[CPF] A new dawn...

Day 2,432, 04:58 • Published in Canada Canada • by Dozzer_x


Salutations and greetings.

This week I have been elected as the new Leader of the Canadian Progressive Front, after a prolonged tenure of our dear old leader, TheSmoke. I would like to thank him for his excellent administration, and for keeping our party indeed the premier party of Canada.

This month, in the CPF, we're going to have a little bit of change of direction. I envision a party that will be more combative, politically, but also more inclusive. We need to fight for our values and principles, but at the same time to cooperate with any other party that wishes a better Canada. Because shouting for unity while doing nothing about it ourselves is not really a good idea.

For starters, any trolling or political catfight must go. It is my hope that no CPF member will engage in such activities this month. If we are attacked, we must answer in a civilised manner, with arguments. If there is a conflict of views on how Canada should be governed, we will engage in civilised debate. There can be no progress without discussions and debates, but there will also be no progress if these things are not done in a productive manner.



First of all, I think that our dear Canadian Progressive Front needs a serious reorganisation. In this aspect, I think we must remain as close as possible to all individual CPF members, to get their opinions and views, but we must also reward those who are actively involved in the party.

This is why, while Moose Calls will be kept this month, I'll create some sort of a central executive committee, in which our CPF congressmen and some individual members designated by the party Leader will be members and will actively contribute to the improvement of this party.

I expect that those who want to become Congressmen on our party list this month will be active and dedicated people, because the CPF cannot truly remain the premier party of Canada only by its membership. We also need to send the best people in Government and Congress.



Secondly, Congress elections. I'm not going to be as permissive as my predecessor, and I'm going to seriously background check any candidates. Promoting newcomers still remains one of my wishes, but if I can't find promising newcomers, our first spots on the Congress list will be occupied by experienced CPF members. Now, I don't want to be accused of being an elitist, but I think it's better for us to go forward with people we can trust, rather than going with people who we don't really know.

At the last elections we've got elected 18 CPF congressmen. Two of these have already left CPF for other parties.

I do expect at the same time that active and dedicated CPF members will run for Congress this month. We will give Canada the best Congressional team we can.



Another issue I wish to get done is the revival of our Tenets. Throughout our history, we have always fought for certain things, and we have developed certain principles and values. While our original tenets are mostly out of date, I think we can make new Tenets from our unwritten values and principles.

This is going to obviously be put to internal party debate, and I hope that by 5 August we'll already have some sort of general scheme on them. I'm not going to rush this process, as I expect these tenets to be long-lasting and stable.

Our new Tenets shall deal, in my opinion, with the following things: the Canadian political environment and interparty cooperation, the economy, the military, our stance on foreign affairs, government funding and size, along with the general administration of the country, and obviously, new Canadian citizens.



Now, some election analysis. I'm not going to see who won and who received votes in each party, I'm more interested in the turnout.

Canadian Progressive Front - 56 votes - 55.4%
United Front - 47 votes - 62.7%
Military Dictatorship Party - 30 votes - 46.2%
Parti Francophone Canadien - 24 votes - 50%
Imperial Wolves - 22 votes - 52.4%

The CPF remains, by people voting in party presidential elections, the first party by membership that we consider active. However, when it comes to turnout, we're second place, following the United Front. Now, while the United Front has a cooperative-like structure, and has members that are involved with their socialist group politically, economically and militarily, the CPF, like most other political parties, is not such a cohesive group, as our mutual interest is only political. While I do think that the UF model is effective, I don't think it should be followed by the CPF at all. We're a libertarian-minded party, we believe in cooperation, but we also believe in individualism. We already have the CPF Praetors, but it's obvious we should not force our members to be part of it. Not even I, as leader, am part of it. And these are the perks of being a libertarian - we offer every individual a choice.



I hope this article has given everyone around an outlook on how the party is going to look like under my leadership.

Best regards,
Dozzer_x
Leader of the Canadian Progressive Front