“The London-based Freedom Party of Ontario today announced that, in the October 2011 provincial election, party leader Paul McKeever will run in the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London. Freedom Party is the first registered political party to nominate a candidate for the riding…” Click here to read the full media release.
“As we drive to work this morning, many of us are wondering how we are going to pay our auto insurance bills. The evidence from Ontario and other jurisdictions is now clear: the no-fault system Ontario adopted in 1990 leads to skyrocketing premiums, and dwindling benefits. A 2011 election plank released today by Freedom Party of Ontario says a Freedom government would follow the lead of over a dozen other North American jurisdictions by ending Ontario’s failed experiment with no-fault auto insurance. A Freedom government would restore the pre-1990 full-tort system, under which an accident causes only the at-fault driver to suffer increased premiums…” Click here to read the full media release.
“On July 1, 2010, Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty’s introduction of the H.S.T. translated into a new 8% provincial tax on gasoline sales. The new tax taxes not only the actual price of the fuel, but also the 14.7 cents/liter Ontario gasoline tax. A 2011 election plank released today by Freedom Party of Ontario calls for the elimination of the old 14.7 cents/litre gasoline tax…” Click here to read the full media release.
“In April of 2007, Ontario’s Liberal McGuinty government vowed to ban incandescent light bulbs in 2012. The Progressive Conservatives wanted the ban to take place immediately, in 2007. A 2011 election plank issued today by Freedom Party of Ontario says surplus energy makes the 2012 ban unnecessary, and proposes that the ban be cancelled…” Click here to read the full media release.
“Freedom Party leader Paul McKeever called for the creation in Ontario of a new 2015 Pan AM Games Lotto to cover the cost overruns that are already starting to pile up more than four years prior to the games. McKeever made the call on this morning’s John Oakley Show (AM640, Toronto – audio here)…” Click here to read the full media release.
“Freedom Party of Ontario is calling for a freeze on all further Provincial bailouts of 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games building projects and a permanent policy against taxpayer funding for the hosting of all future international games events. Less than two weeks after the city of Toronto was stuck with a bill for an extra $47M in extra Pan Am costs, the Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty has agreed to stick all Ontario taxpayers with a bill for another $22.5B to help Hamilton secure Ivor Wynne Stadium as a Pan Am event location. The Pan Am Games organizing committee is expected to announce today that the renovated stadium will be a 2015 Pan Am games sports facility…” Click here to read the full media release.
“In September of 2009, a taxpayer-funded “Africentric” public school was opened in Toronto. A 2011 election plank issued today by Freedom Party of Ontario proposes that the school be closed, and that the law be changed to prevent Ontario school boards from opening such schools ever again…” Click here to read the full media release.
“On Canada Day in 2010, Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government sneaked-in a new, hidden tax on beer and wine. A 2011 election plank issued today by Freedom Party of Ontario proposes that the taxes be eliminated. The plank is being promoted with a new pre-election video ad…” Click here to read the full media release.
“The practice of opening the daily proceedings of the Ontario Legislature with official prayers should be eliminated. So says a 2011 election plank issued today by Freedom Party of Ontario. The plank is being promoted with a provocative new pre-election video ad that pulls no punches…” Click here to read the full media release.
“The HST’s $3B “tax grab” should be eliminated by scrapping the almost $3B Ontario Health Premium. So says a 2011 election plank issued today by Freedom Party of Ontario. The plank is being promoted with a new pre-election video ad critical of Dalton McGuinty’s two most high profile broken tax promises…” Click here to read the full media release.