Union des Forces Progressistes
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Union des forces progressistes
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| Leader | Leading council |
| President | François Cyr |
| Founded | June 2002 |
| Dissolved | 4 February 2006 |
| Merger of | RAP, PDS, PCQ |
| Merged into | Québec solidaire |
| Headquarters | 2177 Masson Street Suite 412 Montreal, Quebec H2H 1B4 |
| Ideology |
Quebec sovereignism Democratic socialism Alter-globalization Internationalist |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | None |
| Colours | Green, Orange & Red |
| Website | |
| https://web.archive.org/web/20040101000625/http://www.ufp.qc.ca/ | |
The Union des forces progressistes (UFP) was a left-wing political party in Quebec, Canada from 2002-2006.
The Union des Forces Progressistes (UFP) was formed in 2002 out of desire to unite Québec's leftists into a political party. Four parties merged to form the Union:
On 5 November 2005, delegates of the UFP voted unanimously in favour of a merger with the party of the Option citoyenne movement led by Françoise David. The founding congress of the new party was held on 4 February 2006 and resulted in the formation of a new party, Québec solidaire.
The aim of the UFP was to bring together progressive forces across the broad left wing of the political spectrum, including social democrats, socialists and communists. The UFP also advocated altermondialism, feminism, pacifism and green politics. Its platform did not specifically endorse social democracy, socialism, or communism.
The Green Party of Quebec pledged to try to avoid running candidates in ridings where there was a UFP candidate, although it reserved the right to run anywhere it wants to (even ridings with a UFP candidate), and did not merge with the UFP.
The UFP presented itself as an alternative to the main three parties in Québec: the centre-left Parti Québécois, the centre-right Quebec Liberal Party, and the conservative Action démocratique du Québec/Equipe Mario Dumont, saying that all three are but different faces of the same right-wing ideology called neoliberalism.
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