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The Nation Alliance Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. While the party was registered with Elections BC as a provincial party, it also participated in the 2008 federal election, the 2008 municipal election, as well as the 2009 provincial election. The party sought to promote multiculturalism, advocate for rights of ethnic minorities and recent immigrants focusing on employment access, security, health care, education and overall rights and status. It was an advocacy party that sought to politically empower and enable those who do not speak English as a first language to participate in politics. Led by Wei Ping Chen, the party was founded in June 2007. Chen stood for election in Richmond in the October 2008 federal election, and for mayor of Richmond, British Columbia in the November 2008 municipal election, losing both times. In the May 2009 provincial election the party nominated two candidates, one in Richmond Centre and the other in Richmond East, neither of whom were elected but combined for 818 total votes. ==Background== The Nation Alliance Party was founded in June 2007 by four people: realtor Wei Ping Chen of Delta, renovator Steven Lian from Surrey, tourism guide Randy Liu from Burnaby, and Simon Fraser University student Locan Wang. Party leader Wei Ping Chen had immigrated to Canada from Beijing, via Australia. He witnessed the challenges that recent immigrants faced once in a new country, and how uninvolved they were in politics. Contrasted to his experience in China, Wei Ping Chen was impressed with the political freedoms available in Canada and felt motivated to start a political party.〔 He felt that political campaigns oriented towards recent immigrants and people whose first language is not English, would empower those communities to become more politically active.〔 Wei Ping Chen was a candidate in the October 2008 federal election in the Richmond electoral district. However, because the party was not registered with Elections Canada, he ran as an independent. He came in fifth place, with 397 votes (0.93%), losing to the Conservative Party's Alice Wong. In November 2008, Nation Alliance Party members nominated candidates for the municipal election in Richmond. Wei Ping Chen challenged incumbent Malcolm Brodie for the mayoral position and Kang Chen, Yang Dai, Jiajian Cheung, Jian Liu, and Bai Chen were nominated for councillor positions. Like the federal campaign, they were classified as independents. The latest census at the time reported that 50% of Richmond's population was of Chinese descent〔 and their campaign highlighted the language barrier faced by those who did not speak English, for example tax notices were only available in English.〔 They participated in the all-candidate forums that were translated in Cantonese and Mandarin.〔 None of its candidates were elected with Wei Ping Chen receiving 7% of the vote. 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「Nation Alliance Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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