Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Ontario NDP


Related Topics

In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

  
 Bob Rae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the same period, the Ontario New Democratic Party was suffering from internal disunity under the leadership of Michael Cassidy, a figure from the NDP's left wing who was neither supported nor respected by the party establishment.
The federal NDP were also improving their standing in the polls during this period, and many believed they had the potential to win an historic breakthrough in the next federal election.
He also criticized the NDP for rejecting Tony Blair's Third Way and for refusing to accept globalization and open markets, suggesting that the party's economic policies were insufficient for the 21st century and that the party as a whole was no longer "worthy of support".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Rae   (3191 words)

  
 New Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The NDP is noted for its populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots, its close affiliation with organized labour, and, while the party is secular and pluralistic, it has a longstanding relationship with the Christian left and the Social Gospel movement, particularly the United Church of Canada.
The NDP won fewer seats than the Bloc Québécois, though, whose smaller portion of the overall popular vote was concentrated in Quebec ridings.
Since then, the federal NDP is not integrated with a provincial party in that province; instead, it has a section, the Nouveau Parti démocratique-Section Québec, whose activities in the province are limited to the federal level, whereas on the provincial level its members are individually free to support or adhere to any party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Democratic_Party   (1944 words)

  
 Ontario NDP has abandoned 'the little guy' - Interim, May 1999
The Ontario NDP released its election agenda in late February and despite claims that the party is "family friendly," it contained nary a word about abortion or gay rights.
White adamantly stressed that the priority of an NDP government would be to see that the six commitments outlined in their platform will be addressed when resources are available.
The NDP also supports "equality" for homosexuals, White said, noting that when the party was in power and the issue came up, all of its MPPs were expected to support same-sex rights.
www.theinterim.com /1999/may/ndp.html   (461 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: New Democratic Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Also, there is historical precedent to the Liberals and NDP cooperating such as in the early 1960s and 1970s that laid the national framework for universal healthcare, expansion of employment insurance and the indexing of pensions.
On November 9, 2005, Jack Layton announced that the NDP would introduce a confidence motion on November 24 that would call for a federal election in February, possibly signalling the end of the Liberals' minority government.
Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton Howard Hampton (born May 17, 1952) is the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) and a Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party   (9041 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Bob Rae Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The NDP had never governed Ontario before, and North America was in the depth of the worst recession since the Great Depression.
This breach between the NDP and the labor movement struck at the party's foundations - the NDP was founded as an alliance between the old Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the labour movement - and alienated the many traditional NDP voters.
The Ontario NDP has distanced itself from Rae's policies under the leadership of Howard Hampton, particularly during the 2003 provincial election with Hampton stating that Rae was wrong to reverse the NDP's commitment to public auto insurance during the 1990-1995 government.
www.ipedia.com /bob_rae.html   (947 words)

  
 publicpower :: The Ontario NDP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
NDP Leader Howard Hampton marked Day 2 of Liberal Letdown Week by holding the McGuinty government accountable for two of its biggest failings of the last legislative session - child care and Bombardier.
NDP Leader Howard Hampton began the last week of the year at Queen’s Park by grilling the McGuinty Liberals about the Liberal letdowns that have highlighted the last legislative session.
NDP MPP Michael Prue has forced the McGuinty government to let a Good Samaritan on social assistance keep $2,000 she received for returning $40,000 she found to its rightful owner.
www.publicpower.ca /issues-news/index.shtml   (157 words)

  
 Electricity Distributors Respond to Ontario NDP Press Release - News Releases
The PPVA is required to be “trued-up” (settled) periodically, in the form of a surcharge or, in case of a negative balance, a rebate to consumers.
Ontario’s electricity distributors are the publicly and privately owned companies that deliver power safely and reliably to Ontario homes, businesses and institutions.
As the voice of Ontario’s electricity distributors, the EDA has raised, and is continuing to work with Ontario’s market overseers to resolve, serious ongoing concerns regarding financial aspects of the province’s competitive electricity market.
www.eda-on.ca /eda/edaweb.nsf/0/43632F8C33BCB69685256C24007E4244   (401 words)

  
 Terry O'Connor, NDP Candidate, Nipissing : Issues
Ontario actually has 40,000 fewer rental housing units than we had in 1996.
The NDP would build 11,200 units of housing for the hard-to-house (2,800 per year), as recommended in the Golden Task Force.
The NDP's publicpower pledge of $536 million for affordable housing is funded through the Ontario land transfer tax as a grant to participating municipalities, co-operatives and non-profit agencies.
dawn.thot.net /terryoconnor/housing_rent.htm   (473 words)

  
 Imprint: October 08, 2004
On Saturday, October 2, Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton, alongside NDP education critic MPP Rosario Marchese, announced a new campaign.
UW New Democrats believe that the efforts by the Ontario NDP will be fruitful, and pointed out that Hampton's legislative group recently achieved official party status in the Ontario Legislature.
Ontario's New Democrats now have greater research budgets and Cull believes that they now possess the resources required to run an effective lobby campaign against tuition fee hikes.
imprint.uwaterloo.ca /story.php?story=5706   (459 words)

  
 TheStar.com - Liberal/NDP accord changed Ontario politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Then-Liberal leader David Peterson holds a copy of the accord with the NDP in May 1985 that allowed the Liberals to become the government of Ontario on June 26.
But Ontario's political culture has changed over the 20 years in ways that may be irreversible and might lead to another lap of the roller coaster.
In Ontario, government used to be seen as a tool for public good — the agency that built highways, subways, schools and hospitals, and that imposed the necessary checks on the marketplace.
www.thestar.com /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1119649810868&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795   (1560 words)

  
 Ontario Votes | canada.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hampton is also the NDP critic for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and has previously served as Minister of Natural Resources and Attorney General from 1990-1993.
Ontario premier-designate Dalton McGuinty said yesterday the first priority of his new Liberal government will be to raise corporate taxes and change key aspects of the political system. 
Ontario's NDP will survive despite the loss of official party status in the provincial legislature and questions about Howard Hampton's leadership, party members and observers said Friday, the day after the Liberals won a huge majority.
www.canada.com /toronto/features/ontariovotes   (1063 words)

  
 ONTARIO ELECTION 99
Ontario's chief electoral officer is investigating the "terrorism" that turned Thursday's provincial election into chaos as polling officers were threatened, polling stations opened late and many people missed their vote altogether.
NDP Davenport candidate Tony Silipo had filed a letter with Ontario's chief electoral officer, Warren Bailie, prior to his decision allowing results to be released, insisting results throughout the province not be made public until the polls were closed everywhere.
Ontario's Conservative party, seeking to extend four years of fiscal and social change, is positioned to form a majority government in Thursday's provincial election, according to the latest polls.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5202/ont.html   (15651 words)

  
 Ontario NDP gives up on Public Power   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The NDP switched from using their www.ontariondp.com site to www.publicpower.ca in the hopes of attracting more than their paltry average of 200 web visitors a day.
While the New Democratic Party's concept of "Public Power" was a variation of "power to the people", with the issue of privatization of Ontario hydro electricity system in the news on an almost daily basis, most people assumed the slogan and the socialists' site was only about reversing the deregulation of energy in Ontario.
To be fair, the Liberal Party of Ontario created their own one-time site for the election under their slogan of "choose change" with the site www.choosechange.ca, which now, to their embarassment, forwards to the Virtual City Casino.
www.torontofreepress.com /2005/cover020505.htm   (376 words)

  
 Ontario NDP would halt privatization of public services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tory Premier Ernie Eves is expected to call an election this spring in Ontario.
Stands in the legislature are: PCs 57, Liberals 36, NDP 9 and Independent 1.
Some analysts believe the election could produce a minority government with the NDP holding the balance of power.
www.nupge.ca /news_2003/n04ma03b.htm   (209 words)

  
 Eye - PARK: Where are the jobs promised by Rae? - 10.01.92   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Last weekend, he convinced the Toronto Anglican Diocese annual meeting to pass a resolution asking the NDP to "reject their plan for casinos immediately," because it is an immoral, indirect tax on the poor.
The resolution says the NDP government should NOT license casinos in Ontario because gambling is both an addiction and a regressive form of taxation.
The Ontario NDP seems to be waiting for the federal government to officially announce the $25 million public works program that will spend tax money on infrastructure projects like roads and sewers as a way of creating jobs.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_10.01.92/NEWS/prk1001.htm   (1045 words)

  
 NDP confirms its anti-white : Thunderbay IMC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Margo Duncan is the NDP candidate in Parkdale-High Park, a west end
the NDP is the party that represents average people.
I strongly believe that the Ontario NDP is the only voice for
thunderbay.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=8451   (930 words)

  
 The Ontario Federation of Labour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In May and June, 2005, the Ontario Federation of Labour, working in conjunction with affiliated health care unions, sponsored meetings in 17 Ontario cities to examine the consequences of understaffing.
“Don’t listen to advice from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce,” said Ontario Federation of Labour president, Wayne Samuelson after a ruling on October 18th by an Ontario Divisional Court upheld a labour arbitration and ordered a nursing home in Guelph to pay the Ontario Health premium on behalf of its 70 unionized employees.
We are very excited to announce that the Ontario NDP and the OFL are hosting a Political Education Conference: “Side by Side: the NDP and the Labour Movement”.
www.ofl.ca   (1668 words)

  
 Challengers to the PCs - Ontario Elections: Twenty Tumultuous Years - CBC Archives
They have support from 43 per cent of voters, followed by the Liberals at 33 per cent and the NDP at 23 per cent.
He resigned to become leader of the Ontario NDP after Michael Cassidy stepped down.
A spill of toxic PCBs on a highway in northern Ontario and the government's perceived lack of concern over environmental issues also turned voters against Miller.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-73-893-5190/politics_economy/elections_ontario/clip2   (529 words)

  
 NDP | Join the NDP
Canadians from all parts of the country are joining the NDP.
Canada's NDP is putting forward innovative solutions to protect public medicare, to clean up our environment and to use green technology to create jobs and a sustainable economy.
If you prefer to join the NDP by printing out a form, filling it out, and mailing it in, you can download a PDF of our membership brochure here.
www.ndp.ca /join   (239 words)

  
 Articles - New Democratic Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The NDP was created in 1961 as a merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC).
The election of a Speaker, and the fact that the Liberal caucus has lost three members since the election, have further decreased this total.
Walter Pitman - former Ontario NDP MPP for Peterborough, former NDP MP for Peterborough, and former Ontario NDP leadership candidate
www.bowling-balls.net /articles/New_Democratic_Party   (1744 words)

  
 NDP Supporters, Canadian New Democratic Party Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area - Meetup.com
NDP Supporters, Canadian New Democratic Party Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area - Meetup.com
352 NDP Supporters, friends, and people who want to learn more.
Meet other local supporters of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Canada's left-wing party.
ndp.meetup.com   (126 words)

  
 publicpower - Practical Solutions For Northern Ontario : TERRY O'CONNOR, NDP Candidate, Nipissing
Make Northern Ontario a world leader in cleaner, alternative power generation by investing in more small-scale hydro generation and wind power in the North.
Create Efficiency Ontario to take the lead on money-saving, environmentally-friendly, energy efficiency measures like helping people retrofit their homes so they use less hydro, heating oil and natural gas.
Rents across the North and across Ontario are rising at a staggering rate of 15 per cent over the inflation rate.
dawn.thot.net /terryoconnor/publicpower.htm   (2591 words)

  
 CTV.ca | NDP will prop up Liberals if Ont. gets more cash
Layton joined Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton at a news conference to talk about Premier Dalton McGuinty's complaint that the province pays $23 billion more to Ottawa than it receives in federal programs and transfers.
But questions quickly turned to a possible Conservative non-confidence motion in the minority Liberal government because of allegations of kickbacks and corruption coming from the Gomery inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal.
Question Period: NDP Leader Jack Layton asks the Liberals why they break their promises
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1113841894573_43/?hub=Canada   (498 words)

  
 Labour/Le Travail: Keeping the dream alive: the survival of the Ontario CCF/NDP, 1950-1963.@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Keeping the dream alive: the survival of the Ontario CCF/NDP, 1950-1963.
These Prairie roots prevent it making headway in central and eastern Canada and becoming a "national party." The focus is usually upon the movement's contributions to Canadian politics in the inter-war and war years, as well as the period after the mid-1960s.
In Keeping the Dream Alive: The Survival of the Ontario CCF/NDP, 1950-1963, Dan Azoulay breaks from this...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:30053872&refid=holomed_1   (223 words)

  
 publicpower :: The Ontario NDP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Howard Hampton is the Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, a post he has held since June 22, 1996.
In addition to being Leader he is also NDP critic for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
Hampton previously served as the Minister of Natural Resources from 1993-1995 and as Attorney General of Ontario from 1990-1993 in Ontario's first NDP government.
www.publicpower.ca /the_party/leader.htm   (284 words)

  
 Carleton University New Democrats · For economic justice, green living, human rights!
Remember, Paul Martin came very close to signing on, and it was pressure from the NDP, other coalition groups, and Canadians from coast to coast who won this battle (fow now).
Some Carleton students went to the Ontario New Democratic Youth Convention in Toronto, as well as the Ontario NDP Bienniel Convention in Hamilton.
It's not hard to see why the Carleton NDP is the most active political club on campus...
www.freewebs.com /carletonndp   (1429 words)

  
 NDP Home Page/Page d'accueil du NPD
NPD Ottawa-Vanier NDP - Kiavash Najafi (2005 nom./inv.)
Vancouver-Kingsway NDP - Mable Elmore (2005 nom.), Ian Waddell (2005 nom.)
Fort Langley-Aldergrove NDP - Shane Dyson (2005 nom.)
home.ican.net /%7Ealexng/ndp.html   (416 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.