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In the 1997 Election , running in Vancouver Centre , she received 528 votes, coming in seventh behind Liberal Hedy Fry . In the 2000 Election , she ran in Vancouver Kingsway and received 1,200 votes, coming in fifth behind Liberal Sophia Leung . In the 2004 Election , Fogal was a candidate in Vancouver Quadra , where she received 165 votes. HISTORY Constance (Connie) Fogal, B.A., B.Ed., M.A., LL.B., Lawyer, former teacher. Educated at University Of Saskatchewan , University Of Toronto , and University Of British Columbia . Born August 7, 1940 in Lafleche Sask. Grew up and taught in Saskatchewan . Taught in Toronto public High School system and University of BC Center for Continuing Education. Called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1980 and practiced law as a solepractitioner in Vancouver B.C. , first in the areas of criminal law and family law, and then primarily in family law. Connie is the widow of Harry Rankin after 27 years together. She played a major behind the scenes supportive role to her husband’s progressive voice as a Vancouver city councillor and champion of the people. Similarly, Harry was a constant source of revitalization and support to Connie’s own political and legal efforts. Connie has two adult children from a previous marriage and two grandchildren. Connie’s grandparents were all pioneers to Saskatchewan . Their roots were in Ontario and Quebec. Her maternal grandfather was active in shaping the province of Saskatchewan under Tommy Douglas . Her family knows how life was before universal public Medicare and hospitalization was available. Except for two years following the death of her husband in February 2002, Connie devoted all her adult life in political activism learning about and then opposing Globalization . She has consistently called for the abrogation of the FTA , NAFTA , and opposed Canada’s participation in the FTAA and other such bilateral agreements to which Canada is already a party. She has criticized the labour, environmental, and non-governmental movements who supported these agreements. Connie has always been a passionate defender of Canadian sovereignty and civil liberties. http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/home.html COMMUNITY POSITIONS Director Vancouver Library Board 1983 to 1985; Director of Pearson Hospital and G.F.Strong Hospital 1988; Chairperson of St.Paul’s Healthy Hospital Project, 1991. http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/home.html ELECTED POSITIONS Vancouver Parks Board Commissioner from 1984 to 1986; Director, Kitsilano and Vancouver Community Resource boards from 1975 to 1979. President of The Canadian Action Party /parti-action Canadienne, a federal electoral party, 1998 to 2004; Leader of the Canadian Action Party/parti action Canadienne, March 2004-present. http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/home.html PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY Law practice in Vancouver BC since 1980. Stay at home mother 1971- 1977. Former teacher. http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/home.html POLITICAL ADVOCACY WORK Led the campaign against gambling expansion since 1994. Since 1998, Fogal-Rankin spearheaded three lawsuits on behalf of Canadian citizens through the Defence of Canadian Liberty Committee to protect our constitutional sovereignty. The MAI lawsuit attacked the power asserted by federal government officials and Ministers that commit Canadians to international agreements destroying citizen rights. The Nanoose Bay lawsuit attacked the expropriation of an environmentally sensitive waterway by the federal government to permit the U.S. to test their weapons. That lawsuit was stayed pending the pursuit by the province of their lawsuit on the issue. The third challenged the federal government’s destruction of our civil liberties and rights to free speech and lawful assembly by the erection of a fence in Quebec City to keep protestors away from the Summit of the Americas. The Supreme Court of Canada refused to deal with issues raised in the MAI and Quebec lawsuits. Connie promoted public education by bringing to Vancouver notable speakers including: Michel Chossudovsky, Economist, University Of Ottawa , on globalization of poverty, and the impacts of the IMF and the World Bank ; Guy Bertrand, Lawyer; and Max and Monique Nemni, editors of Citi Libre, on Quebec issues; Dr.Richard Wolfson on Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs); Robert Goodman, Professor, University Of Massachusetts ; Dr. Earl Grinols, Economist, University Of Chicago on the damage of gambling as a mechanism for running the economy; Paul Hellyer , Leader Canadian Action Party, on globalization’s effects on Canada; Michael Rowbotham, England, professor and researcher on the origins and effect of Money and Debt. Connie has been a critic of Canada’s new laws implemented by our federal government under the guise of antiterrorism legislation since 9/11. Connie was a federal candidate for the Canadian Action Party in 1997 and 2000 promoting environmental, monetary, economic sovereignty and human survival by opposing the corporatization, privatization. She called for the abrogation of NAFTA , and the Agreement on International Trade, pulling out of the FTAA , the WTO and the GATS expansion, opposition to Canada’s participation in and cooperation with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund . http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/home.html
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