CAP ADOPTS PROPOSAL TO MERGE WITH NDP
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CAP ADOPTS PROPOSAL TO MERGE WITH NDP TO FORM BIG, NEW, PROGRESSIVE, PRO-CANADA PARTY
Delegates to the Canadian Action Party Biennial Convention held in Toronto on the weekend unanimously endorsed a resolution to merge with the NDP to form the nucleus of a big, new, progressive pro-Canada party. The new party would be designed to attract progressives and patriots from the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, Alliance, Green, Bloc and other parties.
“There is too much talk about 'uniting the right' and not enough about 'uniting the rest,'” said Paul Hellyer, CAP's Leader. “After reading an account of Paul Martin's speech to the Metropolitan Montreal Board of Trade it is clear that his party should be renamed the conservative Liberals.
“Three conservative parties in Canada are too many,” Hellyer added, “especially when about 70 percent of the total electorate are 'left of right' in their basic philosophy. What is needed is a broadly-based, progressive pro-Canada party which will put the interests of the majority ahead of those of the transnational corporate elite.”
Keynote speaker Walter Pitman, former president of Ryerson Polytechnic University and former deputy-leader of the NDP, congratulated CAP members on passing the resolution. “It is not only Canada which is at a crossroads, it is the planet earth,” he said, “and an independent Canada will have the opportunity to really influence world events.”
“CAP is the catalyst,” exclaimed Herb Wiseman, an NDP observer who is an enthusiastic supporter of the new party idea. “This is the beginning.”
CAP's proposal will be forwarded to the Leader and Executive of the NDP within a few days.
For further information:
Pierre Shapiro (416) 534-4144
Paul T. Hellyer (416) 535-1008
@ September 22, 2003