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| | Canada Election 2004 Voter Guide: Political Parties - Canadian Action Party |
 | | Like the Abolitionist Party, CAP was founded - in 1997, just before the federal election of that year - by former Liberal Deputy Prime Minister Paul Hellyer, and some of his acquaintances. |
 | | On September 22, 2003, the CAP decided to attempt a merge of the CAP with other political parties, to form a party that would attract to attract "progressives and patriots from the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, Alliance, Green, Bloc and other parties." (CAP press release, September 22, 2004). |
 | | Arguably, if you want to understand what this party stands for, you should probably look at what the Council of Canadians (founded in 1985 over the free trade issue) stands for: the two organizations virtually overlap in terms of their views. |
| www.mondopolitico.com /elections/canada2004/parties/cap.htm (638 words) |
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