The Citizens Action Party (formerly the British Columbia Grey Party) was a minor political party in

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, Canada. It was formed in 2002 as a protest movement of senior citizens against their perceived victimization by the BC Liberal Party. Its leader was Bill Savage. The party changed its name in an effort to broaden its support base, and put forward a platform heavily invoking "

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" solutions to political problems. In September 2004, it joined with the

British Columbia Democratic Alliance The British Columbia Democratic Alliance was a political party at the provincial level in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in June 2004 by "individuals who are progressive in their policies, democratic in their principles, ...

, Link BC and the British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement to form the " British Columbia Democratic Coalition". Link BC and the CAP pulled out of the coalition less than a month later, and announced their own plans to merge under the Link BC name. The BCDC became the founding core of

Democratic Reform British Columbia Democratic Reform British Columbia (Democratic Reform BC or DRBC) was a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Formation of the party The party was brought together by Tom Morino as an attempt to recr ...

. The Citizens Action Party was de-registered by Elections BC in June 2009.

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