“…I am writing both to explain why Freedom Party will not answer the questions put to it in the form, and to provide a substantive answer concerning how the Chief Electoral Officer can and must comply with the relatively new obligation set out in subsection 4.2(1) of the Election Act…” Click here to read the full letter.
“Freedom Party leader Paul McKeever today is commending the McGuinty government for adopting his May 15, 2007 proposal concerning the wording of the October 10, 2007 electoral reform referendum question…” Click here to read the full media release.
“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.
VIDEO – DESCRIPTION:
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 »
“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.
“Freedom Party leader, Paul McKeever, is expressing support for the McGuinty government’s introduction of electoral reform legislation that – in effect – decreases the likelihood of a change to a “proportional representation” electoral system…” Click here to read the full media release.
September 30, 2003 – Oshawa – “As the election winds down to a predictable close, many writers are complaining that there is nothing to write about. Freedom Party of Ontario Leader Paul McKeever is suggesting the time is right to write about Ontario’s absurd, fraud-prone voting system…” [Click here to read the full release]
Contents:
Letter from Paul McKeever; Choice in Education; Taxes, Borrowing and the Debt; Electricity: A Plan for a Bright Future; Corporate Welfare; Your Home and Your Town; Improving the Integrity of Elections; Health Care; Political Party Funding; The Same Rights for All Individuals; Closing Message.
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VIDEO – DESCRIPTION:
On August 24, 2001, Paul McKeever (Freedom Party of Ontario) was a guest of Rhonda London Live. In this episode, McKeever discussed with host Rhonda London falling voter turn-out and the question: Should voting be made mandatory?. Also a guest on this episode: Ontario Liberal MPP Marie Bountrogianni, and Adrienne Snow (Managing Director for the Centre for the Study of Civic Renewal). Continue reading »
Contents:
Statement of Principle; Where We Stand!: Official Platform – Freedom Party of Ontario – Members Draft – December, 1998; Policy and Platform: Freedom; Aboriginal Issues; Abortion; Academic Freedom; Affirmative Action; Auto Insurance; Balanced Budgets; Business; Calgary Framework; Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC); Censorship; Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Children & Child Care; Constitution; Crown Corporations; Culture; Democracy; Discrimination; Drug Laws; Education; Electoral Reform; Environment; Freedom of Choice; Freedom of Speech; Freedom Party; Free Enterprise; Free Markets; Free Trade; Fundamental Freedoms; Government; Gun Control; Health Care; Health Tax; Housing; Human Rights Commission (Ontario); Individual Rights; Insurance; Interest Rates; Jobs; Justice; Law; Lobby Groups; Majority Rule; Marijuana; Market Value Assessment; Medicare; MPP Salaries & Pensions; Multiculturalism; Official Bilingualism; OHIP; Ontario Hydro; Politics; Political Correctness; Pollution; Poverty; Principles; Property Rights; Property Taxes; Protectionism; Public Transit; Quebec; Racism; Referendums; Rent Controls; Self Defence; Socialism; Sunday Shopping; Taxation; Unemployment; Unions; Universality; Wealth; Welfare; Workers’ Compensation; Workfare.
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