Aug 022011
 

“Ontario’s Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties have refused to do anything to prevent Ontario’s public schools from being used for religious purposes: the distribution of religious texts, organized prayer, etc.. Freedom Party today is blaming Liberal-Conservative inaction on both a 2009 Liberal mandate that facilitates such measures, and a deliberately understated plan by Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives to give parents religious school options within Ontario’s public school system…”. Click here to read the full media release.

Jul 062011
 

“Ontario’s Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties have opposed the commissioning of a judicial inquiry into the actions of Ontario’s Liberal McGuinty government and into the actions and omissions of the policing of the G20 event held in Toronto in 2010. In a 2011 election plank released today by Freedom Party of Ontario, the party says that a Freedom government would commission a judicial inquiry. The party also pledges that it will refuse to cordon-off public streets and sidewalks in Ontario’s cities, and will refuse to pledge police resources in response to proposals to hold international political events in Ontario’s busy, populated areas. All such events will have to be held in secure, remote locations…” Click here to read the full media release.

Jun 132011
 

“Every day, on long stretches of Ontario’s 400 series highways, traffic is moves at approximately 120 kph, even though the posted speed limit is 100 kph. A 2011 election plank released today by Freedom Party of Ontario calls for the speed limit on the 401, 400, and other 400-series highways to be increased to 120 kph…” Click here to read the full media release.

May 172011
 

“The coming Victoria Day long weekend kicks-off a cottaging and barbecuing season in which Ontario’s adults will enjoy a wide range of wines, beers and spirits. A 2011 election plank released today by Freedom Party of Ontario calls for three changes affecting the sale of alcoholic beverages in the province: wider selection, lower prices, and increased convenience…” Click here to read the full media release.

Apr 222011
 

“In 1975, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives introduced legislation that fined some retailers, and sent others to jail, for opening their stores on Christian holy days such as Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The law remains in force to this day. A 2011 election plank released today by Freedom Party of Ontario calls for the elimination of forced religious observance…” Click here to read the full media release.

Apr 042011
 

“Medicare is failing Ontario’s sick and injured because it was never intended to be a system focused on making them well. So argues the father of Medicare, Tommy Douglas, in a short new Freedom Party of Ontario pre-election video titled “From the Horse’s Mouth: Why Medicare is Failing Ontario’s Sick and Injured”. The video is being used to promote a 2011 election plank released today by Freedom Party of Ontario…” Click here to read the full media release.