The Canadian Action Party (CAP) (French: Parti action canadienne (PAC)) is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary reform, and electoral reform and opposes globalization and free trade agreements. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Connie Fogal Constance (Connie) Fogal (born 1940) is the leader of the Canadian Action Party. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Monetary Reform is accounting reform that reaches more deeply into banking central bank, money supply and monetary policy. ... For other uses, see Progressivism (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... We dont have an article called Canadian-confederation Start this article Search for Canadian-confederation in. ... A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... The Flag of Canada Canadian nationalism is a loose term which has been applied to ideologies of several different types which highlight and promote specifically Canadian interests over those of other countries, notably the United States. ... Monetary Reform is accounting reform that reaches more deeply into banking central bank, money supply and monetary policy. ... Electoral reform projects seek to change the way that public desires are reflected in elections through electoral systems. ... Puxi side of Shanghai, China. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ...

The Canadian Action Party was founded by the Honourable Paul T. Hellyer, a former Liberal deputy prime minister and minister of defence in the cabinet of Lester Pearson. Hellyer ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Liberal Party in 1968, and for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1976. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ... The Honourable Paul Theodore Hellyer, PC (born August 6, 1923 in Waterford, Ontario) is a Canadian politician and commentator who has had a long and varied career. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ... The Cabinet of Canada plays an important role in the Canadian government in accordance with the Westminster System. ... The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Mike Pearson (April 23, 1897 - December 27, 1972) was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968, and also a 1957 Nobel Laureate. ... Pierre Trudeau at the 1968 Liberal convention The Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention of 1968 elected Pierre Elliott Trudeau as the new leader of the Liberal Party; he was the unexpected winner in what was one of the most important leadership conventions in party history. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1976 leadership convention of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was held in Ottawa on February 22, 1976, to elect a leader to replace Robert Stanfield, who had resigned after losing the 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections. ...

It nominated candidates for the first time in the 1997 federal election. 36th Parliament The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...

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. The Canada Party was a short-lived political party that ran 56 candidates in the 1993 Canadian election, and one candidate in a 1996 by_election, but was unable to win any seats. ... The Social Credit Party of Canada (French: Parti Crédit social du Canada), was a conservative - populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. ... Claire Foss is a retired businessperson from British Columbia, Canada, who ran for election to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1993, 1997, and 2004 elections. ...

Hellyer resigned as CAP leader in 2003 after the New Democratic Party failed to agree 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. This article is about the Canadian political party. ... Connie Fogal Constance (Connie) Fogal (born 1940) is the leader of the Canadian Action Party. ... David Orchard (born June 28, 1950, in Borden, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian political figure and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. ...

A number of CAP members also belong to the Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER) and have 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. The Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER) is an international publishing and education centre based in Toronto, Canada. ... For the defunct commercial bank, see Bank of Canada (commercial). ...

CAP also argues for the abrogation of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and opposes current government initiatives leading to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and what it sees as integration with the United States and Mexico into a North American Union. NAFTA redirects here. ... This article or section needs to be updated. ... Map of the North American Economic and Security Community Hypothetical flag of the North American Union The Independent Task Force on North America was a project organized by the Council on Foreign Relations (U.S.), the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, and the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations. ...

The CAP endorses a controversial conspiracy theory that the United States intentionally allowed the attacks on September 11th to take place. At its 2006 convention, CAP passed a motion calling for a Royal Commission to investigate the September 11, 2001 attacks and Canada's participation in Afghanistan. CAP believes that the truth of what really happened on September 11, 2001 has not been told, however, Canadians have been subject to anti-terrorism laws and security agreements, such as Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), that have compromised Canadian sovereignty and civil rights. It also calls for a moratorium on anti-terrorist legislation to be reexamined only after receiving the results of that Royal Commission's investigation. A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America is a continent-level dialogue, founded on March 23, 2005 by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. ...

Stance on the War on Terrorism

Some members of the CAP have recently adopted a highly controversial stance with regard to the War on Terrorism. The current CAP leadership has endorsed the theory that the United States government had prior knowledge of the September 11, 2001 attacks and did nothing to stop the attack, in order to create an excuse to enact Project for the New American Century document Rebuilding America's Defenses^[1] Section V entitled "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force" - "Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor". Critics within the CAP fear that the War on Terrorism has eroded and will continue to erode civil liberties in addition to creating wars of aggression.^[2] The CAP's position stands in contrast with those of the major political parties in Canada (the Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois) which appear to follow the traditional historical account of the September 11th attacks, which was that the United States government had failed to recognize the warning signs of imminent danger posed by Islamic fundamentalist militants which was due to bureaucratic incompetence and disorganization which resulted in the inability to act quick enough to prevent the attacks of September 11, 2001. The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is campaign begun by the Bush administration which includes various military, political, and legal actions taken to ostensibly curb the spread of terrorism following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Project for the New American Centurys Logo The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) is an American neoconservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., co-founded as a non-profit educational organization by William Kristol and Robert Kagan in early 1997. ... The phrase Islamic fundamentalism is primarily used in the West to describe Islamist groups. ...

Party leaders

• Paul Hellyer, 1997 - 2004
• Connie Fogal, 2004 - present

The Honourable Paul Theodore Hellyer, PC (born August 6, 1923 in Waterford, Ontario) is a Canadian politician and commentator who has had a long and varied career. ... Connie Fogal Constance (Connie) Fogal (born 1940) is the leader of the Canadian Action Party. ...

Party presidents

• Claire Foss,  ? - 2003
• Connie Fogal, 2003 - 2004
• Catherine Whelan Costen, November 2005 - January 2007
• Bev Collins, February 2007 - present

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Election results

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See also

Party logo in use until 2006

• Canadian Action Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election
• Canadian Action Party candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election
• Canadian Action Party candidates, 2000 Canadian federal election
• Canadian Action Party candidates, 1997 Canadian federal election
• List of political parties in Canada

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References

External links

• Canadian Action Party, English website
• Parti action canadienne, French website

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