Progressive Canadian Party

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Progressive Canadian Party
Current Leader:Ernie Schreiber
Founded:March 29, 2004
Colours:TBD
Political ideology:centrist

The Progressive Canadian Party is a new federal political party of Canada. It was officially registered with Elections Canada on March 29, 2004.

The Party must now nominate 50 candidates to qualify for official party status in the Canadian federal election, 2004 under the rules of the Canada Elections Act.

This new Party's creation is a reaction to the creation of the Conservative Party of Canada by former members of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The new Party will be a centrist party. One of the organizers, Joe Hueglin is a former Progressive Conservative MP from Niagara Falls, Ontario.

At the time of announcement of the new party, Hueglin stated that the party had about a dozen potential candidates and a mailing list of 330 names.

The new PC Party aims to be the successor to the former Progressive Conservative Party however, no sitting MPs or Senators have joined, and no prominent figures such as Joe Clark are associated with the new party. It is unknown what David Orchard's view on the new party is.

While there is no official logo, or policy platform, it's expected that both will be similar to that of the old Progressive Conservatives.

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