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Consensus Ontario leader Brad Harness calls for level political playing field

13 June 2022

     The 2 June 2022 Ontario general election has come and gone, and what we can say with certainty is that an unmotivated electorate decided to stay home rather than vote.  Ontario saw a 43% voter turnout, the worst in its history (since 1867).

    “I worry what that low voter turnout says - about how many Ontarians feel their say doesn't matter anymore.  So they tune out.  Yes, if you don't vote, you shouldn't complain about what the government does, but I say let us focus on the underlying cause of this awful voter turnout: Party politics.  The Ford PC government was returned with an even larger majority than in 2018 by only 17% of the electorate voting for them.  That is hardly strong support by taxpayers.  They have simply given up!, " says Brad Harness, Consensus Ontario Leader.

    "The PCs ran a low-key campaign and threw around billions in taxpayer money to buy votes.  The LIberals and NDP normally do that sort of thing, as the PC campaign's negative advertising underlined.  What almost all voters do not know is that the Big 3 parties and the Greens receive millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, while the 22 other parties get zero dollars in subsidies.  Furthermore, the Big 3 plus the Greens will get nearly half of their election expenses rebated to them by Ontario voters, so they have it ready to spend in the next election.  And the other 22 parties, and the Independent who was elected, will get not a penny.  hardly a level, fair playing field, is it?"

    "If you are offended by this then help us fight to fix these injustices - a level playing field for all!  Join Consensus Ontario now through our website and learn how a party-less form of government, called "Consensus Government", is based on what the people of the province want, and not what political parties want."