ArneyApril 2014 – March 20172 years and 11 months

Presidents

Shown by default in chronological order of leadership
YearNamePeriodTime in officeDeputy leader/s
2003Claire Foss ??? – 2003 ???
2003Connie Fogal2003 – 20041 year
2005Catherine Whelan CostenNovember 2005 – January 20071 year
2007Bev CollinsFebruary 2007 – 20081 year
2008Marc Bombois2008 – August 2008 ??
2008Paul KempAugust 2008 – 20091 year
2009Calvin Keats2009 – February 20101 year
2010Noelene SmithJuly 2010 – 20111 year
2012 Maggie Braun 2012 – November 20131 year
2013Jeremy ArneyDecember 2013 – April 20144 months
2014Logan AndersonMay 2014 – May 20151 year
2015Jeff SakulaMay 2015 – March 20171 year and 10 months

Electoral results

ElectionLeaderVotes % % where ranSeats+/–PositionGovernment
1997 Paul T. Hellyer 17,5020.13%0.671%
0 / 301
Increase2.svgIncrease2.svg 9/10No seats
2000 Paul T. Hellyer 27,1030.21%0.855%
0 / 301
Increase2.svgIncrease2.svg 8/11No seats
2004 Connie Fogal8,8070.06%0.405%
0 / 308
Decrease2.svgDecrease2.svg 9/12No seats
2006 Connie Fogal6,1020.04%0.345%
0 / 308
Decrease2.svgDecrease2.svg 10/15No seats
2008 Connie Fogal3,4550.02%0.380%
0 / 308
Decrease2.svgDecrease2.svg 11/19No seats
2011 Christopher Porter 2,0300.01%0.333%
0 / 308
Decrease2.svgDecrease2.svg 13/18No seats
2015 Jeremy Arney4010.00%0.244%
0 / 338
Decrease2.svgDecrease2.svg 17/23No seats
DateBy-ElectionCandidate# of votes % of popular votePlaceWinner
Mar 30, 1998 Port Moody-Coquitlam Will Arlow1560.54%6/8 Lou Sekora (Liberal)
Nov 15, 1999 York West Stephen Burega2421.78%5/6 Judy Sgro (Liberal)
Sep 11, 2000 Okanagan-Coquihalla Jack William Peach1,1594.19%4/8 Stockwell Day (Alliance)
Nov 27, 2006 London North Centre Will Arlow290.13%7/7 Glen Pearson (Liberal)
Nov 27, 2006 Repentigny Mahmood Raza Baig910.29%6/7 Raymond Gravel (Bloc)
Sep 17, 2007 Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot Michel St-Onge610.19%7/7 Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac (Bloc)
Sep 17, 2007 Outremont Alexandre Amirizian450.19%10/12 Thomas Mulcair (New Democrat)
Mar 17, 2008 Toronto Centre Doug Plumb970.40%6/6 Bob Rae (Liberal)
Mar 17, 2008 Vancouver Quadra Psamuel Frank400.14%6/6 Joyce Murray (Liberal)

See also

Party logo in use until 2006 Canadian Action Party logo until 2006.png
Party logo in use until 2006

References

  1. ↑ Canada, Elections. "Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration" . Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  2. ↑ North, Natalie (2011-03-30). "From blood dolphins to blood sport: controversy follows Saanich man who now leads fringe federal party". Victoria News. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  3. ↑ Hussain, A. Imtiaz (2009). North America at the Crossroads: N.A.F.T.A. After 15 Years. Universidad Iberoamericana. ISBN   978-607-417-045-0.
  4. ↑ Marsh, James H. (1999). The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia. p. 1063. ISBN   978-0-7710-2099-5.
  5. ↑ "Outside Looking In: Small Parties". CBC Radio. Oct 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Deregistration of the Canadian Action Party". Marketwired. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  7. ↑ Pammett, Jon H.; Dornan, Christopher (2004-12-01). The Canadian General Election of 2004. Dundurn. ISBN   978-1-77070-175-5.
  8. ↑ Dornan, Christopher; Pammett, Jon H. (May 2001). The Canadian General Election of 2000. Dundurn. ISBN   978-1-55002-356-5.
  9. ↑ Carlin, Laura (Sep 23, 2008). "Who the 'other' parties are". CBC News.
  10. ↑ Blaikie, Bill (2011-10-14). The Blaikie Report: An Insiders Look at Faith and Politics. The United Church of Canada. ISBN   978-1-55134-189-7.
  11. ↑ "Who We Are > Party Policies > National Interest - Public Purse". Canadian Action Party . Archived from the original on October 9, 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2005.
  12. ↑ "canadianactionparty.org". www.canadianactionparty.org. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
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