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{{Infobox political party
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| name = National Citizens Alliance
| name = National Citizens Alliance
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| logo = National Advancement Party of Canada logo.jpg
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| founder = Stephen J. Garvey<ref name="Elections Canada">{{cite web|title=Registered Political Parties: National Advancement|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?dir=par&document=index&lang=e&section=pol#demadv|publisher=Elections Canada|accessdate=8 February 2017}}</ref>
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| ideology = Nationalism, Populism
| ideology = {{nowrap|[[Canadian nationalism]]<ref name="nationalism over globalism">{{cite AV media |people=Garvey, Steven |date= |title=We are at war with a privileged globalist elite |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0pkWbW1aQg |access-date= September 20, 2017 |format=Video |quote=We support Canadian nationalism over globalism. We are pro-Canadian, anti-globalists.}}</ref>}}<br>[[Anti-globalization]]<ref name="nationalism over globalism" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Integration of New Arrivals Policy Statement|url=http://www.nationaladvancement.ca/about-our-policies/napc-integration-of-new-comers-policy-statement/|website=National Advancement Party of Canada|accessdate=September 20, 2017|language=en-CA|quote=National Advancement rejects the liberal socialist globalist agenda of creating a Canada that is devoid of a distinct identity and heritage}}</ref><br> [[National conservatism]]<br>[[Criticism of Islam|Anti-Islam]]
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| headquarters = 728 Northmount Drive North-West<br/>PO Box 94<br/>Calgary, Alberta T2K 6J8
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*National Citizens Alliance of Canada (NCA) became a registered federal party on January 30, 2019. (Reference: <nowiki>https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&dir=par&document=index&lang=e</nowiki>) The NCA led by Stephen J. Garvey has an agenda of “Pro-Canadian, Anti-Globalist”, and supports putting Canadians, Canada First. (Reference: <nowiki>https://www.nationalcitizensalliance.ca/</nowiki>) <br />The NCA has been maligned by the mainstream as “anti-immigrant”, “racist” “white nationalist”, and “intolerant” without justification. (Reference:  <nowiki>https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/party-with-extreme-views-on-immigration-running-on-vancouver-island/</nowiki>)
The '''National Citizens Alliance''' ({{lang-fr|Alliance National des Citoyens}}, formerly the '''National Advancement Party of Canada''') is a minor federal political party in [[Canada]]. The party was formed in 2014 and registered with [[Elections Canada]] in 2015 under the name '''Democratic Advancement Party of Canada'''. It later became the National Advancement Party. The National Advancement Party voluntarily deregistered with Elections Canada on December 31, 2017, <ref name="voluntary dereg" /> and created a new party called the National Citizens Alliance, which applied for registration with Elections Canada in May 2018. Its registration was confirmed in January 2019.{{cn|date=November 2018}}

The party is headquartered in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]] and led by writer Stephen Garvey.

==History==

In August 2015, the National Advancement Party of Canada was registered under the party name, Democratic Advancement Party of Canada (DAPC). The NAPC, under the DAPC name, fielded four candidates in the 2015 federal election.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-registered-parties-elections-canada-1.3277145</ref> In January 2017, the party name was changed to National Advancement Party of Canada (NAPC). Garvey was a candidate in [[Calgary Skyview]], receiving 1.5% of the vote, Fahed Khalid was a candidate in [[Bow River (electoral district)|Bow River]] where he won 0.17% of the vote, Max Veress received 0.33% of the vote in [[Calgary Forest Lawn]], and Faizan Butt received 0.34% of the vote [[Calgary Nose Hill]]. No candidate was elected.<ref>https://lop.parl.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Party.aspx?Item=fb6c97a3-277c-43f5-8133-3c32a8908b11&Language=E</ref>

The NAPC fielded two candidates in by-elections for the Calgary ridings in April 2017: Garvey was the candidate in [[Calgary Heritage]] (79 votes, 0.3%), and Kulbir Singh Chawla was the candidate in [[Calgary Midnapore]] (81 votes, 0.3%).<ref>{{cite web|title=Calgary By-elections|url=http://www.nationaladvancementparty.ca/calgary-by-elections/|website=National Advancement Party of Canada|accessdate=March 20, 2017|language=en-CA}}</ref>

On December 13, 2017 the National Advancement Party voluntarily deregistered itself from Elections Canada effective December 31, 2017.<ref name="voluntary dereg">{{cite web|author1=Elections Canada|title=Deregistration of the National Advancement Party of Canada|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/deregistration-of-the-national-advancement-party-of-canada-663922163.html|website=CNW|publisher=Cision|accessdate=February 17, 2018|language=en|date=December 13, 2017}}</ref>

National Citizens Alliance registration was confirmed in January 2019.

==Policy and views==

As of 2018, the NCA advocates these policies:
* Small, lean government
* Lower taxes including rescinding carbon taxation and implementing a 7% reduction in federal taxation
* Legislation for the recall of any MP and referendums including the ability of the Canadian people to hold a binding national no-confidence vote on a sitting government
* Immigration policy reform
* Restoring the 1934 Bank of Canada Act and implementing balanced budgets to address the growing federal debt annual debt service payments to commercial banks

The party wants to limit [[Immigration to Canada|the immigration rate]], which they believe to be too high for proper screening and vetting, as well as restricting or halting immigration from nations with strong terrorist activities, or do not share what they describe as [[Human rights in Canada|Canadian values]]. They also advocate deportation of all illegal immigrants who entered Canada through the [[United States]] as part of a [[Canada–United States Safe Third Country Agreement|Safe Third Country Agreement]] loophole.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalcitizensalliance.ca/NCA-immigration-refugees-citizenship-policy-statement/|title=NCA Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Policy Statement - National Citizens Alliance|work=National Citizens Alliance|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en-US}}</ref> The NCA supports [[abortion]] rights, but banning them after 3 months of pregnancy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalcitizensalliance.ca/NCA-abortion-policy-statement/|title=NCA Abortion Policy Statement - National Citizens Alliance|work=National Citizens Alliance|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en-US}}</ref> The party states it supports [[LGBT]] rights but also states it will prohibit "schools and any other relevant organizations/institutions from exposing children to indoctrination [on] sexual identity".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalcitizensalliance.ca/NCA-lgbt-policy-statement/|title=NCA LGBTQ Policy Statement - National Citizens Alliance|work=National Citizens Alliance|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en-US}}</ref> The party supports gun rights, and describes the current gun regulations as excessive and ineffective.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalcitizensalliance.ca/NCA-firearms-policy-statement/|title=NCA Firearms Policy Statement - National Citizens Alliance|work=National Citizens Alliance|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en-US}}</ref> They want to increase penalties for [[Cruelty to animals|animal cruelty]], and a full ban on [[bestiality]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalcitizensalliance.ca/NCA-animal-welfare-policy-statement/|title=NCA Animal Welfare Policy Statement - National Citizens Alliance|work=National Citizens Alliance|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en-US}}</ref> which is currently only partly banned in Canada.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/supreme-court-clarifies-canadas-bestiality-law-with-ruling/article30371581/|title=Supreme Court clarifies Canada’s bestiality law with ruling|access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref> National Citizens Alliance supports [[Quebec]] preserving their culture, but opposes full independence, instead advocating for greater cooperation between the federal government and Quebec.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalcitizensalliance.ca/NCA-canadian-unity-quebec/|title=NCA Canadian Unity and Quebec Policy Statement - National Citizens Alliance|work=National Citizens Alliance|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Leader ==
Stephen Garvey is a former associate of the anti-immigrant group Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI),<ref>{{cite news|last1=Snowdon|first1=Wallis|last2=Huncar|first2=Andrea|title=Anti-immigrant protest at Alberta school follows student fight|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/red-deer-high-school-protest-anti-syrian-refugee-school-fight-controversy-1.4127344|accessdate=September 20, 2017|work=CBC News|date=May 23, 2017|language=en|quote=Stephen Garvey, a member of the anti-immigration group Worldwide Coalition Against Islam, said the intent of the protest was to raise awareness about the need to protect 'Canadian culture' in schools.}}</ref><ref name="Calgary festival">{{cite news|last1=Kury de Castillo|first1=Carolyn|title=Calgary rally draws dozens opposed to proposed anti-Islam event|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3553888/calgary-rally-draws-dozens-opposed-to-proposed-anti-islam-event/|accessdate=September 20, 2017|work=Global News|date=June 24, 2017|language=en|quote=Garvey suggests his event was punished because of his previous association with the World Wide{{sic}} Coalition Against Islam through their shared opposition to Sharia Law.}}</ref> until publicly cutting ties with the group in June 2017.<ref name="Calgary Antifa" /> He was the lead organizer of a March 2017 protest in Calgary against [[Motion 103]] (M-103), a non-binding resolution in the federal [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] which condemned [[Islamophobia]] and all other forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination.<ref name="Metro Calgary protest alt-right">{{Cite news|url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2017/03/19/alt-right-groups-hold-m-103-protest-calgary-city-hall.html|title=Alt-right groups hold M-103 protest outside Calgary City Hall|work=Metro Calgary|access-date=2017-09-06|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Montpetit|first1=Jonathan|title=What we learned about the far right over the weekend|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/far-right-m-103-protest-what-we-learned-1.4010710|date=March 5, 2017|work=CBC News|accessdate=March 20, 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooks|first1=Anna|title=Protesters in Calgary clash over M-103 anti-Islamophobia motion|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/protesters-in-calgary-clash-over-m-103-anti-islamophobia-motion|accessdate=March 20, 2017|work=Calgary Herald|date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>

In May 2017, Garvey was the spokesperson for a protest in [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]] which alleged that Syrian students at [[Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School]] were given more lenient punishments for participating in a fight than other students.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rdnewsnow.com/article/538848/protesters-left-unsatisfied-following-meeting-thurber-school-officials|title=Protesters left unsatisfied following meeting with Thurber school officials|date=2017-05-23|work=rdnewsNOW|access-date=2017-09-05|language=en}}</ref> The allegations were false, as school officials and local [[RCMP]] confirmed all eight students involved were suspended for one week.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wood|first1=James|title='We are Albertans': Notley weighs in on Red Deer school protest by anti-immigration groups|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/we-are-albertans-notley-weighs-in-on-red-deer-school-protest-by-anti-immigration-groups|accessdate=September 20, 2017|work=Calgary Herald|date=May 24, 2017|quote=School officials and the RCMP said four Canadian students and four Syrian students who had been involved in a fight had all been suspended for a week from school.}}</ref>

In June 2017, the NAPC held an impromptu press conference in protest against the City of Calgary for revoking the special event permit for the party's "Say No to Hate and Racism Festival", which the City viewed as "anti-Muslim and Islamophobic" and other observers characterized as "anti-Islam".<ref name="Calgary festival" /><ref>{{Citation|last=National Advancement Party of Canada|title=Message of Unity to ALL Canadians|date=2017-06-24|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWf0Q4eVz1Y|accessdate=2017-08-24}}</ref> Garvey, former candidate Kulbir Singh Chawla and several other National Advancement supporters were interrupted later that month at another press conference by marchers from the [[Post-WWII anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] group Calgary Antifa.<ref name="Calgary Antifa">{{Cite news|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-anti-racism-activists-rally-cross-paths-with-opponents|title=Calgary anti-racism activists rally, cross paths with opponents|date=2017-06-25|work=Calgary Herald|access-date=2017-08-27|language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of political parties in Canada]]
*[[Immigration Watch Canada]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.nationaladvancementparty.ca/ Official website]
*[https://archive-it.org/collections/227/ National Advancement Party of Canada – Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups] - Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries


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National Citizens Alliance
Alliance National des Citoyens
LeaderStephen J. Garvey
IdeologyNationalism, Populism
  • National Citizens Alliance of Canada (NCA) became a registered federal party on January 30, 2019. (Reference: https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&dir=par&document=index&lang=e) The NCA led by Stephen J. Garvey has an agenda of “Pro-Canadian, Anti-Globalist”, and supports putting Canadians, Canada First. (Reference: https://www.nationalcitizensalliance.ca/)
    The NCA has been maligned by the mainstream as “anti-immigrant”, “racist” “white nationalist”, and “intolerant” without justification. (Reference:  https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/party-with-extreme-views-on-immigration-running-on-vancouver-island/)
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