Freedom Party of Ontario
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Freedom Party of Ontario
Parti de la Liberté - Ontario |
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| Active provincial party | |
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| Leader | Paul McKeever |
| President | Robert Metz |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Preceded by | Unparty |
| Headquarters | 240 Commissioner's Road West London, Ontario N6J 1Y1 |
| Ideology |
Objectivism Secularism |
| Colours | Black and White |
| Fiscal policy | Laissez-faire |
| Social policy | Secularism |
| Website | |
| www |
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The Freedom Party of Ontario (FPO or FpO; French: Parti de la Liberté - Ontario) is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was founded on January 1, 1984 in London, Ontario by Robert Metz and Marc Emery.
The Freedom Party has fielded candidates in every provincial election since 1985, and in several by-elections. It has also participated in numerous public policy debates, often on contentious social issues.
Freedom Party of Ontario's founding principle is that "Every individual, in the peaceful pursuit of personal fulfillment, has an absolute right to his or her own life, liberty, and property. Freedom Party of Ontario's stated objectives are threefold: (a) to encourage voters to vote for FPO candidates in provincial elections and by-elections; (b) to influence government through the election of FPO members of the Ontario provincial Legislature, for the better protection in Ontario of every individual’s rights of life, liberty and property; and (c) to build and support the FPO as an organization of people who will work toward the achievement of Objectives (a) and (b).
The party has, from its inception in 1984, summarized its platform with the statement "Freedom Party believes that the purpose of government is to protect our freedom of choice, not to restrict it". The party advocates government that takes into account only claims backed by evidence. It submits that all government laws and decisions must be logical, and must at all times serve the purpose of ensuring that no person's life, liberty, or property is taken without his consent.
Freedom Party holds the pursuit of one's own happiness to be an individual's highest moral purpose. To that end, it rejects libertarianism (which it holds is implicitly moral relativistic and anti-government), and instead champions governmental defence of the individual values of life, liberty, property.
The Freedom Party of Ontario was founded by a number of people based in the London, Ontario area, including Robert Metz and Marc Emery of London, who had founded The London Tribune (a broadsheet daily newspaper) in London in 1980 and, later published the London Metrobulletin (beginning in March 1983). Toward the end of 1983, Metz assumed the registration of the Toronto-based Unparty which folded and closed its Toronto office. Elections Ontario approved the party's name change on October 19, 1983. Because Metz and Emery were turning their attention to electoral politics, the final issue of the London Metrobulletin was published in December 1983. Freedom Party of Ontario was officially launched on January 1, 1984 with its head office in London. Freedom Party of Ontario's founding platform was summarized in the statement "Freedom Party believes that the purpose of government is to protect our freedom of choice, not to restrict it."
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