Elections Ontario
general election information page
Ontario
Provincial
Political
Parties
link to Elections Ontario official webpage
Donors
to
Ontario
Political
Parties
link to Elections Ontario official webapage (NOTE: Because of a
loophole in the law, 2011 donations to riding associations and
candidates will not be made public until many months after voting day)
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Democracy Watch and the CoffeeParty.ca movement have released
the following documents relating to the Ontario provincial election
October 6, 2011
(from newest to oldest):
- NEWS RELEASE: Ontarians should not be
surprised at record low voter turnout in provincial election
(October 7, 2011) -- To see related CBC.ca article, click
here
- NEWS RELEASE: Corporations
provide about 50% of donated money to Ontario Liberal Party, and 43% to
Conservative Party, and unions about 28% to NDP -- 99% of Green Party
donors are individuals (October 5, 2011)
- NEWS RELEASE: Green Party receives D-
best grade of bad overall grades in Report Card on Ontario Parties'
Good Government Platforms -- Conservatives receive an E, NDP an F and
Liberals an Incomplete (September 30, 2011)
- NEWS RELEASE: Because Ontario Liberals
broke their 2003 election promise, Ontario election and government up
for sale to wealthy interests -- Federal government, other
provinces, and the territories, have similar undemocratic flaws in
their laws that must be corrected (September 29, 2011)
- NEWS RELEASE: Group hopes media will
ask party leaders in election campaigns "If you break promises, will
you resign?" and "Will you support passage of honesty-in-politics law?"
(September 27, 2011)
- NEWS RELEASE: Democracy Watch plans
court challenge of Elections Ontario's failure to inform voters of
their right to decline their ballot -- Information and ads
during election campaign missing key messages to encourage voter turnout
(September 22, 2011)
- WEBSITE ARTICLE: Ontario
voters
hurt
by too early fixed election date, voting system, and
Elections Ontario's failure to inform about right to decline ballot
(CTV.ca, September 11, 2011)
- NEWS RELEASE: Early
October federal and provincial fixed voting days shut out people with
kids, and university and college students (August 31, 2011) -- To see related Canadian Press wire
article, published by GlobalNews.ca and 19 other media outlets across
Canada, click
here
- NEWS RELEASE: Elections
Ontario
continues
to fail to inform voters of their full voting rights
-- Information and ads during election campaign must have key
messages to encourage voter turnout (August 24, 2011) -- To see related Ottawa Citizen article, click
here
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Download
"I'm Voting For
Good Government" sign (PDF
file)
3
Key Ontario Election Questions
to ask party leaders and candidates
1. Will Ontario political party
leaders pledge to resign if they don't keep their promises, and pledge
to pass an honesty-in-politics law?
(Click here for
more details)
2. Will Ontario political
parties pledge to make the more than 70 changes needed to clean up the
Ontario government and make it much more democratic and accountable? (Click here for more
details)
3. Will the Ontario political
parties pledge to make the more than 10 changes needed to make
Ontario's largest corporations much more responsible and accountable? (Click here for more
details)
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