Freedom Party of Ontario
– OPEN LETTER –
For immediate release
Ladies and gentlemen:
Call Upon MPPs and Others to Oppose Doug Ford’s
Anti-Democratic Snap Election Bid
In December of 2005, Ontario saw the coming into force of a new quasi-constitutional democratic right to general elections the dates of which are fixed, by law, and known four years in advance. That important protection against timing elections in a way that gives the governing party a strategic advantage, has been honoured by every government since. Doug Ford’s dubious claim that he may need to call a snap general election as early as this month stands as a threat to violate the trust that voters have placed in those they elect; trust that those they elect will lawfully will honour and defend democracy and the democratic rights of Ontarians. Continue reading »