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     ACTION 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     By ROLAND and GEORGE MORRISON 
     
    
   
   
    
     If present plans ever see the light of day, 
     
     ‘Action Canada’, rapidly becoming a strong 
     
     political force in this country, could replace 
     
     the NDP as the third party in Canada. ' 
     
    

    
     4 Mike McCafferty, a STU student and the 
     
     local chairman of Action Canada, said that 
     
     within five years Action Canada would be the 
     
     third most powerful political’ party in the 
     
     country. “We have all kinds of means for mak- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ing ourselves felt”, he stated, and added that 
     
     this rise in power might occur as early as the 
     
     next federal elections, rumoured to be Novem- 
     
     ber, 1972. This would indeed be an incredible 
     
     leap forward for the four-month old party. 
     
     Although youth forms a large portion ot 
     
     the party, membership is varied. Farmers, the 
     
     unemployed, businessmen. industrialists. and 
     
     Wople from all other walks of life have [locked 
     
     tojoin. Action Canada presents to them a means 
     
     of expressing their discontent with the present 
     
     government,a means of providing the:individual 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     with the opportunity to express his views and 
     
     criticisms. 
     
    

    
     The party derives its financial support from 
     
     two main sources: I) membership fees. and 2) 
     
     donations. Membership fees are: Regular. $10; 
     
     Student, $2; Patrons, $50 and up: and unem- 
     
     ployed, Free (requested to pay $2 when em- 
     
     ployed). These fees are not mandatory. and are 
     
     paid voluntarily by members. Perhaps the larg- 
     
     est sourcc of income comes from monied busi- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     nessmen and industrialists, especially in Toronto, 
     
     Montreal, and BC. With these funds, Action 
     
     Canada is attempting to make itself a viable 
     
     political party. ’ ‘ ' -_ V __ 
     
     McCaffcrty says taht Action Canada is- “sort 
     
     of a populist movement.” What he means'byg. 
     
     this is that unlike the other-political parties in 
     
     Canada, Action,Canada.s olieies are,“ :de- 
     
     mincdi'at-thc‘top; h '1 
     
     bottom, by.._th ' ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
         
     
         
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     administrative duties, and a - - - 
     
     their rights to act. They pro _ ~- " 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     _ {the pa'nyjebnsis'ié'gf a _ g i ‘ _ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     to seek new alternat" rs ,' , 
     
     ing all citizens in thewegs-nel 
     
     fora better Canada. ’. '  1 
     
     4. Participate in the electora’l'p'mC 1' e 
     
     the active support of candidates-'whogen' 
     
     the Action Council's position.   . 7  , ., 
     
     So. the main purpose of each Action Conn-ill .-  
     
     is to provide'a’. forum locally forzparticipat‘ion“ “3'  
     
     in‘political life for everyvAction'(‘anadameinberl' "  
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     a populistmovement...