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Constance (Connie) Fogal (born 1940) is the former leader of the Canadian Action Party. A lawyer and former teacher, Fogal lives in Vancouver, British Columbia where her late husband Harry Rankin was a long time progressive city councillor. She is an anti-globalization activist and was an opponent of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the North American Free Trade Agreement. She has also been active with the "Canadian Liberty Committee". In the 1996 Vancouver municipal election she helped form left-right coalition named VOICE and ran as a candidate but the party failed to win a seat on city council. In the 1997 election, running in Vancouver Centre as a CAP candidate, 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. On May 6, 2008, Fogal announced her intention to resign as party leader but due to the snap call of the 2008 federal election she remained leader until November when she was succeeded by Andrew J. Moulden. == History == Constance (Connie) Fogal, was born on August 7, 1940 in Lafleche, Saskatchewan. She grew up in Saskatchewan and was educated at University of Saskatchewan, University of Toronto, and University of British Columbia. She taught in Saskatchewan, the Toronto public high school system and the University of BC Centre for Continuing Education. She was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1980 and practised law as a sole practitioner in Vancouver, British Columbia, first in the areas of criminal law and family law, and then primarily in family law. Fogal 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, Rankin was a constant source of revitalization and support to Fogal’s own political and legal efforts. Fogal has two adult children from a previous marriage and two grandchildren. Fogal’s grandparents were pioneers in Saskatchewan. Their roots were in Ontario and Quebec. Her maternal grandfather was active in shaping the province of Saskatchewan under Tommy Douglas. Except for two years following the death of her husband in February 2002, Fogal devoted all her adult life in political activism learning about and then opposing globalization. She has consistently called for the abrogation of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and has opposed Canada’s participation in the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Connie Fogal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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