Sisters & Brothers;Thank you to everyone who came out to our founding convention on May 28th.It was a great day of discussion, debate and socialist democracy in action.A special thanks to our keynote speaker Joe Higgins from Ireland. We will have his s…
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Agenda for the Socialist Party Convention May 28th
This is the agenda for the convention this Saturday, May 28th.Please note that people are welcome all during the day. You need not register at the start of the day to attend. If you are late, or can only attend for specific parts of the day, that is fi…
Continue readingNew Resolution: A Resolution Regarding Disability Benefits
A Resolution Regarding Disability BenefitsProposed by: Jan Maxwell, TorontoDate: 25/05/11Whereas people with disabilities are 11 times more likely to be unemployed than other Ontarians;Whereas the Ontario Disability Support Program provides a maximum o…
Continue readingNew Proposed Amendments to Resolutions
A Series of Proposed AmendmentsProposed by: Andy Lehrer, TorontoDate: 25/05/11A Proposed Amendment to A Resolution on the Creation of a Minimum Living Wage:Be it further resolved that a Socialist government will work to start to end poverty by implemen…
Continue readingNew Resolutions: A Series of Resolutions on the Environment, the Party, Housing & Reproductive Rights
Proposed by Andy Lehrer, TorontoDate: 25/05/11A Resolution Regarding the EnvironmentWhereas climate change is a growing threat to survival on the planet.Whereas capitalism provides no viable or sustainable solutions to the environmental crisis;Be it th…
Continue readingNew Resolution: A Resolution Regarding a Socialist Media and Outreach Strategy
New Resolution: A Resolution Regarding a Socialist Media and Outreach StrategyProposed by Ken Ranney, PeterboroughDate 25/05/11Be it resolved that, the {Socialist Party of Ontario}, ignore the capitalist media as much as possible and concentrate instea…
Continue readingNew Resolution: A Resolution Regarding the Prevention of Cancer
A Resolution Regarding the Prevention of CancerProposed by Ken Ranney, Peterborough, OntarioDate: 24/05/11Whereas we are currently facing an epidemic of cancer and other diseases whose cause is unknown; andWhereas a study by McGill University Health Ce…
Continue readingOffices open for election at the convention this Saturday.
As per the proposed constitution, the following proposed offices will be open for election at the convention this Saturday, May 28th, 2011.Any member of the party has the right to run for any of these offices, subject to the requirements laid out in Cl…
Continue readingThe Ginger Platform Existing Proposals Broken Down into Resolutions
After its formation in late 2008 the Ginger Project held a series of public meetings with the intent of creating a Democratic Socialist electoral agenda for the province of Ontario.Out of these meetings flowed a whole series of ideas and policy stateme…
Continue readingA Democratic Socialist Constitution. The Proposed Constitution in its Totality
As you have no doubt noticed, the proposed constitution for the party has been posted as the committee drafted the clauses. All have now been drafted. We are therefore reposting the constitution in its totality in order so it can be read start to finis…
Continue readingNew Resolution: A Resolution Concerning Equal Political Representation for Women and Men in the Legislature
A Resolution Concerning Equal Political Representation for Women and Men in the Legislature Proposed by: Ken Ranney, Peterborough, OntarioDate: 16/05/11Whereas the small proportion of women in the Ontario Legislature reflects the inequality of women in…
Continue readingClauses 10 & 11 of the Constutution: Allocation of Finances and Code of Ethics
The last two clauses of the constitution. These deal with finances and the internal Code of Ethics.Clause 10: Allocation of Financial Resources10:1 All contributions and donations that are not the result of local fundraising or electoral campaigns are …
Continue readingAll Resolutions Proposed to Date
With one week to go until the Founding/Organizing Convention we are reposting all of the resolutions that have been received to date. These resolutions would be in addition to the policy planks already adopted, (but which will be voted on again) over t…
Continue readingA Truly Democratic Socialist Party: Clauses 6-9 of the Constitution; Collective Leadership, Member Control, Democratic Oversight and Inclusion
The following are the proposed Clauses 6-9 of the new party’s constitution. They have, as with the other clauses, grown out of a series of discussions and meetings around our Constitutional Committee and Project.These are the heart of the intent of the…
Continue readingNew Resolution: A Resolution Regarding Poverty and Social Exclusion
A Resolution Regarding Poverty and Social ExclusionProposed by: Carol-Anne Hudson, HamiltonDate: 09/05/11Whereas we are committed to living in an Ontario without poverty and; Whereas we are committed to living in a society where all citizens are consid…
Continue readingProposed Constitution: Clause 6 The Executive
Section 6: The Executive6:1: The party executive is responsible for the day-to-day functioning of the party and is its governing body between conventions.6:2: The party’s Executive shall consist of the following:6:2:1 A ChairpersonThe Chairperson shall…
Continue readingOn-Line Convention/Membership Registration & Donations Now Available.
Sisters & Brothers;The founding convention on Saturday May 28, 2011 to launch a new political force that will fight neoliberalism and build an open, democratic and principled electoral vehicle in Ontario is more important than ever.http://www.theginger…
Continue readingNew Resolution: A Resolution Regarding Internet Democracy
Proposed by D. O’ConnorDate: 29/04/11Whereas the Internet allows a much greater degree of participatory democracy then was possible before, because everyone can equally and easily contribute to the debate and it makes the logistics of voting much simpl…
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