With voters in the province of Ontario headed to the polls on February 27, our guest Freedom Party of Ontario leader Paul McKeever explains why Ontario’s snap election -called by Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford – is illegal and unjustifiable.
Upon first hearing rumors of an early election being discussed back in January, Paul published and distributed an open letter to call upon MPPs and others to oppose Doug Ford’s snap election bid. In that letter, he cited the Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2004, and wrote: “I urge Ontario MPPs once again openly and strenuously to oppose – in the name of preserving the democratic rights of all Ontarians – Doug Ford’s anti-democratic plan to hold a general election before the June 2026 date that already is fixed by law.”
By no means is the abuse of democratic process something unique to Ontario; it reflects the disturbing anti-democratic zeitgeist that has gripped Western nations as never before.
Doug Ford’s justification for calling the early election borders on the psychotic. He does not even have the jurisdiction or authority to carry out any of his tariff and trade restriction threats, and his only provincially mandated course of action is to spend taxpayer money without being held accountable for the irresponsible way in which it is being spent.
Politically, Doug Ford is Ontario’s version of Justin Trudeau on the federal level.
Like Trudeau, Ford speaks incoherently, spouting endless floating abstractions: “We will not back down; we’ll invest billions; we’re going to protect the people; I’ll do whatever it takes; we’ll redouble our efforts; we’ll protect Ontario,” to mention just a few. But at the heart of Ford’s madness is his assurance that he will “invest tens of billions” of Ontario taxpayer dollars in a manner “no different than the pandemic.”
As Paul warns, this is a signal that Ford wants to establish another state of emergency, thus being able to circumvent the democratic process entirely.
That is why protecting the democratic process – and the right of Ontario citizens to participate in that process on an even playing field – is a key component of Paul’s response to the Ford agenda: Freedom Party of Ontario’s official 2025 platform, Zeitgeist:
“It contains rational, common-sense, and doable solutions to some of the most pressing problems that exist at this time: how to deal – and how not to deal – with the current trade dispute; how to deal with “gender” theory’s attacks on children, on women, and on good governance; how to remedy the injustices done to those who opposed lock-downs or mandatory vaccinations during Covid; how to deal with anti-individual, anti-justice “DEI” programs; and how to ensure that the government can never use alleged emergencies to sideline the Legislature, undermine democracy, and violate the freedom of individuals to think and choose for themselves.”
While previous Freedom Party platforms have offered a myriad of different planks – from eliminating Ontario’s income tax to the raising of speed limits on Ontario’s highways, every Freedom Party platform over past elections has reflected the zeitgeist of its time. After all, each zeitgeist must be challenged in a way that is Just Right.
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