Hello, Im new to the forum,I have read and like the policies of CAP I am wondering if anyone can tell me what the plan of action is to bring CAPs policies to the attention of all Canadians?

First of all, welcome!
Secondly, learn the CAP policies inside-out. Once you have a good understanding of them, assemble a team of like-minded people in your area and begin going after political positions, whether that be mayor, councilor, MP; anything it takes to get CAP ideologies into a position that can influence change.

You can get a following by hitting up the streets with brochures, pamphlets and flyers and letting people know what CAP is all about.

That's a great response, Infowarrior.

The only thing I'd like to add is that it's a giant step toward electing an MP, to start an Interim Riding Association as soon as you have five or six people willing to participate actively enough to organise into President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and then to start looking for someone who could be the agent, who takes responsibility for the financial reporting to Elections Canada and authorising the official CAP literature produced and distributed locally for the Riding.

Anyone interested or ready to pursue this, can contact me and I'll do my best to find someone with experience to help you navigate through the process of setting it all up.

Once this is done, the Riding Association can begin looking for likely candidates to work together to strengthen the Riding, gain members, and develop an understanding of what methods of communication and organisation will work best for their area.

Contact me any time,

Doris Foster
CAP Membership Coordinator
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Quoting Doris:

"then to start looking for someone who could be the agent, who takes responsibility for the financial reporting to Elections Canada"

Given the importance of having someone to do the financial reporting to Elections Canada, and noting that most parties met the June 30 deadline and reported their 2009 financial returns, can you advise why CAP has failed to do so ?

Historically, CAP has avoided involvement in provincial politics and certainly municipal politics. With scare resources its focus should remain on Federal politics.
Apparently the party was granted a one month extension to meet the requirements for reregistration. It is now August and there is no evidence the party has reregistered or filed its financial reports for 2009.

Does it matter if it is a registered party ?
The arguments for registration :
1. Contributors get a tax credit for their donations
2. Candidates can run under the CAP banner (CAP name on ballot, yard signs etc)
3. May get more press and appear on all Candidate forums
Arguments Contrary
1. Its a bother to be bound by Election Canada rules and the CAP Constitution
2. Candidates can still run as independents, they don't need the logo on brochures
3. The NE can still host teleconferences to criticize Bill-36

Finally,if the party simply deregisters there will be no need to have conventions, elect officers and leaders they can simply use the ODDS system to vote each other off the island.

From the Elections Canada Web Site;;

Involuntary deregistration

A party will be deregistered if it fails to endorse a confirmed candidate at a general election. If a registered party is deregistered, its registered associations are also deregistered.

The Chief Electoral Officer may also deregister a registered party if it fails to:

* file statements confirming or amending the information in the Registry of Political Parties within 10 days of the writs being issued

* report on or before June 30 each year, confirming or amending the party's information in the Registry of Political Parties

* report any changes to the information about the party in the Registry of Political Parties within 30 days of the change

* file an audited statement of its assets and liabilities within six months of its registration

* file the party's audited financial transactions return for each fiscal period within six months of the end of the fiscal period

* file the party's audited general election expenses return within six months of election day

* file a statement setting out the dates of a leadership contest, varying the dates or cancelling the contest, or

* file a report on a nomination contest within 30 days of the selection date

If the Chief Electoral Officer finds that a party has omitted to provide the information noted above, he will notify the party in writing that it must provide him with the requested information within a specified deadline. If the party fails to rectify the omission before the deadline or does not convince the Chief Electoral Officer that the omission was not the result of any negligence or lack of good faith on its part, the Chief Electoral Officer may deregister the party.

If the Chief Electoral Officer proposes to deregister a registered party for failure to file the above information, he will notify the party and its registered associations. The notice will specify the effective date of the deregistration, which will be at least 15 days after the notice is sent.

The Chief Electoral Officer must deregister a registered party if that party:

* fails to satisfy him that it has at least three officers in addition to the leader of the party, the chief agent and the auditor, or

* fails to satisfy him that it has at least 250 members who are electors

The Chief Electoral Officer will give notice of the deregistration of a registered party to the party and to its chief agent, and of the resulting deregistration of its registered associations, to the associations and their financial agents. For 30 days after the deregistration of a party, the Chief Electoral Officer will retain the name, short-form name, abbreviation and logo of the deregistered party so that another political party cannot apply for registration under that name.

A deregistered party can reapply for registration at any time. If it applies for registration within the 30-day period, it may apply under the same name, short-form name, abbreviation and logo that it had at the time of its deregistration. Regardless of whether the party applies within the 30-day period, it is still responsible for filing the returns, reports and declarations of a deregistered party.

The Chief Electoral Officer will publish a notice of deregistration in the Canada Gazette and change the status of the party in the Registry of Political Parties from "registered" to "deregistered". The deregistered party and its associations lose all the advantages of a registered party and registered associations on the day that they are deregistered.

Within six months of its deregistration, a deregistered party must provide the Chief Electoral Officer with a final financial transactions return for the portion of the party's current fiscal period ending on the day of its deregistration, as well as any outstanding financial documents.
Judicial deregistration

The Commissioner of Canada Elections is the official responsible for ensuring that the Canada Elections Act is complied with and enforced. If the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that a registered party does not have as one of its fundamental purposes participating in public affairs by endorsing one or more of its members as candidates and supporting their election, he or she must notify the party in writing, requiring it to show that one of its fundamental purposes is participation in public affairs, as set out in the Act.

If the party fails to satisfy the Commissioner within a reasonable period of time, the Commissioner may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order directing the Chief Electoral Officer to deregister the party, and for an order to liquidate the assets of the party and the assets of each of the party's registered associations. Before making an order, the court must be satisfied that the party does not have participation in public affairs (as set out in the Act) as one of its fundamental purposes. In making this determination, the court must consider all relevant factors.

While an application by the Commissioner for judicial deregistration is pending, the authority of a registered party to issue tax receipts is suspended.

(Just so there is no misunderstanding about the need to file financials and 250 declarations)

If CAP gets deregistered wed better get it re-registered again fast i hope some ones working on this

Hi everyone here.I am so glad to come in here,good to see you all.

Apparently the party was granted a one month extension to meet the requirements for reregistration. It is now August and there is no evidence the party has reregistered or filed its financial reports for 2009.