“Freedom Party of Ontario leader Paul McKeever is condemning the recommendations set out in a report by Ontario’s Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform…” Click here to read the full media release.
May 152007
May 042007
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In mid February of 2007, the McGuinty government announced that it was considering a host of power conservation measures, including a ban on the incandescent lightbulb. Both the governing Liberals and the opposition Progressive Conservatives referred to this proposal as one aimed at fighting global warming by limiting CO2 emissions. Opposition leader John Tory actually suggested that the ban should be imposed immediately, to fight global warming, and that McGuinty’s slowness to ban the incandescent bulb was unacceptable.
In this episode of FPTV, Freedom Party of Ontario leader Paul McKeever exposes the actual reason for the incandescent lightbulb ban in Ontario. Hint: it isn’t a fight against global warming. Continue reading »
May 042007
“Freedom Party today released a video that accuses the McGuinty government, and Tory opposition, of using global warming as an excuse for electricity rationing that actually is the result of mismanaging electricity in the province…” Click here to read the full media release.
Apr 162007
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On April 16, 2007, Freedom Party of Ontario leader Paul McKeever and John Thompson (President, Mackenzie Institute) were panelists on “On the Line” with host Christine Williams. In this episode, the panel discusses: the overhauling of the Safe Schools Act (deemed biased against black students); how the cost of soldier deaths in Afghanistan affected our views of the mission?; 3 university lacrosse players in North Carolina found falsely accused of sexual assault: what does justice demand? Continue reading »
Apr 042007
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It is expected that, on May 15, 2007, Ontario’s Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform will recommend replacing Ontario’s Single Member Plurality (SMP or “First Past the Post”) electoral system with the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system. If it does so, Ontario will hold a referendum on October 10, 2007, to decide whether or not to replace Ontario’s SMP system with the MMP system.
The key difference between the two electoral systems is that the SMP tends to yield single-party majority governments, whereas the MMP tends to create minority governments.
In this episode of FPTV, Freedom Party of Ontario leader Paul McKeever explains to Ontario’s Select Committee on Electoral Reform that minority governments exclude the possibility of rational and exclude ethics from the law-making process. Only a majority government, submits McKeever, allows a government to make laws according to what is right rather than just according to what is merely popular.
NOTE: the Select Committee was comprised of elected members of the provincial legislature and held its hearings in 2005. On the basis of its report, the government set up Ontario’s Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform. Continue reading »
Apr 042007
“Freedom Party today released a video to encourage members of Ontario’s Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform not to recommend replacing Ontario’s Single Member Plurality (SMP or “first past the post”) electoral system with the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system…” Click here to read the full media release.
Mar 302007
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On March 30, 2007, Freedom Party of Ontario president Robert Metz and Barrie Doyle (P.R. Consultant, Gateway Communications) were panelists on “On the Line” with host Christine Williams. In this episode, the panel discusses: capping CEO incomes; Britain refuses to apologize for the slave trade; implications of Quebec’s election outcome. Continue reading »
Mar 292007
“One week following the release of Ontario’s 2007 budget, Freedom Party today announced the release of its new video titled “The Minimum Wage” which highlights both moral and economic problems associated with raising Ontario’s minimum wage…” Click here to read the full media release.
Mar 282007
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On February 8, 2007, the governing Liberal Party of Ontario lost a seat to the socialist New Democratic Party. York South-Weston is, statistically, the second poorest riding in Ontario, and the NDP’s success in the by-election was widely attributed to its proposal to raise Ontario’s minimum wage from $8 per hour to $10 per hour.
To avoid losing more seats to the NDP, the governing Liberal Party has said that poverty is a central issue in the coming October 10, 2007 general election.
March 22, 2007 was budget day in Ontario, and Greg Sorbara, Ontario’s Minister of Finance, announced that Ontario’s minimum wage would increase by 75 cents per year over the next three years, bringing the minimum wage to $10.25 by 2010.
The leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, John Tory (leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario) has, in recent months, agreed with the idea that Ontario’s minimum wage must be increased.
In this episode of FPTV, Freedom Party of Ontario leader Paul McKeever explains why increasing the minimum wage would be both immoral and economically hazardous…particularly to employees in Ontario. Continue reading »
Mar 222007
“Freedom Party leader Paul McKeever today said that raising the minimum wage is immoral because it will make it illegal for even more individuals to trade their labour for the economically rational prices that employers will pay…” Click here to read the full media release.