The Christian Democrat Party of Canada was a Canadian

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 political party that organized briefly in 1981-82, in an attempt to start a right-wing

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 populist

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 party.

The Christian Democrat Party [sic] was founded by Sydney Thompson, of Dunnville, Ontario

Dunnville, Ontario

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. Thompson served in Korea with the Royal Canadian Navy

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, and managed the Hotel Plaza II in Toronto.

In a 1982 by-election

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 in Toronto's Broadview—Greenwood

Toronto—Danforth

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 riding, Thompson, running as an independent, won 38 votes, or 0.14% of the total. He placed eighth in a field of nine candidates, following three other independents and the Rhinoceros Party of Canada candidate, but placing ahead of perennial candidate

Perennial candidate

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 John C. Turmel

John C. Turmel

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, who collected 19 votes.

Party program

The party's political platform proposed to:

• Support and encourage law enforcement agencies. Restore capital punishment.
• Increase the National Defence budget. Require compulsory service for young people. Re-divide the Canadian Armed Forces
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   into the Royal Canadian Army, Navy and Air Force.
• Strengthen the economy by implementing political stability. Reduce the federal deficit. Restore full value of the Canadian dollar. Remove employable people from welfare roles by offering them productive jobs.
• Increase immigration with the ultimate goal of increasing population from 25 million to 200 million people. Encourage assimilation of immigrants and end multiculturalism
  Multiculturalism
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   policy.
• Pass legislation to bring inflation under control.
• Discover new energy resources; transport prisoners to northern areas to exploit energy resources.
• Adopt a "Canada first" foreign policy. Halt foreign aid to communist countries and other dictatorships.
• Abolish bilingualism
  Bilingualism in Canada
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   policy.
• Deport to the country of their choice any person advocating the separation
  Quebec sovereignty movement
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   of Quebec
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   or another province from Canada.
• Reduce taxes in general, and aim to eliminate the personal income tax over time.
• Review performance of boards of education and pass legislation where warranted to improve education. (Note: in Canada, education is a responsibility of provincial governments.)
• Abolish the metric system
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  , and return to the Imperial system of weights and measures.
• Repeal law permitting homosexual acts.
• Prohibit abortion other than in cases of rape and incest. Create and staff adoption centres.
• Pass laws to oppose the use of narcotics and marijuana.
• Appoint cabinet ministers who have experience in the areas for which they are responsible.