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the people or without. Ihe approyal of an. elcctoral majority.IA
The aims of the N.U.P. were to establish a Corporate Swe. to use Christian values
and morals in everyday dealinp, to eradicate public atheism, immoral behaviour, and
Judaeo-Communism. to grant Canadian citizenship only to Aryan people. to eliminate
intemationaJ comrols over Canadian currency. business and labour. 10 climina&e class
stnJ&&.les duou&b the creation of empowered employers' and employees' associations.
to eliminaae means of makinC II'IODe)' wil:bout eamina it. to make the riaht to voce an
obliprioo, to live the Corp:lrac Stare a scrone authority to aewem. and 10 brina in
the economic:. social and financial reforms swed in the N.U.P. prngram.
The meraer of the N.S.C.P. inw the N.U.P. did not pieasc all N.S.C.P.
members. J.G. Lambert, lOr one. stronl1yopposed the union, arluina lhat the party
should focus on Qucbc:c. As one of Arcand's top lieutenants, l...amben's defection
from the N.S.C.P. in May 1938 was .. serious blow. Lambert aceu.scd An:aJXI of
failinc 10 listen 10 the Grand Council. acc:eptina funds from WEOIIlIOlIed sources. and
of beittl fOO influenced by his pwellCl. 1G AJIlXber defeclor was Edmond Bourassa
who IDId his story tolAN4ttitM ia Mud!. 1m.
Artand claimed dw cheR were approziawdy 80,(0) members in QlIcbcc: but
in reality me numbers v.oere much smaller. In the period from July 1938 to
lacslS. vol. 7. N4lioNIJ U1tily Porty Mtllfi/cto. I Mardi 1938. 1.
'UCau. ole Parti. national Social Outtieo.• Sl·B.
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