The Unparty: Beta 0.1

The Unparty is just a rough idea right now, but it reads something like this:

The basic idea is for a no-party/unparty (those are actually the suggested names)

The problem that we keep running into is that politics is about personalities and parties rather than issues. The Conservatives are in now and they will no doubt move in the wrong direction, the Liberals were in before that but we still had a hard time getting things done. At the same time we have to be realistic about third parties, the majority of Canada is not simply going to put the NDP or the Greens in power, at least not anytime soon. So, the no party/unparty would look something like this:

1) The unparty would not run any candidates of it's own. The last thing we need is yet another party on the left.
2) The unparty would exist to promote progressive causes/issues and organizations, regardless of who is in power.
3) It is meant to be a home to people who are generally progressive but may not have loyalty to any particular party, it also openly welcomes members of existing parties who are concerned about issues first and foremost.
4) During elections we would endorse and promote strategic voting in the short term but would promote electoral reform, and push all parties to endorse some form of proportional representation or preferential balloting for the long term.
5) We would not allow it to be co-opted by any other party, so even if a government was elected that ran on our issues and promised to do everything we supported we would not simply join that party or say 'mission accomplished' we would continue to exist as the un/no party and make sure they carried through on the promises.

I think this would draw in alot of disenfranchised people because we stand for something concrete. Many people are sick of the parties and have no confidence in them, we would welcome these people and give them an agenda to fight for: an agenda, but not a party.

If you are interested in the idea please join this group (it is temporarily closed to keep trolls out, just say you want in and I can add you).