Canada Party (2015)

Canada Party
Parti Canada
Party Leader Jim Pankiw
Founder Jim Pankiw
Founded September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15) (registered)
Dissolved September 9, 2016 (2016-09-09)
Headquarters Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Ideology Cannabis legalization
Egalitarianism
Senate reform
Political position Centre-left
Colours Blue, yellow
Website
www.canadaparty.ca

The Canada Party (French: Parti Canada) was a Canadian political party founded in 2015 and led by former Member of Parliament Jim Pankiw. The party's ideology and platform was outlined in the Gold Book - the party's manifesto, and being party leader Pankiw ran in Saskatoon West as the party's only candidate in the 2015 federal election.[1]

The party was deregistered by Elections Canada on September 9, 2016.[2]

References

  1. "Jim Pankiw makes another bid for federal seat", The StarPhoenix. September 18, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. Grenier, Éric (September 9, 2016). "Regional start-up party Strength in Democracy deregistered by Elections Canada". CBC News. Retrieved September 11, 2016. In its release, Elections Canada said the Canada Party was also being deregistered. The party was founded in 2015 by former Saskatchewan MP Jim Pankiw.
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