Animal Protection Party of Canada

Pro-animal rights political party in Canada

Animal Protection Party of Canada

Active federal party
Leader| Liz White
Deputy Leader| Jordan Reichert[1]
Founded| 2005 as Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada
Merger of|

*     * Animals Alliance of Canada
* Environment Voters

Headquarters| 101–221 Broadview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4M 2G3
Ideology|

* Animal rights
* Environmentalism

Colours| Forest Green
Senate|

0 / 105

House of Commons|

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Website
animalprotectionparty.ca

* Politics of Canada
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The Animal Protection Party of Canada (French: Parti pour la protection des animaux du Canada) is a minor registered political party in Canada that focuses on animal rights and environmentalism. It was formed in 2005 as the Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada by the merger of two organizations, the Animal Alliance of Canada and Environment Voters; it changed to its current name in 2016.[2] Both parent organizations have been vocal in opposition to the seal hunt in Newfoundland and Labrador, fur farming, trapping, and bear hunting. The party is led by Liz White, a Toronto-based animal rights advocate.

## Influence of electoral law

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Federal laws restricting political advocacy by "third parties" (i.e., organizations not registered by Elections Canada as political parties) during election campaigns led to the formation of this party. Following a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that allowed political parties to be registered by only running a single candidate, animal rights activists formed the party.[3] The AAEV party provides its members and candidates the opportunity to promote its views during election periods.[4]

The party originally endorsed major-party candidates who promoted positions favourable to its own. In the 2006 general election, AAEV's free-time political ads endorsed the New Democratic Party, counterbalanced by the statement that voters could also vote for AAEV party leader Liz White in Toronto Centre.[5]

Canadian electoral laws hinder misuse of this loophole by setting campaign spending limits for parties, proportional to the number of voters in the electoral districts where the party is running candidates. Because the AAEV was running only one candidate, it was permitted to spend $66,715.37, compared to the $18,225,260.74 limits granted to the major national parties.[6] In 2008, the party ran four candidates. In 2011, it ran seven candidates with one candidate in the Western Arctic riding. In 2015, the party ran eight candidates, with one in Victoria, British Columbia. In 2019, the party ran 15 candidates. The party now acts like a traditional political party and rarely endorses other parties or candidates.

## Candidates

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### 2008 candidates

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In the 2008 general election, the AAEVPC fielded four candidates, all in Ontario:

1. Marie Crawford in Toronto–Danforth
2. Karen Levenson in Guelph
3. Simon Luisi in Davenport
4. Liz White in Toronto Centre[7]

### 2011 candidates

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Main article: Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada candidates, 2011 Canadian federal election

In the 2011 general election, the AAEVPC fielded seven candidates: six in Ontario, one in the territories:

1. Marie Crawford in Toronto—Danforth
2. Bonnie Dawson in Western Arctic
3. Karen Levenson in Guelph
4. Simon Luisi in Davenport
5. Yvonne Mackie in Newmarket—Aurora
6. AnnaMaria Valastro in London North Centre
7. Liz White in Thornhill

### 2015 candidates

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In the 2015 general election, the AAEVPC fielded eight candidates:[8] seven in Ontario, one in British Columbia:

1. Elizabeth Abbott in Toronto—Danforth
2. Kyle Bowles in Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill
3. Jody Di Bartolomeo in Niagara Centre
4. Emma Hawley-Yan in Waterloo
5. Simon Luisi in University-Rosedale
6. Jordan Reichert in Victoria[9]
7. Rudy Brunell Solomonivici in Eglinton-Lawrence
8. Liz White in Etobicoke-Lakeshore

### 2019 candidates

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In the 2019 general election, the APPC fielded fifteen candidates: eight in Ontario, two in British Columbia, two in New Brunswick, one in Quebec, one in Nova Scotia, and one in Alberta.[10]

1. Liz White in University-Rosedale
2. Shelby Bertrand in Ottawa Centre
3. Natalie Spizziri in Mississauga-Streetsville
4. Simon Luisi in Scarborough Southwest
5. Ellen Pappenburg in Kitchener Centre
6. Rob Lewen in Toronto Centre
7. Elizabeth Abbott in Toronto—Danforth
8. Chanel Lalonde in Sudbury (federal electoral district)
9. Victoria de Martigny in Lac-Saint-Louis
10. Brad MacDonald in Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe
11. Lesley Thomas in Fredericton
12. Bill Wilson in Halifax
13. Eden Gould in Calgary Centre
14. Jordan Reichert in Victoria
15. Kira Cheeseborough in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo

### 2021 candidates

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In the 2021 federal election, the APPC fielded ten candidates: six in Ontario, one in British Columbia, two in Quebec, and one in Manitoba.[11]

1. Kimberly LaMontange in Laurier Saint-Marie
2. Lucas Munger in Drummond
3. Shelby Bertrand in Ottawa Centre
4. Liz White in Toronto-Danforth
5. Peter Stubbins in Toronto Centre
6. Natalie Spizziri in Mississauga-Streetsville
7. Karen Levenson in Guelph
8. Ellen Papenburg in Kitchener Centre
9. Debra Wall in Winnipeg Centre
10. Jordan Reichert in Victoria

## Election results

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Election  | # of candidates  | # of votes  | % of popular vote  | % in contested ridings

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2006 | 1  | 72[12] | 0.00%  | 0.12%
2008 by-election | 1  | 123  | 0.00%  | 0.51%
2008 | 4  | 527[13] | 0.00%  | 0.28%
2011 | 7  | 1,344[14] | 0.01%  | 0.40%
2015 | 8  | 1,761  | 0.01%  | 0.36%
2019 | 17  | 4,407  | 0.02%  | 0.45%
2021 | 10  | 2,546[15] | 0.01%  | 0.48%

## See also

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* List of animal advocacy parties
* List of political parties in Canada

## References

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1. ^ "Candidates".
2. ^ Best, Stephen (November 24, 2016). "Why Animal Protection Party of Canada? Names matter". News. Animal Protection Party Of Canada. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
3. ^ "About us". Animal Alliance Environmentalist Voters Party of Canada. Archived from the original on August 2, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2008.
4. ^ "AAEV: About Us". Archived from the original on April 3, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2006.
5. ^ "Political announcement (Windows Media Video)". Archived from the original on April 3, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2006.
6. ^ Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Announces Election Expenses Limits for Registered Political Parties
7. ^ http://www.environmentvoters.org/National Post - Who are You Calling Fringe.pdf National Post profile, October 23, 2008
8. ^ "Election 2015 Animal Alliance Environment Voters | Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada". Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
9. ^ https://www.straight.com/news/517426/vegan-party-running-federal-election-candidate-bc Georgia Straight
10. ^ "Candidates".
11. ^ "Candidates". Animal Protection Party Of Canada. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
12. ^ http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2006/default.html Elections Canada 2006 Results
13. ^ http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2008/default.html Elections Canada 2008 Results
14. ^ http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ovr2011/default.html Elections Canada 2011 Results
15. ^ https://www.elections.ca/enr/help/national_e.htm September 20, 2021 General Election National Results

## External links

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* Official website
* Animal Protection Party of Canada (I) – Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups – Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries
* Animal Protection Party of Canada (II) – Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups – Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries

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Methodologies|

* Direct Action Everywhere
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Observances|

* World Animal Day
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Advocates (academics, writers, activists)

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| Contemporary|

* Carol J. Adams
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* Voltaire
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* James Aspey
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* Brigitte Bardot
* Gene Baur
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* American Anti-Vivisection Society
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* Voiceless

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Historical|

* Canadian Anti-Vivisection Society
* Humanitarian League (1891–1919)
* Millennium Guild
* Order of the Golden Age
* Oxford Group

Parties|

* Animal Justice Party (Australia)
* Animal Politics EU (Europe)
* Animal Protection Party of Canada (Canada)
* Animal Justice Party of Finland (Finland)
* Animals' Party (Sweden)
* Animalist Movement (Italy)
* Animalist Party with the Environment (Spain)
* DierAnimal (Belgium)
* Human Environment Animal Protection Party (Germany)
* Italian Animalist Party (Italy)
* Party for the Animals (Netherlands)
* People Animals Nature (Portugal)
* V-Partei³ (Germany)

Activism|

* Animal Rights National Conference

Media (books, films, periodicals, albums)

| Books|

* On Abstinence from Eating Animals (3rd century)
* An Essay on Humanity to Animals (1798)
* Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes (1824)
* The Rights of Animals (1838)
* The Ethics of Diet (1883)
* Animals' Rights (1892)
* Evolutional Ethics and Animal Psychology (1897)
* Better-World Philosophy (1899)
* The Universal Kinship (1906)
* The New Ethics (1907)
* Animals, Men and Morals (1971)
* Animal Liberation (1975)
* The Case for Animal Rights (1983)
* Morals, Reason, and Animals (1987)
* Zoos and Animal Rights (1993)
* Animals, Property, and the Law (1995)
* The Lives of Animals (1999)
* Eternal Treblinka (2001)
* Do Animals Have Rights? (2005)
* Striking at the Roots (2008)
* An American Trilogy (2009)
* An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory (2010)
* Animal Rights Without Liberation (2012)
* Political Animals and Animal Politics (2014)
* Animal (De)liberation (2016)
* Sentientist Politics (2018)
* Wild Animal Ethics (2020)
* Animal Ethics in the Wild (2022)
* Making a Stand for Animals (2022)
* Animal Rights Law (2023)
* The Moral Circle (2025)

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Films|

* The Animals Film (1981)
* A Cow at My Table (1998)
* Shores of Silence (2000)
* The Witness (2000)
* Meet Your Meat (2002)
* Legally Blonde 2 (2003)
* The Meatrix (2003)
* Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
* Earthlings (2005)
* Behind the Mask (2006)
* Your Mommy Kills Animals (2007)
* Food, Inc. (2009)
* The Cove (2009)
* Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home (2009)
* Forks Over Knives (2011)
* Vegucated (2011)
* An Apology to Elephants (2013)
* Speciesism: The Movie (2013)
* The Ghosts in Our Machine (2013)
* Unlocking the Cage (2016)
* Land of Hope and Glory (2017)
* Carnage (2017)
* Okja (2017)
* Dominion (2018)
* Seaspiracy (2021)

Periodicals|

| Journals|

* Animal Sentience
* Between the Species
* Cahiers antispécistes
* Etica & Animali
* Journal of Animal Ethics
* Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism
* The Animals' Defender

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Magazines|

* Arkangel
* Bite Back
* Muutoksen kevät
* No Compromise
* Satya

Albums|

* Animal Liberation (1987)
* Tame Yourself (1991)
* Manifesto (2008)
* Salvation of Innocents (2014)
* Onward to Freedom (2014)

Fairs and exhibitions|

* Holocaust on your Plate (2003)

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