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ONTARIO, DOUG FORD IS AN IDIOT. He’s a greedy, useless, racist, waste of hair bleach. His family is known for being beholden to everyone from drug dealers to the Italian mob. He’s done nothing but fuck over the people of Ontario and he KNOWS it which is why he called a snap election in the middle of all this chaos. I can’t find a platform for him ANYWHERE nor for my local conservative candidate (who I once watched mock nurses during the pandemic, super classy). If there’s no platform then what are Con supporters even voting for? (the racism and xenophobia mostly, I guess?)

Also conservative party: he’s wearing brown face he’s so racist

For the record I am not defending Justin Trudeau’s actions but don’t fall for the crocodile tears/faux outrage of the conservatives.

YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE NDP IN THE ONTARIO ELECTION. AND HERE IS WHY.

AMERICANS: YOU /MUST/ REBLOG THIS POST. THERE ARE A LOT MORE OF YOU THAN THERE ARE CANADIANS, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT, JUST LIKE WE SUPPORTED YOU IN 2016, TO REACH THE CANADIAN AUDIENCE.

In just NINETY DAYS, June 7th 2018, Ontario will hold a provincial election. We, You, MUST vote in this election.

You can see if you are registered to vote here: https://www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in-ontario/voter-registration.html

You can ALSO register to vote with a valid ID right at the polls! https://www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in-ontario/id-requirements-for-voting.html

You can register to vote if you are 18 years old or will be by the day of voting. 

This election is going to be chaotic no matter what, but the way to avoid destroying the province is a leftist victory by the NDP (NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY). We can make that happen. The Liberal party is too right leaning for many leftist voters, but it seems to be the only option in beating the Conservative party. This is not true. The NDP is a far more left leaning party than the Liberals, AND has an already large voter base.

You’ve heard this a million times, you will hear it again here. 

YOUNG PEOPLE VOTE LESS THAN ANYONE ELSE. Unsurprisingly, younger people also tend to be left leaning. If young voters come out en masse, in a provincial election that already gets less votes by young people and in general than a federal election, WE WILL TURN THE TIDE OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. Even “safe” seats are often only decided by a few thousand votes. 

Why is this election going to be so paramount to the future of the nation? The conservative party. They are an enormous threat to the province. 

Under the current voting system, “First Past the Post”, the Conservative party can win a majority of the provincial seats, without a majority of the votes. In the 2001 BC election, the BC Liberals got 51 per cent of the vote, and 97% of the seats. 

Right this second, with a 48% disapproval within his own party, and a 60% disapproval rate amongst all parties, Doug Ford could STILL easily become the premiere of Ontario with a majority of the province’s seats.  This article goes into some detail on how exactly this would end up:

https://globalnews.ca/news/4077130/ontario-pc-party-doug-ford/

In summary:

“If an election were held today, 44 per cent would vote for the Tories, while the NDP would get 27 per cent and Liberals would come in at 23 per cent ... that would translate to the PCs earning 84 of 124 seats in the June election. The New Democrats would form the Opposition with 29 seats, and the Liberals would hold onto just 11 seats.”

Why don’t we want that? If you’ve read this far you presumably already are interested in knowing why to vote for the NDP so I’ll make this part brief.

Doug Ford Sucks, Here’s Why

If you don’t recognize the last name already, Doug Ford is related to Rob Ford, the notoriously garbage Toronto mayor that made big news years back for all kinds of drug based scandals.

Doug Ford does not support the carbon tax plan, an integral part of lowering greenhouse gas emissions nation-wide: http://torontosun.com/news/provincial/furey-doug-ford-pledges-to-tackle-carbon-tax-find-efficiencies-and-send-insiders-packing

More than that, “The Green Energy Act would be one of the first things to go, he has said.”The Green Energy Act, as you might imagine, is a way for Ontario to bring more renewable energy projects into the province.
He wants to repeal the sex-ed curriculum: https://globalnews.ca/news/4021329/doug-ford-promises-to-review-sex-ed-curriculum-as-part-of-education-platform/

He has compared the Liberal’s sex education plan to ‘Liberal ideology’ instead of ‘facts’ “It includes things like teaching students about gender identity, consent, mental health, sexual health, and different family types (such as gay and lesbian families).”  (source: https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/03/12/pc-leader-doug-ford-promises-to-scrap-the-liberals-sex-ed-curriculum.html)

(As someone who grew up on the old curriculum, which only taught “condoms, this is a penis, now go forth my children”, the new curriculum is a god send)

Ford has also promised to freeze Ontario’s minimum wage at 14$ an hour (the living wage in Ontario is, at the very lowest in Brantford, $14.85, and at the highest in the Halton region, $17.95): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWKOSRs1-iE Here he is saying the minimum wage increase is a tax grab.

He has also promised more corporate tax cuts, “We have to be business-friendly here. We are not business-friendly. We have layers and layers of red tape and bureaucracy that we have to cut. We have to make sure that businesses thrive in Ontario, we don’t tax them to death. “http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/reevely-doug-ford-promises-business-subsidies-by-another-name

Ford thinks that kids should get permission from their parents to get abortions: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-abortion-debate-pc-leadership-1.4562035

[transcription: a tweet from Toronto City Councillor Josh Matlow reading: “With Doug Ford as leader, there’s no “Progressive” Conservative party of Ontario. It’s the Ford Party- out of touch, turning its back on its own moderate members & in constant turmoil. He is repeatedly Trump-like dishonest, nonsensical & divisive. Doug wins, Ontario loses”]

And he is Trump like: 

Pastors Who Preached Homophobic and Anti-Semitic Views Endorse Doug Ford For Ontario PC Leader: https://pressprogress.ca/pastors-who-preached-homophobic-and-anti-semitic-views-endorse-doug-ford-for-ontario-pc-leader/

In fact:

[transcription: a tweet from CP24 reading: “On Trump, former councillor Doug Ford said he agrees a wall should be built between U.S. and Mexico.”

In summary, Ford is a great gateway to the alt-right fanaticism growing in the US and Canada. We can all agree on that.

So why not the Liberal party?

Well before we even get into this let’s cut the snake’s head off. Trudeau is a colossal mess of terrible right wing ideologies. You cannot idolize him. He is not a progressive Premiere. Don’t think about Trudeau in regards to the Ontario Liberals.

Here’s a summary:

Trudeau government allowing huge deal with Saudi Arabia despite human rights abuse concerns

Trudeau Accused of Betraying First Nations After Permits Granted for Controversial Site C Dam

First Nations in northern B.C. worry Site C dam will obliterate their heritage

‘It is our Standing Rock:’ First Nations announce legal actions against feds, Kinder Morgan

Trudeau breaking UNDRIP promise brings warning of twenty Standing Rocks

‘He’s a liar’: Why the Left Coast may be writing off Justin Trudeau

Ottawa’s methane gas delay a ‘real blow’ to Canada’s climate targets

Trudeau abandons electoral reform, breaking key campaign promise

Despite Trudeau’s Promise, Liberals Haven’t Made a Dent in the First Nations Water Crisis

Indigenous leaders give Trudeau government failing grade on delivering promises

Canada has spent $110,000 to avoid paying $6,000 for indigenous teen’s orthodontics

Federal government failing to comply with ruling on First Nations child welfare: tribunal

Feds get failing grade from environment commissioner on climate change prep

The Liberal party is a Center-Right party. They are only leftist in comparison to the Conservative party. Knowing all that, let’s move onto the Ontario Liberals.

Now referring to a quote from earlier, The Ontario Liberals currently have a TWENTY THREE PERCENT APPROVAL RATING, with their rating still in freefall!

The Ontario Liberal Party SOLD Hydro One to private corporations, which controls the GTA and beyond’s electricity. http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/guest-column-liberals-sold-out-ontarians-when-they-sold-hydro-one?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1518913365

This sale only benefits corporations and bankers. The wad of cash was said to help pay for needed infrastructure, which is false because it would have been cheaper via other methods detailed in the article. After the election, the loss of provincial income will bleed the province dry, inevitable resulting in a cut to public services.

The Ontario Liberal Party has protected sexual assault from their Members of Parliament: https://globalnews.ca/news/4029090/ontario-liberal-minister-accused-of-sexual-assault/

The Ontario Liberal Party has stood behind candidates reprimanded for “misleading, harassing, and threatening” conduct to collect debts” http://allthecanadianpolitics.tumblr.com/tagged/ontario%20liberals

The Ontario Liberal Party has gutted their OWN affordable housing policy: http://spacing.ca/toronto/2018/01/17/lorinc-wynnes-liberals-gut-affordable-housing-policy/ At the behest of the development industry’s lobbyists.

The Ontario Liberal Party wants to repeal the ban on PRIVATE FOR PROFIT HOSPITALS: https://opseu.org/news/bill-160-latest-attack-ontarios-public-hospitals

The Ontario Liberal Party is allowing water bottling companies to take water without permits: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/ontario-allowing-water-bottling-companies-to-take-water-on-expired-permits-1.3694558 Specifcally, Nestle. You know, the guys who said “access to water is not a human right”

In November, the Liberal party passed legislation forcing an end to a 5 week college faculty strike (striking against such changes as being forced to work 14 hour days, part time and new faculty earning barely minimum wage): http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/strike-end-1.4409483

And speaking of Rob Ford’s tax cuts, the Liberal government gave one to businesses just this past November, removing a 3.5% tax on a first 500k down to just 1%: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-small-business-tax-cut-fall-economic-statement-1.4401555

And good lord that’s not all. Here’s an article aptly called “8 billion reasons not to vote liberal” http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/wallace-8-billion-reasons-not-to-vote-liberal

This includes such information as 12 years out of 15 running in a budget deficit, Hospitals over crowded and overworked, abandonding the mentally ill to the streets, HORRIBLE traffic congestion, job growth exclusive to Toronto and Ottawa with 75,000 manufacturing jobs lost elsewhere.

When Kathleen Wynne lead the Ontario Liberals she lead on a front of a “fresh face” that will end cronyism and blah blah. 15 years later, she has become the same old same old that people demand change from.

And they’re demanding it bad. Let’s go back to those polls numbers.

“Polls by three different firms in recent months suggest that just 13 to 16 per cent of voters approve of the job Wynne's doing. One pollster, Forum Research, called it "the lowest value we have ever recorded for a sitting premier."” http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/kathleen-wynne-polling-ontario-approval-rating-1.3932298

[transcription: Image of a tweet from Kevin Dorse reading “I’m just gunna throw this up here again See ya in 88 days, Ontario. #PCPOLdr #onpoli” with an image showing Andrea Horwath (ONDP) with 30% favourable, 30% neutral, 17% unfavourable. Doug Ford (PC) with 23% favourable, 24% neutral, 38% unfavourable. Kathleen Wynne (OL) with 16% favourable, 15% neutral, 62% unfavourable.]

Oh and by the way, for liberals wanting NDP supporters to strategically vote Liberal, it has been found that strategic voting don’t work: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/02/canada-election-2015-strategic-voting-lead-now_n_8452212.html

But of course the Ontario Liberal Party isn’t all bad. They recently passed legislation to provide free medication to those under 24 years old. They have passed a minimum wage increase to 15$ an hour by 2019, they’ve (attempted) to provide affordable housing and other social services to the province. That’s good right?

Well sure, but the NDP does it better. And actually, take another look at that picture above. The Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath is polling HIGHER than Conservatives AND Liberals. More than that, in recent polls: http://dartincom.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Provincial-Preference-Release-March-7-2018.pdf

The Ontario NDP is polling HIGHER than the Liberal Party! By a full 5% even.

Let’s take a look at that now.

Why You Need To Vote NDP!

Let’s put this out there again. News articles are going to make it seem as though Ontario, and Canada in general, is a 2 party system. This is false. The NDP exists and is a strong contender now more than ever.

Currently the NDP party runs British Columbia, and Alberta. Already they’ve done amazing work such as:

$1.8M investment to support women in trades: https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-government-announces-1-8m-investment-for-pilot-projects-to-support-women-in-trades-426814/

$7.7M investment to support young adults out of foster care: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-foster-care-funding-1.4551450?utm_content=buffer168e7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Restore timber harvest rules to revive forestry dependent communities in rural BC: http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/business/ndp-plans-to-restore-timber-harvest-rules-premier-says-1.23180958

Reducing the extreme Vancouver and surrounding areas real estate price crisis: https://thinkpol.ca/2018/02/24/home-prices-fall-73-metro-vancouver-bc-budget-begins-bite/ Including “declaring war” on upscale luxury real estate: https://pressprogress.ca/bc-liberal-mla-complains-bcs-ndp-government-has-declared-war-on-upscale-luxury-real-estate/

All this from a budget explicitly ignoring elites and focusing on those who need help: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/bc-ndp-ignores-elites-and-tables-budget-for-those-who-need-help/article38061351/

Meanwhile in Alberta

Calling on Ottawa to fix the crisis of indigenous representation on juries: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-calls-on-ottawa-to-fix-system-to-increase-indigenous-representation-on-juries/article38198228/?cmpid=rss&click=sf_globe

Lead a program to help abuse survivors escape violent homes: http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/safer-spaces-program-helps-nearly-400-survivors-leave-violent-homes-in-first-year?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1518132015

Pulled the Alberta job economy out of near disaster: http://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/varcoe-stellar-jobs-report-puts-wind-in-finance-ministers-sails

Increasing minimum wage to 14 dollars by October 2018: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/alberta-hasnt-suffered-for-raising-the-minimum-wage/article37517324/

Investing in Wind Power (despite being a fossil fuels heavy province): http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/renewable-energy-program-electricity-alberta-bidders-contracts-1.4446746

IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT

The BC NPD and the Federal NDP have been at the front of a push to change the voting system to proportional representation, a change that despite the federal Liberal party’s campaign promises, have been shelved away and decided against.

The NDP is the leftist party that everyone wants when they talk about how the liberal party is too centrist. The NDP is the leftist party that so many americans want away from their Democratic party.

Let’s look at the Ontario NDP’s platform. Just looking at the table of contents on their platform document you can see good news:

source: https://www.ontariondp.ca/sites/default/files/VisionDoc-ENG-111517.pdf

In Summary:

the Ontario NDP wants to increase the minimum wage, and reduce the cost of living, stating “polluters pay the biggest price”: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/02/17/news/ndp-leader-andrea-horwath-says-ontario-pcs-are-race-bottom

The creation of a provincial pharmacare plan (which ill note the Liberal party has decided against): http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-ndp-1.4081827

Reversing the privatization of Hydro One, a mental health action plan, a focus “on young people and their opportunity for the future”: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-election-2018-andrea-horwath-interview-1.4459359

Supporting women against misogyny: https://globalnews.ca/video/3987117/we-cannot-allow-this-culture-to-continue-andrea-horwath

And of course, a colossal focus on clean energy and a sustainable energy infrastructure, across the entire NDP party, not just Ontario.

So what hope does the NDP have?

Even if they’re polling well, it’s going to be a difficult fight. Even finding these articles for the NDP has been hard because the news does not focus on them.

And that’s why I come around to this guy:

Remember in the 2016 US election when the news would barely report on Bernie Sanders? 

Remember how his rallies went from this:

TO THIS?

THAT IS BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT HIM.

I sure as hell had no idea who Bernie Sanders was at first, but social media rallied with him, posting about him, talking about him all over the place, making sure people knew that HE WAS AN OPTION.

And we can do that again with the Ontario NDP. If we post about them! Talk about them everywhere! Let your friends and family know that there IS A BETTER OPTION than the Liberals or the Conservatives!

So AGAIN to Americans, and anyone else who has read down this far. REBLOG THIS POST. Share it on Facebook, and Twitter, let everyone know that the NDP in Ontario not only has a chance, but has a GOOD chance of winning the provincial election. The Liberal party will not. They are polling too low, their leader is too disliked, they cannot win against the conservative party. But the NDP can and WILL.

REGISTER TO VOTE HERE: https://eregistration.elections.on.ca/en/home

You HAVE to vote this provincial election. IT IS IN LESS THAN 90 DAYS. We have to make the NDP the one to win. Get all of your friends and go out to vote together. You are allowed 3 CONSECUTIVE HOURS, legally, to go and vote on election day.

So our new premier Doug Ford and his PC party recently cancelled the Basic Income Pilot:

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/07/31/ontario-basic-income-pilot-cancelled-by-minister-lisa-macleod_a_23493366/

Not only is this a shameful, irresponsible thing to do (you can’t tell people they will have this income supplement for a set time and have them naturally make plans for that money and then suddenly cancel everything!) but it goes directly against what the PC party had said they would do, before the last election:

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/04/24/ontarios-basic-income-experiment-would-continue-under-doug-ford.html

“Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives support Ontario’s basic income pilot project, a three-year experiment to determine whether regular, no-strings-attached payments improve health, education and housing outcomes for people living in poverty.“We look forward to seeing the results,” a party spokesperson said Monday about the Liberal government initiative launched a year ago today.

When asked if a PC provincial government would kill the innovative experiment, Melissa Lantsman replied: “Nope, as mentioned we look forward to seeing the results.” “

How can we not conclude that the PC party was willing to say anything to get elected and has no intention of keeping any campaign promises if they don’t feel like it? Between this cancellation and the cancelling of the GreenON program, there is a chilling amount of direct targeting of poor people, to make their lives more difficult. For shame!!

Hey guys, so this is totally unrelated to the blog and stuff I normally talk to you folks about. But this is a pretty big deal for me. I was just rejestering to vote on the BC voters registery website and you have to be 18 or older to vote or 18 by November 30th not 19. I won’t boast my plotical views about proportional representation, but I will tell you all that voting matters. Us young people are the next to inherit the world and ya our job to make it an enclusive and stable place for our children and the next generations. Weather you’re for it or against it. Please get vote guys. It’s inportany.

Website link. https://elections.bc.ca/

Email adresss. [email protected]

Phone: (250) 387-5305

Toll-free: 1-800-661-8683 / TTY 1-888-456-5448

Fax: (250) 387-3578

Information on proportional representation.

https://elections.bc.ca/referendum/about-the-referendum/what-are-we-voting-on/

Ontario tabled a bill Monday that aims to shutter 10 supervised consumption sites the government deems too close to schools and daycares.

The bill, if passed by Premier Doug Ford's majority Progressive Conservative government, would also require municipalities to get the health minister's approval to apply for an exemption from the federal government to launch new supervised consumption sites.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones said there is no situation in which she would approve a new one anywhere in the province.

"I want to be very clear, there will be no further safe injection sites in the province of Ontario under our government," Jones said at a news conference about the bill. [...]

Ontario is shifting away from harm reduction to an abstinence-based model and it intends to launch 19 new "homelessness and addiction recovery treatment hubs" — or HART hubs, as the province calls them — plus 375 highly supportive housing units at a planned cost of $378 million.

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