The Alliance of the North (french: Alliance du Nord) was a Canadian

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and

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political party, originating from the province of

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. In the 2015 federal election, the party nominated its leader François Bélanger in

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. Bélanger did not win a seat. The party was deregistered by Elections Canada on September 15, 2019.

Ideology

On its website, the party created a list of six (6) priorities, developed in September 2013, which form the foundation of its ideology. Among the priorities include reducing the size of the federal government, reducing the number of immigrants accepted into Canada to 150,000 per year, promoting a

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, launching a federal investigation into "criminal bankers", and "removing" the

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Election results

The party leader François Bélanger ran as the party's only candidate in the 2015 federal election in the Quebec riding of

. He received 136 votes or 0.2% of the vote, placing last among the six candidates to contest the riding.http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e Elections Canada 2015 riding results

Electoral performance

References

External links

Alliance du Nord – Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups
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