Ontario Alliance

Ontario Alliance
Active provincial party
Leader William Cook
President Joshua E. Eriksen
Founded 2017
Headquarters PO Box 121, Stn A,
Etobicoke, Ontario
M9C 4V2
Ideology Social Conservatism
Right-wing populism
Political position Right-wing
Colours Navy Blue
Seats in Legislature
0 / 124
Website
http://www.ontario-alliance.ca

The Ontario Alliance is a social conservative and right-wing populist political party in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in November 2017 by Jay Tysick, the party will be led during the 2018 Ontario election by William Cook.[1]

History

The Ontario Alliance was founded in 2017 by members of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party disaffected with then-leader Patrick Brown. Joined by members of the "Stop the New Sex Ed Agenda Party", the disbanded New Reform Party of Ontario, and social conservative activists with the federal Conservative Party, the new Alliance took issue with Brown's positions on social issues and control of candidate nominations for the 2018 Ontario general election.[2][3]

Jay Tysick, the party's first leader, is a former member of the Progressive Conservatives and chief of staff for Ottawa City Councillor Rick Chiarelli. Tysick indicated to media that he was driven to organize the party after being turned down for the PC nomination in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton.[4][5] Tysick said he was disqualified from standing as a candidate due to his right-wing views.[6]

Tysick was challenged by PC candidate for Carleton, Goldie Ghamari, for making 'libellous' comments about her prior to the nomination meeting from which he was disqualified.[7] Tysick had spoken with right-wing news site, Life Site News in the lead-up to the Carleton PC nomination meeting, challenging Ghamari for making "anti-Christian, anti-conservative, and pro-liberal views online" and stating, "Even Communist countries have elections. But they control that process by handpicking who you’re allowed to vote for, so how is this different from any Communist country?"[8]

In the lead-up to the 2018 Ontario Provincial Elections, members of party's leadership left the Alliance, claiming that the party's CFO and president were not complying with the constitution or the decisions made by the board of directors. This break-away faction established the competing right-wing populist Ontario Party in protest.[9]

Positions

The Ontario Alliance outlines its principles in a set of nine points in its charter. These points include:

  • protection of the life, liberty and property;
  • limited government and a strong role for churches, families and voluntary associations;
  • support for traditional marriage and family;
  • opposing government monopolies;
  • supporting freedom of conscience, worship, speech, association and the principle of equality before the law;
  • opposing budget deficits and surplus budgets;
  • promoting personal independence, hard work and success;
  • responsible exploration and development of Ontario's natural resources; and
  • decentralized government.[10]

For the 2018 election, the Alliance campaigned on a 7-point platform entitled "Bringing Ontario Back: A Seven Point Plan towards a Better Ontario together!" This platform called for a balanced budget, reduced taxes, downloading of responsibilities to municipalities, increased privatization of health care provision, and implementing legislation that allows for the recall of MPPs and citizen-initiated referenda. It opposed a Carbon Tax and updates to the provincial sexual education curriculum.[11]

Election results

Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall total		 # of
candidates run		 # of
seats won		 +/– Government
2018 804 0.01%
4 / 124
0 / 124
 New Party Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑ Elections Ontario, "Registered Political Parties in Ontario," elections.on.ca.
  2. ↑ Laurence, Lianne. "Disgruntled conservatives break away to form new party in Ontario," Life Site News, August 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ Bueckert, Kate. "Progressive Conservatives' turmoil has would-be politician turning to a new party," CBC Kitchener-Waterloo, February 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ Reevley, David. "Reevely: Carleton Tories get another new candidate — politico Jay Tysick," Ottawa Citizen, October 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ Zarzour, Kim. "Provincial Tories express anger, alienation over party leadership," YorkRegion.com, July 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ Cruickshank, Ainslie. "Disqualified candidate says Brown welcoming Liberals into the Tory fold," iPolitics.ca, December 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ Cruickshank, Ainslie. "2018 Ontario PC candidate wants apology for ‘libelous’ comments," iPolitics.ca, January 4, 2017.
  8. ↑ Lawrence, Lianne. "Patrick Brown ‘rigging’ Carleton PC nomination, claims ousted candidate ," Life Site News, November 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ Armstrong, Kenneth. "Local candidate Thomas Mooney switches from Ontario Alliance to Ontario Party," Guelph Today, May 22, 2018.
  10. ↑ Ontario Alliance, "Declaration of Principles," eww.ontario-alliance.ca, accessed March 2, 2018.
  11. ↑ Ontario Alliance, "Platform," eww.ontario-alliance.ca, accessed March 2, 2018.
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