"PC Party" will be on the ballot in any constituency where an individual chooses to have it so.

Why?

Because in Election 2000, 1 566 998 Canadians, rejecting Liberal and Alliance candidates, voted for the PC Party with no
expectation of their Party forming a government.

Why?

Because those supporters of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada unaccepting of the merger with the Canadian
Alliance have been subjected by some to the taunt:... "What are you going to do? vote Liberal ... or NDP?"... Neither of these
options nor that of supporting the new Conservative Party being satisfactory, action was necessary to provide one that would
be.

OPERATION PHOENIX was suggested on the Daily Digest and launched. Individuals responded, applications to file with the
Chief Electoral Officer were sent out by e-mail, returned and filed. The result? PC Party will appear on the ballot in those
constituencies where individuals choose to have this descriptive title beside their names as candidates for the office of Member of
Parliament.

Who can be a candidate? Any Progressive Conservative minded individual with $1 000 dollars and a hundred signatures from
electors resident in the riding on nomination papers. The thousand dollars is refundable if the proper paper work is done. The
hundred signatures can come from relatives, friends, enemies, casual acquaintances . . . maybe even from others who share
the desire to be able to continue to vote "PC".

What can be accomplished other than personal satisfaction? You will be contributing to reestablishing a registered party that
will, in the future as it has in the past, contest with the Liberals for the middle ground, making the most of existing capabilities
unfettered by the bonds of extreme ideologies or radical ideologues.

The Press Release below encapsulates what has been said above.

It issues this invitation to those who, until now, have faced the same quandary:... "how will I vote in the next election?". Join
with others of like mind to have middle of the road, moderate PC Party candidates on the ballot in your ridings.

Joe Hueglin

Joe Hueglin Daily Digest

For Immediate Release

"PC PARTY" BACK ON THE FEDERAL BALLOT

OTTAWA, 29 March, 2004. Canadians will still have the choice of voting "PC" in the upcoming federal election less than four months after Peter MacKay consigned the Progressive Conservative Party to the rubbish heap of history.

…Faced with the unacceptable choices of voting for the Liberals, the left-wing NDP or the right-wing new Conservative Party, PC Party members from across Canada worked together by e-mail and phone to apply to Elections Canada for the restoration of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to the list of registered parties.

"The Chief Electoral Officer rejected that name but accepted a second application which will place “PC Party” on the ballot. This enables us to continue offering Canadians a balanced, progressive-conservative approach to governing." stated Joe Hueglin, a former PC M.P. for Niagara Falls, currently acting as National Coordinator for the re-building of the Progressive Conservative Party. "The next milestone in the revival of the PC’s is the nomination of a minimum of fifty candidates to run in the upcoming election. That will again give us the status of a registered political party.”

(see attached Media Backgrounder for registration procedures)

"We will welcome the many former Progressive Conservatives who believe their party was taken over by the Canadian Alliance." said Sherry Lavery of Edmonton. “We will provide a political home for all voters who reject both the scandal-ridden Liberals and the right-wing positions of the new Conservative Party." Lavery stressed that the PC Party will continue to be governed and operated by the same principles that have earned the votes of generations of Canadians.

"The blatant takeover left a huge gap in the political spectrum." Al Gullon, of Ottawa, noted. "We are filling that gap by continuing to offer Canadian voters the socially-progressive, fiscally-conservative policies of the PC Party."

"Our focus in the upcoming election will be almost completely local.” says Tracy Parsons, Dartmouth, N.S. "We don’t have the resources to mount a national campaign and, at this stage, we really don't see the need to do so. We have commitments to field PC Party candidates in a dozen ridings, and Stephen Harper's victory in the new Conservative Party leadership race has led to many more inquiries from potential candidates, members and voters."

PC Loyalists across Canada, working with Hueglin, are now making preparations to contest the next election. They invite interested Canadians to join with them by calling Joe at 905-356-3901 or e-mailing hueglinj@cogeco.ca . "We're most pleased that the Chief Electoral Officer has enabled us to continue offering the nation-building policies of the PC Party to the Canadian electorate." Joe concluded

For more information contact one of the following:

Sherry Lavery, Edmonton. 780-450-3303,
sherrylavery@shaw.ca

Joe Hueglin, Niagara Falls. 905-356-3901,

hueglinj@cogeco.ca

Al Gullon, Ottawa. 613-738-0712,

al@alsaces.ca

Tracy Parsons, Halifax. 902-462-2773,

pcmembership@ns.sympatico.ca

MEDIA BACKGROUNDER ON REGISTRATION PROCEDURES/ACTIONS

Part 1. Excerpts from REGISTRATION OF FEDERAL POLITICAL PARTIES

(from a Backgrounder on Elections Canada’s website: www.elections.ca)

…Since Confederation, most candidates for election to the House of Commons have been affiliated with political parties. Political parties were not formally recognized in the Canada Elections Act until 1970 … when changes to the Act also allowed the political affiliations … on the ballots.

…The voluntary registration of political parties was introduced in 1974. By registering with the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, a party undertakes to disclose political contributions and expenditures, among other responsibilities, and receives several benefits.

…The Canada Elections Act does not attempt to define or describe a political party. Generally speaking, a federal political party is a group of people who together … endorse candidates …Forming and registering a federal political party are two different things. There is no legislation regulating the formation of federal political parties. Once a party exists, it may apply to be registered under the Act.

…The name … of the political party applying for registration must not resemble the name … of another party. ... There is a resemblance between party names when, in the opinion of the Chief Electoral Officer, there is a risk of confusing them.

…Once the Chief Electoral Officer has determined that a party is eligible for registration, the eligible party becomes registered when it endorses at least 50 confirmed candidates in a general election, as long as it applied for registration at least 60 days before the issue of the election writs.

Part 2. Chronology of the revival of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

1. During the Holiday Season, in response to an email from Joe Hueglin and Al Gullon, over 200 PC Loyalists from coast to coast to coast revived the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by signing on as Members using the Elections Canada registration forms. At the same time the Members were asked to sign a second set of forms in the name of “Progressive Canadian Party” to be used as a ‘nom-de-guerre’ if the Chief Electoral Officer, for whatever reason, rejected the first application.

2. On Friday, January 9, their signatures were then used to apply for registration.

3. The following Monday the name “Progressive Conservative” was rejected by the Chief Electoral Officer as being too close to the name “Conservative”. “It came as a complete surprise to us.” says Al Gullon, Interim Secretary for the Party. “But, with the election imminent, there was no time for an appeal. We were forced to use the ‘nom-de-guerre’ strategy.”

4. The second application was made on Monday, February 2 ”We were not willing to give up the name Progressive Conservative,” explained Gullon, “so we applied for the name ‘Progressive Canadian Party’ solely to get ‘PC Party’ on the ballot.”

5. With other members of the Interim Executive preoccupied on pressing personal and business matters Gullon got on with the Secretary’s main constitutional duties: building the membership. Joe Hueglin volunteered to help with that task by acting as a ‘National Coordinator’ for the rebuilding process.

6. Late Friday, March 26, after confirmation of the elector signatures (done by ‘snail mail’) Elections Canada advised that the name ‘Progressive Canadian Party’, with the ballot name ‘PC Party’, will be placed on the list of parties eligible for registration after the writ is dropped for the next federal election..

Part 3. Details of the Nom-de-guerre Strategy

All financial and reporting requirements of registration will, of course, be strictly followed by the Progressive Canadian Party. The Progressive Conservative Party will only engage in those political activities which are not regulated by the Canada Elections Act.

…”We’re not talking about two different parties. And certainly not a name change.” explained Gullon. “We will remain one party, but with a second name, a registered “nom-de-guerre”, to contest elections.”

Gullon emphasized that, “Members will never join only the nom-de-guerre party. They will continue to sign on with ‘the Party of Sir John A’ while also being listed as members of our registered nom-de-guerre party. The actions and policies of the registered party will thus be completely controlled by the Progressive Conservative membership.