- Lemon Party
infobox Political party
name_english = Lemon Party
name_native = Parti Citron
ideology = Lemon-based Economy
leader = Pope Terence the First
website = http://www.particitron.vze.com/The Lemon Party of Canada (Parti Citron) was a frivolous Canadian party which has operated on a federal level, as well as provincially inQuebec . The party was officially registered onJanuary 8 ,1987 , [cite web|url = http://www.quebecpolitique.com/quebec/histoirepolitique-jan-en.html|title = Political History of Quebec (January)] by then leader, Denis R. Patenaude and deregistered onNovember 14 1998 for failing to have at least ten candidates stand for election. [cite web|url = http://www.quebecpolitique.com/partis/histoire-partis.html|title = Partis politiques] [cite web|url = http://www.quebecpolitique.com/quebec/histoirepolitique-nov-en.html|title = Political History of Quebec (November)] The party was headed by "Pope Terence the First", whose existence is unconfirmed. Theirofficial agent is Mary-Gabrielle Blay II. [cite web|url = http://www.particitron.vze.com/|title = Parti Citron's official website]Their 2004 national convention produced a platform of policies which were "placed in small green plastic boxes and sold to industrial pig farms in Mexico", according to a large party spokeswoman. The subsequent electoral campaign, under the slogan "For a bitter Canada," received minor, but sympathetic, media coverage.cite news|url = http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2004/analysiscommentary/columns/danbrown190604.html|title =
Analysis & Commentary: The Heirs of the Rhino Party |author = Dan Brown|date =19 June 2004 |publisher =Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ] The Lemon Party prides itself on its record on fiscal discipline and in pushing for economic growth. Their economic plan was allegedly authored by Montreal economist Ianik Marcil.The Lemon Party has not been officially registered as a political party since the early 1990s, when it was registered only in
Quebec .Policies and platforms
The Parti Citron has pledged to:
* Restructure Canada's economy to be centred on lemon production
* Supportglobal warming so lemons can be grown in Canada
* AbolishToronto
* Repeal the law ofgravity Election results
ee also
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List of frivolous parties
*Politics of Quebec
* Political parties in Quebec
*List of political parties in Canada References
External links
* [http://agora.ulaval.ca/~phauo/en/ Lemon Party] (English)
* [http://www.particitron.vze.com/ Parti Citron] (French)
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