The NLPC supported federal funding for further research in the technique of yogic flying, a part of the TM-Sidhi program, as a tool for achieving world peace. The NLPC platform maintained that once it took over the government, Canada's crime, unemployment, and deficit would disappear.[2] In a 1993 news article, Naomi Rankin, the leader of the Communist Party of Alberta, referred to the NLP as "crackpot".[4][need quotation to verify] One of its slogans was "If you favour Natural Law, Natural Law will favour you."[5] The party was de-registered by Elections Canada, the Canadian government's election agency, on January 23, 2004.[6]
The Natural Law Party of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada, the provincial affiliate of the Natural Law Party of Canada. It was established in 1993, and fielded candidates in the 1995 and 1999 provincial elections. Ashley Deans, who was a candidate for Trinity-Spadina in the 1997 and 2000 elections,[7] was the president of the party between 1993 and 2000.[8] The party leader was Ron Parker.[9]
Quebec branch
The Parti de la loi naturelle du Québec (PLNQ, in English: Natural Law Party of Quebec) was the Quebec branch of the Natural Law Party of Canada. The party was de-registered by the Directeur général des élections du Québec, the Quebec government's election agency, in 2003. [citation needed] Its leader from 1994 to 2003 was Allen Faguy.[citation needed]
^MONCHUK, JUDY (June 6, 1993). "Fringe parties include 'right, left, crackpot'". The Gazette. Montreal, Que. p. A.6.
^GRIFFIN, KEVIN (October 18, 1993). "Henning sends out de-stress signals: The magician is here to explain the politics of yogic flying and vanishing deficits". The Vancouver Sun. p. A.5.
