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The National Citizens Coalition is a Canadian libertarian-conservative lobby group. It supports the public advocacy of privatization, tax cuts, and government spending cuts. It also opposes so-called "gag laws" that limit spending by lobbying organizations during election campaigns. See also Libertarianism and Libertarian Party Libertarian,is a term for person who has made a conscious and principled commitment, evidenced by a statement or Pledge, to forswear violating others rights and usually living in voluntary communities: thus in law no longer subject to government supervision. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... A lobby can be: An entryway or waiting area, such as a foyer, from the Latin word lobium, or vestibule. ... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or, especially in India, disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership and/or transferring the management of a service or activity from the government to the private sector. ... A tax is a compulsory charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (e. ...


The NCC claims a membership of between 40,000 to 45,000 individuals, but has refused to release any list of names. The NCC is enigmatic in that it is neither a citizen-based grassroots organization nor a coalition in the traditional sense. The NCC reports that it has an annual budget of $2.8 million. A grassroots political movement, inspired by the German word Graswurzel, is a movement organized by a network of citizens. ... An organization (U.S. spelling) or organisation (U.K. spelling) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... A coalition is an alliance between entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ...


The NCC does not have annual general membership meetings, nor does it provide financial statements to its members. The organization's constitution distinguishes between 'voting' and 'public' members. Public members pay dues but do not have formal mechanisms for influencing the organization's policies or priorities. Public members are not entitled to be notified of or to attend any meetings, and they are not entitled to vote at any such meetings.


The organization actively fights to keep information about itself secret. The NCC vigorously opposed proposed amendments to the Canada Elections Act that would have required the publication of names of all contributors donating more than $250 to third-party organizations such as the NCC. Information as a concept bears a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. ... Canada Elections Act is an Act of the Parliament of Canada respecting the election of members of parliament to the Canadian House of Commons, repealing other Acts relating to elections and making consequential amendments to other Acts. ... To publish is to make publicly known, and in reference to text and images, it can mean distributing paper copies to the public, or putting the content on a website. ...


Over its almost four decades of existence, the NCC has funded campaigns against: This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ...

The NCC founded and funded Ontarians for Responsible Government, a lobby group that played a large role in electing the Harris government in Ontario. It has also campaigned in the courts against any attempt at electoral financing legislation that would limit third-party advertising spending during elections. The Canada Health Act is a piece of Canadian federal legislation, adopted in 1984, that lists the conditions and criteria to which the provinces and territories must conform in order to receive the full amount of negotiated transfer payments relating to health care. ... The Canadian Wheat Board (known at times as the Canada Wheat Board) was established by the Parliament of Canada in 1935 as a producer marketing system for wheat and barley. ... The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (in French le Congrès du travail du Canada or CTC) is the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labor unions are affiliated. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada), coloquially known as Grits (originally Clear Grits) is a Canadian federal political party, positioned around center of the political spectrum, combining a generally progressive social policy with moderate economics. ... The Right Honourable Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC, CC, CH, QC, MA, LL.D, FRSC (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 3, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ...


The NCC was founded in 1967 by Colin M. Brown, a wealthy life insurance executive from London, Ontario, to fight against the creation of public healthcare. Brown took out full-page advertisements in newspapers nationwide in an effort to recruit like-minded citizens. One of the NCC's early efforts was a anti-immigration campaign that focused on Vietnamese refugees arriving in the late 1970s, during which Brown made comments that many critics considered to be racist. Nickname: The Forest City City of London, Ontario, Canadas Location. ... Health care or healthcare is one of the worlds largest and fastest growing professions. ...


Stephen Harper, the current leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, was at one time president of the NCC. The Honourable Stephen Joseph Harper, PC, MP (born April 30, 1959) is leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Leader of the Official Opposition, and, since January 24, 2006, the Prime Minister-designate of Canada. ... The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada) is a right-of-centre political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ...


Timeline

  • 1967 – National Citizens' Coalition founded by Colin M. Brown.
  • 1987 – David Somerville takes over leadership.
  • 1993 – NCC successfully supports Stephen Harper's bid to become a Reform Party Member of Parliament for Calgary West.
  • 1997 – Harper resigns to join NCC.
  • 1997 – Stephen Harper becomes Vice-President of NCC.
  • 1998 – Stephen Harper becomes President of NCC, Gerry Nicholls becomes Vice-President.
  • 2002 – Stephen Harper resigns as President of NCC.

The Honourable Stephen Joseph Harper, PC, MP (born April 30, 1959) is leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Leader of the Official Opposition, and, since January 24, 2006, the Prime Minister-designate of Canada. ... The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party in the 1980s and 1990s. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... For the provincial electoral district, see Calgary West (provincial electoral district) Calgary West is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada. ...

External links

  • National Citizens Coalition official website
  • "Stephen Harper and the National Citizens’ Coalition" critical article from the Liberal Party of Canada
  • National Citizens Coalition Inc. profile by Industry Canada


 

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