 the canadian action party (cap) (, pac) is a canadian federal political party founded in 1997. it promotes canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and the free trade agreements that have been signed by the canadian government. == background == the canadian action party was founded by paul t. hellyer, a former liberal minister of defence in the cabinet of lester pearson. hellyer ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the liberal party in 1968, and for the leadership of the progressive conservative party in 1976. it nominated candidates for the first time in the 1997 federal election. after the 1997 election, it absorbed the canada party, another minor party concerned about monetary reform which had been formed by former members of the social credit party of canada. former canada party leader claire foss served as vice president of cap until november 2003. hellyer resigned as cap leader in 2003 after the new democratic party didn't agree to a merger proposal, under which the ndp would change its name. in 2004, connie fogal, an activist lawyer, was acclaimed party leader after david orchard failed to respond to an invitation to take over the leadership. fogal stepped down in 2008 and was succeeded by andrew j. moulden following the 2008 federal election. moulden resigned as cap leader on august 4, 2009 and joined the christian heritage party. from october 2009 to september 2010, me
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