Monday, May 05, 2008
Journal de Montréal
Former NDP
New Party for the Federal Government?
Mathieu Bélanger Le Journal de Montréal 22/04/2008 11:00
A new political party could be part of the landscape at the next federal election.
The possible political formation is composed mostly of former militants disappointed with the NDP, supports Francis Chartrand, NDP candidate defeated in the constituency of Riviere-des-Mille-Iles in the last elections.
Many people who jump with Mr. Chartrand worked to elect Thomas Mulcair in the riding of Outremont.
The young man of 25 years says that his group would be able to present 200 to 250 candidates if general elections were held next autumn.
He describes his movement of "centre left" and said already more than 1 000 militants, mostly in Quebec and Ontario.
Secular state
This new political formation would favour a secular state and the withdrawal of Canada from NAFTA.
Topics such as transit, the fight against poverty, massive reforestation and forest compliance with the Kyoto Protocol are also among the priorities of this political movement.
On 17 and 18 May, more than 150 delegates and observers will meet in Saint-Eustache. The decision to create a political party will take a week later in Kingston.
The founding convention could be held next September in Saint-Hyacinthe.
Labels: Francis Chartrand, Free trade, Kyoto, New Democratic Party, New political party, Ontario, Québec, Secularism
Articles in April
Monday, April 21, 2008
A new national party in training
La Presse
Canada could soon have a political party besides. A group composed mainly of Quebecers, disappointed by their visit to New Democratic Party (NDP), held in the coming weeks of first meetings for the formation of this new national movement "centre-left". The group claims to be able to nominate candidates in nearly 200 constituencies where elections were to take place in autumn.
The first meeting of this group will take place in Saint-Eustache on May 18 and 19. It will be followed by a second one in Kingston, Ontario, at the end of the month. More than a hundred people are expected each time. "This is especially disappointed activists of the Quebec section of the NDP," said to La Presse Francis Chartrand, a candidate in the constituency of Riviere-des-Mille-Iles in the last elections. The young man of 25 years was asked by the party leadership to withdraw his candidacy for the forthcoming election, shortly before Christmas. He is joined in its efforts by Christian Barette and Anne Humphreys, who had also been approached to appear in the forthcoming elections under the banner of the NDP.
This new training militerait including the integration of secularism in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, for the withdrawal of Canada from any free trade agreement, as well as to prohibit the companies to close any plant or manufacture in order to move abroad.
If the party establishment is approved by both boards of May, it will result in a caucus next September in Saint-Hyacinthe. But already, Anne Humphreys maintains that more than 50 people were given a constituency and that efforts are made to recruit other candidats. The NDP has refused to comment on these approaches and what Mr. Chartrand.
Labels: Anne Humphreys, Christian Barrette, Francis Chartrand, Free trade, Hostile races, New Democratic Party, New political party, Religion and fanaticism, Secularism
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