AffiliationQuebec was a registered

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from 2008 to 2012. It was strongly in favour of Canadian unity and opposed

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and

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. Aside from the party's

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agenda, its stated mission was to "actively pursue the full rights and interests of staunch Canadians living in the Province of Quebec." It also opposed Quebec's language law. The party never contested any elections. Largely the project of its co-founder and leader, Allen E. Nutik, the party became dormant after his resignation and lost its status as a registered party on January 30, 2012.

Formation

Party leader, Allen E. Nutik, and co-founder, Ardeth Patterson, announced their plan to form the party in May 2007. Nutik described AffiliationQuebec as: "A NEW political party to refocus the agenda! We don't want to be LIED TO, nor undervalued again." Nutik aimed his message primarily but not exclusively at Western Montreal anglophones. Nutik predicted that the party would succeed the defunct Equality Party and aimed to build on voter disappointment with the

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and the

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, which Nutik said didn't offer any particular consideration to minorities. Although the party's first meeting attracted several dozen people, Nutik was at first unable to collect 100 signatures of supporters, which was the minimum number necessary to officially register the group as an official political party with the

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. The party was eventually registered on January 15, 2008.

Activities

On March 2, 2008, AffiliationQuebec held a rally, inviting

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to speak. At the rally, an AffiliationQuebec supporter wrestled with a member of a small,

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fringe group protesting the Galganov speech. When founding the party, Nutik announced his intention to run as a candidate for the next election of the

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. Nutik later said that he wanted the party to run candidates in six or seven of the assembly's 125 ridings. In October 2008, with the resignation of Notre-Dame-de-Grace riding Member of the National Assembly

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, Nutik declared his intention to contest the seat. However, on November 10, 2008, Nutik announced that neither he nor his party would be running in the Quebec provincial election of 2008, citing lack of resources and support.

Closure

After the election was concluded, Nutik stepped down as party leader, stating that he was "with Mario" (a reference to

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, who had recently stepped down as leader of the

). Nutik was not replaced as leader, no further party activities were announced and the party's website was never subsequently updated. The party never submitted an annual report to the Director General of Elections, causing the Director General to announce its intention to withdraw the party's status as an officially registered political party effective January 30, 2012.

References

External links

AffiliationQuebec website
{{Quebec provincial political parties Provincial political parties in Quebec Quebec Anglophone culture Organizations based in Montreal