   the progressive canadian party (pc party) () is a minor federal political party in canada. it is a centre-right party that was officially registered with elections canada, the government's election agency, on march 29, 2004. under provisions of the canada elections act that took effect on may 14, 2004, parties were only required to nominate one candidate in order to qualify for official party status in the june 28, 2004 federal election. this meant that progressive canadian party candidates were listed on the ballot alongside the party's name, rather than being designated as independents. == founding and 2004 election== following the dissolution of the progressive conservative party of canada and its merger with the canadian alliance into the new conservative party of canada, the progressive canadian party was formed by "red tories" who opposed the merger. one of the organizers, joe hueglin, is a former progressive conservative member of parliament (mp) from niagara falls, ontario. in announcing the new party, hueglin stated that the party had about a dozen potential candidates and a mailing list of 330 names. the party nominated 16 candidates for the 2004 general election, mostly in southern ontario and nova scotia. the party held a national convention in 2005 to select a leader and to develop policies. it has also established the "macdonald-cartier pc fund" to raise money for the party, under the direction of the hon. sinclair stevens, who was a cabinet minister in the progressive conservative government of brian mulroney before he was forced to resign on allegations of conflict of interest, for which he was subsequently cleared. on november 17, 2005, the federal court of appeal rejected stevens' lawsuit to force chief electoral officer jean-pierre kingsley to rescind recognition of the merger of the progressive conservative party with the canadian alliance. the court did rule, however, that kingsley erred in not waiting 30 days to register the merger. stevens appealed
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