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{{Infobox political party
| name = Work Less Party
| logo = Work Less Logo.jpg
| colorcode = #FF3366
| leader = Jessica Mason-Paull (at time of dissolution)
| president =
| chairman =
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| foundation = {{Start date|2007|10|1}}
| ideology = Shortening of the [[Workweek and weekend|working week]] <br /> [[Labor rights|Labour rights]] <br /> [[Decentralization]] <br /> [[Environmentalism]]
| headquarters = 1545 10th Avenue East<br />[[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]
| international =
| website = {{URL|http://www.worklessparty.org/}}
| country = Canada
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| _subheader = Former party
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| dissolution = {{Start date|2010|7|31}}
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| colours = [[Red]]
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| blank1_title = Fiscal policy
| blank1 =
| blank2_title = Social policy
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| seats1_title = Seats in the House of Commons
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| seats2_title = Seats in the Senate
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| seats3_title = Seats in [[Legislative Assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories|Legislature]]
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| state = Canada
| parties_dab1 = List of political parties in Canada
| elections_dab1= Elections in Canada
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}}

The '''Work Less Party''' (WLP) was a Canadian federal political party that became eligible for registration with [[Elections Canada]] on October 1, 2007.

The federal Work Less Party was voluntarily de-registered on July 31, 2010, after applying for and being granted an extension to the June 30, 2010 deadline for filing a 2009 financial return to Elections Canada. The federal Work Less Party is no longer able to issue tax receipts for political contributions.<ref>News release Elections Canada, Ottawa 2 July 2010</ref>

The party had a provincial branch in [[British Columbia]], the [[Work Less Party of British Columbia]], and a wing that operated on the municipal level in [[Vancouver]].

==History==
The WLP was formed as a provincial and municipal party in British Columbia by [[Conrad Schmidt (social activist)|Conrad Schmidt]] in 2003. In October 2004 Schmidt gave up his day job to be able to give more attention to the party.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=https://www.straight.com/article/work-less-goes-to-church
|title=Work Less goes to "Church"
|last=Burrows
|first=Matthew
|work=[[The Georgia Straight]]
|publisher=Vancouver Free Press
|accessdate=2009-06-01}}
</ref> A federal wing was registered with Elections Canada in 2007. In May 2009, Jessica Mason-Paull became its leader, swapping roles with Schmidt, who then became the Chief Auditor.

The party nominated only a single candidate for the [[2008 Canadian federal election]]. [[Betty Krawczyk]] ran unsuccessfully in the riding of [[Vancouver East (federal electoral district)|Vancouver East]], receiving 1.02% of the votes (423 votes).{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} At a national level, this was 0.0013 percent of votes cast.

The party was de-registered at the federal level on July 31, 2010.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

==Platform==

The platform of the Work Less Party was based primarily around [[Labor rights|the rights of workers]]. The party advocated for the shortening of the [[Working time|work week]] to 32 hours from 40,<ref>Thompson, Kristen (May 12, 2009). "[http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/article/227518--wide-array-of-parties-on-ballot Wide array of parties on ballot]", ''[[Metro International|Metro Vancouver]]''. Retrieved on 2009-05-29.</ref> reduction of Canada's [[carbon footprint]], a [[minimum wage]] increase, decentralized government, and promotion of cultural activities. Economic ideas underpinning the WLP's policy were discussed in [[Conrad Schmidt (social activist)|Conrad Schmidt]]'s 2006 book ''Workers of the World Relax''.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=https://www.straight.com/article/work-less-founder-unveils-book-0
|title=Work Less founder unveils book
|last=Burrows
|first=Matthew
|date=2006-05-11
|work=[[The Georgia Straight]]
|publisher=Vancouver Free Press
|accessdate=2009-06-01}}
</ref>

==See also==
* [[Reduction of hours of work (disambiguation)|Reduction of hours of work]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.worklessparty.org/ Work Less Party homepage]
*[http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=pol&document=index&dir=par&lang=e&textonly=false#wlp Elections Canada List of Federal Political Parties]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060703075740/http://takebackyourtime.org/ Take Back Your Time]}} - "a U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine"

{{Portal|Organized Labour}}

{{Canadian federal political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2007]]
[[Category:Federal political parties in Canada]]
[[Category:Labor rights]]
[[Category:Labour parties]]
[[Category:Working time]]
[[Category:Work–life balance]]

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Work Less Party - Revision history

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