CAP Convention 2006 Highlights

Highlights of the convention were: Elections of a new Executive as follows: Leader - Constance (Connie) Fogal (BC) • President - Catherine Whelan Costen (AB) • Vice President - Brenda Thompson (ON) • Vice President - Bev Collins (BC) • Vice President ­ Paul Barnes (ON) • Vice President ­ Claudia Hudson (ON) • Treasurer ­ Vicki-Lee Sloan (BC) • Secretary ­ Vicki-Lee Sloan (BC) • Finance Committee Chair - Gerry Ackerman (NS) • Organizational Committee Chair ­ Paul McMurray (ON) • Policy Committee Chair ­ Jen Fisher-Bradley (BC) • Aboriginal Affairs Committee Chair- Steven Fisher-Bradley (BC) • Constitutional & Legal Affairs Committee Chair- Debbie Anderson (BC) • Communications Director- Catherine Whelan Costen (AB) Policy Highlights 1) Call for a Royal Commission to investigate the full analysis of the September 11, 2001 incident known as 9/11; e.g., investigation of the free fall of three towers in New York, one of which was not hit by a plane, the failure to deploy interceptor planes, failure to heed advance security warnings from many countries. Canada has been negatively impacted by that event in several ways including a) the creation of liberty stripping anti-terrorism laws, b) the bureaucratic incremental integration of Canada with the USA into a North American entity with police state Emergency Preparedness Laws, a Smart Border Agreement, a Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement , 3) the redefinition of Canada's military role from peacekeepers to aggressors, 4) justification of Canadian troops dying in Afghanistan, 5) the redirection of tax money away from supporting the Canadian safety net of social programs to funding a war machine. 2) A call for the Canadian government to cease immediately all its actions that are merging Canada into a North American entity, and a defence against the takeover and loss of our nation occurring via the implementation of a North American Union, without the consent or knowledge of the Canadian people.. 3) A recommitment to the abrogation of NAFTA since NAFTA is the model for an integrated Fortress America focusing on military, immigration, defence, foreign affairs, harmonized health, policing, judicial, legal, as well as expanded economic and financial integration. 4) Support the Troops by immediately calling them home and removing them from cooperation with the U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan 5) To call for the cessation of the militarization of Canada, and the expansion of a war budget, and return to the financing of health, education, housing, infrastructure, municipalities etc. 6) A sharper focusing on the immediacy of an endangered world from fossil fuels and global warming, with a practical call for a commitment to create a Canadian industry to manufacture Electric Cars in Canada 7) A call for rejection of the "AMERO", or any other North American currency, or the U.S. dollarization of Canada 's money supply, and a recommitment to the use of the Bank of Canada to protect our sovereignty over the Canadian economy and money supply 8) A call for the return of statutory reserves. 9)Commitment to prevent the use of Electronic Voting Machines in Federal Elections. 10) Make every effort to field 308 candidates in the next federal election. 11) Committee examination of and recommendation for implementing Direct Democracy within the party and national government, including a Swiss Style referendum process to be put to CAP/PAC membership for vote by referendum. 12) An expansion of policy detail respecting the CAP/PAC call for the rescission of all existing legislation and pending legislation that dismantles civil liberties including anti-terrorist legislation. 13) A new party logo. l4) A motion to support the coalition against Israeli Apartheid was referred to the policy committee for more detailed consideration to be put to the membership within 30 days. Full details of the Convention and revisions to the CAP’s platform will be available on our website as soon as possible. www.canadianactionparty.ca -30- Contact info: Catherine Whelan Costen, Canadian Action Party President & Communications Director cathpublish@wildroseinternet.ca Ph: 403-660-0449 Fax: 403-684-3464 www.canadianactionparty.ca Connie Fogal, Leader, Canadian Action Party/parti action Canadienne Tel: (604)872 2128; or cell (778) 891- 4919 (FAX: 604) 872 -1504 E-MAIL to leader: conniefogal@telus.net # 385- 916 West Broadway, Vancouver BC, V521K7; www.canadianactionparty.ca [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on September 13, 2006]

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