Ontario Alliance Explained

Ontario Alliance
Subheader:Active provincial party
Split:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Leader:Joshua E. Eriksen (interim)
President:Joshua E. Eriksen
Foundation:2017
Ideology:Social conservatism[1]
Right-wing populism
Headquarters:PO Box 121, Stn A,
Etobicoke, Ontario
M9C 4V2
Website:http://www.ontario-alliance.ca
Country:Ontario
Position:Right-wing
Colours:Navy Blue
Seats3 Title:Seats in Legislature

The Ontario Alliance is a minor social conservative[2] and right-wing populist political party in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in November 2017 by Jay Tysick, the party was led during the 2018 Ontario provincial election by William Cook.[3]

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 single-issue 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.[4]

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.[5] [6] Tysick said he was disqualified from standing as a candidate due to his right-wing views.[7]

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.[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]

The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election.

Positions

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

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 referendums. It opposed a carbon tax and updates to the provincial sexual education curriculum.[11]

Election results

Election year
  1. of
    overall votes
% of
overall total
  1. of
    candidates run
  1. of
    seats won
+/–Government
20188020.01% New Party
2022108 0

Notes and References

  1. News: Paikin . Steve . It's the best of times and the worst of times for Ontario Tories . 6 October 2020 . TVO . 19 July 2017 . en.
  2. News: Funston . Chris . Alliance Party announces 18-year-old Robert Van Ryswyck as Oxford candidate in upcoming election . 6 October 2020 . Woodstock Sentinel Review . 6 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Elections Ontario, "Registered Political Parties in Ontario," elections.on.ca. . 2018-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005627/https://www.elections.on.ca/en/political-entities-in-ontario/political-parties/registered-political-parties-in-ontario.html . 2018-11-26 . dead .
  4. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/progressive-conservatives-alliance-trillium-party-carron-1.4514236 Bueckert, Kate. "Progressive Conservatives' turmoil has would-be politician turning to a new party," CBC Kitchener-Waterloo, February 1, 2018.
  5. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/reevely-carleton-tories-get-another-new-candidate-politico-jay-tysick Reevley, David. "Reevely: Carleton Tories get another new candidate — politico Jay Tysick," Ottawa Citizen, October 7, 2016.
  6. https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/7422294-provincial-tories-express-anger-alienation-over-party-leadership/ Zarzour, Kim. "Provincial Tories express anger, alienation over party leadership," YorkRegion.com, July 14, 2017.
  7. https://ipolitics.ca/2016/12/08/disqualified-candidate-says-brown-welcoming-liberals-into-the-tory-fold/ Cruickshank, Ainslie. "Disqualified candidate says Brown welcoming Liberals into the Tory fold," iPolitics.ca, December 8, 2016.
  8. https://ipolitics.ca/2017/01/04/2018-ontario-pc-candidate-wants-apology-for-libelous-comments/ Cruickshank, Ainslie. "2018 Ontario PC candidate wants apology for ‘libelous’ comments," iPolitics.ca, January 4, 2017.
  9. https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/local-candidate-thomas-mooney-switches-from-ontario-alliance-to-ontario-party-930630 Armstrong, Kenneth. "Local candidate Thomas Mooney switches from Ontario Alliance to Ontario Party," Guelph Today, May 22, 2018.
  10. https://www.ontario-alliance.ca/about/charter-principles/ Ontario Alliance, "Charter and Principles," www.ontario-alliance.ca, accessed June 18, 2021.
  11. https://www.ontario-alliance.ca/platform/ Ontario Alliance, "Platform," eww.ontario-alliance.ca, accessed March 2, 2018.