A recent poll by Insurance Business provided the option of ‘None of the Above.’ In fact, that is a viable option and a registered political party in Ontario with candidates on the ballot.
Ontario voters fed up with the current slate of political parties may indeed want to choose ‘None of the Above (NOTA),’ whose main plank is to press for elected politicians and bound by party control along with recall and term limits.
The None of the Above Party of Ontario - or NOTA - whose main plank is to press for elected politicians not bound by party control along with recall and term limits.
“Almost nobody knows we even exist and as soon as people do, they're sending emails for lawn signs,” leader Greg Vezina, a founding candidate for the federal Green party in 1983, told reporters. “I've only got candidates in eight ridings but I've got requests for lawn signs from Thunder Bay to Ottawa.”
A recent Insurance Business poll asked brokers who they wanted to see running Queen’s Park. Along with the usual list of suspects: Liberals, NDP, Conservatives and Greens, we also provided the option for None of the Above and The
IBAO.
None of the Above received 7 votes while the IBAO got 47.
(See related story, ‘
Who Should run Queen’s Park? Brokers weigh in’)
The Conservatives received the most votes of 60, followed by the Liberals with 21 and the New Democrats with 5.
The Green Party received no votes.
There are 20 registered parties in Ontario for this Thursday’s election, including Canadians Choice, Family Coalition and the Ontario Moderate party.
John Turmel will be leading the Pauper Party of Ontario. Turmel is noted in the Guiness World Book of Records for running and losing in more elections than anyone else Pauper Party of Ontario – and this election will be his 80th.
