Canadian Action Party

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Canadian Action Party
Active Federal Party
Founded	1997
Leader	Connie Fogal
President	None
Headquarters	99 Atlantic Avenue Suite 302 Toronto, Ontario M6K 3J8
Political ideology	Nationalism, Anti-globalization
International alignment	None
Colours	Sky Blue
Website	http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/

The Canadian Action Party (CAP) is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It opposes globalization and free trade, and promotes Canadian nationalism. It also advocates monetary reform and electoral reform.

The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul Hellyer, a former Liberal 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.

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 was acclaimed party leader after David Orchard failed to respond to an invitation to take over the leadership.

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. CAP argues also that the ability of chartered banks to create money should be transferred to the Bank of Canada in order to fund public spending.

• For information about the 2004 election including a list of nominated candidates see: Canadian federal election, 2004

Election results

Election	# of candidates	# of votes	% of popular vote	% of pop vote - Green ridings
1997 election	58	17,502	0.13%	0.67%
2000 election	70	27,101	0.21%	0.85%
2004 election	45	8,930	0.06%	0.41%

External link

• Canadian Action Party Website Portal (http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/Default2.asp)