To: the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

“The Petition of Choices will make our government more transparent and effective. Our government will let taxpayers choose where their money will go, by setting up accounts for different government departments. For example, there will be social security account for elderly and economically challenged people; health account for hospital services, and education account for school and training, a transportation account for roads and bridges, as well as a defense account for military. Every quarter the government departments will have the mandate to publish a report telling taxpayers how much money they used and how it was allocated. Additionally, the report will estimate how much money the government will need for the following quarter and for which departments, however the taxpayers will deposit their money wherever they consider more important. There can be a pending account for overflowing funds from other accounts or for someone who has no choices. The pending account maybe used for the underfunded but valuable departments.”

Sincerely,

Canada’s newest registered political party is the Pirate Party of Canada. You will find information at:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/800757–the-pirate-party-seeks-your-booty

The Pirate Party appears to be a “single issue” party.

Compare the Pirate Party which is a registered party with the Democracy Party of Canada which is NOT a single issue party and is not registered. Information about the Democracy Party of Canada is at:
http://www.democrat.ca

For the purposes of registration, it may be that it is easier to get supporters for a “single issue” party than for a party that is about better government in general.

John Richardson – Independent Candidate – Toronto Danforth

@David Boese

Hello David:

I should probably write a post on this. Basically the procedure for an Independent Candidate to get on the ballot is the same as for any other candidate. One must get 100 signatures of the people in the riding. The reality is that one should probably get 150 because some of them will be from ineligible people (usually because they don’t live in the riding or the information in incomplete). Elections Canada does validate the signatures.

You may think that it is easy to get 100 signatures. It is not. I have met people who wanted to run as independents who were discouraged by the amount of work required to get those signatures. You will be doing it yourself. Party candidates have no problem getting the signatures. Usually a riding association will provide them.

Once on the ballot the Independent then has the problem of marketing himself or herself.

I would like to put together a “coalition of independent candidates” so that they can help each other. If you know anybody who his interested please have them:

1. Go go http://www.independentcandidates.ca/

2. Contact me at the email address on that site.

I would like very much to help and encourage independent candidates to get on the ballot.

John Richardson

P.S. Also check the following page:

http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=pol&document=index&dir=can&lang=e&textonly=false

on the Elections Canada site.